Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mrfbjfx7kk25Didn’t know that Ben Affleck’s mom was one of the original Freedom Riders. RIP. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-anne-affleck-dead-ben-affleck-casey-affleck-mother-1236655678/24 Jul 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfbjfx7kk25https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mrd2pzmzrc2oNext Dem admin could achieve a lot of social good just by relentlessly cracking down on scams and bullshit via existing laws for four straight years. https://www.propublica.org/article/5-quotes-raw-milk-mark-mcafee23 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd2pzmzrc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr7brm36sc2vJT Realmuto what are you doing22 Jul 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7brm36sc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr76hosvac2vExciting new thing for the next Democratic president to torpedo on Day One. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-approves-landmark-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-in-big-win-for-kingdom-2ed7758422 Jul 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr76hosvac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr75sfcqv22vJust remembered the scene in Oppenheimer where a car pulls away and Albert Einstein is waiting behind it like a cartoon character.22 Jul 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr75sfcqv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr5vrrs7ik2vThe third current or former British MP to be murdered over the past 10 years, after Jo Cox in 2016 and David Arness in 2021. https://apnews.com/article/ann-widdecombe-death-murder-charges-4131c5c885c4a0aa07e4a2ae89a752f421 Jul 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5vrrs7ik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr43yytk7c2oGood guess. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/49288129/former-draftkings-trader-charged-fresno-state-hoops-betting-plot20 Jul 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr43yytk7c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mr3qkuxxac2yLaconaphilia is great because it instantly sums up a person’s moral reasoning and textual analysis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3qkuxxac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqzoxjvces2qYeah it’s not flopping when you do a full backflip in the air19 Jul 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzoxjvces2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqzlnhem5c2qThank you to the world for sharing the Beautiful Game with us, in return we give you the gift of halftime shows ❤️19 Jul 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzlnhem5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqzitkmbfs2qI have no real stakes in ESP/ARG so I think I’ll just default to the Monroe Doctrine.19 Jul 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzitkmbfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqz4zhrs6s2lDodgers/Yankees at 12:30, World Cup finals at 3, Dodgers/Yankees at 7:20. The sports gods have truly blessed us this day.19 Jul 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz4zhrs6s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqxurs6ruk2jLooking forward to finding out how high up the ladder the approvals went for the Tate brothers extradition.19 Jul 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxurs6ruk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mqvezpjwis27“Abdullahi died from that final asthma attack, says his father. ‘If there was still help coming from USAID,’ says Musa, ‘I'm very sure my child would still be alive today.’” https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/g-s1-133651/usaid-elon-musk-rubio-deaths18 Jul 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvezpjwis27