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Benjamin Wilson

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First Amendment, due process, property, and other nice things.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h
Is there one person in this administration—say, the person who changes the urinal cakes in the Agriculture Department men’s room—who is not shamelessly using their position to grift every dollar they can? Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attys for Olympian & exonerated Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn write 25-page letter to Inspector Generals of DOJ and Dept of Interior seeking investigation of circumstances of Hearn's arrest, detention & indictment. ... 1/2 www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
Request for Concurrent Inspector General Investigations into the Events Surrounding the Arrest and Prosecution of David Carter Hearn, Case No.
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Dear Mr. Berthiaume and Ms. Brzymialkiewicz:
We write to request that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
("DOJ OIG") and the Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General ("DOI OIG") promptly undertake coordinated, independent investigations into:
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...
In the pre-publication galleys to his new book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, Justice Alito spelled my last name inconsistently. This is, I suspect, the pettiest possible point on which to open in discussing a Supreme Court justice’s new memoir, and I would never have mentioned it except for the fact that inconsistency turns out to be the organizing feature of the chapter in which I (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”) repeatedly appear.The central inconsistency of Chapter 8, which is devoted to the emergency docket, is structural: Rather than tackle the subject holistically (as one might expect in a book), Alito mashed together the speech he gave five years ago at Notre Dame Law School with a “postscript.” The former was deeply flawed even at the time (among lots of other things, Alito repeatedly insisted that there was “nothing new” about the Court’s behavior on emergency applications during the first Trump administration and COVID); and the latter tries to move the goalposts away from the specific phenomena to which critics like me have actually objected.The result is to leave readers with a disjointed, inaccurate, and misleading sense of what the debate is even about—to say nothing of how the Court’s own behavior since September 2021 (including Alito’s) has only further undermined the already-flawed claims Alito made back then. Somewhere between the galleys of Alito’s book and the final product (which hits bookstores today), someone apparently figured out that my last name should be spelled the same way (and correctly!) throughout. The other, more significant inconsistencies were, apparently, harder to fix.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This was amazing the first time and Katie has added more fellow artists for this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it and I hope you will join us if you are in the St. Louis metro region.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 30/09/2026
Rev. Vidal Rivas is ready to become the temporary guardian of 31 kids if ICE detains their parents.​ ‌ As the Trump admin rips families apart, our neighbors are stepping up to protect one another—extraordinary acts of love that our government should've never made necessary. bit.ly/4iIOVT3
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This Priest Pledges to Care For 31 Kids If ICE Detains Their Parents
A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation.
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the Hawks/Hawkeyes thing is really funny, but the fact that the brains of a sitting U.S. Senator *and his entire staff* are so thoroughly cooked that they thought this nonsense meant anything at all is going to make me go doomer if I think about it too much
Katie Britt enduring the stupidest fucking piece of posterboard ever displayed in the US Senate
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you show him the dog shit in your yard he'll just roll in it
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Classic. I might just call Schmitt's office and play this snippet.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The two Eric Schmitts on display this week sandwich a report by Axios that he is seen as a top prospect to be JD Vance’s running mate if Vance seeks the presidency in 2028. #moleg #mogov
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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.
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Toriano Porter @torianoporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No amount of social media posturing by Missouri Republicans can disguise the reality that true election integrity starts with following the law, not crying foul when the nation’s highest court calls your bluff. LINK ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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Missouri GOP take to X to lament high court map order. They’re crying foul | Porter
SCOTUS orders Missouri to use the 2022 map, exposing GOP leaders like Denny Hoskins and others for illegally pushing the 2025 HB-1 plan and risking voter trust.
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Frank Bowman @frank-bowman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The latest in a series of articles previewing my upcoming book, "Great and Dangerous Offences: The Case for (and Against) Impeaching Trump a Third Time" {gift article} slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump’s White House Press Ban, Other Attacks on Free Speech Are Impeachable (Gift Article)
The speech, press, and assembly protections of the First Amendment are central pillars of our constitutional order.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
mobilize.us/s/Z4JvCY
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Stop the Ban Campaign Updates Call! · Stop the Ban
Join us on Zoom for campaign updates, how to get involved, and insight on our organizing goals for Stopping the Ban!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 24/09/2026
The Trump admin has "already repeatedly violated the Court’s Order" blocking the press ban, the media coalition tells the judge. CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO ask for an emergency hearing "as soon as possible this morning." buff.ly/w43JPvR
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
youtu.be/Gg_O1WwnRTw?...
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Operation Beyond Congregational Games - with Rev. Jé Exodus Hooper, PhD
YouTube video by Ethical Society of St. Louis
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 23/09/2026
A man in ICE custody repeatedly asked for medical care. Then his gallbladder burst. He had emergency surgery while handcuffed to a hospital bed—then received a $17,210 bill. ICE is responsible for the medical care of people it detains. This investigation reveals a growing crisis ⤵️ bit.ly/4yuGlfi
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ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
ICE owes millions of dollars in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 21/09/2026
Yesterday in Austin, TX, ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez while he was delivering a food order. He is now being interrogated with the bullet still lodged in his body. We demand accountability. 🗣️Tell Congress to take back ICE's slush fund: bit.ly/4vtpRCl
Yesterday in Austin, Texas, an ICE agent shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Videos from the scene appear to show ICE agents not attempting to perform first aid after the shooting. 
  
After hours of being unable to locate Wilber, his attorney says he is now being interrogated in custody, with the bullet still lodged in his body.ICE IS OUT 
OF CONTROL.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Propublica really can’t stop won’t stop with its anti corruption hustle, as we said on yesterdays Strict Scrutiny! @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @propublica.org
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Did you know that DHS is authorized by Congress to intentionally defame private individuals all day, every day and it cannot be sued for defamation? Now that you know that, does it make you more or less likely to believe anything it says? (Oh, he didn't illegally enter)
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I had so much fun at the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood where I grew up! So many friends stopping by to say hello! Thank you to all of our volunteers and Team Wellman staff that hung out in the heat! Got to hang with my friend Mark Boyko and the amazing Bonhomme Democrats! We’re not done yet!
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Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander @goodlander.house.gov · 16/09/2026
🚨The U.S. House of Representatives passed our third bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution. End this war, Mr. President.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 15/09/2026
Salvadorans with TPS are forced to live in uncertainty as they wait for the Trump administration to extend protections. The limbo and confusion must end. Our Salvadoran neighbors deserve stability and a pathway to citizenship. cnn.it/4xg2FIk
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These immigrants who've spent decades in the US fear their deportation protections are on the verge of ending | CNN
Soledad Miranda's eyes fill with tears as she packs boxes for a move she's hoping she won't have to make. She's one of about 170,000 Salvadorans awaiting a Trump administration decision on their immigration status in the US.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Feels like we’re going to need a different adjective for these justices, because it’s not really “conservative” to allow the USPS to screw with ballots just six weeks before the election
Instead, only Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and C'arence Thomas - the court's two most conservative members — lodged their dissent, indicating that they would have allowed the president's plan to reshape how the Postal Service handles mail-in ballots to move ahead.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why am I reading this for the first time?
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Unlikely to succeed on the merits." Hell. Yes.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is corruption beyond measure. A Russian oligarch paid for the President’s son to party on a private island. Hunter Biden got a board seat and the Republicans went after him for years. This is literally the enemy that is killing Ukrainians and helping Iran target our men and women.
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Frank Bowman @frank-bowman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This captures THE critical change in our politics. Nixon committed crimes in pursuit of political power, but their discovery horrified the nation, which expelled him from WH. Trump is both autocrat & greedy con man. All in plain sight. His party doesn't care. Moral collapse may not be fixable.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Probably bots
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11/09/2026
Exactly one year ago, a then-newly formed advocacy group brought thousands to the Missouri State Capitol to protest a severe gerrymander. That group, People Not Politicians, won two major victories today on its anniversary. Here's the backstory, on All Rise News buff.ly/VcHwwVw
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are now one of the most competitive races in the country. I’ve been building the campaign and plan to beat Ann Wagner all along. Now we have a map she desperately wanted to throw away. We are ready to flip this seat. Join us!
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes! We can finally breathe
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have in mind groups like the one that wanted to march in Skokie, IL, in 1976. They were not terrorists, and the US Supreme Court held that they could march. There are many such groups (not limited to Nazis) who hold repulsive ideologies but are not terrorists.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The student actually knew the KKK committed bombings and murders and thought that should have been protected?! I don't know how anyone could think that. Or the student was unaware of the KKK's violence and thought its members were prosecuted for pure speech. That seems plausible today.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Are you suggesting they should not be allowed to march and speak? That is obviously protected expression. (If they commit crimes, they can be prosecuted.)
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As big as it gets: The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the Missouri GOP’s gerrymander, and ordered that a citizen-led veto referendum be placed on the ballot. The SoS had blocked it. This would likely reverse the expected GOP pick-up of a Kansas City seat, and set up a huge November vote.
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri Independent
Missourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rejects Republicans' gerrymandered map and orders the secretary of state to put People Not Politicians' referendum on the November 2026 ballot. The is a richly deserved fisking of Denny Hoskins' arguments. www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=...
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I know last year Sen. Durbin sent a letter to Pam Bondi and Ka$h Patel basically asking *where are the prosecutions*? I can imagine how diligent they were.
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Alarming reports:
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not sure what the report authors consider to be doxxing (it's a vague term), but I'm sure it is difficult to establish the necessary criminal intent under the federal statute.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I have a piece in the Atlantic about SCOTUS’s ballroom order - and how the Court has a very wrongheaded and destructive account of the separation of powers www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“The court is totally wrong on separation of powers”
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Protestors use bullhorn and hold signs "People Not Politicians"
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Benjamin Wilson @bjohnwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today at the Missouri Supreme Court.
Sign in front of the Missouri Capitol 
says "Let the People Vote!"
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Brendan Ballou @brendanballou.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
President Trump, Natalie Harp, and Dan Scavino are pursuing a corrupt scheme to charge $100,000 per *month* for early access to the President's Truth Social posts. Last night we and our partners representing @freedom.press and @theintercept.com moved to stop them.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Of course.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICYMI - We're doing an educational know-your-rights series - here on your rights not to answer or follow commands of law enforcement. Check it out!
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