Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Where my dog breed nerds / early 2000s punk rock fans at 0140
Reposted by ColeCitizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026A Trump administration official said Moderna might have more luck with its vaccine application if it resubmitted with a little “humility” Does that sound like the “gold-standard science” RFK Jr. promised? Or a mob boss threat? www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-wh...thebulwark.comThis Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks LikeA shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason. 19353142
Reposted by Coleghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 15/02/2026huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that 1747561
Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Doctors: There's growing evidence that microplastics are harmful Nutritionists: Don't even eat food or drink water that has touched plastic Dentists: We made a plastic mold of the inside of your mouth, keep it in there 8 hours a day, 23 if you have crooked teeth, you don't want to look poor do you 0140
Reposted by ColeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Jon Finer, one of the negotiators of the JCPoA: "To people who say, how can you trust Iran? You didn't have to trust Iran under [the JCPoA]. There were weapons inspectors... all over Iran's facilities, and they were saying right up until the minute that Trump pulled out that Iran was complying." 622868867
Reposted by ColeHannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025While defending itself from the many, many legal challenges to its actions, this administration has consistently acted as though district court orders are suggestions at most. With this order, the Court basically says: yes, we agree. You can defy the lower courts all you want until we’ve weighed in. 33314
Reposted by Colemrborelli.bsky.social @mrborelli.bsky.social · 23/06/2025It's also quite the message to send to district court judges: don't even bother trying to hold this government accountable to due process - we are not there to back you, no matter how egregious the DOJ has been in your court. 06416
Reposted by ColeSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This decision is bad enough on the merits. But it also gives the government relief in a case in which it defied the district court at least *twice.* That’s quite a message to send to the government with respect to the costs of its litigation behavior in other cases—or the complete lack thereof. 673568832
Reposted by ColeKate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law 1543282992
Reposted by ColeNick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Trump Says Iran’s Nuke Sites Are “Obliterated.” The Military Isn’t So Sure. Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb. theintercept.com/2025/06/23/t...theintercept.comTrump Says Iran’s Nuke Sites Are “Obliterated.” The Military Isn’t So Sure.Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb. 32324110
Reposted by ColeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country. 29472753092
Reposted by ColeMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Sotomayor: "Given its conduct in these proceedings, the Government’s posture resembles that of the arsonist who calls 911 to report firefighters for violating a local noise ordinance." SCOTUS' intervention "expos[es] thousands to the risk of torture or death." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 181378241
Reposted by ColeMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025In dissent, Sotomayor accuses the Trump administration of openly defying a lower court order, and says SCOTUS now "rewards" it. "Each time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for courts and for the rule of law." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 362437582
Reposted by Coleryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 23/06/2025ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their babyU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans. 28565862960
Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I should have predicted the eventual betrayal bsky.app/profile/cole... 000
Reposted by ColeClaudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book 317422198471
Reposted by ColeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this. 30120974383
Reposted by ColeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Again, if the Mad King can just disappear legal residents on personal whim, he can do it for any citizen of the Republic. And if he can do that, without consequence, then I have no idea why you still believe the 2026/28 elections are going to be free, fair, & competitive. 3838197
Reposted by ColeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/03/2025For those not aware, ICE has always been able to arrest, detain, and deport lawful permanent residents who (usually through a criminal conviction). They are not immune from deportation. Thousands lose their status every year. What's so outrageous about this incident is the targeting due to speech. 15668237
Reposted by Colemattthestampede.bsky.social @mattthestampede.bsky.social · 09/04/2025It was enriching trump insiders. Plain and simple. He can manipulate the market at will now. I’m not sure that’s a good thing for confidence in the us stock market. 2112
Reposted by ColeJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/04/2025They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire. But we all know what was being said just yesterday. 831834469
Reposted by Colemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/04/2025there's no amount of lying from the press secretary that will get the media to stop covering them. the fact that no one knows what trump will do from day to day just makes parsing every fart and lie even more urgent and valuable, by their estimation. 639365
Reposted by ColeJoseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 09/04/2025the thing about this presidency is that there is zero doubt he is letting all his friends and family know before any trade move he makes, which would be in a top 10 presidential scandal of all time, but it doesn't even register with Trump because he does so many crimes & media gives him a pass 151182328
Reposted by ColeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/04/2025Bartiromo to Bessent: "You're talking about $6 trillion in market value lost in a week. You're talking about CEOs now unwilling to give guidance for 2025. Is there a response or a backup plan for what seems to be corporate America shutting down corporate activity?" 59958531247
Reposted by ColeKaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 09/04/2025What’s really annoying is hearing people whisper about this like he’s a king or emperor and not like he’s an elected official in a government where power is derived from the people. If he’s deranged, people should be asking for him to be removed, not just hoping he’s a raging asshole 19743153
Reposted by ColeMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared. I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A" It's all happening a lot faster than I expected 211616594
Reposted by ColeMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos 145101614568
Reposted by ColeJoe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025THE WORST DEFENSE OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS: I wrote in the newsletter today about how annoying it is to hear people talk about how we need these tariffs to reindustrialize and counter China in high tech manufacturing. We were literally just doing that! Sub here www.bloomberg.com/account/news... 31992223
Reposted by ColeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/04/20251. Happening now: Montana is hearing a bill that would charge parents of transgender kids with felony child endangerment. It is one of the most extreme bills of the year, and the vote is TODAY. It's already passed the MT Senate. Watch live with me: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00309/Harmon... 34249841622
Reposted by Cole🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 08/04/2025"So, when we first hear about the Insurrection Act, it may trigger our alarmism. But better to face it now, before it comes, than learn about it on-the-fly."wagingnonviolence.orgWhat to do if the Insurrection Act is invokedWith the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond. 35713329
Reposted by Colerandomgirltoyou.bsky.social @randomgirltoyou.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Everyone needs to read this. Just one of the novel ideas: “National Guard cannot be activated twice. So governors can activate their National Guard (even without orders) and then the federal government can’t repurpose them.” 58633
Reposted by ColeOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 08/04/2025Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador 206390304595
Reposted by Cole🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 08/04/2025Again, impeachable actions by the minute. For example, the President of the United States bragging that he is extorting law firms. 852874827
Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is the death of America as a first world country, deliberate annihilation of our economy, sabotage of every one of our international relationships except Russia. No country will ever trust us again. And all because 77.3 million Americans thought “boys will be boys.” bsky.app/profile/just... 010
Reposted by ColeJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/04/2025CNN's Alayna Treene: Is the administration concerned about Elon Musk and Peter Navarro sparring and what message this sends on tariffs? Karoline Leavitt: "Boys will be boys." 164311
Reposted by ColeNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Karoline Leavitt on Musk and Navarro's public fight: Boys will be boys 8243
Reposted by ColeTina B @teenaweena.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“Boys will be boys” is how we ended up with all these misogynistic fucks running our government. 418511
Reposted by ColeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2025"Boys will be boys" -- Leavitt on Musk referring to Navarro as "dumber than a sack of bricks: 216652105
Reposted by ColeMicah @rincewind.run · 08/04/2025it will be deeply funny if what finally pushes Musk out of favor with Trump is trying to fight him on one of the few things Trump actually cares about congratulations on tying your entire self and brand to a guy who's going to personally destroy your businesses because he's a tariff otaku 929835
Reposted by Cole(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is about "de extinct the mammoth vs. save existing species" but also applies equally to "rebuild the social safety net vs. get robots to do it" and "pay scientists to study cancer vs. invent a magical AI that will fix the problems." 196
Reposted by ColeScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This Court considered it an egregious abuse of executive power for Biden to modify student loan payments based on a statute authorizing the executive branch to "waive or modify" student loan payments 151153384
Reposted by ColeSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is hugely horrifying. 8439551234
Reposted by ColeGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942. 5044209712551
Reposted by ColeDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/04/2025NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony. Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law. 518206166602
Reposted by ColeClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/04/20251/ Just as a reminder, we WERE onshoring a bunch of manufacturing jobs, thanks to the CHIPS and IRA acts. Those jobs were spread around the country, many/most in red districts. Trump trying to kill them all. www.jackconness.com/ira-chips-in... 321879775
Reposted by ColeCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos 1239337466152
Reposted by Coleoriginaloneno721.bsky.social @originaloneno721.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Yes, forcing the Supreme Court to decide this issue today would make them so uncomfortable it would be like, hmm, what's a good analogy? Oh, I know, it would be like locking them up in an El Salvadoran torture prison. 0141
Reposted by ColeMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Indeed. If you take the Trump admin's tariff arguments at face value (yeah, I know), you end up with conclusions like "they don't understand that money exists." Heck, their primary claim is that they'll bring back manufacturing jobs which will then be automated... and thus barely any jobs at all. 🤦♂️ 820323