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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Where my dog breed nerds / early 2000s punk rock fans at
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A 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...
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This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like
A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Doctors: 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
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Just don't get me started on the French Republican calendar, 6-day week, the Peirce Quincuncial map projection, or the base 12 number system :)
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Jon 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."
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
You have time to argue with me about it
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Sure, but to create a numerical scale to measure something linear, you need a unit of scale and an anchor point... or two anchor points, with the unit of scale then defined relative to the distance between them. I'm just saying that if I were to create a new system, those are the two points I'd pick
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Boiling temperature is something we can conceive of, but can't really feel. The difference between 70 C and 110 C is something we're going to measure with a thermometer and not something we can actually distinguish by sensation. Freezing temperature and body temperature are on a very human scale.
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
My point is not that people need help remembering what human body temperature is, it's that when most people in their daily lives discuss temperature, it's usually regarding the weather or things that feel warm/hot to a person. Freezing temp and body temp are perfect goalposts; they're palpable.
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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
While 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.
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mrborelli.bsky.social @mrborelli.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It'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.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This 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.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
SCOTUS 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
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Trump 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...
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Trump 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.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
DISASTROUS. 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.
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Do you really use a thermometer every time you boil water? Also, have you raised kids? Because they get sick allllll the time, I've definitely taken kids' temperature much more often than I have used a thermometer in cooking.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Sotomayor: "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...
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In 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...
Here, in violation of an unambiguous TRO, the Government flew four noncitizens to Guantanamo Bay, and from
there deported them to El Salvador. Then, in violation of
the very preliminary injunction from which it now seeks relief, the Government removed six class members to South
Sudan with less than 16 hours’ notice and no opportunity
to be heard. The Government’s assertion that these deportations could be reconciled with the injunction is wholly
without merit. Notice at 5:45 p.m. for a 9:35 a.m. deportation, provided to a detainee without access to an attorney,
plainly does not “‘affor[d]’” that noncitizen with “‘a reasonable time’” to seek relief. A. A. R. P. v. Trump, 605 U. S.
___, ___ (2025) (per curiam) (slip op., at 4).
Even if the Government’s overnight notice had been adequate, moreover, DHS also did not provide the required
“meaningful opportunity . . . to raise a fear of return” under
the Convention. ECF Doc. 64, at 46. The affected class members lacked any opportunity to research South Sudan,
to determine whether they would face risks of torture or
death there, or to speak to anyone about their concerns. Instead, they were left in their cells overnight with no chance
to raise a claim and deported the next morning.
The Government thus openly flouted two court orders, including the one from which it now seeks relief. Even if the
orders in question had been mistaken, the Government had
a duty to obey them until they were “‘reversed by orderly
and proper proceedings.’” Maness, 419 U. S., at 459 (quoting United States v. Mine Workers, 330 U. S. 258, 293
(1947)). That principle is a bedrock of the rule of law. The
Government’s misconduct threatens it to its core.
So too does this Court’s decision to grant the Government
equitable relief. This is not the first time the Court closes
its eyes to noncompliance, nor, I fear, will it be the last. See
Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S. ___ (2025) (per curiam). Yet
each time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for courts and for the
rule of law.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 23/06/2025
ICE 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-...
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ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
0 being freezing is the one thing Celsius absolutely gets right. Once again I point to my ideal temperature scale, where 0=freezing and 100=human body temperature. These are the most intuitive points of reference in most people's lives bsky.app/profile/cole...
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I should have predicted the eventual betrayal bsky.app/profile/cole...
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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Look, 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.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Again, 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.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For 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.
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
So Vader is Musk, basically?
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mattthestampede.bsky.social @mattthestampede.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It 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.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
They'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.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
there'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.
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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
the 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
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
great day for insider trading
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/04/2025
Bartiromo 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?"
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 09/04/2025
What’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
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
My 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
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
UPDATE: 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
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Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
THE 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...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/04/2025
1. 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...
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🗽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."
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What to do if the Insurrection Act is invoked
With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond.
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randomgirltoyou.bsky.social @randomgirltoyou.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Everyone 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.”
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 08/04/2025
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 08/04/2025
This is flat out terrifying.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 08/04/2025
Again, impeachable actions by the minute. For example, the President of the United States bragging that he is extorting law firms.
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This 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...
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Cole @colearmstrong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I’ve already heard it said for every violation against women I could imagine. Never thought I’d hear it said to explain two elderly boys intentionally destroying the world economy and literally all of America’s international relationships all at once, though
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
CNN'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."
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Karoline Leavitt on Musk and Navarro's public fight: Boys will be boys
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Tina B @teenaweena.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“Boys will be boys” is how we ended up with all these misogynistic fucks running our government.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2025
"Boys will be boys" -- Leavitt on Musk referring to Navarro as "dumber than a sack of bricks:
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/04/2025
it 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
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