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Doug Lindner

@douglindner.bsky.social
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Democracy nerd, DC politics guy, public-interest lawyer, Jewish American. Live Free or Die. Views and puns solely my fault; everything else is fedsoc’s fault.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1h
It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 46m
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 50m
On the one hand, the MAGA regime is full of fascists. But on the other hand, they're also clowns whose clownery makes America look weak and vulnerable to adversaries. But on the third hand, they're also turning all our allies into adversaries.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 3h
"people of consequence" is an interesting choice of words for the allegedly populist leader of an allegedly free country
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16h
State Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 18h
Home gyms are cool because you can log your workout on a desktop computer.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Die Another Day (2002)
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
George W. Bush is still raising money for Republican senate candidates
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bad news for Exxon, and a win for the power of public pressure calling out the blatant corruption of the Roberts Court: Justice Alito is stepping down from further participating in Suncor v. Boulder, a week before oral arguments. We've been calling for his recusal from this case for YEARS: 🧵
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is good news but MAGA justices have a majority even without Alito, and he’s far from the only one with shady ties to big polluters
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reagan sold missiles to Iran. Republicans gonna Republican.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your fucking ears
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nobody writes stuff like this about Red America’s refusal to engage with Blue America’s culture
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The question of whether AI can “go rogue” is largely irrelevant to the question of whether it’s important to hold AI oligarchs accountable for their AI’s actions. Computers don’t respond to incentives. People do. And however autonomous AI may appear, it still relies on corporate infrastructure.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Iran wants to end the war and open the strait but Trump wants to continue the war and keep gas prices high, according to Trump
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wild. This should create a Streisand effect, which Dem ranking members can enhance by sending the companies document preservation demands. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
DO NOT see this movie. Elon will be mad if you see this movie. Elon will be EXTREMELY mad if you see it in theaters opening weekend (Oct. 16-18), when ticket sales determine if it's a commercial success or failure.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Things DC should rename: 1. RFK stadium. Sorry to RFK Sr’s legacy but this is a risk he took when he named his son. We’re building a new one anyway. 2. The Washington Commanders. Yes we just did this but it’s unseemly for the capital of a backsliding democracy to yell “hail to the commanders”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING🚨 @whitehouse.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov & @epw.senate.gov release a damning new report exposing how Trump’s corruption with fossil fuel corporations is costing American families. Big Oil will gain $190 BILLION (and counting) from Trump’s taxpayer-funded subsidies and handouts. WATCH 👇
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Obama criticized Fox but made no attempt to penalize them, and it was treated as a scandal
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Florida Man™ commits murder-1, dumps the body, performs multiple surgeries the next day, gets caught, and proceeds to a pro se bench trial in a death penalty case
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every two years the polls tell us what we want to hear and then the result ends up being worse. Meanwhile, the best insurance against a stolen election is a landslide.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can’t believe a fascist white house would be dishonest in their quest to discredit and dismantle the free press
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN.
EXPAND THE COURT
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He’s just a big fan of what happened there
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congrats to everyone who said it was okay when George W. Bush, who is currently raising money for Republicans in 2026, Just Did Things for “national security”
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every Republican in Congress and on SCOTUS is working to give this man more power every day. All of them.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Get that it is a legal strategy for Trump to take our money & heritage in the name of the military: but building a sniper nest on the National Mall really feels like a threat to free assembly & speech, as if the only obvious use would be strike down people protesting Trump’s regime.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene never thought the leopards would eat her face
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Her family also raised a shit ton of money to create America First Legal to sue others. Her husband has helped weaponize the DOJ to sue others. Using the legal system to intimidate and threaten people or force them to adopt MAGA views is a core tactic of these people.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
On the one hand, Trump banning CNN from the White House is pretty bad. But on the other hand, he’s using government power to help his ally Larry Ellison acquire CNN, so I’m sure “CNN” will be back soon.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
america's powerful lounge singer
@KrangTNelson
no no no you misunderstood. I said
"fuck YOUR feelings". MY feelings are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump, Fedsoc, Facebook
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it would be helpful if mainstream media would inform their readers that this is in fact antisemitic. also racist.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it's antisemitic for a non Jewish person to deny Jewish identity to Jewish people he dislikes. It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There is no faction of the resistance to fascism that benefits from being off-putting to normies during a general election. But people who make money by getting clicks and views? Hmmmmmmm
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 18/09/2026
NEWS: The Trump admin has reportedly been covering up the number of servicemembers who’ve died in the war with Iran! This is absolutely sickening and shocking. There must be accountability for every single person involved in this disgrace.
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
The DOJ official who made the threat is the same guy who was instrumental in brining criminal charges against Abrego Garcia - charges that a judge threw out for vindictive and selective prosecution.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama admin pointed out that Fox was a Republican political operation, but took no action against them or their access, and it was treated like a scandal
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 18/09/2026
These attacks on free speech are insane. This isn’t freedom of the press; it’s North Korea levels of censorship. The First Amendment is sacred in this country. We must defend it at all costs.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump and Republicans have been withholding disaster relief from blue states since last year. Seems like it should be a bigger Thing!
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'This is sick': Outrage as Trump taunts rallygoers with hurricane relief
President Donald Trump told North Carolinians that he'll withhold FEMA funding needed for hurricane relief unless the candidate he endorsed wins the midterms.On Wednesday, Trump showed up in Gastonia,...
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