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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30m

I suspect Alito thinks he can make it until the next time there's a GOP president and GOP senate. He might well be right! Of course someone with lifetime tenure in a great job is motivated to think that way—as was RBG.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 56m

Funny I thought he would retire in 2025 because his wife had made some comments during the flag kerfuffle that suggested to me that she was looking forward to it.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 58m

People in top jobs don't like retiring if they can avoid it! And it would look weak to hurriedly retire like this. But most importantly he just said he won't do it -- see what AMK quote-posted.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1h

You think he would quit in the lame duck if Ds win the Senate? I took the other side of that bet with @stevenmazie.bsky.social. Thirteen black and white cookies are at stake.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1h

Rick's piece is a great read. After that, read one of the pieces he links: my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @mollyroberts.bsky.social on the viability of any GOP shenanigans when the House convenes on January 3. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

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Can the Midterms Be 'Stolen' On Jan. 3? It's Complicated.

Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention.

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Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 2h

Want hearings ala Benghazi about this? Put Democrats in power.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2h

On the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

Not clear who buys such a book?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

Tillis voted for Hegseth even though it was eminently clear that Hegseth was out of his depth. (Noem, at least, was a governor and former member of Congress.) Tillis now says he regrets voting for Hegseth, but he obviously knew better at the time and wimped out for political reasons.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

Who by Hague And who by plague

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

Once upon a time, "Trump is getting bad advice" might have been a plausible tack for a Republican trying to nudge Trump without incurring his wrath. But it's a bit late for that—especially for Tillis. It's right there in the title of his book!

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 4h

Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to remain on the Supreme Court even if Democrats capture the Senate in next month’s midterms, dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure a successor gets confirmed, @gregstohr.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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Supreme Court’s Alito Plans to Stay Even If Democrats Win Senate

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5h

This is what he said. He says “small price to pay” twice. The first time is clearly about gas prices, which suggests that the second one as well. Obviously he is not speaking coherently but I believe that is what he meant.👇👇

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5h

I think this is actually right👇👇

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

Here are the 10 Republican AGs willing to weigh in on Trump/Trump's lawyers' side in the sanctions appeal in Trump v. IRS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Their claimed "interest" in weighing in here shows you why only 10 of the 27 Republican AGs across the country are on this brief:

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15h

This is the full ad? Seven seconds?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah I think he’s saying it would be bad, not good, if those cities got nuked

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 16h

This is being passed around as a total misrepresentation of what he said. Trump was saying - as he often does - that costs for Americans are a small price to pay for preventing Iran from getting nuclear missiles. He was saying ‘let them take out LA or SD’ as an example of what could happen then…

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah. Also... We can't know. But if another 2.3M Dems in CA, NY, IL, etc. had voted for Harris? No change in the EC but there's a decent chance that a lot of the compliant behavior from the media, universities, law firms, etc. doesn't happen...and *maybe* Hegseth et al. don't get confirmed.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 19h

UPDATE: After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation. Each of those outlets declined to step in. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.com

White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement

President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22h

Excellent photo choice. My 2013 self would be horrified to learn that we would look back on that period as less stupid times.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 23h

I assume "we all" equals "me" in which case yes. As the rare dual Astros fan / Congressional scholar you were supposed to know this!

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What do you mean by extinction level?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think I am the oldest person at this Olivia Rodrigo concert.

View from very high up at the Olivia Rodrigo concert at Capitol One Arena in Washington DC

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“The threats that we’re getting now are mostly from our own government,” said Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican. “The way elections are being handled by the federal government right now is dangerous, disruptive and in bad faith.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.com

With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn’t helping

U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The other NLDS series is a pretty stark choice between courage and cowardice

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s even worse than that — in the ad she refuses to say his name.

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

really torn on Padres-Brewers but it must be hell for the Trappists

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe, like the Radcliffe Pitches, you prefer the Chordettes? m.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUg...

m.youtube.com

The Chordettes - Mr Sandman (Live 1958)

YouTube video by mangeldeth74

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I could be wrong, but I doubt he believes most of what he says on TV. Sounds too much like Baghdad Bob.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just take a look at the Kennedy Center, where Trump got himself named chairman of the board of trustees!

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is from January 2023. Has he done bad stuff on this issue as head of HHS?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Really annoyed at myself for knowing the other two. I think I read it in a Jay McInerney book.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tfw you’re in Ohio campaigning for a vegetarian (Ramaswamy)

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What if his only goal is to maximize book sales? Would he stay or would he go? I think stay.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Polling on the offer is pretty bad

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As part a decade-long effort to Make Law Professor Hypotheticals Great Again, we're about to get a fight over whether executive privilege applies to communications by the president in his non-presidential capacity as Kennedy Center chair. (He is the first president to hold that post.)

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dems worried last year that this delayed implementation of the deep Medicaid cuts in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' would defang their attacks on the campaign trail, leaving voters unmoved by the message that a health care apocalypse was just around the corner. But for many, it has already arrived.

politico.com

Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.

While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I *think* he’s suggesting, against all reason, that clocks on buildings are changed from the outside, thus imperiling a clock-changer who dangles from a high steeple.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love how this is like the only issue these days that scrambles typical partisan/ideological lines

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

UPDATE: Tom Cotton responds. (And he’s right!)

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No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter. Arkansans don't want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I'll always put Arkansas first.
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