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Gray Brooks

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 14h
The Democrats can put a rider into the Appropriations Bill that: (a) renames the Office; and (b) defunds its ability to engage in third-party deportations to other countries through defunding airplane contracts.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.
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The Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned...
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 24/09/2026
Gifts Trump has received: -Gold bar from Swiss execs -Diamond ring from Belgian jewelers -Gold-plated crown from South Korea -Gem-studded medallion from UAE -Golden samurai helmet from Japan and more... In return? Trump gave them perks and leniency.
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The lavish gifts Trump has received from world leaders and CEOs
The president has received golden presents from foreign leaders, powerful corporate CEOs and interest groups who received perks and leniency from his administration.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump wants to build a massive arch to honor himself. As if this famed draft dodger has any reason to deserve a monument. Hear more from our plaintiff Shaun Byrnes, who is suing to stop Trump's illegal arch project.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If he is thwarted in his inevitable efforts to cheat in 2028 we need to be prepared for the very serious likelihood that he will attempt to steal, auction off, or destroy out of pure spite every public asset he can.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@zjmontague.bsky.social, @nytimes.com: Any reason why there's no link to the Cooper opinion? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/a...
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Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules
A federal judge said he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026
Look who made the trip to Ireland! #TravelWithNatalie (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Ms Harp wearing green with her lovely smile
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026
“The reasons for US unwillingness to step in to help Saudi at this moment, when everything in history indicated it should, are probably down to military degradation … So what we are seeing is a weakening US, having to abandon its key allies, as its flounders running out of munitions fighting Iran”
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The Unravelling Of The American Age Is Accelerating
What Has Happened In The Last Days Is Ominous
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
anyway i think DC statehood is a non negotiable. only way to give DC residents the tools to protect themselves.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
After SCOTUS’s ruling on Trump’s White House Ballroom, the case to stop his Triumphal Arch appears to hinge on whether plaintiffs have standing. Three plaintiffs are Vietnam vets, who say they regularly visit fallen comrades at Arlington Cemetery & hope to be buried there. … 1/5
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It should be far more of a scandal that the Trump admin has repeatedly intervened to help the Tate brothers, who are clearly in a lot of very serious international trouble:
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 30/01/2025
Heroes
Tweet from MapQuest:

fyi MapQuest is NOT renaming the Gulf of Mexico - not because of politics but because we haven't updated our maps in like 15 years and don't remember how to do it

3:01 PM • Jan 29, 2025
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At least 65 American citizens are reportedly missing after the Nepal floods—and the U.S. is deploying just $500,000 for emergency relief assistance?
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I spoke with Nepal's Foreign Minister Khanal this morning about their search-and-rescue efforts, including the urgent efforts to locate our missing citizens. The @StateDept is quickly deploying $500,000 in assistance to flood-affected communities while @USEmbassyNepal is coordinating with local authorities on efforts to assist U.S. nationals. The United States stands with the people of Nepal during this difficult time and will continue to support relief and recovery efforts.
© MOFA of Nepal
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One of the things we have lost is the power to shame public officials. It seems quaint but it is actually very important. Without it, formal law is significantly weaker and our lives are significantly poorer. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
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A Republican Attack Ad Used a Family’s Tragedy. Now They’re Furious. (Gift Article)
Relatives of a family killed by a semi truck say they were not consulted about the ad, which connected the crash to illegal immigration.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 27/08/2026
In the past year, the Trump administration has killed at least 223 people in Caribbean Sea and East Pacific boat strikes. These attacks are extrajudicial killings and should be considered murder under domestic law and crimes against humanity under international law, writes @seharrison7.bsky.social.
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The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.
By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.
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Gray Brooks @gbinal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime. (ArtIV.S2.C2)
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It is unfortunately in the best long-term interests of the United States for the rest of the world to treat us as a rogue state and make concerted plans to rein us in.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
U.S. debt is on track to reach historic levels
Debt held by the public as a percentage of the gross domestic product, 1792-2055
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Source: Authors' calculations using data from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Budget Lab, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. A full list of sources is available here.
Chart: Center for American Progress
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I was thinking the other day how those not in DC (I'm not) aren't hit as clearly with how Trump has turned the White House grounds into something between construction site and waste dump. Genuinely upsetting. Far from the worst thing he's done but among the most tangible and graphic.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Another reminder, in case anyone still cares about such things: This war is so clearly unconstitutional that even the Trump Administration (including its very compliant OLC) hasn't offered any argument to the contrary. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
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Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens
With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The senile president is having the slop machine show him a fantasy version of the Iran war where we’re winning.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/07/2026
seriously, give me another star wars side story about admiral ackbar's escape from slavery (he was enslaved by tarkin at some point prior to the battle of yavin)
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
this is so embarrassing oh my god
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Endorse. Less "watch me dunk on Ezra, Matt, Stancil, Atlantic." More "check this out, it's good work that you might not have seen."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/07/2026
Please reply with your objection to Governor Beshear appointing a replacement for Mitch McConnell prior to the early August deadline. I wanna respectfully address objections in a forthcoming video. Thanks!
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Trump administration found $129 million to spend. Not for lowering electric bills. Not for disaster relief. To pay a utility company NOT to build wind power. The stupidity, wastefulness, and malice of Trump’s energy policy is beyond description.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I have so many questions about this movie. Why would anyone want to watch a rom-com version of The Purge? Does the movie just gloss over the weird dystopian hellscape legal background?? Sry Mr. Dua Lipa, when we said bring back rom-coms we did not mean this!!! youtu.be/JRG244IfrRE?...
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One Night Only | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They can invent all the bogus evidence they want—the American people won’t let Trump & his cronies take our vote or our voice How we fight back, in this week’s publisher’s note👇 -TN
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Trump’s Speech About 2020 Proved He Was a Loser — and Still Is
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Newsmax had over 200 million in revenue last year. It’s tough out there for independent news rooms. Support us.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 18/07/2026
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social and @tphillips.bsky.social argue that President Trump's removal of the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission defeats his duty to faithfully execute the law and exceeds his removal power under the Take Care Clause.
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Faithful Execution and the Removal Power
President Trump is exercising his removal power in ways that defeat his duty to faithfully execute the law.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"The point of Trump's speech was to create a pretext to eventually declare extraordinary powers granting himself control over our elections before midterms. He views it as a necessary first step to ultimately shoehorn through sweeping changes that Republicans have been unsuccessful at implementing."
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Trump's Primetime Speech Wasn't Just a Warning, But a Lesson
His performance might have been a snooze, but it should serve a wake up call to step up the fight to save democracy
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dunno how to say this without sounding hyperbolic, but this stuff is profoundly corrosive to the country's stability. Purposefully lying about something so crucially important indicates deep rot.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 17/07/2026
Tuberville lives in Florida but represents Alabama. Every accusation a confession.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICE killed another person.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reminder there is no evidence that any initial statements by ICE or DHS should be trusted — and reporters should state that in all coverage and stories. Every ICE shooting we’ve seen the agency lie about the circumstances.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ok but Mitch McConnell didn't actually say that. Speech has not occurred. Words have not been spoken apnews.com/article/mitc...
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at an event, Aug. 2, 2025, in Fancy Farm, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK

Updated 03:57 PM PDT, July 12, 2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.

McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the time he was first taken to the hospital and has undergone a battery of tests to try and determine what led to his fall. He said he was also treated for mild pneumonia and has been moved to a rehabilitation facility.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trump’s Monday schedule includes a 5 1/2 hour block of “executive time”
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 05/07/2026
“It is hard to think of another single event in the last decade that has had such far-reaching and sweeping and unintended global consequences as Jim Comey’s press conference.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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The Comey effect: 10 years ago, an FBI news conference changed America
“It is hard to think of another single event in the last decade that has had such far-reaching and sweeping and unintended global consequences as Jim Comey’s press conference,” said one historian.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/07/2026
Read JD Vance, writing in @theatlantic.com , from 2016. Ask yourself: was he right? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)
To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I don't think any American--regardless of party, despite fondness for aviation (which I share)--would enjoy being under the nonstop low-altitude, high-speed, incredible-volume of the Caligula overflights of our nation's capital right now. It feels and sounds like being under aerial attack.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
At this point in the Trump 2.0 DOJ, judges should be reviewing the grand jury transcripts as a matter of course.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Tomorrow at SCOTUS is gonna be like: a. Trans athletes get screwed b. Another campaign finance law is gutted c. Birthright citizenship is upheld ... and we're all supposed to focus on (c) and forget about all the atrocious decisions that preceded it. Let's not, please!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Any day now the pool is going to shoot a passerby and then justify it by saying it feared for its safety.
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