Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialJoe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 2hI wrote at greater length about this today. joedunman.substack.com/p/not-what-y...joedunman.substack.comNot What You Read But HowThe Alluring But False Simplicity of “Textualism” 011
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12hCarroll Township....fairly affluent exurb, 87% white, 252 immigrants arrested through August 2459
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13hHere's how it begins -- I hope you'll take a moment today to read the rest 630494
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13hMy probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...inquirer.comHow York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will BunchLocal cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home. 401379641
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It's like if Benghazi was what Republicans pretended it was, but times about 12. 71027211
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute. 1125393
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Hey you fat dipshit pigs, here’s some more slop, suck it down, idiots. 37711
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It is, in fact, possible to impeach and remove President Trump from office next week. It won't happen, however, because Republicans also support Putin and Russia and agree with Trump. 142468498
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now. 341537382
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Every article like this is crammed with the most jaw-dropping corruption imaginable, then a third of the way through they have to throw in "The White House said 'Corrupty McGrifty's integrity is an example to all Americans, who are ennobled by her inspiring service.'" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury StaysA recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump. 8415112
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/10/2026Kellogg turns against Trump. Former US special envoy for Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, says Ukraine should continue striking Russian oil refineries. “This is war. They are attacking correctly,” he said, backing Kyiv’s continued campaign against Russian refining infrastructure. #Ukraine 491346332
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump just shitting all over the legacy of his pal Lindsey Graham 43576152
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump is trying to blame Zelensky for the oil crises caused by the disastrous wars started by Putin and Trump. He has acted like a Russian asset since at least the 1980s. 1214744
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It is not normal for a state attorney general to even have a security detail, unless there's some particular threat or an event of high concern. 419145
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 5830701399
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialAction Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 10/10/2026Actually the United States should get a new President. Preferably one who is sane. 0142
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“The ship has sailed” 🚢 www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 551023263
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de... 221068599
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta... 8528461392
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialNews for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 10/10/2026'It was a definite quid pro quo.' GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks out PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/show/it-was-a-… Subscribe →pbs.org'It was a definite quid pro quo.' GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks outPBS News 052
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie. 221926460
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialCitizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 09/10/2026Impeachment is the right thing to do. Doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do makes them look good. Making excuses for doing nothing makes them look like lazy feckless cowards with no principles. 021
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The "worst of the worst" talking point has been massive for the administration after Alex Pretti and Renee Good were shot and killed in the street. There very clearly has not been a messaging pivot on things like due process. 2553489
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 09/10/2026So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts 952405806
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Again, you (& I) live in a country where there are concentration camps & people are being disappeared. We can argue about what exactly to call this particular form of partially autocratic political regime, but it’s not a full democracy. 241489449
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialOwen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In 2025, ICE attorneys started refusing to identify themselves in immigration hearings, but doing this in actual federal court seems like a new step 816857
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There is nothing comparable to this level of corruption in American history. 9469186
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’m good with Trump going to prison for insider trading. 811427
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/10/2026"defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts." Nathan Lee for ABC Newsabcnews.comTrump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his electionThe contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers. 47140
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialHouse Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Donald Trump and his sons have raked in BILLIONS while Americans struggle to make ends meet. Let's call this what it is: blatant corruption and an abuse of power.abcnews.comTrump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his electionThe contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers. 53209112
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing." 13783842217
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Is it woke to be horrified by what happened at Cornell--and by the "boys will be boys" excuse-making of so many then and now? If so, perhaps we should all be a little more woke? 511687200
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 107106271804
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And Democrats let them! HI GOVERNOR NEWSOM!!! 053
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wanted: an antitrust policy that makes it so that newspapers can't run headlines that read, "creating a vast _____ empire" 513031
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Assigned, of course, got the real story, and got it right, a week before the Times. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned MediaInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 120744
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The corruption is staggering. Wow.theatlantic.comMAGA Is Making the World Safe for CorruptionFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. 617672
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.trib.alU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest. 4614384
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialEric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Mr. Lipson, a former law partner of the chief justice, introduced him to the island and made a project of settling him in. Mr. Lipson located the Roberts home, negotiated the deal, assigned him the lobster-dinner shtick, and integrated the Roberts family…” Oh! Another justice with a rich patron?? 610235
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that. 652289372
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Skipped the Nazis, huh. 2665583915
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 30/09/2026DoD is 20% MAGA true believer fascists, 20% "we've gotta do something about the fascists" and 60% "I'm an a-paw-litikul professional who always looks to see what way the political winds are blowing" that the 60% is 60% is an ongoing problem that long predates pete.....but also it's 60% 119513
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialKathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 20/11/2024Reminder: the $600 billion per year that the IRS doesn't collect in taxes owed is enough to pay for universal school meals (~$50 billion) and the child care /preschool (~$40 billion) and paid family leave (~$20 billion) provisions of build back better...six times over! www.crfb.org/blogs/irs-es...crfb.orgIRS Estimates a $606 Billion Tax Gap for 2022 | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget2024-10-24-The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published its p 8297112
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialKevin Haggerty @kevinrhaggerty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate this morning, and a GOP Senator just grilled him about being at an Atlanta Hawks game in ATL, and accused him of perjury bc he denied this was the case. Turns out, it was an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland. These are the most unserious people ever. 2304635895
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15862192219
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have zero sympathy for the Mueller people who were gigantic babies at the end of the day, but we should let this Jack Smith guy get a second crack at it. 963766292
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026👇🎯💯protectdemocracy.orgOver 200 democracy scholars call on Congress to end single-member Congressional districts and adopt proportional representationMore than 200 political scientists, legal scholars, and historians released an open letter calling on Congress to reject the United States’ winner-take-all elections. 06420
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1300190786218
Reposted by @gregsocha.bsky.socialJillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me: I will never vote for Newsom. Consultants: OK. Can we propose someone even worse? 718735
