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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6h

There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:

“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 7h

It’s not just Barrett, of course. These are such delicate ppl. Roberts, w his private island; Thomas and Alito, w their sneering hostility toward all critics; Brett “what goes around comes around” Kavanaugh. But immigrants, apparently, can be put through hell while SCOTUS thinks things through.

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 9h

this makes me ill. this isn't some policy dispute. this is a court of v comfortable ppl making a non-decision, avoiding the crushing harm, int'l law violation, & total abuse of power involved in even one of these 3rd party 'removals'. it's sick.

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 9h

reminder that we are talking about this

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 9h

it's evidently too much to ask the rw justices to consider the irreparable harm to individuals treated to such inhumanity. they are complicit in this criminality. shame on all six of them. and shame on us for having a system that allows this illegality.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 8h

Not a word of justification in the one-paragraph SCOTUS order allowing DHS to resume 3rd-country removals. Vigorous and detailed dissent, though, from Sotomayor, Kagan, & Jackson. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 10h

It’s also so telling that Schmitt and his staff apparently couldn’t fathom that Smith might possibly have been going to see a *women’s* basketball game. (Hence Smith’s dumbfounded, “er, I wanted to see Caitlin Clark play basketball … with the HAWKEYES…”)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

The thing is, once you are ok with "the election was stolen" or "immigrants are eating pets" you are on board with everything else bsky.app/profile/just...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 11h

My favorite part of this is how Jack Smith is so utterly baffled by Schmitt's bonkers conspiracy theory that, when Klobuchar is like "the Iowa Hawkeyes, right?", his response is just "uh, I just wanted to see Caitlin Clark play Maryland."

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 11h

Given how rightly tough it is to prove defamation of public figures, Hannity might not quite be there bc he simply says that Smith was put “on the spot.” But other right wing pundits who are falsely claiming that Smith was caught in a lie seem smack dab in actual malice land.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 11h

Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13h

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not all men. Jesus Christ, don't you think women *know* that? Use your heads instead of getting defensive. Most of you would be terrified of swimming among sharks, even though sharks are stastically far less dangerous to you than men are to women.

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shout out to @jojofromjerz.bsky.social

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This truly is horrifying. Not only is he unlawfully spending OUR money on a political ad, the whole point of the ad is that roughly half of the country consists of enemies who must be conquered.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But I just did what nearly all writing about the issue does: talked about the percent of women on campus who will become victims without talking about the percent of men on campus who will become perpetrators. Most campus rape victims know their assailants.

1 in 8 students experiences sexual violence during college.
The 2019 Campus Climate Survey found that 13% of undergraduate students experienced rape or sexual assault after enrolling in college.

That’s about:

• 1 in 4 undergrad women (26%)

• 1 in 14 undergrad men (7%)

who experienced nonconsensual sexual contact by physical force or inability to consent since enrolling at their school.

from: https://rainn.org/red-zone/campus-sexual-violence-statistics/

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We must “recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it…We must recognize that in abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants

Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026

I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

DOJ defending press ban: “it’s national security.” Trump: “It’s viewpoint based! I don’t like their viewpoints! They have bad viewpoints!”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 26/09/2026

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since yesterday would have been the 90th birthday of the late Jim Henson, and since today marks one month since Dolly Parton died, here they are singing a duet (with Henson voicing Kermit the Frog) on Dolly's variety show in 1987. See you around.

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Dolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” from 'Dolly' episode 5 (1987)

YouTube video by Jason Kottke

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Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm proud to have helped organize this. If you're a lawyer or law student, sign up for this nonpartisan rally next Tuesday. You'll hear from @meiselasb.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social among other champions of the rule law about what YOU can do to protect our free and fair elections.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank goodness for this push notification, or I might have missed this urgent news.

Screenshot of a push notification from the Washington Post, headlined: “state dinner fashion.” It reads: “Red floor-skimming gown vs. black brocade trousers: First ladies dressed for different roles at U.S - China dinner.”

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's a scandal that Jack Smith's classified-documents report is still being withheld from the public, and today's filing from former FBI agents (see below) makes that even clearer. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/o...

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Opinion | Trump Was Indicted Under the Espionage Act. Why Can’t We Read the Report?

Its suppression is highly irregular and disturbing.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On two fronts—WH press access and third-country removals—the administration appears to be ignoring court orders.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026

I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well, I have my first powerpoint slide for my Presidential Power class today:

Powerpoint slide that says "From this morning, in order of occurrence," followed by two headlines. The first says, "Judge blocks Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico." The second says, "POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access."

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ppl like to dump on lawyers and journalists but the heroic ones are working their asses off for the public interest and human rights 👇

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.

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The Deportation Project Map

Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyway, the key clear things here are darkly hilarious; the VP was allegedly a background source on a call, Trump wants news outlets banned for reporting what VP said, and Vance was almost certainly bullshitting on that call in the first place when he said we were close to an Iran deal months ago.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great thread by Genevieve. I haven't been able to bring myself to post anything about this myself b/c it's just another damn iteration of a classic Trump move: do something that's blatantly, obviously, laughably illegal under existing law. The press, thank goodness is fighting back. But ...

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The NYT has reprinted the gov brief in the press ban case and it is revealing. It makes clear that the admin's central arg for why Trump could kick CNN etc. out of the WH is that access to the WH is not a right but a privilege🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the White House Response to the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The Trump administration has defended its ban on the three media outlets in a court filing.

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Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICE could deport Pastor Molis Augustave, husband of a U.S. citizen, as soon as Thursday. We told Newsweek, "What benefit is it to the United States to deny this man his place among us?" www.newsweek.com/ice-poised-t...

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ICE poised to deport Christian pastor after green card application rejected

A pastor is facing imminent deportation to Haiti after immigration officials denied his application for lawful permanent residence, advocates said.

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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

yes-trump has effectively gone to war w/Democratic-led states, which he sees as enemy territory. You can't have a president who sees parts of the country as the enemy--even Lincoln was more charitable toward states that actually went to war against the US: 1/2 www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-d...

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Trump Is Destroying the U.S. Constitution and Amassing Unprecedented Powers by Sending Federal Troops to Invade American Cities

Lincoln faced a real insurrection and still did not go as far as this president

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's the 27-page complaint just filed by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging President Trump's categorical exclusion of those three outlets from the White House: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... As I explained this morning, this suit will succeed: www.stevevladeck.com/p/251-newsga...

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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, I'll be damned. They finally found a spine.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Taxiing upon arrival at O’Hare is so crazy. Like, you can taxi around for a good 20 minutes or so before it even looks like you’re at the airport.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“I’ve been running an experiment all summer. At book events, I ask the room how many people have heard of Vincent van Gogh, and every hand goes up. Then I ask how many have heard of Jo. In a crowd of 100, I get one hand, occasionally two. Once, I got none at all.”

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The woman who made Vincent van Gogh famous

"Without Jo van Gogh, there would be no Vincent van Gogh posters in dorm rooms, no sunflowers on tote bags and cat collars, no immersive experiences in converted warehouses in every mid-sized city in ...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.

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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

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Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate (Gift Article)

The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.

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