Reposted by Harry SandickSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026So does the Supreme Court decision mean nobody has standing to stop the next president from tearing down the ballroom? 2826544
Reposted by Harry SandickReuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 28/08/2026A U.S. panel that crafts federal sentencing policy is proposing major operational reforms, including requiring a supermajority vote to approve certain actions and giving the public defender community a seat at the table in policymaking decisions.reut.rsUS sentencing panel mulls supermajority votes, adding public defender representativeA U.S. panel that crafts federal sentencing policy is proposing major operational reforms, including requiring a supermajority vote to approve certain actions and giving the public defender community a seat at the table in policymaking decisions. 011
Reposted by Harry SandickJohn Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"The new emphasis on small-dollar fraud comes as the administration has issued pardons and commutations to white-collar convicts, pulled back from criminal cases against multinational corporations and dropped charges against wealthy executives." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases (Gift Article)As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California... 16384168
Reposted by Harry Sandickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026in a lot of ways the current republican government is just the worst, extractive red state governance taken national. total hostility to public goods, total indifference to long-term investment, and a monomaniacal interest in using the state to enrich private benefactors 7455161319
Reposted by Harry SandickAlissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026At the Met’s blockbuster Raphael show, where a toddler is being pushed in a stroller through the jammed Madonna and Child gallery excitedly hollering BABY! BABY!! 0271
Reposted by Harry Sandicktnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Something else to love about the Knicks, perennially: they're named for a fictional character by a major writer; does any other team anywhere have such a literary pedigree? 2101
Reposted by Harry SandickSal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Jalen M. Brunson And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts 254616653
Reposted by Harry SandickJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Wemby cannot foul, he can only be fouled 06412
Reposted by Harry SandickMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/05/2026- Have all the planks of your ship been replaced? - Did you replace the planks with the same material(s) as before? - Do any of the original planks remain? - Did you or anyone else build a ship out of the old planks?buff.lyTheseus Files a Boat Insurance Claim1. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since your last insurance payment? 2. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since you first took o... 319643
Reposted by Harry SandickThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/05/2026Breaking News: Sonny Rollins, a jazz great with a forceful and imaginative approach to the tenor saxophone, has died at 95.nyti.msSonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality. 20520202
Reposted by Harry SandickBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Neither of those calculations is correct. (It's a 500% increase and an 83.3% decrease.) 2833267
Reposted by Harry SandickSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on. 16454112262
Reposted by Harry SandickRandall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Even if the FBI refuses to work together, the MN state authorities should be able to conduct their own criminal investigation. They can interview witnesses, gather video, and subpoena records such as an autopsy report. They can’t be “shut out” completely. 20713122
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026There are consequences to bad government, as this article makes clear. 130
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The same points made by Obama in 2002 apply with equal force to today’s events and some young Democratic politician should follow in his footsteps and make these points now.npr.orgTranscript: Obama's Speech Against The Iraq WarSen. Barack Obama lays out his case against war in Iraq, in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2002. Obama touted his original position against the war as one of the key differences between himself and Sen. Hillary C... 000
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/01/2026nytimes.comOpinion | Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk (Published 2016) 130
Reposted by Harry SandickBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Vance comes down against “purity tests”—i.e., against criticizing the neo-Nazis. He’s happy to have them as part of his coalition. 46645160
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025How did the Mets thank “the best fans in baseball”? By crushing our dreams and breaking our hearts. 010
Reposted by Harry SandickJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10/12/20255/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely … 7622121
Reposted by Harry SandickAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it! 352024386
Reposted by Harry Sandickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/11/2025trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically 592939579
Reposted by Harry SandickChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/11/2025If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.washingtonpost.comHegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them allDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile. 1032013703
Reposted by Harry SandickJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23 17637751208
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This is literally the type of thing that incited Boston to revolt against the British. 020
Reposted by Harry SandickChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0Ayoutu.be‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago buildingYouTube video by MSNBC 58085194260
Reposted by Harry SandickAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 301879409
Reposted by Harry Sandickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2025very cool that trump is singularly dedicated to making everything in your life more expensive 1164678869
Reposted by Harry Sandickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/09/2025everyone should take three hours out of their day and watch THE LEOPARD, a total masterpiece of a film. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...theguardian.comClaudia Cardinale, glamorous star of The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West, dies aged 87The husky-voiced, chain-smoking actor had a reputation as a fiercely independent, free-spirited woman 722180267
Reposted by Harry SandickJen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Hi, I'm Jen. I'm Team Tylenol. I've had major chronic pain every single day since I was 11 years old & my least fave thing in the world is some asshole who never went to medical school telling me to "tough it out." Ladies, you know your body. Do what's best for you & you alone. Tylenol is a safe med 114214
Reposted by Harry SandickMS NOW @ms.now · 20/09/2025EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.msnbc.comTom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. 37047001918
Reposted by Harry SandickAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action 35788622059
Reposted by Harry Sandickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/09/2025wrote about the “national conservative” vision for americanytimes.comOpinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America 933735904
Reposted by Harry SandickEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 3238891608
Reposted by Harry SandickChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2025I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says. 29476311558
Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 07/09/2025RFK working as an aide for Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s 120
Reposted by Harry SandickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2025This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something 1670152483330
Reposted by Harry SandickGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator. 20183561310924
Reposted by Harry SandickChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2025If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right? 5067860930
Reposted by Harry SandickCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. 806151853975
Reposted by Harry SandickJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025NEW: The Trump DOJ just launched a (highly dubious) criminal investigation into Fed Governor Lisa Cook's mortgage representations. Guess who else had the same kind of thing? 3 Trump cabinet officials: www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgTrump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two... 1418680
Reposted by Harry SandickJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 04/09/2025It turns out judges facing death threats after writing 100-page opinions in high-stakes cases with our constitutional democracy at stake don't much like being chastised for not mind-reading lawless shadow docket rulings. 4609157
Reposted by Harry SandickIlya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025We just prevailed in our case against Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs, in the Federal Circuit! All challenged IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, but scope of injunction TBD. Will have more to say later. Here is a link to the ruling (7-4 decision by en banc court): www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...cafc.uscourts.gov 24470134
Reposted by Harry SandickMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/08/2025If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight. 18752891551
Reposted by Harry SandickIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers. Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial. 10139861201
Reposted by Harry SandickJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2025So both Putin and Trump went to an AF Base in Alaska. Each had a set of demands. Trump accepted all of Putin's demands and then said he would convince Ukraine and Europe to accept them. And both then went home. Do I have this right? 1603431696