Reposted by Jim SaksaDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20hSooner or later, after exhausting all other possibilities, everyone realizes that the only smart way to do public benefits is with auto-enroll www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...washingtonsun.comTrump Is Preparing to Auto-Enroll Every Child in a Trump AccountFew Americans have set up Trump Accounts on their own. 1512624
Reposted by Jim SaksaAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Go vote! I cast my PA ballot today. Vote however you're most comfortable. For PA residents, vote.pa has all the info you need in one place. 4365
Reposted by Jim SaksaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21h#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 931108473
Reposted by Jim SaksaAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 21hIs this unusual? "The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions:... (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case." 39710
Reposted by Jim SaksaTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Know you no ball, sir, at long last? Have you left no knowledge of ball? 738052
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 22hOne thing about Schmitt's blow up today: Jack Smith going to a mediocre NBA game in Atlanta isn't a crime, nor proof he met with someone who happens to live in Atlanta. And as a lawyer, he knows that what he intended to 'prove' today was all conjecture. 130
Reposted by Jim SaksaZoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 22hNEW: A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge’s decision to penalize President Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in pursuing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and reaching a deal to end it buff.ly/OXdHNe2 Order: buff.ly/tgeDcj4 09727
Reposted by Jim SaksaRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the right's crippling lack of ball knowledge strikes again 873350383
Reposted by Jim SaksaDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22325841054
Reposted by Jim SaksaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to remove a video of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins that the agency posted on social media in support of immigration enforcement.washingtonpost.comNFL to DHS: No, you can’t use highlights to promote immigration enforcementNFL asks DHS to remove video 311427
Reposted by Jim SaksaJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People's ability to hallucinate a version of Trump that has never existed will never cease to amaze me. His political ability, which no one in my lived experience can replicate, is he gets people to project whatever *they* want to see onto him, evidence be damned. It's really quite something. 37013
Reposted by Jim SaksaNBA @nba.com · 28/09/2026MAXEY. VJ. JB. BRON. EMBIID. THESE FIVE IN PHILLY TOGETHER 🤯 1417236
Reposted by Jim SaksaMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#earlyvote midday update 9/28: at least 383,781 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2... 34921
Reposted by Jim SaksaMatthew De George @sportsdoctormd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Phillies are 12 outs from the postseason, and the Phanatic is naked. Truly a week at the ballyard 834971
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 27/09/2026We're 5 innings down, time to save the field and some of these runs for the playoffs!!! 030
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 27/09/2026Remember: This obviously illegal ad that YOU paid for was brought to you by John Roberts' opinion in Trump v. US 061
Reposted by Jim SaksaC. CEO @capybara.ceo · 27/09/2026The rest of the country will never understand the enduring spirit of Philadelphia 0419
Reposted by Jim SaksaDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026The Show Me State's gerrymandering saga spotlighted problems with the Supreme Court 'shadow docket.' But with a 3rd and final order Friday, the Court clarified one of its most controversial doctrines, our @jimsaksa.com explains www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comMissouri map mess forced the Supreme Court to clarify Purcell principle and highlight shadow docket flaws“If we’re not careful, the emergency docket can and will become an end-run around the standard review process.” 417361
Reposted by Jim Saksaryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12352801352
Reposted by Jim SaksaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government: 38815400
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 25/09/2026The NYTs show list seems fine to me if you accept that they rated the shows based off of their best seasons and not an average. 100
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 25/09/2026They are, and Democrats shouldn't let them! (As I've been saying) ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 011
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 24/09/2026I annoyed my wife pointing out every shot that was in Philly (and then saying where) and then pointing out whenever they were filming somewhere in... I dunno, Canada? A cheesesteak cart AT Love Park open AFTER bars closed? "C'mon, get real, Reacher!" Reacher stabbed 1000x, living: "Hell yeah!" 230
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 24/09/2026Daily reminder: ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 021
Reposted by Jim SaksaSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hi hello. The Phillies can clinch a Postseason berth today! with: a win AND a loss by either AZ or SDstatic.klipy.comKyle Schwarber's Intense ReactionALT: Kyle Schwarber's Intense Reaction 3516
Reposted by Jim SaksaAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542231617
Reposted by Jim SaksaBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One weird Trump thing that you wouldn't know unless you're a journalist is that the press releases from the DOJ and other agencies have gotten increasingly political and silly. In the past they'd send them for big stuff: criminal conspiracies, drug trafficking, etc. Now it's petty stuff like this: 032
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 23/09/2026Again, I will have a reason to post this every day from now until at least Nov. 3rd... and probably until November 2028 ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 011
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 23/09/2026This is my now daily reminder that GOP politicians are reading the writing on the wall and will now try like hell to run away from Trump, and say things like the war in Iran needs to end (without voting for a war powers resolution to end the war) ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 131
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 22/09/2026This investigation is more damning of how Washington works generally than any specific, alleged wrongdoing Collins may have engaged in. Like, if all in here is true, she probably still skirted within the bounds of the law, post McDonnell v. U.S. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 001
Reposted by Jim Saksajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884018698
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 22/09/2026I created a starter pack for the kind of people who'd want to follow @democracydocket.com and votebeat and the Election Law Blog, basically: go.bsky.app/DXpD8ya 13012
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 22/09/2026Once again, I will have an excuse every day from now until Nov. 3rd to post this (and probably every day after that until the first Tuesday in November 2028) ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 021
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 22/09/2026Candidates have lots of good reasons why they don't want to sue for defamation (not least being the Streisand Effect) and normally the other side doesn't outright make shit up lest they end up on the receiving end. Those reasons don't apply here, and until Musk faces accountability, he wont stop 010
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 18/09/2026I honestly don't know if he thinks this'll help directly or if its just a ploy to get those outlets (and others) to stop talking about gas prices and the America's Dumbest War 040
Reposted by Jim SaksaSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption. 1323419686
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 17/09/2026This is all good reporting on how Congress does or doesn't work these days... but the framing is weird. You read this story and it is obvious that the problem is, and has been for quite some time now, entirely within the GOP.nytimes.comCongress May Be Broken Beyond Repair. Lawmakers Told Us How It Happened.Members from both parties say the legislative branch has descended into a state of dysfunction in the Trump era. 022
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 17/09/2026I guarantee you, right now, that I will have a new reason to repost this essay every day for the next 46 days. ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 010
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 16/09/2026Republicans in a riot www.washingtonsun.com/congress/hou...washingtonsun.comHouse Republican Meeting Turns Into Shouting Match: ‘This Is Fucking War!’Speaker Mike Johnson summoned top GOP members to discuss suspending the gas tax, but the session got ugly and personal. 111
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 16/09/2026I wrote about how Dems shouldn't let them do this on my personal blog ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...ysaai.substack.comDemocrats are letting Republicans run away from TrumpThe party’s inability to hammer the GOP for their fealty to a president who’ll only grow more unpopular will harm them in the long run. 011
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 16/09/2026Republicans are starting to run away from Trump.washingtonpost.comGOP candidates are largely ignoring Trump’s midterm advice, Post analysis showsA review of over a million social media messages reveals that Republicans haven’t heeded the president’s call to act like he’s on the ballot and promise $5,000 payouts. 010
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 16/09/2026I think it's pretty obvious the Trump Admin is pumping AI and ignoring all the risks -- social, economic, political, and existential -- because they need the investment bubble to stay unpopped until they're out of office.politico.comSacks: Trump cutting through panic over AIThe chair of the president’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology endorsed Lina Khan’s recent assertions that existing liability laws can address key AI safety concerns. 020
Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 16/09/2026One of the crazier parts of this Fetterman fiasco is he's not even doing constituent services... no senator or congressman personally does that work (rare exceptions apply). They hire people who do it all! Some hire better or more but still, you don't do it yourself! www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.org 011
Reposted by Jim SaksaBrian Barrish @brianbarrish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You’re out here bellyaching about how terrible Eagles fans are when we have two princesses and a saint amongst our ranks. 710426