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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 15/09/2026

I recently had some spare time to write about this very thing! ysaai.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Screenshot reading: "Consider AI. Some Republicans — but far from all! — across the country are now trying to catch up to Democrats on hating on AI. They belatedly responding to the public’s deep distrust of this new technology and its biggest boosters, who make news almost daily saying AI will take all of our jobs and/or kill us all by the time Bryce Harper’s contract with the Phillies expires.

Politicians are running against AI because it’s bad politics to be seen as in the pocket of Big Job and Humanity Killing Robot. But Democrats have a huge head start here, as the party has actually attempted to curb AI’s worst elements while the GOP has mostly rolled out the red carpet for Big Tech."

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 28/08/2026

I lol'd ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

screenshot of text: Setting aside the noxiousness of holding the Kennedy Center hostage over a petty dispute about branding, I am in awe of Brantley’s use of the “conflicts of interest” term of art—a relevant concept in many Trump-adjacent contexts, to be sure—to refer to the fact that the parties in this case have different real-world goals. If you are the law professor who taught Brantley’s professional responsibility course, this is a tough way to learn that you are not getting through.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 19/08/2026

They got little bump in share price right when he said that

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 12/08/2026

Hell of a lede here, @jessecoburn.bsky.social This reporting, in normal times, would lead to congressional hearings and maybe even some criminal charges. www.propublica.org/article/gene...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 11/08/2026

Trump's high school pal, Peter Ticktin, filed a lawsuit on behalf of some January 6ers recently, and it is batshit insane. I have only read a 10th of this so far, look at these gems

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 11/08/2026

I wrote about every story on Democratic politics you've read this week and last. ysaai.substack.com/p/left-v-lib...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 10/08/2026

I wrote this a dozen years ago, and it's still true! slate.com/human-intere...

"...And other than the New York Mets, no employer wants to hire an expensive failure."

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 10/08/2026

I wrote this back in July, just before my week-long vacation (OCNJ), but apparently forgot to publish it? Anyway, some thoughts on politics that are now probably a bit stale, by me ysaai.substack.com/p/most-voter...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 30/07/2026

Lots of non-citizens are on the jury pool in Philly because they use DMV records and local tax payments to build their master list. (They get out of jury duty by simply notifying the court they aren't citizens.) This man isn't dumb. He's a con artist.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 29/07/2026

I keep seeing crap like this on Xitter - old stuff being posted as if its new. I guess it's a testament to how broken, epistemologically, that platform is, or how inefficient our marketplace of ideas has become, that crap like this gets rewarded in anyway (or not punished)

Screen grab of X post claiming an amendment vote "just" happened in the Senate, when it was weeks ago, back when Lindsey Graham was alive and Mitch McConnell wasn't bedridden. Misleading MAGA account pushing anger at some Republicans for voting against the SAVE America Act amendment.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 24/07/2026

I touched upon that in a recent story - 36% of voters thought they had an Enhanced REAL ID where we can assume maybe 0.5% do. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 23/07/2026

Emerson's monthly poll in July was conducted right after Trump's election speech last week. It caused a 10% spike in voters listing "threats to democracy" as the most important issue... but the increase came more from Democrats than Republicans. Trump's 2020 obsession will help Dems in November.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 21/07/2026

there is. S 1383 was documentary proof of citizenship and voter ID. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 14/07/2026

MAGA-wing Republicans threaten giving up a month of campaigning 90 days before the midterms to pass a law that'll disenfranchise about as many Republicans as Democrats, but will infuriate Democrats way more than it'll mobilize Republicans. Amazing.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 14/07/2026

This is actually a pathetically low number, especially compared to the 1,200 former DOJ officials who are urging a no vote on Todd Blanche www.thejusticeconnection.org/news-and-pre...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 09/07/2026

What the fuck are we doing here, Politico? We're quoting single anonymous oil executives who "are in communication with the White House" as a stand in for the the industry? Not just the WSJ saying otherwise, mind you. Multiple stories in Bloomberg and the FT also show a worried industry

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 30/06/2026

Our Founding Fathers were also long dead when the 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868, Congresswoman.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 30/06/2026

Honestly, I was expecting a bigger bump

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 30/06/2026

Alito's brain is beyond well-done cooked on Fox news.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 04/06/2026

What in the hell is this framing of a policy that would make voting harder for millions of people, Politico!???!

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 29/05/2026

Feels like Dems shouldn't really run away from LGBTQ issues from this polling. (Still think the right framing to the GOP's culture war stuff is "They're obsessed with bathrooms; we're working to fix the economy" but this suggests no reason to shift rightward) blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/americans-...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 20/05/2026

I know the predictive value of primary turnout for general election results is limited, but still: Hot damn - 400,000 more Pennsylvanians voted for Shapiro (D) than Garrity (R)! That's Democratic turnout at 63% of total partisan voters (and Dems lead with independents in the polls)

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 15/05/2026

Jesus christ, we're just going to have to deal with idiots in power asking AI to justify their idiotic beliefs forever now, aren't we? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 15/05/2026

God, I miss alt weeklies

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 12/05/2026

Inflation report came in hot at 3.8%; oil prices are rising again amid the still-ongoing Iran war; the prime minister of one of our closests allies, Britain, may soon be ousted; and Trump is heading to China. China is the only story Fox News has above these critical news items

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 06/05/2026

Insane to me this guy is a White House advisor and go-to source for some reporters, posting this kinda racist garbage daily, and it's basically ignored by everyone.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 06/05/2026

This certainly looks like the FBI is just going after Trump's political enemies

Pair of posts about FBI raids and investigations into media and Democrats that raise the specter of weaponized criminal law enforcement against the Trump administration's political enemies.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 28/04/2026

This tweet - from the DOJ's deputy associate attorney general for civil rights! - did NOT age well, as the federal judge in Arizona (a Trump appointee) just ruled against the DOJ.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 26/04/2026

Seriously, everyone with a hot take about the shooting needs to cool it. We have no clue what happened yet. None.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 26/04/2026

lol, this shooting is the #3 story on inquirer.com behind the flyers and eagles draft analysis

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 26/04/2026

if you don’t know who is a hockey guy and who is a politics guy, the feed tonight is extra wild

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 23/04/2026

You forgot your See, e.g. citation professor, but don't worry, I got you:

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 20/04/2026

The correct answer to “Who was president between 2017 and 2021” remains ever elusive to Trump’s flunkies www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 18/04/2026

But, seriously: JFC, Roberts, this is just straight up "I don't like this policy, so let's say no." Talk about ruining the Court's legitimacy

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 17/04/2026

Harmeet Dhillon is a legal pioneer, out here making up new motions on behalf of the DOJ in its Minnesota voter roll demand lawsuit (the novel title only highlights how her office mangled this litigation earlier and belatedly switched justifications) www.courtlistener.com/docket/71453...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 07/04/2026

Rep. Kevin Kiley, who just switched from Republican to independent (but still caucuses with the GOP), also belatedly, obliquely stating his opposition.

The United States does not destroy civilizations. Nor do we threaten to do so as some sort of negotiating tactic. We should all desire a future of freedom, security, and prosperity for the people of Iran.

Congress has a responsibility to conduct oversight with respect to ongoing military operations and our obligations under both U.S. law and international agreements to which we are a signatory.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 07/04/2026

Got a House Republican also critical, albeit after lots of throat clearing

The United States of America must always be prepared to use overwhelming military force when necessary to defend our national security interests and protect Americans at home and abroad.

And, a President should have the latitude to make decisions to that end, but only to the extent that those decisions are also consistent with the inherent authority of a Commander-in-Chief under the U. S. Constitution and the provisions of the War Powers Resolution. To date, I have supported the President’s decisions relating to the Iranian conflict because they were consistent with these authorities and the ultimate goal of protecting national security interests.

At the same time, what sets America apart is not only our strength, but how we use it. Our nation has always conducted military operations for just causes and through just and moral means. This must continue in the future; otherwise we forfeit our legitimacy to lead the world.

So, let me be clear: I do not support the destruction of a "whole civilization." That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America.

I have and will continue to support a strong national defense—one that is focused, disciplined, and firmly rooted in protecting the safety and security of the American people. But, how we protect the lives of the innocent is just as important as how we engage the enemy.

America is great because America is good.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 07/04/2026

Lisa Murkowski is the first Republican still in office that I have seen to criticize Trump's "a whole civilization will die tonight" threat against Iran. A number of former GOP officials have also decried it, as has nearly every Democratic official

The President’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran.

This type of rhetoric is an affront to the ideals our nation has sought to uphold and promote around the world for nearly 250 years. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home.

The oppressive, terror-spreading regime of the Islamic Republic must be distinguished from the people and the civilization of Iran. Everyone involved—especially the President and Iran’s leaders—must de-escalate their unprecedented saber-rattling before it is too late.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 07/04/2026

Today, NAACP and Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Green and Tucker Carlson and a bunch of Democrats all agree: invoke the 25th Amendment

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 01/04/2026

Strong agree. Wrote this in December: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Many legal observers were shocked when the court agreed to hear this case challenging Trump’s attempt to unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil. After all, several lower courts across the country all agreed that Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented parents or parents on temporary visas was a clear violation of the 14th Amendment (and federal immigration law, too).

But I think it only highlights how political the Supreme Court has been under Roberts’ leadership. I suspect the justices will deliver a 9-0 decision — maybe even an unsigned per curiam — excoriating Trump’s hamfisted attempt to codify xenophobia. Even if one or two of the court’s ideological extremists, like Justice Clarence Thomas or Justice Samuel Alito, somehow conjure up a loophole from “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” the resounding victory will spur a flurry of media coverage touting the judiciary’s rebuke of the president, providing Roberts et. al. cover for all their other prostrations before Trump.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 31/03/2026

Insane. Under Bondi, the DOJ declined cases at a historic rate - dropping investigations into terrorism, white collar crime, union corruption, drugs, and more. All to focus on immigration enforcement. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 30/03/2026

Bluesky has the NCAA juice

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 27/03/2026

REPUBLICAN RUMPUS REPUBLICANS IN RUNCTION REPUBLICAN ROW G.O.PANDEMONIUM

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 25/03/2026

I need a pollster to please find out how much the GOP base actually cares about voter ID and the SAVE America Act. I am begging. The X-brained right are convinced this bill is everyone's #1 priority. And I can't seem to find a single poll that asks voters to rank voter ID alongside other issues...

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 21/03/2026

I have heard reports that I’m unable to verify that Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito entered Jefferson hospital in Philly. Again, I can’t confirm. But someone on Kalshi has just bet big he’ll retire before July.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 17/03/2026

If I had a hill press pass, I'd be asking every Judiciary Republican if they still take Mike Davis's phone calls.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 06/03/2026

How politicized is Pam Bondi's DOJ? So much so that ALBERTO GONZALES is saying this about it chkbal.substack.com/p/the-cathed...

Today it appears to many former DOJ employees and officials that the cathedral of justice is being dismantled stone by stone. Prosecutors appear to no longer enjoy prosecutorial independence. Prosecutions at the federal district level against perceived political or personal enemies of the administration’s leadership are, in many cases, now directed by senior leaders at the Department or by subordinates at the White House. Further, we see the entire legal profession weakened by attacks on law firms. Politically motivated criticism of our judges, as well as threats to their families, threaten to undermine the independence of the courts. Recently, it was reported that leaders in the various 93 US offices were told to provide DOJ headquarters with examples of perceived judicial activism that would serve as the basis for referral to the House of Representatives for possible impeachment proceedings. There are growing complaints about executive branch defiance of court orders.

Some prosecutions now appear to be motivated not by justice—but by politics, intimidation, or retribution. Recent prosecutions of perceived political enemies of the current administration—including former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and six members of Congress, including Sen. Mark Kelly—have all failed to an embarrassing level. These failures damage morale at DOJ and lessen respect for the agency primarily responsible for protecting the rule of law and our freedoms.

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