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Mitch Solomon @mitchsolomon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The man speaking to the literally captured audience is obviously on drugs. That same man is responsible for the murder of nearly 200 people in open seas as "drug interdiction".
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Aside from his manifest lack of qualifications, he had a track record of being against Roe. Why on earth was she dumb enough to believe his lie about settled law? That idiocy should be enough to disqualify her too.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I will vote if I have to go naked, crawling over broken glass, through a mine field.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin
Elon Musk, douchy and doughy and pale
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...
In the pre-publication galleys to his new book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, Justice Alito spelled my last name inconsistently. This is, I suspect, the pettiest possible point on which to open in discussing a Supreme Court justice’s new memoir, and I would never have mentioned it except for the fact that inconsistency turns out to be the organizing feature of the chapter in which I (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”) repeatedly appear.The central inconsistency of Chapter 8, which is devoted to the emergency docket, is structural: Rather than tackle the subject holistically (as one might expect in a book), Alito mashed together the speech he gave five years ago at Notre Dame Law School with a “postscript.” The former was deeply flawed even at the time (among lots of other things, Alito repeatedly insisted that there was “nothing new” about the Court’s behavior on emergency applications during the first Trump administration and COVID); and the latter tries to move the goalposts away from the specific phenomena to which critics like me have actually objected.The result is to leave readers with a disjointed, inaccurate, and misleading sense of what the debate is even about—to say nothing of how the Court’s own behavior since September 2021 (including Alito’s) has only further undermined the already-flawed claims Alito made back then. Somewhere between the galleys of Alito’s book and the final product (which hits bookstores today), someone apparently figured out that my last name should be spelled the same way (and correctly!) throughout. The other, more significant inconsistencies were, apparently, harder to fix.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.
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Sunny Bear - Sun Tzu @sunnitzu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wait til you find out that Palmer Luckey is Matt Gaetz's brother in law.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Aside from what he's saying, which is deeply odd, his whole appearance is just weird. He looks like he's wearing a suit bought for his 12 year old body. The jacket is too tight, the sleeves too short and tight, the pants too short, the legs too tight. And the shoes! The whole thing is off.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
AXios screengrab
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
His tell for lying is "I really believe that." He says this like he thinks his belief outweighs facts.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, they're not going to get any. Nor do they deserve them.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war. That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price.
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Joey Blue @jp262.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To celebrate National One-Hit Wonder Day, let’s plan to send these Freshman House Republicans who flipped Democratic seats in 2024 to the dustbin of history in 2026! Let’s “Whip It.” Yeah, whip them good! PA-08: Rob Bresnahan (R) vs Paige Cognetti (D) PA-07: Ryan Mackenzie (R) vs Bob Brooks (D).
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Of course. There are monsters under the bed. And if you MUST get out at night, stand on the bed and jump far away from it so they can't reach out and grab you by the ankles should you be so foolish as to put your feet near the underside. When you get back, take a running leap back on.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
She's wrong.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hopefully, someone will help him find out what being assassinated feels like.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And bitch, slut, little lady, etc.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'll contribute the same to a gofund me.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
"My operating theory is that we live in a populist age, and while technocratic neoliberalism might be the wisest course of action, it cannot succeed unless it is presented as part of a populist framework. Which means establishing who the enemies are."
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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August. It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera. They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
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The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Telex? They're still using telex? No wonder no one is answering.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I want to be 100% clear: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's fingerprints are all over this deal and he owns the consequences. He has handed control of America's media ecosystem to Trump's top enablers and he should have to answer for it every day for the rest of his career. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Paramount Settles States’ Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger
By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For me, Newsom already had a few strikes against him. This merger was the last straw.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The non-coup ones need to happen before Jan 20, 2027 or JD could have the balance of Trump's term plus 2 more. *I know he's unlikely to win a fair election, but he'd be eligible for that much.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who's running for Senate, says the Iran war "needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end." A messaging pivot: Hinson voted NO six times on House resolutions directing Trump to end the Iran war — including as recently as last week.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/09/2026
"At the end of the day, this may be the hardest thing for people like us to accept: The free world now views America as a threat. The free world is right to. And no one, or two, or three elections will change that."
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Canada Is Making America Its B*tch
The story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From a former State Dept. lawyer who specialized in the law of armed conflict
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Jerry Gale @jerrygalemn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Please watch this and then repost it everywhere.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How can anybody vote for her? I mean, seriously. What a liar and a fraud. This is brutal.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The White House Correspondents’ Association should’ve boycotted Trump when he revoked Jim Acosta’s press credentials They should’ve boycotted when he sued the NY Times They should’ve boycotted when he insulted all the female reporters Instead, they honored him by letting him speak at their dinner
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Doesn't mean they won't still vote R down ballot.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/09/2026
"It’s safe to say that in the entire known history of diplomacy, there has never been a more clownish team of envoys than Witkoff and Kushner." ICYMI Cathy Young: lnk.thebulwark.com/4hpzePo
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The Two Stooges Take Another Crack at Ukraine
Russia’s imaginary victories meet Trump’s imaginary diplomacy.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/09/2026
"At the end of the day, this may be the hardest thing for people like us to accept: The free world now views America as a threat. The free world is right to. And no one, or two, or three elections will change that."
lnk.thebulwark.com
Canada Is Making America Its B*tch
The story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/09/2026
"Our country has become a lunatic asylum. The rest of the world, it turns out, still operates in reality." And reality catches up.
lnk.thebulwark.com
Canada Is Making America Its B*tch
The story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dear Dems and libs: Stop helping Republicans muddy differences between the parties on AI and data centers by acquiescing to the "bipartisan opposition" frame. Rs are laughing at you while polls show Rs now leading Ds on these issues. Instead, tie Rs directly to Trump's AI/data center malevolence.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mike DODGERS is too cowardly to show up to debate me.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is ironic that Texas is the first state to defund the police.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why not ask the straightforward question of "have any plans been discussed by anyone in your hearing or via email to send FBI agents to the polls on election day"?
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Toilet salesman says what? Lies. All lies.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Any bets as to whether or not they're just going to use the embassy as a free vacation house?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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kiricopper.bsky.social @kiricopper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why does Tapper say he understands? Johnson is outright lying and speaking misdirection.
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