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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I am unspeakably angry about this turnout gap figure, and it gives insight into the whole ballgame for gutting the VRA. Alito points out that Black turnout exceeded White turnout twice in 5 elections. The argument is garbage 1/x
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/01/2026
"The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a 'drug boat,' killing 11 ... the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then killing them. That is a war crime."
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/09/2025
! I've been banging this drum for months Due process is how you determine things like 'is this person a citizen' & 'did they break a law' GOP's insistence that noncitizens & lawbreakers shouldn't get due process is putting the racism-cart before the logic-horse ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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Republicans Have No Earthly Idea What “Due Process” Means
Under the Constitution, due process is a right. The Trump White House wants to make it a privilege instead.
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 08/09/2025
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
"Just the other day, I was in the audience at Lincoln Center when Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, while promoting a new book, that she doesn't think the United States is in a constitutional crisis," Farias told us. "Today, the Supreme Court, without offering a single line of reasoning, more or less declared that the Fourth Amendment, which protects everyone from unreasonable searches and seizures, nonetheless allows the Trump Administration to arrest and detain anyone who looks Latino, citizen or not, on account of the language that they speak or the kind of jobs they do. The ruling putatively covers the Los Angeles area, but the effect could be national," he continued.
"If that's not a constitutional crisis, then what is?"
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12/08/2025
A Trump order seeks to impose involuntary confinement on homeless and mentally ill Americans. Trans people are already at a higher risk. But a nightmare scenario of mass confinement hangs over the order - the right defines trans people as inherently mentally ill. slate.com/life/2025/08...
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Trump Just Took a Major Step Toward a Nightmare Scenario for Trans Americans Under the Guise of “Public Safety.” Don’t Be Fooled.
If we don’t change course soon, it will be too late.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/08/2025
If you've been scammed by student loan servicers or have problems with your loans, the Trump administration is abandoning you.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The family of Virginia Giuffre: "Missing from this group is, of course, any survivor of the vicious crimes of convicted perjurer and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Their voices must be heard, above all. We also call upon the House subcommittee to invite survivors to testify."
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Low key one of the worst anbuses of power ever? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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DEAD TEENAGERS out now in paperback @judedoyle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
At the newsletter: Ari Aster made a movie about how Both Sides are being led astray by Internet Extremism. I watched it in a heavily Trumpy small-town movie theater and had a panic attack. No paywall: jude-doyle.ghost.io/on-see/
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On Seeing "Eddington" In Trump Country
Jude Is Afraid.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Today is a good day — any day is a good day — to read and share this February resignation letter from SDNY prosecutor Hagan Scotten to Emil Bove. It’s the type of thing you show your kids as an example of how to be.
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Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH)
Mr. Bove,
I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.
In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys-is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.
There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way. If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.
Please consider this my resignation. It has been a…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Both the Trump administration and Florida have been lying through their teeth about who is being detained at the Everglades detention camp.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/07/2025
Harvard has officially closed its office for LGBTQ life. They folded it into the office of culture and community. There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women. Absolute cowards. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard College Closes Diversity Offices, Reassigns Staff to New ‘Harvard Foundation’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard College will close its offices for minority students, LGBTQ students, and women and fold their staff under a new Office of Culture and Community, according to a Wednesday message from College ...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“Now, churches can endorse political candidates and not lose their tax-exempt status, but secular nonprofits cannot. The First Amendment does not stand for the proposition that religious groups get extra-special treatment from the government.”
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
This week, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, author of @lawdorknews.bsky.social, joins us to unpack some of the terrible SCOTUS chaos this term and what it means for LGBTQI+ & reproductive rights: www.reprosfightback.com/episodes-blo... #podcast
Quote graphic featuring gold, yellow, and dark purple paper scrapbook elements in the background, as well as a sunflower, ladybug, and sparrow. The quote reads, in a typewriter-inspired typeface: “The message from the [U.S. Supreme] Court was pretty clear. It was: if you have… anti-LGBTQ “concerns,” the Court will listen and find a way to protect them. But if you have actual concerns for LGBTQ people, your children, the Court will just ignore them and refuse to take up the case.” The quote is attributed to Chris Geidner, Author of Law Dork.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/07/2025
It’s wild how much more interested in speculating on this when the first flights happened vs how interested in talking about it now that it’s confirmed.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
If you are not alarmed at the type of thing these people now feel 100% comfortable saying out loud that they would have been scared to type into a group chat 10 years ago for fear that anyone might ever see it, I don't know what to tell you.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨BREAKING: Senator Chris Murphy after a private intelligence briefing on the Iran attacks: “It still appears that we have only set back the Iranian program by a handful of months. I just do not think the President was telling the truth when he said this program was obliterated.” It was just lies.
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Joel Mendelson @jpmendelson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A man that's been president for a total of more than 4.5 years still believes those claiming asylum are people being released from mental health facilities.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Since we’re all having flashbacks, here’s the NYT in 2002 as Bush herded Dems into line on attacking Iraq. In this case, Trump has not sought approval and doesn’t have 9/11 to bamboozle people with, so you’d think Dems would have more courage this time www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/w...
"There are many Democrats who have great misgivings about this war, but who feel it has no payoff for them" if they oppose it, said Alan Brinkley, a professor of American history at Columbia University.
"This is the first war in our modern history in which we've been the instigator, so you would assume there would be more debate." Instead, he added, "it's as if Iraq has attacked us."
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans: If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Grateful that Brad Lander is using his experience to highlight the biggest outrage; that ICE is re-arresting people who have been 100% compliant with ICE and the courts, with the goal of unlawfully stripping them of a court hearing to juice Stephen Miller's deportation numbers.
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Victor B Johnson @victorbjohnson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
How can one be accused of assaulting a federal officer (ICE) if the person hasn’t been shown actual federal credentials during the encounter? This essentially means ANYONE can kidnap you, and you assume that fighting back when some random stranger forces you into a car could get you arrested. #ICE
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Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Brinks, who just resigned, goes nuclear on President Trump Brinks: I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy: to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia. 1/
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Credit to @nytimes.com for noting the questions about the US role in this ceasefire. Other news media need to stop parroting Trump's talking points and do some actual reporting. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Brokered Truce Between India and Pakistan

Indian and Pakistani officials confirmed that the two sides had called a cease-fire after four days of an alarming escalation in fighting, though neither mentioned an American role.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/05/2025
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Important thread. I will note that the provision almost certainly will be determined by the Senate Parliamentarian to violate the Byrd Rule.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
764k people who chipped in (and lost) on average just $750 would mean those 58 'lucky investors' now have $10 million each it's a scam.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%. What’s next on the agenda?
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 07/05/2025
National website update probably carefully planned for months, years even, and rolled out in a moment that amounts to an employee armageddon. It’s surreal seeing dozens of former colleagues start to show up as “Unknown User” show up in Microsoft Teams.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Don’t look away. This is what Libya’s migrant detention facilities look like. This is what Trump is doing. Amnesty International called Libya’s migrant detention centers a “hellscape,” where beatings and sexual violence are rampant and there are many reports of trafficking and even slavery.
A picture of an incredibly grim room, filed with depressed-looking African men, in filthy clothes laying on filthy mattresses in a filthy detention center with bars on the window. Everyone looks like the life has gone out of them.Global development
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Fresh evidence of violence at Libyan detention centres as boats turned back
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Amnesty International says sexual abuse and beatings rife at camps for those forcibly returned after trying to cross the Med
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A FAQ (and answer): why if oil prices have been plummeting haven't #gasprices been following? A large decline in U.S. gasoline inventories amidst refinery maintenance is to blame. But in the weeks ahead as maintenance wraps, look for rising supply & falling prices.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The scale of the alleged corruption is staggering - here is the total value of the most serious alleged direct benefit to past presidents or family members as compiled by o3.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
RFK Jr and Statistics:
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This is completely false—as a matter of constitutional text, history, case law, and ordinary common sense. Miller is out to destroy our republic.
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The right of "due process" is to protect citizens from their government, not to protect foreign trespassers from removal. Due process guarantees the rights of a criminal defendant facing prosecution, not an illegal alien facing deportation.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/05/2025
The end of the separation of church and state could arrive this summer, in the form of a Supreme Court ruling requiring Oklahoma to fund the nation’s first religious charter school. Ruth Marcus reports.
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Is This the End of the Separation of Church and State?
The Justices, who have steadily eroded prohibitions on government sponsorship of religious schools, now seem ready to end them entirely.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/05/2025
Good morning! Let’s start the week with some good news: Maine successfully challenged Trump’s attempt to freeze $1.8 million in school lunch funding over transgender rights. The courts sided with Maine, ensuring students get meals.⬇️
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Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
The Trump administration has agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state an...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This email, a year ago, from Fetterman’s former chief of staff, and this entire piece from Ben Terris, makes clear that Fetterman should not be serving in the Senate. Every Senate Democrat should read this and be asked about it - especially Schumer. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Brian Wasik @brianrwasik.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This explains Bobby's 'by September' nonsense. He doesn't think any work needs to be done. He thinks it's all just sitting there, in a folder marked VSD - AUTISM [CONFIDENTIAL] on some CDC laptop. And it's been covered up by the Deep State.
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TrumpWatch @trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue · 30/04/2025
Trump’s Latest Attack On The Press Involves Being Upset That They Cite Expert Sources #Trump
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Trump’s Latest Attack On The Press Involves Being Upset That They Cite Expert Sources
The New York Times put out a statement this afternoon defending itself...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Who needs historians to advise the state department when PragerU videos and Elon Musk's historical hot takes are available for free on the web?
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