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mdcmd.bsky.social @mdcmd.bsky.social · 28m
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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mdcmd.bsky.social @mdcmd.bsky.social · 42m
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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology
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mdcmd.bsky.social @mdcmd.bsky.social · 2h
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Republicans watch with alarm as Trump’s approval rating sinks in their own internal polling | CNN Politics
Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potentia...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
House Republicans are discussing pulling cash from three of their toughest races: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa, Rep. Tom Keane in New Jersey, and an open seat in Nebraska.
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Republicans watch with alarm as Trump’s approval rating sinks in their own internal polling | CNN Politics
Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potentia...
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 4h
What other person, with security clearances only because his wife’s father demanded, can negotiate world peace deals and increase his net worth at the same time? Who is the dummy’s true puppeteer?
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 2h
Not a legal expert but seems like “adherence to originalism” has been highly selective, not remotely “blind.”
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h
I did not have "Donald Trump doxxing Tom Cotton over daylight savings" on my Bingo card. But I support it, I guess? Both making daylight savings permenant and making Tom Cotton miserable.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h
Sky-high diesel prices have many farmers questioning Democrats’ decision to vote to release the Epstein files.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 5h
#Nebraska It’s time to retire your Senator when he refuses to answer your questions & has you removed for asking. Elect Dan Osborn. He’s a fearless leader & won’t run or hide! #Pinks A Reporter Asked Pete Ricketts a Question. He Motioned for the Police. www.magareportcards.com/blog/rickett...
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A Reporter Asked Pete Ricketts a Question. He Motioned for the Police.
A TMZ reporter asked Nebraska's senator about Mitch McConnell's six-week absence from the Senate. Ricketts said he was praying for McConnell, then signaled Capitol Police to block him and a colleague ...
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mdcmd.bsky.social @mdcmd.bsky.social · 6h
Not important Not urgent ...as usual
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h
Laser focused on the key issues (Also, the Senate is out until after the election, so it can’t vote “NOW”)
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President Trump gives out Tom Cotton's cell number over the daylight savings bill.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It's called,
"The Sunshine Protection Act" or, "We Don't Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act." For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it's very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments. Likewise, regular Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or work. See letter from Brian Rolapp, CEO of the PGA TOUR below. 65% PLUS want more sun in the afternoon, Daylight Saving Time (The way it is now!), but 100% don't want to change their Clocks twice a year. They want to, as they say, "LOCK THE CLOCK!" Who doesn't? It's very expensive for our Nation where you have high and dangerous steeples to reach, like on churches and municipal buildings. Almost everybody wants
"The Sunshine Protection Act" to pass, except for Tom Cotton. To the Great People of Arkansas,
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pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Da…
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emmiedoodle.bsky.social @emmiedoodle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unfortunately, as expected... Defending the men in the Cornell gang rape case. He “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23h
If you have a YouTube channel, stop hectoring us to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE! We all know how YouTube works. You come across as a needy annoyance.
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mdcmd.bsky.social @mdcmd.bsky.social · 7h
Cannon brings shame to Michigan Law
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h
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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"No Jewish person in NYC is responsible for actions of Israel... critique of genocide is not antisemitic... we need a politics of humanity, not just at home but for people we're bombing." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells Theo Von the genocide must stop & Bibi should be arrested
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
For clarity, the judge here is saying that a STATE can criminalize non-citizen voting, but the federal government can't.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh wow so Paul Clement did the court-appointed amicus too?!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Suuuuper interesting, I was not tracking this. The judge found the law criminalizing noncitizen voting is a voter qualification statute, and therefore outside of Congress’s power. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression! Decision is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The best reading of the actual statute that underpins this criminal case yields an inescapable
conclusion: 18 U.S.C. S 611 is a voter qualification statute, and the Constitution does not authorize
Congress to legislate voter qualifications for federal elections. Except for very specific constitutional
provisions (that cannot support this statute; we will go through them, Congress has no power to say
who can vote or who cannot vote in federal elections-that foundational power is reserved for the States,
and limits Congress.
Some legal principles are so fundamental that they form American constitutional bedrock, and
this case reveals a big one: When you're prosecuted based on a law that Congress did not have the
authority to pass, the prosecution cannot stand. That principle in federal law harkens back to cases
like Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, 180 (1803), and United States v. Hudson, 11 U.S. 32, 34 (1812), and
has had explicit and unbroken support in criminal cases since Ex Parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 376-77
(1879) ("An unconstitutional law is void, and is as no law. An offence created by it is not a crime. A
conviction under it is not merely erroneous, but is illegal and void, and cannot be a legal cause of
imprisonment."). The principle is so fundamental that it even predates our constitutional republic; it
lies at the very heart of our constitutional heritage. See, e.g., Bayard v. Singleton, 1 N.C. 5, 9-10 (1787) (striking down a legislative act as unconstitutional and holding that a court cannot enforce an
unconstitutional law in any type of proceeding). This principle acts as a shield for every person facing
criminal prosecution in the United States, citizen and non-citizen alike. That shield protects the
Defendant here, and none of the Government's arguments break through it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
Whoa. A Biden-appointed judge in the southern district of Florida just ruled that the 1996 federal law criminalizing voting by non-citizens is unconstitutional. 👀
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump “feels badly” for the Cornell alleged gang rapists
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 21h
JUST IN: Judge Marc Scarsi (Trump/CACD) allows Trump administration to proceed with challenge to Calif. egg regs. Sees likely intrusion on federal prerogatives and legislation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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CAEggOpn100226.PDF
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Kennedy before he adopted his Foghorn Leghorn MAGA character.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today in Politics, Bulletin 471. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 471. 10/1/26
… Renee Good’s partner and family have filed two lawsuits stemming from her death - one against at the ICE agent who shot her and a several senior Trump admin officials, the other against the federal ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He promised to cut energy bills in half in 6 months and gas prices would be under $2. He never said he couldn’t do that because he’s “inheriting a mess.” He said he would do it & it would be easy. So he can try & blame Biden now all he wants, but he blatantly lied & is a buffoon.
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Neera Tanden Still Eats Laura Loomer's Ass @leftlimelight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How much do you wanna bet the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will remain in it's current dilapidated state until Trump leaves office? #ETTD
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today in Politics, Bulletin 472. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 472. 10/2/26
… Trump’s economy continues to fail miserably for most Americans except for the uber-rich and people in the AI industry, as more bad economic numbers were reported today by the Bureau of Labor Statist...
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MAGAs laughed when Trump called the pandemic "Kung Flu", the Democrats "new hoax" and boasted about his ratings and the stock market at CDC press briefings. Before over a million Americans died from Covid-19.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is there *anything* more Donald Trump than sticking up for men who drug and gang rape women *solely* because he's still angry that the Special Prosecutor in their case successfully found him to be a felon many times over?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's thread starts with joy as the community came together in Oswego, New York to protect a couple of roofers from #ICELawlessness & prevailed. Let's rally like this across the country to protect our immigrant neighbors by helping elect Democrats in every race who will fight for accountability.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
LOL -- Trump tries to shout out Ted Cruz in Texas and *not a single person applauds* for him. Not one!
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Vagans don't do well in Texas” -neither do public school funding or the power grid, yet here we are, Donnie.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every Dems’s dream stump speech
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump says "oil is low," but that lie proves to be too much even for him and so he quickly pivots to Biden
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "Nobody knows that dumb has a B on the end"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "They came up with the word 'affordability' ... it's phony" (Note that the crowd isn't into Trump's affordability denialism at all)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"I can go ramp, I can go stairs" -- Trump's audience in Texas gives him an extremely tepid round of applause as he brags about being able to go up stairs without falling
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end”
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Annihilating Iran”—which can only mean the widespread use of thermonuclear weapons against Iran’s nearly 100 million citizens—is, I’m afraid, the Chekov’s gun of Trump’s second term. He has spoken too often and too explicitly about unleashing such wanton destruction for it to be an idle threat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
New in PN: The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges "What 'canons' did all but one of MN's district court judges violate? Well, they spoke to the Times and made Trump sad. You won't be surprised to learn this is not in fact a violation, but that isn’t going to stop Blanche, now is it?"
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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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