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Eh, we don't have to get into a big fight about it, but it happened a lot more recently than that. The behavior of the press regarding Mitt Romney was a joke, as many admit now. I agree it's not a justification for Trump's corruption.

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(I don't really care about soccer at all but if I can upset some 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Patriots 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 on here for 30 hours or so by cheering on a European country, I think it will be pretty funny.) (Plus I hate corruption.) Go Belgium! 🇧🇪

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LOL @ the likely reaction here to "Republicans were treated unfairly by the media for years" They were. Just like people on Twitter will scream at me for cheering on Belgium, y'all can scream at me for this. LOL I am here to antagonize literally everyone. Why bother being on social media otherwise

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“But the red card was unfair!” Yes. It was. And Republicans were treated unfairly by the media for years. So fuck the rules. It’s our side’s turn and who cares if it’s corrupt. Right?

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If you want to know how Trumpists can hoot and cackle over their side “winning” based on corruption, just look at the universal smirking of Americans over the FIFA decision. Go Belgium!

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I thought it was too. But rules are rules and corruption is corruption. I'll be cheering on Belgium.

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You don't have to do anything. The team doesn't have to play Balogun. I don't have to root for the U.S. against Belgium and I won't. Go Belgium!

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I will now be cheering against the United States in the next World Cup game it plays.

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It's good not to discount the country entirely because of Trump. But ignore the feel-good messages that treat him as an unimportant blip. Go into this holiday proud of what ought to make you proud, but aware of the country's major flaws, with a mindset that we must fix them. 2/2

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Patriotism feels nice. Saying patriotic things makes you feel good. Much about this country is great. But people who tell you to forget about Trump this weekend are wrong. He has exposed major flaws in our constitutional system, and has revealed the electorate as unserious. /1

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OK fine: "at least" three votes

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Old and busted: there will be at least one vote and very possibly two for the crank position, but that’s it New hotness: there are three votes for the crank position

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If it were a trolley problem it would be a no-brainer

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If Trump announced that actually, the equity stake that the government took in Intel and the revenue sharing deal the government has with NVIDIA will both now revert to him or his sons personally, would anyone be that surprised? Would anyone stop him?

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With seven decisions with the *same* 6-3 lineup over the last three days, I really can't wait for all of the hot takes from the folks who keep insisting that #SCOTUS *isn't* defined by its ideological division.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 29/06/2026

In the Slaughter case today, the S. Ct signals that civil service protections for DOJ and myriad other government agencies are a nullity, in favor of the "vigor" and "secrecy" of presidential power. This decision will have huge consequences for our government and system of checks and balances.

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The next president should refuse to turn over the Qatari jet to Donald Trump. He should ensure that the United States retains possession of it, as surrendering it to Trump would be an unconstitutional emolument. Let Trump sue.

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Great job Polis

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well there goes that prediction...

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My prediction, which is worth what you paid for it: Cook and Slaughter both come out on the penultimate opinion announcement day; TPS and birthright citizenship both come out on the final opinion announcement day. Roberts’s plan: to show on each day that Trump wins 1, loses 1.

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Wow, you’re going nuclear!

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I believe it worked because a) I was nice and b) I did not mention the smell until he forced my hand. I expected all along that he would refuse. Let this be an inspiration to others. Polite direct requests can work!

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Fella on the plane took off his shoes. We could smell his feet even from several seats away. I asked him politely if he would put his shoes on. He said he it was for comfort and asked what the problem was. I explained, nicely, and he said "fair enough" and put them back on!

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I have a feeling the Texas gerrymander is going to blow up in the GOP's face.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2026

Rep. Buddy Carter on a teacher who was killed when ICE got into a high-speed chase with a man who had no criminal record: "She is a victim of Jon Ossoff, Chuck Schumer, and the Democrats ... they've got blood on their hands"

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 12/02/2026

Smart questions by Sen. Paul; yet ICE seems to be violating these 1st A rights repeatedly, with at times deadly consequences.

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lisasasa56.bsky.social @lisasasa56.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

“I explained to the ICE officers that the war was killing people, that it was violence, terrorism which we had escaped from but one of them began to laugh,” Kulyk told The Daily Beast. “I asked why he was laughing and I was told that he was pro-Russian, wanted Russia to win the war.”

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Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart

Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.

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Yeah. I thought of Ken because he has discussed this phenomenon many times.

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It's hard to describe the sinking feeling you immediately get the moment the judge says something especially nice as he is about to deliver his ruling

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There's nothing much more to tell. It wasn't a disaster but I did not get the result I had sought. But I pretty much knew that the moment the judge started to say nice things.

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