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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Spread these stories. This is our government “just enforcing the law“ in the eyes of many of our fellow citizens. What a travesty!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.

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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also Jack Smith already said everything he said at today's hearing and far more in a masterful 165-page brief his team filed in DC federal court weeks before the 2024 election www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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smith immunity brief

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's hard to imagine a serious effort to fix the federal government that doesn't include court reform. This is not a generic point about bad faith judges. Successful political reform will require the root-and-branch elimination of interlocking con law doctrines that choke off legislative innovation

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Mike Johnson, reacting to Trump’s pledge of $5,000 to adult citizens if the Republicans retain Congress, said Trump was just “brain storming.” Johnson has found a new way to call “BS.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’d never heard this version before. God, the emotion she puts into it. youtu.be/CEPUxpR64YE?...

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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026

John Roberts' Constitution forbids any attempt to proactively ameliorate racial discrimination and racial inequality, but permits open racial discrimination as long as there is a facially neutral explanation available, even if it isn't remotely plausible. This, my friends, is "Colorblindness."

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Yes it’s been happening in plain sight. But this piece powerfully synthesizes various prior reporting and supplements it with painful personal details. It’s a gift link btw. The story is genuinely a must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've just posted a new (fairly short!) paper on unitary executive theory's impoverished theory of democratic accountability. Give it a read -- I'd love to hear any thoughts! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Of Multiplicity and Accountability

<div> Unitary executive theory has, since <i>Myers v. United States</i>, been premised on a conception of democratic accountability. On this view, the presiden

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Just so we’re clear, Trump decided to give himself and his family tax-cheat immunity. Congress didn’t do it. The courts didn’t do it. Trump is stealing tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers because the Republicans in charge of our government refuse to stop him. it’s outright theft.

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Trump Keeps Immunity From I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud

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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Presidential emoluments, presidential emoluments, unconstitutional presidential emoluments.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Likewise, every Republican running for Congress must be put on the record regarding this “settlement” theft.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Given that the IRS leaked every taxpayer’s confidential information to DOGE in January, 2025, shouldn’t the settlement funds be returned to the Treasury because we were all victimized by this government?

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 15/03/2026

The way our nation turned its back on those who helped us at great risk to themselves and their families is an unforgivable national shame. We owed Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal. Instead, ICE arrested him in front of his children and he died in their custody. We failed him and his family.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“Describe Hegseth’s war effort in Iran in three words or less”

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

If the Supreme Court decides to attend the State of the Union speech (something I’ve been against), there may be more than one Justice mouthing words at the president, and those words won’t be as mild as “Not true.”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Moving detainees around to stymie habeus petitions is a result of the SC’s ruling in Trump v J.G.G. barring nationwide injunctions under the Alien Enemies Act, I think.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/01/2026

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Fantastic piece from @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @barryfriedman1.bsky.social on how to hold federal law enforcement accountable. As they note, an even better solution would be for Congress to codify Bivens.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 15/01/2026

On Jan. 7, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. @cshaplaw.bsky.social explores under what circumstances state and local officials could prosecute the agent for violating state law and identifies some obstacles Minnesota prosecutors will have to contend with.

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Minnesota Can Prosecute Jonathan Ross—But It May Not Be Easy

States can prosecute federal officials for violating state law, depending on the specific facts and laws.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/01/2026

i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It seems that a lot of pro-ICE commenters about the Twin Cities are the same folks that thought having to choose between health insurance or a penalty was tyranny.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

It would be difficult to overstate the amount of anxiety in the Twin Cities now. The invasion of ICE is not limited to ethnic enclaves in the inner cities; suburban Targets and church parking lots are staging areas. The hatred and fear are palpable, but also the administration’s goal.

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

MAGA is treating the Minnesota fraud story with all of the dishonesty, hypocrisy and immigrant-bashing you've come to expect Also... a lot of money was stolen, and anybody who cares about good government should be determined to find out why www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...

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The Real Story Behind the Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal

You don’t have to buy the MAGA narrative to worry about how government failed here.

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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

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Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting

YouTube video by CBS Evening News

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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Read this morning about the USPS not postmarking on the day a letter is mailed unless you request it at the post office. I’d like to see serious analysis of how this will affect absentee voting. My guess is that it will disenfranchise many.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A post script to all the posts about great Christmas movies: this gem from 1951, the original NBC broadcast of Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” with an introduction by the composer. archive.org/details/Amah...

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Amahl and the Night Visitors (Dec. 24, 1951) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Christmas Eve will be marked appropriately on television with all regular programs making some provision, and a number of special programs also planned. Among...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/12/2025

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Article I is inoperative, haven’t you heard? The Supreme Court has replaced it with some Hamilton quotes about an energetic executive, and Congressional Republicans are afraid of primaries.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Correction, David Axelrod - Janet Mills would not be the oldest person sworn in as a freshman to the US Senate. That distinction goes to Rebecca Felton, sworn in at age 87 in 1922. She served one day.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

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Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Granted I’m a neophyte at this con law stuff, but why do the more conservative justices worry so much about presidential power while they seemingly care so little about Congressional power exercised with presidential blessing? And why is separation of powers formalism valued above flexibility?

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

remember, please. the noise of evil in the world is always there. it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so. but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes. do good.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The idea that the two shipwrecked Venezuelans were capable of “returning to the fight” would be an exception that swallows the rule, since all people in like circumstances could conceivably be rescued, recover from their injuries, and rejoin the “war.”

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Graham: “and tell that guy you follow he’d better get on the right side of history, too.”

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme 7: Years of his sentence 10,000: Victims of his fraud 1,000: Letters from victims to the court 13: Days he served 1: Pardon from Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Megan Kelly said Epstein was interested in the “barely legal” 15-year old girls. Wouldn’t it be closer to the truth to say he was interested in the barely illegal ones?

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Trump’s innovations in consumer lending: the new no-equity mortgage and the forever upside-down auto loan.

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politicalgma.bsky.social @politicalgma.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Everyone needs to watch this interview the orange baby was referring to. youtu.be/DR79GW6SvxE?...

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The State of the United States: A Conversation with Jack Smith

YouTube video by UCL Laws

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Two enthusiastic cheers for the ceasefire in Gaza, but crowing about peace in the Middle East has a bit of a “mission accomplished” feel ( for those who remember George W. Bush). Perhaps Trump can now work on peace in the Middle West.

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley once famously said “the police aren’t there to create disorder, they’re there to preserve disorder.” For the Trump Administration, the federalized troops in Chicago are there to do both.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 11/10/2025

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

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Paul Harvey @paulitically.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

With the dates on the coin, it’s like a tombstone for the American republic.

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