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Paul Goldstein

@phgoldstein.bsky.social
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Retired biglaw litigator. Anti-fascist. Strong musical, literary & sports interests. You are entitled to my opinion.

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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This guy Tyler Mahle is carving the Phillies up. Maybe the Giants, my home team, can sign him for next year.
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can anyone please explain to me where the “Hawks“ aspect of Senator Schmitt‘s ridiculous face plant came from? His poster doesn’t say anything about “Hawks”, does it? All it seems to say is that Smith had tickets to go to some event.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/09/2026
Trump has found so many ways to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family that we had to narrow the list down. Here are 75 of the most staggering examples of Trump corruption in 2026. And yes, there were more. Read Ron Filipkowski’s full breakdown:
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DFA Ryan Walker today.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The reckoning for these thieves is going to have to be thorough and brutal. We tried the "back to normal" approach with Biden and we ended up with a wholesale Republican attack on the country www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump administration admits pulling grants from states that didn’t vote Republican
The Trump administration previously claimed the funding cuts were meant to stop wasteful spending and were not influenced by politics
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There are a huge number of empty seats in Foxborough, Massachusetts, right now as the second half begins.
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
DFA Walker, Buster.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is how it's done.
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SarahBCalif @sarahbca.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump is old Trump is obese Trump is profoundly stupid and tacky Trump is a criminal, a pedophile and a rapist Trump is a mob boss, threatening people & profiting off his crimes Trump hires sycophants and the inept, immoral people We must do everything we can to help Democrats win in November
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Did they ever catch the person who did the seashells? Because that seems like a very dangerous person on the loose.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is exactly the stuff the press corps should have asked about at the president's presser and the WH briefing today when they cast criticism of him as violent rhetoric. The question did not come up once.
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gerrybushey.bsky.social @gerrybushey.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Senators that voted for their confirmations need to be fired as well!!
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“Georgia Republican Party official voted illegally nine times, judge rules” electionlawblog.org?p=154895
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"Georgia Republican Party official voted illegally nine times, judge rules" #ELB
NBC News: A judge ruled this week that a top Georgia Republican Party official, who has promoted former President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 pres...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/03/2026
Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This, from the lawyer who successfully argued the tariff case before SCOTUS, casts huge doubt over the applicability of the statute the @POTUS is relying on to slap down a new 15 percent global tariff. His own lawyers dismissed it in their arguments to the court.
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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Embarrassing confession: I have sometimes mixed up Denny Laine and Ronnie Lane.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I feel like I need to keep reminding everyone that Donald Trump first nominated a known child sex offender to be Attorney General because that's who he wanted handling the Epstein files.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/02/2026
TRUMP TODAY: There was an election in Texas? What? TRUMP YESTERDAY:
Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Today is the day! To all Voters in Texas’ 9th State Senate District: GET OUT AND VOTE for a phenomenal Candidate, Leigh Wambsganss. She is a highly successful Entrepreneur, and an incredible supporter of our Movement to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. My very good friend, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, needs a strong conservative Republican in SD-9 to KEEP TEXAS RED! The Radical Left Democrats are spending a fortune to beat a true MAGA Warrior, Leigh Wambsganss. You can win this Election for Leigh, who has my Complete and Total Endorsement. POLLS CLOSE AT 7 P.M. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR LEIGH WAMBSGANSS! Find your closest Polling Location here. Leigh will NEVER let Texas, or the USA, down! President DJT
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights. Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior. This is police state stuff.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
100%
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
they should all be making these videos
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
/3 3. The administration explicitly, repeatedly, and outrageously lied, on camera and in writing, regarding the shooting, how it happened, and what Pretti did. 4. The administration routinely lies and in fact administration members — like the Vice President — have defended lying as a practice.
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The fascists are incomplete disarray. Democrats, this is the time to strike a blow for freedom. Stand strong don’t settle for stupid compromises. Don’t be afraid to shut everything down for a few days. Get it done now!
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Fire Kristi Noem. Fire Stephen Miller. Fire Tom Homan. Prosecute every last one of Trump's thugs who are murdering Americans and terrorizing our communities.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Love to see it
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It's very clear from what Karoline Leavitt is saying in this White House briefing and from Trump's B.S. "we had a nice call" post about Gov. Walz that the administration is furiously backpedaling. Don't ease up the peaceful pressure - increase it. All gas, no brakes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/01/2026
NBC: Why did administration officials jump to conclusions on Pretti before an investigation had even been conducted? LEAVITT: This has obviously been a very fluid and fast moving situation
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Attn. Field Commander Bovino:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A government that made an honest mistake and killed someone would admit it. A government that wanted to murder its political enemies would lie about it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
They’re just gonna try to lie their way through it
Mullin: A deranged individual who came in to cause massive damage with a loaded pistol was shot and killed. How much more does it have to go on before the Democrat leaders take responsibility for their words?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Any prospective government shutdown should not end until and unless this ghoul is removed from public life
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Stephen Miller called the victim, an ICU nurse at the VA filming ICE, a “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement.” Greg Bovino said he “wanted to massacre law enforcement.” You saw the videos. How can any Republican not call for their resignations?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump is giving a deranged, rambling monologue in Davos to an audience stunned into silence. He sounds incredibly tired, his voice raspy; he keeps trailing off into long pauses. It's jaw-dropping. The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Stroud sucks
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Bryce Young is not ready for prime time.
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