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Jason P. Steed

@profsteed.bsky.social
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was @5thCircAppeals at The Bad Place • former English Prof & practicing appellate lawyer, now Assist Law Prof @ UToledo Law • he/him • all the disclaimers

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20h
A White House plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding approved by Congress using a controversial budgeting maneuver faces a legal challenge on the eve of the end of the fiscal year, when the money is set to expire
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Trump Sued Over Move to Claw Back Federal Funds Set to Expire
A White House plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding approved by Congress using a controversial budgeting maneuver faces a legal challenge on the eve of the end of the fiscal year, when the money is set to expire.
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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not new, but literally every shadow docket hearing, the Supreme Court is reinforcing its illegitimacy. It is not a court. It is not doing the work of a court. In the interest of the rule of law, we need to ultimately abide by its rulings, but there is no future without significant court reform
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 22h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In Republicanland, this is an elbows-up, plant-your-heel backstab. And Paxton (an absolute slimeball) fully deserves it.
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sounds like we need to update the law governing the use of another’s image
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PrudentDemocrat @prudentdemocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I get more value from this one subscription than any other subscription I pay for. Highly recommend subscribing if you can!
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is, by SCOTUS standards, a pretty sharp rebuke of the Eighth Circuit. And a richly deserved one.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/09/2026
A federal judge seemed skeptical during a Tuesday hearing that a civil rights group could continue with a challenge to block Trump’s second attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, suggesting a new lawsuit might be needed ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Judge suggests Trump’s most recent birthright citizenship orders may require new lawsuit • Ohio Capital Journal
A New Hampshire federal judge seemed skeptical during a Tuesday hearing that a civil rights group could continue with a challenge to block President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine the…
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adrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
these are the stupidest people on earth
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
the thing about Kavanaugh's fantasy-land depiction of immigration stops is that people of color have to live in the real world a new ruling (by a Trump judge in Alabama, no less!) shows that federal judges can engage with that reality, rather than Kav's fiction ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 24/09/2026
Texas’ highest criminal court rejected an appeal from prosecutors seeking to reinstate the 2018 conviction of Crystal Mason, meaning the Fort Worth woman will not have to serve a five-year sentence for casting a provisional vote in 2016 while on supervised release.
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Crystal Mason prevails in fight over illegal voting conviction
The court ruling means the Texas woman will not have to serve a five-year sentence for casting a provisional vote in 2016 while on supervised release.
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Agreed on both counts. Abolish both.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Buying into a ludicrous fantasy vision of how immigration stops function in the real world is a moral choice, not a matter of cognitive horsepower. You don’t have to be terribly bright to grasp that’s not actually how things work; you just have to care.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s not going to get better www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/09/its-...
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It's not going to get better - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Barring force majeure, we still have more than two years of this: Most reporting on Trump’s speech emphasized either his belligerence — his rejection of global cooperation — or the fact that almost ev...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The SNAP stuff was the part that they allowed to take effect before the midterms. That gives you a sense of just how awful the Medicaid stuff they are holding until after the midterms will be.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Even Fox News is resisting Trump’s efforts to silence the media. We may have reached the tipping point. 
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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CNN @cnn.com · 21/09/2026
Eyewitness videos shared with CNN show the gunshot wound in a Venezuelan man's back, in the immediate moments after an ICE officer shot him in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. Federal authorities have not yet said what led up to the shooting. cnn.it/3V80ppl
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 21/09/2026
"Republicans have many reasons to be angry at Hegseth. Not only is the Iran War a fiasco but the consequences of the war, especially rising oil prices, are intensifying at the worst possible moment for the GOP, as voters head to the ballot box for the midterms."
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Even Republicans Are Figuring Out That Pete Hegseth Is a Disaster
Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'd like it if the FedSoc nuts that Trump installs on the judiciary would stop writing edgelord takes, and we as a society could just collectively ignore them
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
incredible — some Missouri ballots have already been mailed (off of the 6-2 map after two SCOTUS rulings) but the 8th Circuit just intervened to order the the 7-1 GOP gerrymander reinstated. via Politico: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Eighth Circuit has ordered the district court to reinstate Missouri’s 2025 congressional map. But before folks freak out, it also ordered that court to pause such a ruling for long enough that the challengers can (and will) seek further review from #SCOTUS: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
To allow for appellate review, the district court should administratively stay its permanent injunction until September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Without any stay, Secretary Hoskins and local election authorities would be required to immediately begin implementing the 2025 map before the Supreme Court receives or decides any appeal. And without a limit to the stay, PNP could wait to file its petition for a writ of certiorari until the December 21, 2026, due date, see
SUP. CT. R. 13.1, thus preventing the Supreme Court from considering the merits of this case until after Missouri has conducted the November 2026 general election. The mandate shall issue forthwith
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 21/09/2026
If only there was a federal agency that could stop monopolizing media mergers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
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Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
At Lib Dems’ conference in Brighton, leader will accuse Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and ‘tech bros’ to solve problem Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem. When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us all”. Continue reading...
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hegseth has regularly abused the powers of his office and richly deserves impeachment.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In authoritarian states, “law” upholds lawlessness, and its first duty is to keep the leader safe from domestic or outside accountability processes. Judicial capture is the means, and the conversion of the law into what the leader and his enablers need it to be is the end.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I love that you can try to overthrow the us government and then get confirmed by the senate to olc
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CA5, 2-1, says federal law banning buying and selling guns across state lines violates the 2nd Amendment. Reagan, Trump judges in majority. Normie GWB judge in dissent. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Before SMITH, HAYNES, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs unsuccessfully sought a permanent injunction against sev-
Bruen, they implicate the Second Amendment's plain text, making them pre-
Case: 25-11206
Document: 83-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/18/2026
No. 25-11206
den to justify the provisions as consistent with the nation's tradition of firearms regulation. We reverse and render judgment for plaintiffs.Haynes, Circuit Judge, dissenting:
I respect the majority opinion, but I respectfully dissent. I agree with
the district court’s decision that the several provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922
discussed in this case are not unconstitutional under the Second
Amendment. That is all that is in play in this case, thus, I would affirm.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches. My newsletter is up. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
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Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence
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Dan Pizzuta @danpizzuta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don't really follow politics
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump’s DOJ says it will not enforce the federal law barring gun sales to 18-20 year olds because it violates the 2nd Amendment. SCOTUS has so far declined every opportunity to resolve the circuit split. www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
(Slip Opinion)
Application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) to
Young Adults
prevents young adults, who are members of "the people" to whom the Second
Nation's tradition of firearm regulation, which it cannot do.
September 17, 2026
MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Our laws deem an eighteen-year-old "mature enough to be drafted, vote, serve as a juror, and be sentenced to deathại One such eighteen-year-old represented the United States at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, shooting skeet? Yet, due to statutes predicated on concerns over an eighteen-year-old's ability to handle a pistol as a responsible adult, it would have been a federal felony if a licensed dealer had sold her such a firearm before she left or after she returned to her studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1), (c)(1). You have asked whether that restriction may be enforced against otherwise law-abiding citizens between the ages of eighteen and twenty who seek to purchase a handgun consistent with the individual right to keep and bear arms recognized by District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), and
"fleshed out," Wolford v. Lopez, 146 S. Ct. 2032, 2043 (2026), in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022). It may not. Section 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) may not be enforced to impose criminal penalties on dealers who sell handguns to a class of law-abiding adults who, in nearly every other relevant respect, are members of the political community.In sum, because the modern federal age restrictions limit young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty from obtaining arms, they "fall[] within the plain text of the Second Amendment" and are "presumptively unconstitutional." Wolford, 146 S. Ct. at 2044. As we have not identified
"any analogue or collection of analogues" that "is 'relevantly similar' to the modern law," our view is that the government is unable to overcome this presumption. Id. (quoting Bruen, 142 S. Ct. at 2132).
In reaching this conclusion, we are aware that we are not writing on a
government (state or federal) to bar young adults from obtaining firearms has deeply divided members of the federal bench. 42 Having carefully considered these courts' decisions, we do not think that their reasons for reaching a contrary conclusion under Bruen can be reconciled with the Court's intervening clarifications in Hemani and Wolford. 4 Thus, we do
advice it gives you as you assist the President in the performance of his independent constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." U.S. Const. art. II, § 3; see also Application of the Rehabilita-
Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disabilities, 50 Op. O.L.C. _, at
*12 (June 18, 2026); Section 1715 at *14; cf. Eric S. Fish, Prosecutorial Constitutionalism, 90 S. Cal. L. Rev. 237, 254 (2017) (noting that "a number of important constitutional rights go underenforced by judges"_and
42 Compare Reese, 127 F.4th 583 (invalidating the federal age restrictions at issue here), Worth, 108 F.4th 677 (invalidating Minnesota's age-based public-carry re-
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, 121 F.4th 96 (sustaining Colorado's age-based purchase restrictions).
1687.that Executive Branch officials should "supplement judges' enforcement
ing processesằ_.
We conclude by noting, however, a few limits on this opinion. For ex-ample, we do not address the age-neutral conditions and qualifications on commercial sales, the prohibition on the possession of handguns by those under eighteen, 18 U.S.C. § 922(x), or even the enhanced investigative period Congress has prescribed for purchasers under twenty-one, id.
§ 922(t) (1)(C); see also generally McRorey v. Garland, 99 F.4th 831 (5th Cir. 2024). And nothing in this opinion should be read to cast doubt on the distinct prohibitions of section 922(g), certain of which the Supreme Court has recently discussed with approval. See Hemani, 146 S. Ct. at 1692 n.6.
tion as it applies to sales to persons under eighteen, who-though part of
"the people" for the purposes of the Constitution-may constitutionally be subject to certain legal disabilities until they reach the age of majority,
Part II.B.2; cf. Paxton, 145 S. Ct. at 2300.
Instead, we conclude only that section 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) may not be enforced to impose criminal penalties on dealers who sell handguns, the
"quintessential self-defense weapon," Heller, 554 U.S. at 629, to a class
of the political community.
T. ELLIOT GAISER
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger.
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Somehow this reminds me of the old joke, “I wouldn’t want to be part of any club that would have someone like me for a member.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One aspect of living in a personalist form of government is that people no longer expect the laws or norms to protect them. If the king is rumored to be thinking of demolishing a believed institution, people assume they must defend it in person
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☀️Huma☀️ @huma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
when Palestinians say they live under apartheid maybe we should fucking believe them
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Captain America @captainamerica2025.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Excellent read by @marisakabas.bsky.social Conservative media claims that the rise in antisemitism in America is a result of "the Left" or Hassan Piker, but the record shows it's elected Republicans who have harnessed and celebrated this hateful rhetoric www.thehandbasket.co/p/republican...
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have no idea how to have this conversation within Jewish circles but the very obvious path we're on is that the ADL is devaluing the concept of antisemitism by making it synonymous with Ms Rachel and Macklemore, spending down the capital of American Jews in service of a genocidal apartheid state
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the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
if there aren't tribunals and special committees, most of these crimes and their victims will never be known. it's not an option, it's not a luxury contingent on political capital, it's a moral obligation if we want to remain a country with even hypothetical values.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whoa
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#fascism
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Again, no one in this administration follows laws or court orders, so the solution cannot be more laws or court orders. We should stop pretending otherwise: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He really is this stupid.
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