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Corey

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Artist, Musician, Pilot. Still working on what I want to be when I grow up.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Peace Eagle @peaceeagle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They should also severely limit the distance in which border patrol can operate. No longer 100 miles from any border. No 100 mile radius from any international airport. No more considering the American shores of the great lakes a border. Neuter border patrol and limit their abuses.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
also this:
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What did we learn from the Supreme Court's three-sentence Monday night ruling leaving on hold the Trump administration's effort to interfere with mail-in voting? Quite a lot, as it turns out—and at least some of it is good: www.stevevladeck.com/p/250-what-w...
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250. What We Learned from USPS v. California
In refusing to put the USPS mail-in ballots rule into effect, the majority didn’t say very much. I still think there are three big lessons in Monday's ruling.
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Lisa Jaffe @wordywoman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Washingtonians please pay attention to this.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
$165 million a year in taxpayer contracts to run detention camps, then $1.4 million flows straight back to Trump’s super PAC the next month. That’s your money, laundered through a prison company, landing right back in Trump’s political war chest. #TrumpsCorruptionCostsUS #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026
The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up thousands of mustangs around the U.S. and quietly selling them on the cheap to buyers who are exporting them for slaughter abroad, an examination of government records by The New York Times found. nyti.ms/4grb8Co
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
on this date in 1965 President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act. a huge step forward in equality and freedom. unfortunately we have taken steps back in last ten years. we need to fight for everyone's rights. we can do this.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
the definition of a reflecting pool is that it is a "shallow, still body of water designed to mirror what is adjacent". so the DC reflecting pool today is mirroring our current President and his administration and the GOP leadership in DC. If you want to clean that up, vote out every Republican.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 20/06/2026
No declaration of war. No due process. No congressional authorization. The UN’s top expert on counter-terrorism & human rights says the U.S. is committing extrajudicial killings at sea. 211 dead and counting. Where is Congress?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
De Niro: Loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser. I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars, killing thousands of innocents… I can’t love a country that’s led by a xenophobic tyrant. I can’t love a country that’s led by Trump
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Fuck this guy and fuck you if you voted for him.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has become a multi-millionaire while our pay has stagnated. He owns 11 homes while most Texans can’t afford one. He trades favors with rich donors while blocking overtime pay for workers. Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself.
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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Elon Musk is paying fascists to riot and attack minorities in our cities. Some he is paying, others he doesn't need to, the X algorithm and revenue program do the rest. The UK's leading nazi thug is posting from a Moscow hotel room right now. We need to wake up to foreign money and the far right.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It's super that every country in the world now has their own specific Trump-related reason to hate the USA.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 More than a dozen GOP lawmakers defied their own leadership, and President Donald Trump, by voting with Democrats to approve a major bill to deliver billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine while imposing steep sanctions on Russia. www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/p...
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House approves Ukraine aid and Russian sanctions, defying Trump and GOP leaders | CNN Politics
More than a dozen GOP lawmakers defied their own leadership — and President Donald Trump — by voting with Democrats to approve a major bill to deliver billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine while impos...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 04/06/2026
Yes, "court packing" has long been a misused term. It applies more accurately to the longstanding GOP scheme to pack the Court with partisans and idealogues. Reforms are needed to unpack the current, tightly packed, Supreme Court.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Scott Pelley calls Bari Weiss on a further string of lies.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A late night preparing for Supreme Court opinions tomorrow morning. Here are the two that I am personally involved in: -Watson (GOP challenge to mail-in voting) -NRSC (GOP challenge to campaign finance) Whatever comes, Democracy Docket will have you covered. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Pelley: "New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story...The collapse of values at the top has become untenable...I pray for a day when sanity, competence, and courage return."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026
BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...
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BREAKING: I’m Suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to stop the $1.8B Slush Fund
In establishing the “anti-weaponization” fund, the government failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), so I'm suing to set the fund aside.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
No Trump arch. No Trump ballroom. No Trump slush fund. No Trump bank note. No Kings. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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House Democrats announce bill to block construction of Trump’s arch
The legislation would explicitly bar new construction on the small island on the edge of Washington where Trump seeks to put the arch.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New: A group of 30+ former federal judges are urging a sitting US judge in Florida to reopen proceedings in Trump's lawsuit against the IRS to investigate whether the $1.8 billion fund agreement reached by his administration to resolve it was "a fraud on the court" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 27/05/2026
BREAKING 35 former federal judges move to reopen Trump v. IRS in an effort to kill the $1.776B slush fund. Doc buff.ly/1065CA7
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I think @stevevladeck.bsky.social is absolutely right that the way to defeat the Terrorist Slush Fund is via politics. But I think you START impeachment w/Blanche. 25 GOP Senators spoke up (in private) yesterday. 25+47-Fetterman = 71. Better yet, INCLUDE the dismissal of the Sedition verdicts NOW.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot have sued to block Trump's slush fund. They raise APA claims and an ultra vires claim. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant the following relief: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. An order under 5 U.S.C. § 706 holding unlawful and setting aside Defendant Blanche’s action creating the Anti-Weaponization Fund; An order under 5 U.S.C. § 706 holding unlawful and setting aside Defendant Blanche’s and Defendant Bessent’s actions certifying payment of $1.776 billion from the Judgment Fund to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; An order under 5 U.S.C. § 706 holding unlawful and setting aside Defendant Blanche’s action authorizing the Fund to assume the debts and obligations of insurrectionists on behalf of the United States; Insofar as any transfer of funds from the Judgment Fund to the Anti-Weaponization Fund has already occurred, an order enjoining Defendants to reverse that transfer; An order enjoining Defendants from making payments out of the AntiWeaponization Fund to any claimant; An order declaring Defendants’ conduct unlawful, in excess of statutory jurisdiction and authority, and unconstitutional;  An award of Plaintiffs’ costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees; and Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It’s Election Day, ‘Bama (hoping this guy will be my next governor)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/05/2026
No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com For the war in Iran, “Trump has received no approval whatsoever from Congress, the only branch of government with the constitutional authority to declare war,” the Times editorial board writes.
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Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America's Democratic Erosion
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We’re less than 90 minutes from Justice Alito’s entirely arbitrary 5 p.m. deadline for his administrative stays in the mifepristone case. As I explained last week, Alito is the only justice who regularly imposes these time limits—and he only does it in cases in which he doesn’t like the applicants:
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226. Two More Data Points for the Inconsistent Court
Two procedural moves by the justices on Monday reinforce criticisms that the Court behaves differently in otherwise similar cases based solely on the ideological/partisan valence of the dispute.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“A malignant force like Trump only prospers if he’s surrounded by people and once-credible institutions that bow down to his corrupt and deranged desires.” www.americaamerica.news/p/false-gods...
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False Gods and False Narratives
We don't need a blue reflecting pool or a golden statue to know the Trump era must end—and soon
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Karen Henderson has long been an embarrassment to the judiciary and the law
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/05/2026
Virginia AG Jay Jones: "My team is carefully reviewing this unprecedented order and we are evaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia's elections."
Attorney General Jay Jones Statement Regarding Supreme Court of Virginia Decision in Redistricting Case
RICHMOND, Va.- Attorney General Jay Jones released the following statement in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in Virginia's redistricting case.
"Today the Supreme Court of Virginia has chosen to put politics over the rule of law by issuing a ruling that overturns the April 21st special election on redistricting. This decision silences the voices of the millions of Virginians who cast their ballots in every corner of the Commonwealth, and it fuels the growing fears across our nation about the state of our democracy.
As Attorney General, it is my job to enforce the laws on the books and defend the will of the people. Before the Court, my office clearly laid out both in filings and oral arguments that this constitutional amendment process and voter ratification occurred in a timely, constitutionally-compliant, and legally sound manner.
The Republican-led majority of the Supreme Court of Virginia contorted the plain language of the Constitution and Code of Virginia to give it a meaning that was never intended, which allowed them to reach the wrong legal conclusion that fit their political agenda. The consequences of their error are grave.
The strength and stability of our democracy depends on adherence to the rule of law, the execution of free and fair elections where every eligible voter can cast their ballots to choose their leaders, and public trust in the institutions that provide accountability and protect our democratic processes. This Court's ruling follows a dangerous trend of tilting power away from the people.
My team is carefully reviewing this unprecedented order and we are evaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia's elections."
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Justice Barrett has joined the bandwagon complaining that folks only describe as “big” cases those that divide #SCOTUS ideologically. That’s not only belied by tons of actual evidence, but it obscures the extent to which it’s often the holdings the Court *chooses* to adopt that provoke such splits:
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Bonus 226: What Makes a Case "Big"?
Some thoughts on the (silly) efforts to push back against the voluminous evidence that, in most of its "big" rulings, the Supreme Court divides ideologically.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 05/05/2026
My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Two different technical, procedural moves from #SCOTUS yesterday have one thing in common: The Court is behaving differently in otherwise similar cases based upon the ideological/partisan valence of the dispute. Via "One First," me on why, results aside, that's a serious indictment of the Court:
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226. Two More Data Points for the Inconsistent Court
Two procedural moves by the justices on Monday reinforce criticisms that the Court behaves differently in otherwise similar cases based solely on the ideological/partisan valence of the dispute.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/05/2026
Codifying Roe, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and holding members of this administration criminally accountable are important goals, but none of it sticks without Supreme Court reform.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My own view is that the central problem with today’s #SCOTUS is the extent to which it isn’t—and doesn’t think it should be—accountable to other government institutions, especially Congress. Today’s “One First” walks through eight of the levers Congress *used* to pull to keep the justices in line:
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225. How Congress Used to Leverage the Court
History is replete with examples of Congress using its powers to leverage, nudge, and even threaten the Supreme Court. A big part of how we got to where we are is that Congress has stopped doing so.
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Great post from Steve, as usual (whether or not one agrees with him). I will take another opportunity to note that Court expansion can, depending on how it is structured, operate as the kind of leverage Steve envisions for other reforms. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/abstrac...
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The Nonpartisan Case for Supreme Court Expansion
<p><span>It should be a shared premise across the ideological spectrum that individual Supreme Court justices hold too much power. The only other public officia
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
OH SHIT!!! @annabower.bsky.social is going to launch a SECOND investigation into the grand jury. And holy hell Kash Patel is one stupid motherfucker.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026
Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.
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