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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's worth noting that this isn't a random number but a goal that would simply restore the court to an earlier norm in which there's one justice for each of the judicial circuits. We used to have nine, we now have thirteen. The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Summer 2015. Several lifetimes ago. A different America. Lindsey Graham, running for president, says this about Joe Biden. The same summer he said Trump would “kill” the GOP with his hateful comments. Several lifetimes ago. A different America.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV told the world’s press today that the Catholic Church’s moral imagination has long been too narrowed to sexual ethics — and that war, migration, and human dignity are the “much greater, more important issues” of our time.
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“I Cannot Be in Favor of War” — Pope Leo XIV's Wide-Ranging In-Flight Press Conference From Africa
On the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Reforming our system can sound academic - but it's key to delivering what America needs: sane foreign policy, higher wages, affordable housing, guaranteed health care, and a fair tax system.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And this was when he thought he was a nurse.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/02/2026
Wrote a piece about many looking at the Epstein case all wrong: He's not the thing that connects a network of rich and powerful men; he's the lens that shows us how they were already connected. newrepublic.com/article/2068...
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The Paranoid Style of Jeffrey Epstein Has Come for Us All
The pedophile plutocrat had some peculiar predilections—especially for academics and thinkers who showed a potential to further his grand experiments in inhumanity.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/01/2026
Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The penguin had a mission.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Considering the all out propaganda blitz from the Trump regime through the massive right wing echo chamber of online influencers, right-wing cable networks, social media, talk radio, and subservient traditional media amplifying that propaganda - this 30% number is brutal for the regime.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.” judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/by-killing...
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“By Killing Renee Good, Ice Sent A Message to Us All,” by Michelle Goldberg of The New York Times
"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 05/01/2026
In light of what's happening in Venezuela, read Maureen Tkacik's piece on Marco Rubio’s long narco-terrorist history and his goals to place drug cartel bosses at the top of every Latin American government: trib.al/qPxGlcS
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The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 11/09/2025
"The logical endpoint of 21st-century America: An influencer shot to death at a school in front of a crowd of smartphones." Ryan is very good at his job. An excellent summary and analysis of the last 24 hours.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’ve been reading a bit about the expansion of our moral circle—the metaphorical boundary drawn around the entities we believe do and do not deserve our moral concern, and how our *perceptions* and generalized trust enlarge or contract that circle. Social psychologists have been trying to devise
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Outstanding! www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-declar...
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THE DECLARATION OF RESISTANCE
July 4, 2025
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The most inspiring chapters in our nation's history came when Americans faced down some of our country's darkest demons. Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
<Thread> I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces. Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into. (It will also escalate from here.) Preview⤵️
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
<thread> Hegseth expands Guard's orders dramatically today Declaration by California Military Department (CMD) Deputy GC: "CMD was informed ... Guard units would be providing support for counter-immigration operations across Los Angeles, in communities during immigration enforcement operations..."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/06/2025
the Uber CEO tells Trump his company supports the MAGA reconciliation bill (that will strip millions of healthcare and food support)
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/05/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the North Carolina elections board to certify the Democratic incumbent’s victory in a contested State Supreme Court race.
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Judge Orders Elections Board to Certify Democrat’s Victory in Contested N.C. Race
The federal ruling on Monday was the most significant legal victory yet for Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent in a State Supreme Court race.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/04/2025
Major stakeholders are in the dark about why certain products face tariffs and others don’t. Trump administration officials have given conflicting messages about the tariffs or have declined to answer questions at all. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Sometimes you don't need a family office. You need a FAMILY office ... www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2025
"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Sunk in shame for this un-American administration and its cowardly enablers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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At Least Now We Know the Truth
The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I cannot love this enough. US Army performs at the WH Governors Ball. What a message! THIS WE’LL DEFEND m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...
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Les Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus
YouTube video by The DailyFAFO
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Understanding what the courts can do helps us understand what we must do. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-courts...
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Holy. Fuck.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
DEFUND SPACEX. IT SHOULD SURVIVE ON ITS OWN.
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Kosso @kosso.co.uk · 10/02/2025
anagrams are fun
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
John Roberts and other fox news granpas have themselves to thank for Trump toadies flirting with ignoring court orders www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity combines with its regulatory decisions this term to remake the executive branch into the ideal right-wing combination of impotence and power: too weak to regulate, restrain, or punish private industry for infractions, but strong enough for the president to order his political opponents murdered or imprisoned. To ordinary people, the president is a king; to titans of industry, he is a pawn. Given the work the Trump justices have done here, the billionaire class’s affection for Trump, often presented as counterintuitive, is not difficult to understand.

Yet when it comes to the justices’ decision on immunity, they were too clever by half. They seem to believe that when a president goes too far for their taste, they can declare that he’s not immune and constrain him. But there is danger in a ruling that invites presidents to test the limits of their power. By the time a rogue president goes too far, he is unlikely to care what the Supreme Court says. A president unbound by the law is shackled only by the dictates of his own conscience, and a president without a conscience faces no restraint at all. And because the Court ruled as it did, when it did, and on behalf of a man lawless enough to try to overturn an election, Americans may pay for the justices’ hubris sooner rather than later.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 06/02/2025
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Andrew Weissmann on Substack
This is from A G Bondi’s memo giving essentially Carte Blanche to foreign actors interfering in our elections and to foreign influence campaigns here on our shores (Bondi, Patel, and many others have ...
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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Anyone telling you that Democrats in Congress can't do anything to fight back against Trump because they're in the minority is one (or all!) of these things: a. Lying to you b. Wrong c. A Democrat in Congress So, I'll add to the voices of former congressional staffers to set the record straight.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I just subscribed to Wired, since they have been one of the best outlets for covering what is happening inside of government. (I started reading this piece before I discovered I was quoted in it).
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system. And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
From our friends across the pond. It’s gonna be S. H. I. T. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXS...
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Donald Trump Inauguration musical tribute on the Last leg
YouTube video by Phoenix Stewart
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It’s important to note that these people accessing sensitive databases are not government employees. They have no security clearance, no oversight, and no accountability, and they’ve locked out government officials who do. In a sane world, these people would be arrested, convicted, and imprisoned.
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
All Civil servants should read this: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-civil...
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What civil servants need to know in week two
The newest attacks on the civil service — and how to plan for what happens next
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saturnamott.bsky.social @saturnamott.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Russ Vought said his plan was to demonize career civil servants: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want to put them in trauma.”
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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A hallmark of a state that is coming apart is when regular people have to think about the government all the time.
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