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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
3/ You can bet we'll add this to 5th edition of Presumption of Regularity study. Which tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it. This one of the most significant. www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
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The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (4th edition)
Definitive, most comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
FUN FACT: Cases of mail voting fraud are extremely rare, accounting for only 0.000043% of total mail ballots cast, or about four cases out of every 10 million mail votes.
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Mail voting fraud: Data points to low risk and high benefits for voters | Brookings
Analysis finds mail voting fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare and shows universal vote-by-mail boosts access, turnout, and cost efficiency.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kash Patel today: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want." Kash Patel in 2021: "This is what Fight with Kash is for. We will help Kyle Rittenhouse."
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Jay @jayliston.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Zack Vos @zackvos.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The clearest view: they remove his holstered weapon from his back waistband, then execute him.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/01/2026
Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/01/2026
100%. Remembering operation Gideon www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Inside Operation Gideon, a Coup Gone Very Wrong
Why did three American ex-Special Forces soldiers try to overthrow the Venezuelan government — and how did the plan go so wrong?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/12/2025
And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We should all be appalled that a person entrusted with one of the most sensitive jobs in all of government seems to be treating his work as child’s play.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Hugely useful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 25/11/2025
This mailer being sent out in #NY17 is WILD. All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold. Definitely zoom in and read for yourself. Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
Mailer about Mike Lawler
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/11/2025
These kinds of stories would have been helpful BEFORE the election. Yes, I realize some of these things have happened SINCE the election, but he was the same before the election. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/11/2025
BREAKING: With a contempt inquiry looming, DOJ has now named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump official who approved transferring hundreds of people to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison, despite a federal judge’s order forbidding the removals.
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DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 26/11/2025
A federal judge promised Tuesday that he would decide whether or not to block a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map before petitions to force a vote are submitted. #moleg #mogov
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Federal ruling on Missouri gerrymandered redistricting plan to come in early December • Missouri Independent
A federal judge promised Tuesday that he would decide whether or not to block a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map before petitions to force a vote are submitted.
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Resistbot @resist.bot · 26/11/2025
🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours: 1️⃣ “Congress Must Loudly Affirm: The Military Must Refuse Illegal Orders” (+4,219) 2️⃣ “Reject Chaos and Protect Ukraine’s Autonomy” (+883) 3️⃣ “Stop ICE's Dangerous Civilian Surveillance Program” (+409)
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Resistbot Petitions
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/11/2025
Trump’s pursuit of Senator Mark Kelly extends the president’s retribution campaign to the military justice system, Missy Ryan, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Nancy A. Youssef report. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them,’” Kelly tells them:
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‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Well, well, well.... Let's think about why the Russians leaked it and why Trump is pushing for it at this particular moment. Could they think his days in the White House are numbered and they need to grab whatever they can?
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This is what happens when Republicans are given the task of governing. Chaos, economic collapse, and suffering.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
One in eight Americans will struggle to put food on the table if the Trump shutdown extends through next week. Yet Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found. Tell them it's time to clock back in—because they work for us: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2025
Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then
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stevie70f7.bsky.social @stevie70f7.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Finally!
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League of Women Voters of the US @lwv.org · 14/08/2025
Why is everyone talking about mid-cycle redistricting now? Politicians fear losing power, and they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it. America, it’s time to stay alert, organize, speak up, and defend democracy. It's time to rise. Learn more: www.lwv.org/blog/redistr...
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Redistricting Is at a Crossroads: How Voters Can Achieve Fair Representation | League of Women Voters
Let’s be honest: We’re only talking about mid-cycle redistricting now because politicians fear losing power. And they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it.
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League of Women Voters of the US @lwv.org · 13/08/2025
“The idea that women should surrender their vote to male authority is an affront to every American who has fought, marched, and bled for the right to be heard." - LWV CEO Celina Stewart quoted in this latest Glamour article: www.glamour.com/story/why-we...
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Why We Shouldn’t Ignore Pete Hegseth’s Retweet on Women’s Voting Rights
The secretary of defense reposted a video of a Christian nationalist saying women should lose the right to vote—and everyone should be paying attention.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A massive regressive national sales tax imposed upon every American by a president with no constitutional authority to impose a national sales tax. The reason why the founders gave this power to Congress is because this would never pass any Congress- even this one.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/07/2025
Last year, the average S&P 500 CEO made $18.9 MILLION, while the average worker made $49,500. So much for “trickle down economics.” Tax the rich.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
17 million people might lose their healthcare but at least your tax dollars will be going to good use in other very, very important ways.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
While we're all waiting for the Epstein files to be released, here's the five volume bipartisan set of the Russian interference and collusion reports. We should probably call them the Marco Rubio files. www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/p...
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Senate Intel Releases Volume 5 of Bipartisan Russia Report | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Mark Pickens @airshipwriter.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
No summer vacation for Congress. Support #Ukraine, join UK on heavier sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet. Call Congress at their home offices. You can heckle them with emails and faxes via @resist.bot Text ‘sign PDFJRI’ to 50409 or write your own: resist.bot/petitions/PD...
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Congress: Support Ukraine, Join UK’s Sanctions on Russian Shadow Tanker Fleet
Text SIGN PDFJRI to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🧵 by @lawofruby.bsky.social:
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
In 2016 this guy went to a law office with the goal of killing his wife’s lawyer. He hacked a woman to death with a machete and bludgeoned two other people to death (including a man he falsely thought was that lawyer), then set fire to the building to cover his tracks. Anyway, Trump just freed him.
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
📜 text SIGN PZZDWZ to 50409 or share: @resist.bot #FEMA #EndDetentionNow #ImmigrantDetention
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Stop misusing FEMA funds for immigration detention centers
Text SIGN PZZDWZ to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Hope @4thepeace.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2025
Just learned that the Daily Beans listeners hold the record as the single largest grassroots contributing force to swing left candidates! Listen for free. News with swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Poop Sand Money (feat. Emily Slatkow)
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 07/23/2025 · 55m
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