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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Patel insures the narrative continues by suing the Atlantic. Discovery will open the door to more damaging info. Trump will fire Patel before this ripens: apple.news/AEh0Qe1DHTu6...
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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences — Reuters
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and its ​reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication of an article on Friday alleging the director had a drinking probl...
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Pentagon flags risks of a major operation against Iran - The Wall Street Journal Is this the cover your ass time? You’d think this would have been covered before sending the fleet and troops.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
@mcuban.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social Faith and Labor have called for a general strike on Jan 23. Budget shutdown is Jan 30th. Shut it all down. Don’t fund ICE. Need a reset; Wall Street will understand no business as usual with this administration.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker takes the senate floor. Blocking Republican efforts to defund Medicaid. Support his effort. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
@agowa2.bsky.social you following this?
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@stevevladeck.bsky.social How is this close? St Isadore Of Oklahoma asks SCOTUS to reverse OK Supreme Ct decision barring state money to be used for a Catholic school. The OK constitution bars such use of state funds. law.justia.com/constitution...
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Section II-5
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Maureen Dowd’s piece on the need for a hero to stand up against evil of the Trump administration is a clarion call. It evokes hope and righteousness. But, the mechanics of power are held by the bad guys and they continue to cancel the tools to protect our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Who Will Stand Up to Trump at High Noon?
Trump and Musk are destroying the magic of America.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@stevevladeck.bsky.social What happens when Trump invokes Andrew Jackson quote: “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” What will the Supreme Court do to establish supremacy on the rule of law?
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@gtconway.bsky.social Bondi at DOJ will instruct the US Marshals to disregard the court’s orders when adm officials are held in contempt and ordered to be arrested. Trump like Andrew Jackson will defy the court: “John Marshal has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@katiephang.bsky.social Trump has a portrait of Andrew Jackson in the oval. Jackson,when confronted with adverse SCOTUS decision re removal of the Cherokee from their land said: “John Marshal has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” Trump will order his administration to ignore the courts.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
@brennancenter.bsky.social President Trump invoked the Emergency Act based upon a false premise of an “emergency” at the southern boarder-a problem which had a bipartisan solution prior to the election. Trump and allies blocked the legislation fomenting the emergency he now declares. Is this lawful?
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
@nytimes.com Where are your reports on these Musk incursions across multiple departments? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Doge v USAid: how Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency
Exclusive: Takeover of USAid agency by Doge operatives seen as pilot for large-scale overhaul of federal government
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Something is very wrong when the President of the United States wants to expose CIA employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @cnn.com Time for new Nightline—Democracy in Crisis—Trump administration. It’s too much for the nightly news.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The lawfare article is an excellent summary of the inspector generals law with Trump styled amendments. What is the enforcement mechanism? www.lawfaremedia.org/article/insp...
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Inspector General Reform in the NDAA
Congress has made it harder for presidents to replace a fired or acting inspector general with a non-independent official.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Will the Supremes ignore the clear prohibition on funding religious institutions? Oklahoma Constitution Article 2-5: SECTION II-5 Public money or property - Use for sectarian purposes. No public money or property shall ever be appropriated… . www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
nytimes.com
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case
The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Non partisan independent guardians—their job is to prevent waste and corruption. And, they can’t be fired without first notifying both houses 30 days in advance. Will John Thune uphold the senate’s responsibility? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
In this time of craziness, it’s good to remember:”The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” ― Marcus Aurelius,
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
5/4 Supreme Court denies Trump petition to stay sentencing of Hush Money case. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Alito and Thomas would have granted Trump’s request. apple.news/AYlG1gMNeScq...
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Supreme Court refuses to delay Trump’s hush money sentencing — The Washington Post
President-elect Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the sentencing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive immunity opinion.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@barbmcquade.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Trump will close border and start large detentions of migrants. This is Miller’s raison d'être—power.Pretext -open borders/terror. Narrative is failing with recent domestic attacks and low numbers at the border. Also, TechBro’s want cheap H1b’s.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
@stevevladeck.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Trump needs pretext for invoking emergency powers via Terror Act or Emergency Powers. Open Borders/ terror crime most likely. Expect we’ll see Stephen Miller-in a cowboy hat-w Abbott declaring emergency powers necessary. How quickly to SCOTUS?
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
@barbmcquade.bsky.social @brma64.bsky.social Lawyer and Army—Trump will invoke emergency powers. It’s coming early. He will use the Guard and Army. What are the guards against imperial power? www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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The Insurrection Act Explained
The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
@pkrugman.bsky.social Are the Trump proposed tariffs a cover for extending the 2017 tax cuts for corporations? Would this shift that tax to ordinary households? taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-t...
taxfoundation.org
Revenue Estimates of Trump’s Universal Baseline Tariffs
Lawmakers will need to pursue fiscal responsibility as they address the tax law expirations, but fiscal responsibility requires finding sound ways to pay for spending priorities. Tariffs don’t make th...
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Trump and MAGA quick to blame recent terror attacks in NO and Vegas as result of lax borders. They are domestic. The Trump narrative requires a pretext for Emergency Powers. Expect early grab for emergency powers—Insurrection Act and Emergency Act. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Presidential emergency powers, explained
In our constitutional system, a national emergency declaration allows the president to temporarily use certain emergency powers.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
He calls it genius, “the weave” apple.news/AgO_gf0v3T4y...
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Trump team says Canada, Greenland, Panama comments are part of a broader plan — The Washington Post
But not everyone is sure that President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada and Greenland and reclaiming the Panama Canal is driven by a deeper strategy.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
@pkrugman.bsky.social Are the Trump proposed tariffs a cover for extending the 2017 tax cuts for corporations? Would this shift that tax to ordinary households? taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-t...
taxfoundation.org
Revenue Estimates of Trump’s Universal Baseline Tariffs
Lawmakers will need to pursue fiscal responsibility as they address the tax law expirations, but fiscal responsibility requires finding sound ways to pay for spending priorities. Tariffs don’t make th...
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
@katiephang.bsky.social Trump files Amicus brief re Tik Tok ban asking to defer till after he is president. Money Talks fortune.com/2024/12/09/t...
fortune.com
TikTok might survive its U.S. ban thanks to Trump’s cozy relationship with billionaire mega donor Jeff Yass
Gen Z's favorite app's fate is up in the air.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
@meidastouch.com Trump files Amicus brief arguing issue of Tik Tok ban should be decided after he’s president. The court stay expires Jan 19. Big Money talks: fortune.com/2024/12/09/t...
fortune.com
TikTok might survive its U.S. ban thanks to Trump’s cozy relationship with billionaire mega donor Jeff Yass
Gen Z's favorite app's fate is up in the air.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Trump files Amicus brief arguing Tik Tok ban can be handled after he’s president. The ban takes effect Jan 19. Big money talks: fortune.com/2024/12/09/t...
fortune.com
TikTok might survive its U.S. ban thanks to Trump’s cozy relationship with billionaire mega donor Jeff Yass
Gen Z's favorite app's fate is up in the air.
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Liz and Dick Uihlein, mega MAGA donors, election deniers: Guardian article : apple.news/ATW8g9Ek0Sbu...
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Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege — Guardian US
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
@orinkerr.bsky.social Question—Incoming boarder czar Homan says Trump will withhold federal funds from noncomplying states on deportation. What authority? Congress will have to make certain funds contingent on compliance. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Homan: ‘I guarantee’ funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation
President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government’s deportation plans. Fox News’s Mark Levi…
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trmharstine.bsky.social @trmharstine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
@marcelias.bsky.social @barbmcquade.bsky.social @weissmann11.bsky.social Incoming border czar says Trump will withhold funds from non complying states. What funds and what authority? thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
Homan: ‘I guarantee’ funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation
President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government’s deportation plans. Fox News’s Mark Levi…
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