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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Imagine if Biden tweeted this out, mixing up India and Brazil. And what are the chances MSM picks this up and runs with it today?

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is utter madness and chaos if SCOTUS rules for POTUS. Tens of millions of voters use mail-in-voting, and the head of USPS has said they will comply with every aspect of Dump’s E.O. unless SCOTUS overturns it, even though every lower court has ruled against it: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots (Gift Article)

The plan, which complies with President Trump’s executive order to curtail mail voting, will only go into effect if the Supreme Court rules in the order’s favor.

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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Makes you wonder why this particular case received the full investigative treatment by the NY Times, when there are tens of thousands of stories like this happening right now in our country’s gulags, eh? Could it be the color of their skin got the attention of the Times’ editors? 🤔

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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Knicks win and I’m at a watch party on Bedford Ave (Williamsburg) outside a smoke shop.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I'm on parental leave this week and next, so of course Callais came down today. Just a few top-line thoughts: 1. Don't believe Alito's claim that the majority is merely tinkering with precedent. In effect, this decision pretty much eliminates what remained of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

David's comment is a reasonable summary of the matter, and captures the situation well: there is too much "clever analysis" being brought to bear on a situation that is all too obviously due to spectacular stupidity and sociopathy. Why the reluctance to admit this?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Truly extraordinary that a country famed for a constitution of checks and balances turned out to be so exposed to a leadership personality cult.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/03/2026

Q: "You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school…but you're the only person in your government saying this…Why are you the only person saying this?" Trump: "Because I just don't know enough about it."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner

Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 02/03/2026

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The US & Israel have a major problem where they overestimate their own influence & underestimate just how much the rest of the world loathes them. Imagine North Korea and Russia openly supported the protests against Trump and bombed New York in solidarity with the protests, same deal.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/02/2026

BREAKING: Israel has preemptively bombed Iran in a joint attack with USA. This is illegal. Trump has 0 authority to wage war. It violates US Constitution & UN Charter. Iran says it will retaliate. Impeach & prosecute Trump & end this criminal’s reign of terror. Further delay invites nuclear war.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a tax. That's all it is.

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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Watching this petulant child whine that SCOTUS spanked him is showing us how acclimated he’s become to absolute power. To me, this confirms that he’s going to try to never leave…

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Trump acknowledges that Democrats would be better off packing the court. YES THEY WOULD. IF DEMS WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME ABOIT THIS, I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Every single win is a big deal, and we should celebrate and uplift them no matter how bleak things may feel. We need to realize how huge of a deal it is to win battles against fascists with such immense power.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Did you know that Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras performed "Nessun Dorma” at the Dodgers Stadium in 1994. It captivated 1.3 billion viewers worldwide the night before the US World Cup final. They didn’t sing in English.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The most important thing to understand about the debt: Yes, spending is rising – due to demographics & health care cost growth But taxes used to be on pace to match that rising spending Then we cut taxes and now it isn't Spending is rising slower than expected, so tax cuts bear 100% of the blame

Line graph showing both revenues and spending falling behind old projections.

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Tonight was wonderful, but don’t miss this —> On Friday night, two Fifth Circuit judges gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions. Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's new, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

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Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions

On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“.. It does set a precedent, and we will follow it ... Donald Trump, all of his kids. Everybody," Frost said. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 26/01/2026

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

give us what we want or we kill another hostage

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2026

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Is this the first Melania movie you don’t have to go to the back room of the video store to find?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Using AI to monitor schools for thoughtcrime bsky.app/profile/chad...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/12/2025

Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.” Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.” Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

To her great credit. We need everyone to condemn extremism, hate, and violence, even people who once promoted them.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’

The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.

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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The NYC Premiere of Sharon Louden’s third book, “Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life Over 50” conversation book event at The Strand Bookstore in NYC is coming Monday, Nov 17th, starting at 7pm. RSVP > $10/ticket: www.strandbooks.com/sharon-loude... Hope to see you there!

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Vinson Valega @vinsdrums.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Look what's coming your way, New York! Stop by for an evening of fantastic conversation between @sharonlouden.bsky.social & artists Martha Wilson and Nina Kuo, plus @hyperallergic.com's new Editor-in-Chief, Hakim Bishara. 7pm start time. Ticket needed...#LiveSustain

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina. Elon Musk does too. Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come. There is zero oversight. Congress not involved. One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/10/2025

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/10/2025

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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