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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 1h

Where is the report required before a waiver can be granted?

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 16h

And, increasingly, Canada (which remains a staunch Ukrainian ally) is part of Europe.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To be scrupulously fair, the Bills HAVE been having some issues with their new natural turf this year.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not to mention, if one has read Judge Nicholl's injunction opinion, that the APA has been held not to apply to the Postal Service (Nicholls relied on the fact that the new rule was ultra vires, beyond the scope of the USPS's lawful authority). So Kavanaugh is just pulling the "APA" out of his ass.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

EMOBIAC - Every Mention Of Bestiality Is A Confession

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You are a fucking pathetic idiot. The Democratic Party here in New Mexico has been passing legislation and taking other action left and right to protect trans people and other people threatened by right-wing harm. No Republican anywhere is doing that. Crawl into your fucking hole, then.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don't suppress honest reporting about DSCC and DCCC scam PACs, and you might get more subscribers.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last Sunday before the NFL interferes with out women's soccer.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pay for the coverage with the funds you got from the DCCC and DSCC for shutting down reporting about scam PACs with a bogus cease and desist letter. This former reader canceled their monthly donation after I saw the Elias Law Office did that. data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...

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Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He looks like J. Frank Parnell, the mad scientist driving the 1964 Chevy Malibu with dead aliens in the trunk in "Repo Man."

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Somehow he's less intelligent when not wearing his hat.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Genuine answer: he was a pretty good attorney and spokesperson for river cleanup (working for Natural Resources Defense Center and on behalf of Hudson Riverkeeper and the national Riverkeeper network). Then he got anti-vax-curious and into conspiracy theories on the 2004 election and lost his mind.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Nah, the couch is his mistress (a harsh mistress).

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And that fucking smirk. Him and Kevin Hassett have the most punchable faces in the Trump administration, even counting Stephen Miller.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I think he's got enough years of service that he becomes a free agent immediately after being released, so the Bills can sign him to the practice squad without having to go through waivers, Hope that's already happened.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I know that there will be 1,001 more important things for the Democratic President to do at 12:01 pm on January 20th, 2029, but an executive order renaming the Lake Worth Lagoon immediately west of Mar-a-Lago to the Jeffrey Epstein Lagoon would be a nice send-off to the former president.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

But didn't a large number of Democrats in Wyoming re-register as Republicans after that so they could have some control over who would be in the legislature?

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What's fun is that many ranching operations inflate their expenses and falsely reduce their profits so they look like they're barely breaking even or losing money (to not pay taxes), so when it comes time to confiscate their water rights, the government's "just compensation" to them will be small.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This man will be disbarred from practicing law anywhere in the United States by the end of 2029.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Trump was especially miffed when South Korea declined to join the "denuclearization of Iran" by saying "that was already done 11 years ago by Mr. Obama, we see no reason to do it again."

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"We don't need any more ship's surgeons we'll just train sailors to operate on themselves."

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Donald J Trump and The James Buchanan and The Franklin Pierce Memorial?

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ah, Trump -- he once loved New York City, but New York City never loved him (and he has never, ever gotten over that).

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why bother with 12 weekdays of training? Given the administration policy is "always rule against the non-citizen," it seems that a morning's worth of training to identify all the possible postures in which a non-citizen might be before them and an hour or so to practice writing "denied."

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hell, split the 9th Circuit between Palmyra Atoll and all the rest of its current jurisdiction and assign the eight or nine Trump appointees to Palmyra (residency there required to remain judges). Give the 5th Circuit jurisdiction only over Navassa Island.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Are Reform already moving to replace Farage with Dead Mouse in the Clacton by-election?

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It SEEMS like it ought to be common sense, but I guess not ...

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Given that there is no constitutional or statutory authority for what the USPS is proposing, I'm 99% confident the final rule will be blocked as soon as it is issued. But the court of appeals decision did not "green-light" any processes. Please do a better job of reporting, or ask a lawyer for help.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The court of appeal decided whether the district court, in blocking the proposed order, intervened too soon. They held that it did, that USPS needs to complete the final order before it can be challenged (and blocked). This is basic administrative law: you have to sue on FINAL actions.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is one of the worst-reported legal stories I have ever seen. The sentence, "The move effectively green-lights the beginning of processes supporting President Donald Trump’s anti-mail ballot efforts" is false. The court decision allows USPS to complete its final order - NOT start the processes.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To be scrupulously fair to the base runner, he made the third out at second base (after running there from third).

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Not in the Middle East right now, either. In Russia, I wonder if anyone has calculated the emissions from attacks on refineries vs. the emissions SAVED by no refined products going to market. The long lines of cars waiting for gas in Russia aren't emitting as much as if they were moving!!

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It's doubtful a court would find that the rule had to be implemented if it changes state voting (like preventing mail ballots from going out), and immediately block it. The federal executive has no role in state elections, and the USPS has the legal obligation to deliver all mail tendered to it.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

And your conviction is based on ... what? What wasteful programs? What failed projects? Care to be more specific? You seem like you're pulling that "conviction" out of your ass.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Glad to help! (and provide a little hope). I love Democracy Docket, but they often write stories that are too lawyer-brained, and here the buried the description of the legal rationale for what the court of appeals did about eight paragraphs down and NEVER really explained what it meant.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

BOTTOM LINE: today's decision is just a procedural decision from the court of appeals that does NOT in any way say the USPS rule is valid -- just that USPS can continue to move towards issuing the final rule (so THAT can be challenged in court).

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

And I fully expect that within a day of USPS issuing a final rule, the district court will block that final rule - there's absolutely no valid legal basis for the post office to be doing what is proposed.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I do a lot of administrative agency law, and this is probably the right decision - the idea being that (1) a proposed rule may never become final or (2) the final rule will look nothing like the proposed rule, so courts should not get involved until there IS a final rule.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The USPS had only proposed this awful rule (regulation) when the district court blocked it. The court of appeals decision says USPS can go ahead and issue a final rule, on the legal ground that if a rule is only proposed, it's too early to file suit against it. You have to wait for the final rule.

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Don't bet on him ever coming back from that leave!

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

US Ambassador brings a wet noodle to a gun fight. "They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way!"

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westofthecascades.bsky.social @westofthecascades.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

oldest trap in football (or oldest blunder?) ... don't get involved in a land war with Lionel Messi.

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