Ben
@benrinker.bsky.social
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“Oh but immigration is federal”
“Where’s that”
“Constitution”
“Which part”
“…Making rules for naturalization”
“Go on.”
“…It’s inherent?”
“What’s the Tenth Amendment say about powers not specifically delegated”
“…shit”
“Where’s that”
“Constitution”
“Which part”
“…Making rules for naturalization”
“Go on.”
“…It’s inherent?”
“What’s the Tenth Amendment say about powers not specifically delegated”
“…shit”
July 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Oh but immigration is federal”
“Where’s that”
“Constitution”
“Which part”
“…Making rules for naturalization”
“Go on.”
“…It’s inherent?”
“What’s the Tenth Amendment say about powers not specifically delegated”
“…shit”
“Where’s that”
“Constitution”
“Which part”
“…Making rules for naturalization”
“Go on.”
“…It’s inherent?”
“What’s the Tenth Amendment say about powers not specifically delegated”
“…shit”
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Students like Emma have been advocating to expand reproductive rights on our public university campuses in Illinois.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
May 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Students like Emma have been advocating to expand reproductive rights on our public university campuses in Illinois.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
We’re eliminating barriers to seeking care due to inaccessibility, and I look forward to signing HB 3709 into law.
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I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
TAPPER: I have a hard time thinking that if a D president held a dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
May 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
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In a short 400 years we went from knowing we were the center of the universe to knowing that we are just one planet in one of billions of solar systems in our galaxy and our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies and I do think we haven't quite dealt with that...
May 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In a short 400 years we went from knowing we were the center of the universe to knowing that we are just one planet in one of billions of solar systems in our galaxy and our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies and I do think we haven't quite dealt with that...
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My theory that most people are simply not very smart continues to pan out daily
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My theory that most people are simply not very smart continues to pan out daily
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What I (and many others) want more of is leaders who I know for sure are /experts./ Which I think most leaders actually are but they feel like they can’t share complexity or nuance without straying from the all-powerful “message.”
April 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What I (and many others) want more of is leaders who I know for sure are /experts./ Which I think most leaders actually are but they feel like they can’t share complexity or nuance without straying from the all-powerful “message.”
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The spreadsheet “names more than 800 firms, assigning them to one of five stark categories:
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem
By creating a spreadsheet, Georgetown Law students sparked national headlines, along with PR headaches and staffing challenges inside the world's most powerful firms.
www.allrisenews.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The spreadsheet “names more than 800 firms, assigning them to one of five stark categories:
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
Perhaps an incomplete story, but more people need to understand this:
You want to know the truth about why there are so many cases of autism, ADD, ADHD today?
It's the same reason why there are more planets and stars today compared to decades ago.
You're all caught up now. Leave the kids alone.
It's the same reason why there are more planets and stars today compared to decades ago.
You're all caught up now. Leave the kids alone.
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Perhaps an incomplete story, but more people need to understand this:
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It's pretty hilarious to me that Sen. Slotkin is awkwardly trying to kinda-sorta rebrand herself and the Democratic Party in just about the least committal and vague way she can, and meanwhile, there's Buttigieg effortlessly gliding through conservative media spaces with common sense messaging.
April 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's pretty hilarious to me that Sen. Slotkin is awkwardly trying to kinda-sorta rebrand herself and the Democratic Party in just about the least committal and vague way she can, and meanwhile, there's Buttigieg effortlessly gliding through conservative media spaces with common sense messaging.
Even the best politicians seem to falter near the ends of their careers. If only for practical reasons, I believe a great amount of respect is due to those who listen to criticism and understand it’s time to step aside.
Sen. Durbin does what Bluesky demands, and instead of praise/thanks he gets dunked on more. It’s the way of (this tiny corner) of the world.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
April 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Even the best politicians seem to falter near the ends of their careers. If only for practical reasons, I believe a great amount of respect is due to those who listen to criticism and understand it’s time to step aside.
Special knowledge, a strong sense of justice… In my experience with science and activism, an autistic person in the room is a good sign you’re in the right room.
RFK Jr. should put down the pseudoscience and touch some grass.
RFK Jr. should put down the pseudoscience and touch some grass.
April 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Special knowledge, a strong sense of justice… In my experience with science and activism, an autistic person in the room is a good sign you’re in the right room.
RFK Jr. should put down the pseudoscience and touch some grass.
RFK Jr. should put down the pseudoscience and touch some grass.
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I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
Happy Constitutional Crisis Day to those who celebrate.
April 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Constitutional Crisis Day to those who celebrate.
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And just to be obvious, if this isn’t the moment to use every parliamentary procedure possible to hold the legislative branch hostage until the executive branch is brought under control, then there is no point to having a legislature at all
April 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And just to be obvious, if this isn’t the moment to use every parliamentary procedure possible to hold the legislative branch hostage until the executive branch is brought under control, then there is no point to having a legislature at all
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
hello! i am very curious if anybody is building a rapid response network to file habeas shell petitions for nice people before ice can take them out of state?
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
“We’re finally running America like a business!”
April 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“We’re finally running America like a business!”
Our society’s inability to wrap our heads around nuance and complexity is absolutely the number one thing destroying the country right now.
(I blame Trump 2 on that, too.)
(I blame Trump 2 on that, too.)
April 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our society’s inability to wrap our heads around nuance and complexity is absolutely the number one thing destroying the country right now.
(I blame Trump 2 on that, too.)
(I blame Trump 2 on that, too.)
Promise? 🥺
Musk: Losing this judge race has good chance of causing Republicans to lose control of the house. You lose control of the house, there will be nonstop impeachment hearings and subpoenas
April 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Promise? 🥺
Minority Leader Booker
April 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Minority Leader Booker
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"Nothing about the condition of being kidnapped and subjugated under the laws of the US would suggest that those kidnapped/subjugated might not think highly of it. But risking one's life to voluntarily enter it? Presumptively disloyal."
March 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Nothing about the condition of being kidnapped and subjugated under the laws of the US would suggest that those kidnapped/subjugated might not think highly of it. But risking one's life to voluntarily enter it? Presumptively disloyal."
Going on LinkedIn feels like entering the Severed Floor.
March 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Going on LinkedIn feels like entering the Severed Floor.
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If you had shown me this picture in a Democratic campaign ad last fall, I would have rolled my eyes at the ridiculous overkill
March 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you had shown me this picture in a Democratic campaign ad last fall, I would have rolled my eyes at the ridiculous overkill
At lunch, I heard someone at another table shout “but her emails” and immediately knew to check my phone.
That’s how I found out about the Hegseth-Signal scandal. This timeline is so stupid.
That’s how I found out about the Hegseth-Signal scandal. This timeline is so stupid.
March 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
At lunch, I heard someone at another table shout “but her emails” and immediately knew to check my phone.
That’s how I found out about the Hegseth-Signal scandal. This timeline is so stupid.
That’s how I found out about the Hegseth-Signal scandal. This timeline is so stupid.
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World’s worst parent and it’s a high bar.
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
World’s worst parent and it’s a high bar.