Charles
@charles01.bsky.social
Chicago walking tour guide, econ student, and most importantly: poaster
I write about law and politics sometimes https://substack.com/@americanconstitutionalfront
I write about law and politics sometimes https://substack.com/@americanconstitutionalfront
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Charles
@charles01.bsky.social
· Oct 23
A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com
I published this essay today about the value of keeping democratic politics involved when questions of constitutional authority become relevant.
Mueller said he didn't formally accuse Donald because he wouldn't have a chance to defend himself in court, and now we're here lmao
After Sauer says Lisa Cook "was given an opportunity" to respond to the allegations, KBJ asks whether that due process was: "She supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard?"
Yes, Sauer replies.
Yes, Sauer replies.
January 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Mueller said he didn't formally accuse Donald because he wouldn't have a chance to defend himself in court, and now we're here lmao
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no greenlander ever called me a libtard
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
no greenlander ever called me a libtard
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Dr. Maximilian Krah ist geographisch im Arsch von Donald Trump.
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Dr. Maximilian Krah ist geographisch im Arsch von Donald Trump.
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
This is a parody of itself
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is a parody of itself
They way i put it is that cheating in elections is not like flipping a switch, it's like moving a needle. Republicans will cheat, they will move the needle, but I still don't think they'll be able to move the needle nearly far enough to save themselves.
i don't even know why i'm raising this here because i know i'm going to get a hundred replies of "Trump has god powers that will let him do whatever he wants and thus we have no choice but to bend to his will," but for those of you capable of complex thought, these are questions to ask yourself.
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
They way i put it is that cheating in elections is not like flipping a switch, it's like moving a needle. Republicans will cheat, they will move the needle, but I still don't think they'll be able to move the needle nearly far enough to save themselves.
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The treasury department should be a congressional agency, not an executive one. @joshchafetz.bsky.social makes a really convincing case that this was the textual intent of the origination acts establishing the departments of war, state, and treasury
January 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The treasury department should be a congressional agency, not an executive one. @joshchafetz.bsky.social makes a really convincing case that this was the textual intent of the origination acts establishing the departments of war, state, and treasury
this is absolutely outstanding
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
this is absolutely outstanding
the main reason for this imo is that the markets have priced in someone talking trump down from the ledge. they're so desperate to chase the yield that they won't hedge against trumpogenic uncertainty until it's too late. see i.e. tariffs.
US stocks soar to record highs as Fed independence gets tossed to the curb @stockcharts
SPX 7000 very possible in this final hour.
SPX 7000 very possible in this final hour.
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
the main reason for this imo is that the markets have priced in someone talking trump down from the ledge. they're so desperate to chase the yield that they won't hedge against trumpogenic uncertainty until it's too late. see i.e. tariffs.
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Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
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We are 25 thousand dollars away from having raised 200 thousand dollars since the start of our fundraiser.
Once we hit that number, no more than two weeks after that day, our editor will begin pushing Liberal Currents forward full-time.
Could we get there today??: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Once we hit that number, no more than two weeks after that day, our editor will begin pushing Liberal Currents forward full-time.
Could we get there today??: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
We are 25 thousand dollars away from having raised 200 thousand dollars since the start of our fundraiser.
Once we hit that number, no more than two weeks after that day, our editor will begin pushing Liberal Currents forward full-time.
Could we get there today??: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Once we hit that number, no more than two weeks after that day, our editor will begin pushing Liberal Currents forward full-time.
Could we get there today??: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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Help us publish a lot more smart folks in 2026. Just $1900 more to hit a third of our goal. Let's hit that in 2025! gofund.me/db13d97f2
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Help us publish a lot more smart folks in 2026. Just $1900 more to hit a third of our goal. Let's hit that in 2025! gofund.me/db13d97f2
When they repaved LaSalle And Randolph, they took out the plastic flexiposts, repainted the ped island, and never put the flexiposts back. Enormous danger for pedestrians who think they're safe standing on the "island"
This is how CDOT is modifying 18th/Wabash after Ald. Dowell (3rd) made CDOT remove its NACTO approved intersection.
- NE/SW islands and NW (partial) delineator being removed
- Being replaced with flexiposts/paint
- EB/WB turn lanes are being restored
- NE/SW islands and NW (partial) delineator being removed
- Being replaced with flexiposts/paint
- EB/WB turn lanes are being restored
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When they repaved LaSalle And Randolph, they took out the plastic flexiposts, repainted the ped island, and never put the flexiposts back. Enormous danger for pedestrians who think they're safe standing on the "island"
United 93 would have landed like Denzel Washington's plane in Flight
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
United 93 would have landed like Denzel Washington's plane in Flight
as a society and legal system we have been aware of the risks of this for about 500 years or so
Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster
Trump will demand their loyalty in return
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
as a society and legal system we have been aware of the risks of this for about 500 years or so
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Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me with concern after today’s horrific events at Brown. I’m away from campus and safe. My heart is with everyone on campus.
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me with concern after today’s horrific events at Brown. I’m away from campus and safe. My heart is with everyone on campus.
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Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
LC is what I wished The Economist was when I cancelled my subscription
We need another $20,000 to hit our next crucial milestone of making it one-third of the way to our goal. We are not The Atlantic or the NYT. We will not ever promote open race "science" guys like Richard Hanania, or abandon trans people. Please help us compete those who would gofund.me/bb5e8eaed
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
LC is what I wished The Economist was when I cancelled my subscription
@nickforillinois.bsky.social staircase reform!
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) have introduced legislation in Congress that directs HUD to write "model code language, best practices, and technical guidelines" for single-stair buildings up to five stories docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/...
docs.house.gov
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@nickforillinois.bsky.social staircase reform!
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On this giving Tuesday, consider giving to a publication that will not hand it to Trump for his reasonable concerns gofund.me/a2ccdd485
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
On this giving Tuesday, consider giving to a publication that will not hand it to Trump for his reasonable concerns gofund.me/a2ccdd485
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
this is insane. these guys hear criminal assault cases and set bail for serious crimes. dog what are we doing
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
this is insane. these guys hear criminal assault cases and set bail for serious crimes. dog what are we doing
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We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
I had the thought the other day that I should read foreign affairs again and when I saw this was the lead story on the website I was like "maybe I'm good actually"
“Were Canada, Germany, and Japan to acquire nuclear weapons, they would rebalance global military capabilities in favor of a coalition of states committed to the rules-based system,” argue Moritz Graefrath and Mark Raymond.
America’s Allies Should Go Nuclear
Selective proliferation will strengthen the global order, not end it.
fam.ag
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I had the thought the other day that I should read foreign affairs again and when I saw this was the lead story on the website I was like "maybe I'm good actually"