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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Reposted by Edward Bodley
“Since Trump reentered office, the Court has handed the president a series of wins that are literally unjustified, in the sense that the Court did not bother to explain its decisionmaking process.”
John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
John Roberts Does Not Want You Finding Out How the Supreme Court Actually Works
The six-justice conservative supermajority is taking aggressive steps to ensure that the public remains in the dark about how the Supreme Court functions.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
“Since Trump reentered office, the Court has handed the president a series of wins that are literally unjustified, in the sense that the Court did not bother to explain its decisionmaking process.”
Reposted by Edward Bodley
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
Reposted by Edward Bodley
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
I’m not yet in law school, and agonizing over whether to attend at all, but I’m finding The Dual State brilliant and terrifying when it isn’t altogether over my head. A perhaps necessary counterweight to the James Boyd White book I’d been reading before.
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I’m not yet in law school, and agonizing over whether to attend at all, but I’m finding The Dual State brilliant and terrifying when it isn’t altogether over my head. A perhaps necessary counterweight to the James Boyd White book I’d been reading before.
You’re exactly right. “The United States of Amnesia,” according to Gore Vidal.
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
You’re exactly right. “The United States of Amnesia,” according to Gore Vidal.
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
Reposted by Edward Bodley
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Reposted by Edward Bodley
I say again, this does not even approach a scintilla of the accountability that is required. These are PR moves.
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I say again, this does not even approach a scintilla of the accountability that is required. These are PR moves.
Reposted by Edward Bodley
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
They’re trying to shift the narrative. It won’t work.
January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
They’re trying to shift the narrative. It won’t work.
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Oh yeah they know they lost the issue.
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Oh yeah they know they lost the issue.
Embedded in all this is the logic of the so-called GWOT turned on American citizens who are exercising their Constitutional rights.
January 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Embedded in all this is the logic of the so-called GWOT turned on American citizens who are exercising their Constitutional rights.
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they have no ability to back down and recalibrate AND they lack a theory of mind for their opponents
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
they have no ability to back down and recalibrate AND they lack a theory of mind for their opponents
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This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Few have written so well about the human element in Putin’s state terror as M. Gessen. Their diagnosis of the problem here at home should worry every American citizen.
"A regime based on terror, on the other hand, deploys violence precisely to reinforce the message that anyone can be subjected to it." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Few have written so well about the human element in Putin’s state terror as M. Gessen. Their diagnosis of the problem here at home should worry every American citizen.
Reposted by Edward Bodley
It has never been about "fraud."
It has never been about "crime."
It has never been about "safety."
It has always been about consolidation of authoritarian power.
It has never been about "crime."
It has never been about "safety."
It has always been about consolidation of authoritarian power.
🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
It has never been about "fraud."
It has never been about "crime."
It has never been about "safety."
It has always been about consolidation of authoritarian power.
It has never been about "crime."
It has never been about "safety."
It has always been about consolidation of authoritarian power.
Reposted by Edward Bodley
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Schröder works for Gazprom and Nord Stream AG. Literally.
January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Schröder works for Gazprom and Nord Stream AG. Literally.
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They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Reposted by Edward Bodley
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
Reposted by Edward Bodley
The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.
“They’re just following orders.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“They’re just following orders.”