James Seddon
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"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
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probably worth thinking about what it would mean to pursue accountability for what increasingly looks like murder www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
probably worth thinking about what it would mean to pursue accountability for what increasingly looks like murder www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Email just went out from @aoc.bsky.social to her massive email community
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Email just went out from @aoc.bsky.social to her massive email community
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
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Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Two Republican judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals just effectively overturned Justice Allison Riggs' victory over Jefferson Griffin by retroactively nullifying thousands of lawful votes. A massive and outrageous blow to democracy.
Story to come. The topline: If this holds, this would almost assuredly result in an overturned election, as Griffin trails by 734 votes and many of these contested ballots are disproportionately Democrats over Republicans. #ncpol
Full court opinion here-->
drive.google.com/file/d/1BnPY...
Full court opinion here-->
drive.google.com/file/d/1BnPY...
Griffin COA Opinion.pdf
drive.google.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two Republican judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals just effectively overturned Justice Allison Riggs' victory over Jefferson Griffin by retroactively nullifying thousands of lawful votes. A massive and outrageous blow to democracy.
Well the Tennessee R delegation is going to be unhappy...
*TRUMP: TOLD TREASURY SECRETARY TO STOP PRODUCING NEW PENNIES
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Well the Tennessee R delegation is going to be unhappy...
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I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
February 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
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If President Trump is permitted to carry through with this behavior, without clear censure by the Courts, it would fundamentally damage, if not outright destroy, the government's ability to do much of anything! 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If President Trump is permitted to carry through with this behavior, without clear censure by the Courts, it would fundamentally damage, if not outright destroy, the government's ability to do much of anything! 🧵
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okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
This is INSANE
again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
January 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is INSANE
Calling it now: they're going to use ChatGPT (or god forbid Grok) to write the final report and it will be filled with not-immediately-obvious hallucinations.
apparently it’s a blue ribbon commission reporting to the omb director with a set termination date and we’re just calling it a department
November 13, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Calling it now: they're going to use ChatGPT (or god forbid Grok) to write the final report and it will be filled with not-immediately-obvious hallucinations.
I do appreciate how the White House reaction to flailing poll numbers is "just lean into based politics"
SCOTUS reform and rent control? Heck yeah
SCOTUS reform and rent control? Heck yeah
Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes
The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I do appreciate how the White House reaction to flailing poll numbers is "just lean into based politics"
SCOTUS reform and rent control? Heck yeah
SCOTUS reform and rent control? Heck yeah
Tragic. Just another extremely beneficial pandemic-era benefits program that the feds have swept by the wayside.
I'll never understand why "Secret Congress" didn't extend this for another year+ while states had a chance to implement BEAD era price regulations for service.
I'll never understand why "Secret Congress" didn't extend this for another year+ while states had a chance to implement BEAD era price regulations for service.
May 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Tragic. Just another extremely beneficial pandemic-era benefits program that the feds have swept by the wayside.
I'll never understand why "Secret Congress" didn't extend this for another year+ while states had a chance to implement BEAD era price regulations for service.
I'll never understand why "Secret Congress" didn't extend this for another year+ while states had a chance to implement BEAD era price regulations for service.
This is an excellent read.
November 3, 2023 at 3:27 AM
This is an excellent read.
I have really missed the good kind of crazy that migrated to Bluesky...
June 22, 2023 at 2:18 AM
I have really missed the good kind of crazy that migrated to Bluesky...