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This is a GREAT time to primary your “centrist” rep from the left in blue districts.
You know who really ought to pay attention the result in TX Sen 9? Democratic leadership in Congress.
February 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
This is a GREAT time to primary your “centrist” rep from the left in blue districts.
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Fabulous 10/10 no notes
January 31, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fabulous 10/10 no notes
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Dear Texas Republicans who insisted on making your gerrymandering even more extreme:
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Dear Texas Republicans who insisted on making your gerrymandering even more extreme:
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Now Rehmet must begin the long and lonely quest to get Speaker Johnson to swear him in.
BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points.
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
Breaking: Texas Democrats score landslide upset in race Trump badly wanted to win
Taylor Rehmet just flipped a deep-red seat—and gave his party a shot in the arm
www.the-downballot.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Now Rehmet must begin the long and lonely quest to get Speaker Johnson to swear him in.
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a "fun" fact is that texas' state senate map is so gerrymandered that this swing would flip all but four republican districts
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
a "fun" fact is that texas' state senate map is so gerrymandered that this swing would flip all but four republican districts
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Congratulations to Democratic State Senator-elect Taylor Rehmet for flipping ruby red Texas SD9 from red to blue!
Trump endorsed Taylor’s opponent, which helped Taylor because Trump is so weak and unpopular.
Democrats will win Congress in Nov, and it won’t be close.
Trump endorsed Taylor’s opponent, which helped Taylor because Trump is so weak and unpopular.
Democrats will win Congress in Nov, and it won’t be close.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet is a labor union...
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February 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Congratulations to Democratic State Senator-elect Taylor Rehmet for flipping ruby red Texas SD9 from red to blue!
Trump endorsed Taylor’s opponent, which helped Taylor because Trump is so weak and unpopular.
Democrats will win Congress in Nov, and it won’t be close.
Trump endorsed Taylor’s opponent, which helped Taylor because Trump is so weak and unpopular.
Democrats will win Congress in Nov, and it won’t be close.
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A normal DOJ would be mortified
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
A normal DOJ would be mortified
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Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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Popping out of the vehicle guns drawn and pointing them at a legal observer exercising her constitutional rights.
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
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 7:10 PM
Popping out of the vehicle guns drawn and pointing them at a legal observer exercising her constitutional rights.
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
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Notice how they walk in front of the car hoping to get an excuse to murder her
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Notice how they walk in front of the car hoping to get an excuse to murder her
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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It's easy to see these men as individual bad apples. But I'd argue--the bigger problems are "elite" universities' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name bad actors, and the fact that, societially, we let "elite" universities play such a big role in determining who can get ahead.
January 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM
It's easy to see these men as individual bad apples. But I'd argue--the bigger problems are "elite" universities' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name bad actors, and the fact that, societially, we let "elite" universities play such a big role in determining who can get ahead.
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By the way: Judge Biery is know for the colorful way he signs his court rulings. bsky.app/profile/cris...
Gonna start signing all my hottest takes like this federal judge:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
By the way: Judge Biery is know for the colorful way he signs his court rulings. bsky.app/profile/cris...
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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”?
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The complete normalisation of protocols style anti semitism among some of the “dirtbag left” has been appalling.
Briahna Joy Gray (Brie brie) remains one of the worst people in American public life
Yeah that’s not really the story though but nice try
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The complete normalisation of protocols style anti semitism among some of the “dirtbag left” has been appalling.
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It rules how every other government worker is subject to incredible scrutiny for like everything but if you're a cop you can just do blatant fraud and everyone kinda just shrugs at it
I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did
One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?
oaklandside.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It rules how every other government worker is subject to incredible scrutiny for like everything but if you're a cop you can just do blatant fraud and everyone kinda just shrugs at it
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I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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oh it gets better
Side note @stevevladeck.bsky.social you might be interested in the remarkable flexible contortions DOJ went through yesterday to try & justify not releasing Attachment A to me & @lawandchaospod.bsky.social.
All while not apparently knowing that this Order was lurking in the wings waiting to drop.
All while not apparently knowing that this Order was lurking in the wings waiting to drop.
Exhibit – #21, Att. #2 in Res Ipsa Media, LLC v. Department of Justice (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-02866) – CourtListener.com
MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction; or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment by Department of Justice (Attachments: (1) Memorandum in Support, (2) Exhibit, (3) Text of Proposed Order)(Goldm...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
oh it gets better
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We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
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I feel like your only two options here as someone with a working conscience is either to make her look ratchet af or to just flat out refuse
a friend was in Boca picking up their mom at a hair salon and guess who was getting hair extensions
February 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I feel like your only two options here as someone with a working conscience is either to make her look ratchet af or to just flat out refuse