Mario Nicolais
@marionicolais.bsky.social
The Lincoln Project General Counsel; Attorney; Inky-thumbed columnist at The Colorado Sun; defender of constitutional rights; soccer nut and American Outlaw
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Mario Nicolais
@marionicolais.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Democrats’ redistricting efforts must focus on January 2029 to avoid another Trump insurrection
Under the Twentieth Amendment, new congressional representatives will be seated three days before the next January 6th - Democrats must do everything they can to win seats before then
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I know everyone is excited about Indiana rebuffing Trump.
But in the redistricting wars started by Republicans, Democrats cannot get caught up focusing on November 2026. It is January 3, 2029 that matters the most.
I explain why in my free Substack today.
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But in the redistricting wars started by Republicans, Democrats cannot get caught up focusing on November 2026. It is January 3, 2029 that matters the most.
I explain why in my free Substack today.
open.substack.com/pub/marionic...
Made me actually snort laugh.
How many MAGA who cannot “understand” Bad Bunny are now experts in the intricacies of ice temperature for the luge or wind resistance in ski jumping?
How many MAGA who cannot “understand” Bad Bunny are now experts in the intricacies of ice temperature for the luge or wind resistance in ski jumping?
February 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Made me actually snort laugh.
How many MAGA who cannot “understand” Bad Bunny are now experts in the intricacies of ice temperature for the luge or wind resistance in ski jumping?
How many MAGA who cannot “understand” Bad Bunny are now experts in the intricacies of ice temperature for the luge or wind resistance in ski jumping?
The best part from a great thread on the turmoil at the @washingtonpost.com
The clicks aren’t coming because they have nothing worth reading now. I say that as a FORMER WaPo subscriber who read and relied on it daily.
The clicks aren’t coming because they have nothing worth reading now. I say that as a FORMER WaPo subscriber who read and relied on it daily.
6/11 Strategy was non-existent.
Glenn Kessler, the Fact Checker editor, took redundancy after Lewis suggested chasing Fox News viewers.
"There was never any sense of what the strategy actually was."
The paper is trading its writerly reputation for clicks that aren't coming.
Glenn Kessler, the Fact Checker editor, took redundancy after Lewis suggested chasing Fox News viewers.
"There was never any sense of what the strategy actually was."
The paper is trading its writerly reputation for clicks that aren't coming.
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The best part from a great thread on the turmoil at the @washingtonpost.com
The clicks aren’t coming because they have nothing worth reading now. I say that as a FORMER WaPo subscriber who read and relied on it daily.
The clicks aren’t coming because they have nothing worth reading now. I say that as a FORMER WaPo subscriber who read and relied on it daily.
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“Frederick Douglass didn’t say there were two sides to slavery” — and Ida B. Wells didn’t “interview the lyncher”
Chuck Modiano has a message for today’s journalists
bit.ly/chuckandawkword
Chuck Modiano has a message for today’s journalists
bit.ly/chuckandawkword
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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My mom said she heard that Megyn Kelly was moved to tears by Kid Rock screeching and lip syncing during that weird little MAGA Super Bowl halftime show.
She then said “I wanna watch her cry.”
🤣
She then said “I wanna watch her cry.”
🤣
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
My mom said she heard that Megyn Kelly was moved to tears by Kid Rock screeching and lip syncing during that weird little MAGA Super Bowl halftime show.
She then said “I wanna watch her cry.”
🤣
She then said “I wanna watch her cry.”
🤣
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Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right today and didn't answer questions about Epstein and Trump, including this one posed to her by Rep. Ro Khanna. But this question must be answered:
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right today and didn't answer questions about Epstein and Trump, including this one posed to her by Rep. Ro Khanna. But this question must be answered:
Best take I’ve seen so far on the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime.
Probably no coincidence that Shay is both a former football player (Colorado Player of the Year in high school) AND a current artist.
Probably no coincidence that Shay is both a former football player (Colorado Player of the Year in high school) AND a current artist.
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Best take I’ve seen so far on the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime.
Probably no coincidence that Shay is both a former football player (Colorado Player of the Year in high school) AND a current artist.
Probably no coincidence that Shay is both a former football player (Colorado Player of the Year in high school) AND a current artist.
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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This from @marionicolais.bsky.social ... folks should be really concerned about the failure to follow judges' orders.
Nicolais: When even federal prosecutors are frightened, we should all be afraid
A moment of insightfulness from a federal prosecutor in Minnesota last week made it clear how close our country is to a judicial collapse
coloradosun.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This from @marionicolais.bsky.social ... folks should be really concerned about the failure to follow judges' orders.
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The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, you’re welcome White House
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, you’re welcome White House
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...
I took this video of a Lakewood, CO PD Officer HELPING protesting students to cross a busy street safely.
This is what it means to “pretect and serve.”
This is what it means to “pretect and serve.”
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I took this video of a Lakewood, CO PD Officer HELPING protesting students to cross a busy street safely.
This is what it means to “pretect and serve.”
This is what it means to “pretect and serve.”
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Democrats spent a decade banning gerrymandering in blue states and trying to ban it nationwide.
Republicans blocked the national ban and kept gerrymandering red states.
So excuse me if I don’t give a fuck about Republicans crying that Democrats are fighting back.
Republicans blocked the national ban and kept gerrymandering red states.
So excuse me if I don’t give a fuck about Republicans crying that Democrats are fighting back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Democrats spent a decade banning gerrymandering in blue states and trying to ban it nationwide.
Republicans blocked the national ban and kept gerrymandering red states.
So excuse me if I don’t give a fuck about Republicans crying that Democrats are fighting back.
Republicans blocked the national ban and kept gerrymandering red states.
So excuse me if I don’t give a fuck about Republicans crying that Democrats are fighting back.
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Pardoned J6ers continue their crime sprees across America.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Pardoned J6ers continue their crime sprees across America.
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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Coloradans have had enough. So we’re joining the fight.
#ColoradoDrawsTheLine. Join us.
youtu.be/Y_k7h9OlSiw?...
#ColoradoDrawsTheLine. Join us.
youtu.be/Y_k7h9OlSiw?...
Enough
YouTube video by Colorado Draws the Line
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February 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Coloradans have had enough. So we’re joining the fight.
#ColoradoDrawsTheLine. Join us.
youtu.be/Y_k7h9OlSiw?...
#ColoradoDrawsTheLine. Join us.
youtu.be/Y_k7h9OlSiw?...
If ever there was a time to make someone spontaneously combust.
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If ever there was a time to make someone spontaneously combust.
Yes. A must read.
NEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today.
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
Law Dork:
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
Law Dork:
The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
www.lawdork.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Yes. A must read.
The best part?
Ending with the Trumpian: “Thank you for your attention in this matter.”
Ending with the Trumpian: “Thank you for your attention in this matter.”
Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The best part?
Ending with the Trumpian: “Thank you for your attention in this matter.”
Ending with the Trumpian: “Thank you for your attention in this matter.”
I cannot stress how dangerous this will be. We are headed toward a place where voters no longer have a say in their government.
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I cannot stress how dangerous this will be. We are headed toward a place where voters no longer have a say in their government.
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Didn't this happen in My Cousin Vinny?
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Didn't this happen in My Cousin Vinny?
That’s my guy! Proud of my law school classmate.
The House must begin impeachment proceedings against Secretary Noem.
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👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
That’s my guy! Proud of my law school classmate.
Apparently the Department of (In)Justice defines “victims” as the ultra-wealthy men, not the young girls they raped.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Apparently the Department of (In)Justice defines “victims” as the ultra-wealthy men, not the young girls they raped.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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New in PN: Guns for me, but not for thee
"The larger lesson of Pretti’s murder is that when it comes to guns and gun rights, most defenders of Trump’s proto-fascist police state clearly believe the Second Amendment exists to protect conservatives but bind liberals."
"The larger lesson of Pretti’s murder is that when it comes to guns and gun rights, most defenders of Trump’s proto-fascist police state clearly believe the Second Amendment exists to protect conservatives but bind liberals."
Guns for me, but not for thee
How the Rittenhouse Rules changed the Second Amendment.
www.publicnotice.co
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
New in PN: Guns for me, but not for thee
"The larger lesson of Pretti’s murder is that when it comes to guns and gun rights, most defenders of Trump’s proto-fascist police state clearly believe the Second Amendment exists to protect conservatives but bind liberals."
"The larger lesson of Pretti’s murder is that when it comes to guns and gun rights, most defenders of Trump’s proto-fascist police state clearly believe the Second Amendment exists to protect conservatives but bind liberals."
YAS!
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
YAS!
A few weeks ago @lincolnproject.us had the @dropkickmurphys.com on our podcast. Today, I was listening to @rageagainst.bsky.social "Killing in the Name." Got me thinking: what would be a killer lineup for an "ICE OUT" Concert, Live Aid style?
Drop some thoughts!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9...
Drop some thoughts!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9...
Dropkick Murphys: “MAGA Got Played”
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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February 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
A few weeks ago @lincolnproject.us had the @dropkickmurphys.com on our podcast. Today, I was listening to @rageagainst.bsky.social "Killing in the Name." Got me thinking: what would be a killer lineup for an "ICE OUT" Concert, Live Aid style?
Drop some thoughts!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9...
Drop some thoughts!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9...
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Federal judge again sides with Crow, Neguse in allowing unannounced inspections of ICE facilities trib.al/6fupz8I
Federal judge again sides with Crow, Neguse in allowing unannounced inspections of ICE facilities
The ruling is the latest blow to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s monthslong effort to slow congressional oversight of the facilities.
trib.al
February 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Federal judge again sides with Crow, Neguse in allowing unannounced inspections of ICE facilities trib.al/6fupz8I