Norm Ornstein
@normornstein.bsky.social
Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
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My new one @slate.com : I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
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I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his rhetoric against the American electoral system.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
My new one @slate.com : I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
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Staying home so that they can’t react face-to-face with the people giving them the news
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Staying home so that they can’t react face-to-face with the people giving them the news
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Snake oil salesman nothing more. Just a grifting snake oil salesman.
Dr Oz: "Yet many of the people in these hospice centers, they have 100% survival rates. No one dies. They're not dying. They're fakely put on these lists."
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Snake oil salesman nothing more. Just a grifting snake oil salesman.
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More attention here, please.
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
More attention here, please.
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Hey Norm- are people thinking about this? I fear people are not making the connection between facial recognition & Trump's plan for 2026 election. @normornstein.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Hey Norm- are people thinking about this? I fear people are not making the connection between facial recognition & Trump's plan for 2026 election. @normornstein.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Epstein Files: “Some suggested the Clintons ‘caved’ to Congress’ demands. More likely they’ve set a precedent that requires people with far stronger linkage to Epstein—& their wives—to testify. If they don’t, the GOP-led investigation in Congress will face claims that it’s trying to hide the truth”
Today was one of those days where it was difficult to keep up with everything of significance that happened. Here’s a little help that should get you up to speed on at least some of it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Epstein Files: “Some suggested the Clintons ‘caved’ to Congress’ demands. More likely they’ve set a precedent that requires people with far stronger linkage to Epstein—& their wives—to testify. If they don’t, the GOP-led investigation in Congress will face claims that it’s trying to hide the truth”
You can thank Ron DeSantis and his lunatic surgeon general
JFC
More Than 16,000 Floridians Are Set to Lose Access to HIV Meds Next Month
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February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
You can thank Ron DeSantis and his lunatic surgeon general
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NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
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WSJ: “.. Welcome to a world where America First is coming to mean America Alone, whose friends are searching for alternatives to what increasingly feels like an abusive relationship and whose enemies are gloating.”
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February 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
WSJ: “.. Welcome to a world where America First is coming to mean America Alone, whose friends are searching for alternatives to what increasingly feels like an abusive relationship and whose enemies are gloating.”
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This is an index of the work I’ve done on Jeffrey Epstein. And like Jeffrey Epstein, there are links to everything.
The Epstein Files
An index of PREVAIL's extensive coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, and the most notorious child sex trafficking operation in recent memory.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This is an index of the work I’ve done on Jeffrey Epstein. And like Jeffrey Epstein, there are links to everything.
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This is legitimately the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in the New York Post, which is saying something. This makes their incessant astrological coverage seem studied and informative.
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!["My team's best judgement is that it's the Neville Singham network that is most active [in Minnesota], partly because that's the most crazy network. But they aren't alone," Scott Walter, president of Capital Research and an expert on dark money outfits, told
The Post.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/bafkreiayxnv6ztirzmxkpbxpph4jjmxj6vtokrdusqx2h6n4blc4d7in74@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
This is legitimately the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in the New York Post, which is saying something. This makes their incessant astrological coverage seem studied and informative.
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Read this eloquent piece by Ronda Cress about the tragic demise of the Crown jewel of the Dept. of Justice, the civil rights division open.substack.com/pub/rondac/p...
Grieving the Crown Jewel
And planning for the future
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February 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Read this eloquent piece by Ronda Cress about the tragic demise of the Crown jewel of the Dept. of Justice, the civil rights division open.substack.com/pub/rondac/p...
By freedom, he means for white billionaires
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
By freedom, he means for white billionaires
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Seems like a bad sign when all the best people don't want to work with you anymore, in part because they don't want to risk their own careers by doing illegal or unethical things.
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Seems like a bad sign when all the best people don't want to work with you anymore, in part because they don't want to risk their own careers by doing illegal or unethical things.
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It should be crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears that Trump is DETERMINED to subvert free and fair elections in America.
But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.
Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.
Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
It should be crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears that Trump is DETERMINED to subvert free and fair elections in America.
But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.
Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.
Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
Don’t believe it until we see it
This should have been the case long before they killed two Americans.
Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border.
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Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border.
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Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says
The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Don’t believe it until we see it
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I think this skit should be deemed historically important. It captures something significant.
Mom Confession - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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February 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I think this skit should be deemed historically important. It captures something significant.
February 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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Pay attention. A president who lost a presidential election and then committed crimes to try to overthrow that presidential election is certainly a president who would do whatever he could to fuck with, take over, or try to cancel a midterm election.👇
Trump today: “We should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting because we have states that are so crooked.”
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Pay attention. A president who lost a presidential election and then committed crimes to try to overthrow that presidential election is certainly a president who would do whatever he could to fuck with, take over, or try to cancel a midterm election.👇
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They always find a way, don’t they?
"The head of the Nashville Electric System prioritized DEI initiatives" -- Rep. David Kustoff found a way to blame Black people and women for power outages in Tennessee
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
They always find a way, don’t they?