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jamellebouie.net
made a video on the filibuster — its history and why it's bad — for my youtube channel. check it out!
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸 #NoKingsInAmerica

(From @billbramhall.bsky.social )
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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santiagomayer.com
Reminder to disable biometrics on your phone before attending any protests. If police ask for the passcode, you do not have to provide it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
For tomorrow’s #NoKings protests: if you’re attending, send me your news and photos - DMs or in the feed. I’ll make sure they’re circulated.

Feel free to share.
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
If any IU alums out there are interested in taking part in a coordinated response to IU’s attack on the Media School and the IDS, please slide into my DM’s and drop your email. #IU #IUB #iufb

Please share widely!
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
Olamide Zaccheaus went for the jumping celebration with DJ Moore who didn't see him 😭🤣
September 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/ Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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peark.es
India's largest electric scooter company just announced a zero-rare earth electric motor. Not sure if this really matters much for the broader EV space but example of innovation getting around a sticky problem.

*OLA ALSO UNVEILS FERRITE MOTOR THAT USES NO RARE-EARTH MAGNETS
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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briancalbrecht.bsky.social
Why do economists hate tariffs more than other taxes?

Today's newsletter is 6 reasons why tariffs are a terrible way to raise revenue

tl;dr they violate all the main results of how to raise revenue efficiently www.economicforces.xyz/p/6-reasons-...
6 reasons why tariffs are a terrible way to raise revenue
Some principles of taxation
www.economicforces.xyz
August 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Really worth a read:
ryanlcooper.com ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Aug 1
I think Orwell put it best www.orwell.ru/library/essa...
It is not that anyone imagines the law to be just. Everyone knows that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. But no one accepts the implications of this, everyone takes it for granted that the law, such as it is, will be respected, and feels a sense of outrage when it is not. Remarks like ‘They can't run me in; I haven't done anything wrong’, or ‘They can't do that; it's against the law’, are part of the atmosphere of England. The professed enemies of society have this feeling as strongly as anyone else. One sees it in prison-books like Wilfred Macartney's Walls Have Mouths or Jim Phelan's Jail Journey, in the solemn idiocies that take place at the trials of conscientious objectors, in letters to the papers from eminent Marxist professors, pointing out that this or that is a ‘miscarriage of British justice’. Everyone believes in his heart that the law can be, ought to be, and, on the whole, will be impartially administered. The totalitarian idea that there is no such thing as law, there is only power, has never taken root. Even the intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory. An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face. The familiar arguments to the effect that democracy is ‘just the same as’ or ‘just as bad as’ totalitarianism never take account of this fact. All such arguments boil down to saying that half a loaf is the same as no bread. In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are still believed in. They may be illusions, but they are very powerful illusions. The belief in them influences conduct, national life is different because of them. In proof of which, look about you. Where are the rubber truncheons, where is the castor oil? The sword is still in the scabbard, and while it stays there corruption cannot go beyond a certain point. The English electoral system, for instance, is an all but open fraud. In a dozen obvious ways it is gerrymandered in the interest of the moneyed class. But until some deep change has occurred in the public mind, it cannot become completely corrupt. You do not arrive at the polling booth to find men with revolvers telling you which way to vote, nor are the votes miscounted, nor is there any direct bribery. Even hypocrisy is a powerful safeguard. The hanging judge, that evil old man in scarlet robe and horse-hair wig, whom nothing short of dynamite will ever teach what century he is living in, but who will at any rate interpret the law according to the books and will in no circumstances take a money bribe, is one of the symbolic figures of England. He is a symbol of the strange mixture of reality and illusion, democracy and privilege, humbug and decency, the subtle network of compromises, by which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape.
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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wishtv.com
Cookie Monster, the beloved character from children's TV series "Sesame Street," will serve as the grand marshal for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Cookie Monster to serve as grand marshal for Brickyard 400
Cookie Monster, beloved character from Sesame Street, will serve as grand marshal for the Brickyard 400 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
www.wishtv.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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scoutripley.bsky.social
For as fraught as our national politics are the U.S. sure does produce a lot of very successful left wingers
June 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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gracienlucy.bsky.social
A view of an ornate ceiling and two pigeons looking a the photographer. Caption reads: The photographer was lying on the ground, trying to shoot this ceiling. The pigeons were concerned.
June 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
scottives.bsky.social
So 2025 isn’t completely horrible
officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 12
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: CA Gov. Newsom and AG Bonta are seeking a temporary restraining order “that prevents federal troops from enforcing the laws in a civilian city.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN NEWSOM, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiffs, v. DONALD TRUMP, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; PETE HEGSETH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NO. 3:25-cv-04870-CRB PLAINTIFFS' EX PARTE MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING Date: Time: Courtroom: Judge: Charles R. Breyer Trial Date: Action Filed: 6/9/2025 Defendants. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Statement of Facts. I. Federal Immigration Enforcement Actions In Los Angeles II. Local Authorities Respond and Manage Conditions. III. The President, Without the Governor's Consent, Federalizes 4,000 California National Guard Troops And Mobilizes Additional U.S. Marines. IV. Current Status of Protests and National Guard Deployment. Legal Standard ....... Argument I. II. III. Plaintiffs Are Likely To Succeed on the Merits, And At A Minimum, Plaintiffs Present Serious Questions Going to the Merits... A. The Section 12406 Federalization Orders are Unlawful There were no conditions in California that would allow invocation of Section 12406 The Governor did not issue the federalization order.. B. The Orders are a substantial intrusion into the State of California's police powers... The Military's Threatened Law Enforcement Activities Will Violate the Posse Comitatus Act. The federalized National Guard and the Marines Corps are subject to the Posse Comitatus Act. There is a substantial likelihood that the National Guard and Marines will engage in activities that "amount to direct active involvement in the execution of the laws" There is a Grave Risk of Imminent, Irreparable harm The Public Interest and Balance of Equities Tip Sharply in Favor of A TRO. Page 1 3 3 4 6 7 7 7 7 9 10 11 12 12 . 14 16 ..18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 To preserve the peace, Plaintiffs respectfully urge the Court to grant the circumscribed emergency relief requested through this motion for a temporary restraining order, which will prevent the use of federalized National Guard and active duty Marines for law enforcement purposes on the streets of a civilian city. This motion does not seek to prevent any of those forces from protecting the safety of federal buildings or other real property owned or leased by the federal government, or federal personnel on such property. It instead seeks narrow relief tailored to avoid irreparable harm to our communities and the rule of law that is likely to result if Defendants are allowed to proceed with their plans to use Marines and federalized National Guard to enforce immigration laws and other civil laws on the streets of our cities. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 CONCLUSION For all the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs respectfully urge the Court to help the State keep the peace in Los Angeles and enter a temporary restraining order that prevents federal troops from enforcing the laws in a civilian city.
June 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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lincolnproject.us
Didn’t realize this was a prophecy.
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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jamellebouie.net
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
A bad President, for instance, has the power to do what? What can he not do? If he wanted to revolutionize this government, he could easily do it with this ponderous power; it would be an auxiliary power. He could cry “havoc, and let slip the dogs of war,”29 and say to the conspirators: “I am with you. If you succeed, all is well. If you fail, I will interpose the shield of my pardon, and you are safe. If your property is taken away from you by Congress, I will pardon and restore your property. Go on and revolutionize the government; I will stand by you.” The bad man will say or might say this. I am not sure but we have got a man now who comes very near saying it. Let us have done with this pardoning power. We have had enough of this. Pardoning! How inexpressibly base have been the uses made by this power—this beneficent power. It has been that with which a treacherous President has trafficked. He has made it the means of securing adherents to himself instead of securing allegiance to the government.
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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kk1647.bsky.social
For Handmaid’s Tale fans.
June 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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May 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Some good news: it appears we have a good blood test to predict the development of Alzheimer's disease years in advance.

It hinges on a protein called tau.

My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Identifying good biomarkers is hard. A biomarker is something we can measure in the body that relates to a health condition. It may be a mutation in a gene, or a molecule carried in the blood or secreted in the saliva. It may help diagnose a disease, or predict one that will develop later, or help determine the odds of someone’s survival, or even guide therapy. An ideal predictive biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease will correctly identify everyone who will develop the disease and vice versa: no one who won’t go on to have Alzheimer’s should get a positive result and no one who will should be mistakenly reassured. At the very least, these error rates need to be very low. This biomarker should flag people very early on, be non-invasive, and cheap. And if it’s to be used specifically for Alzheimer’s disease, it should not be detected when a person will develop a different dementia, like vascular or frontotemporal dementia.
May 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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penguinsagainstdt.bsky.social
Most birds have a fight or flight response.

He forgot we’re flightless birds.
A meme photo of an Adelie penguin holding an AK-47.
April 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM