Tom “T.M.” Wolf
@tomtmwolf.bsky.social
Director of Democracy Initiatives at the Brennan Center for Justice. Founder of the Historians Council on the Constitution. By night, I write. My novel SOUND (FSG/Faber) and more: tomtmwolf.com. Views my own.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
@tomtmwolf.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I had a blast talking about Sound, novelizing, and balancing the writing life with the non-profit life with @penamerica.bsky.social.
A short thread with some of the tidbits I mentioned while chatting with @baldereg.bsky.social about my novel written like a musical score 🧵🔽 @faberbooks.bsky.social
A short thread with some of the tidbits I mentioned while chatting with @baldereg.bsky.social about my novel written like a musical score 🧵🔽 @faberbooks.bsky.social
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"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
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On SCOTUS: "When law is built atop myth, and adjudication proceeds from narrative rather than evidence, constitutional guarantees become contingent and fragile."
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
On SCOTUS: "When law is built atop myth, and adjudication proceeds from narrative rather than evidence, constitutional guarantees become contingent and fragile."
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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Hundreds of millions spent on human misery
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Hundreds of millions spent on human misery
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In an interview with ABC News Live, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social explains that the SAVE Act “is a show your papers law, where you’d have to show your birth certificate or your US passport to vote… there are tens of millions of American citizens that don’t have ready access to those documents.”
Video Trump pushes SAVE Act, calls to federalize elections as midterms near
Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, joins ABC News Live to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for the SAVE Act.
abcnews.go.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
In an interview with ABC News Live, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social explains that the SAVE Act “is a show your papers law, where you’d have to show your birth certificate or your US passport to vote… there are tens of millions of American citizens that don’t have ready access to those documents.”
On SCOTUS: "When law is built atop myth, and adjudication proceeds from narrative rather than evidence, constitutional guarantees become contingent and fragile."
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
On SCOTUS: "When law is built atop myth, and adjudication proceeds from narrative rather than evidence, constitutional guarantees become contingent and fragile."
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
Originalism is part of this dynamic, too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
Reposted by Tom “T.M.” Wolf
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
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Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s ruling creating presidential immunity was an epochal dereliction of duty…
I have been musing about the hypothesis that the ultimate consequence of SCOTUS's opinion in Trump v. U.S. will be the destruction of the rule of law in the U.S. This gift article helps to explain why, in part by emphasizing the evisceration of the Dept. of Justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s ruling creating presidential immunity was an epochal dereliction of duty…
Cheffing uppppppppppp
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Cheffing uppppppppppp
Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s ruling creating presidential immunity was an epochal dereliction of duty…
I have been musing about the hypothesis that the ultimate consequence of SCOTUS's opinion in Trump v. U.S. will be the destruction of the rule of law in the U.S. This gift article helps to explain why, in part by emphasizing the evisceration of the Dept. of Justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s ruling creating presidential immunity was an epochal dereliction of duty…
Reposted by Tom “T.M.” Wolf
I have been musing about the hypothesis that the ultimate consequence of SCOTUS's opinion in Trump v. U.S. will be the destruction of the rule of law in the U.S. This gift article helps to explain why, in part by emphasizing the evisceration of the Dept. of Justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I have been musing about the hypothesis that the ultimate consequence of SCOTUS's opinion in Trump v. U.S. will be the destruction of the rule of law in the U.S. This gift article helps to explain why, in part by emphasizing the evisceration of the Dept. of Justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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The SAVE Act, which would require Americans to show a birth certificate or passport to register to vote, would block millions of American citizens from voting. I spoke with @fox32chicago.bsky.social Chicago Live about the danger this bill poses.
SAVE Act would change voter registration rules nationwide, expert says | ChicagoLIVE
The SAVE Act legislation would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Director of the Brennan Center shares details.
www.fox32chicago.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The SAVE Act, which would require Americans to show a birth certificate or passport to register to vote, would block millions of American citizens from voting. I spoke with @fox32chicago.bsky.social Chicago Live about the danger this bill poses.
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"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
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And, finally, WE ARE WINNING. They're crumbling, and the full firepower of the Minnesota bar isn't close to online yet. The combined might of our state's attorneys will soon be able to double, triple, 10x, the number of filings. They can't cope.
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
And, finally, WE ARE WINNING. They're crumbling, and the full firepower of the Minnesota bar isn't close to online yet. The combined might of our state's attorneys will soon be able to double, triple, 10x, the number of filings. They can't cope.
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Judge Blackwell continues:
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Judge Blackwell continues:
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
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Informed citizens are democracy’s best defense. Follow Brennan Center experts to stay up to date on our work to protect and defend U.S. democracy.
February 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Informed citizens are democracy’s best defense. Follow Brennan Center experts to stay up to date on our work to protect and defend U.S. democracy.
The NYT declaring “the Muppets exist outside of time“ reminds me of the greatest thing ever written on the internet…
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Jim Henson’s Newly Discovered Journal Reveals The Muppets’ Fascinating Backstory
clickhole.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The NYT declaring “the Muppets exist outside of time“ reminds me of the greatest thing ever written on the internet…
clickhole.com/jim-henson-s...
clickhole.com/jim-henson-s...
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Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
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@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social & @jamesftierney.bsky.social's Article reveals how property, corporate, and securities law are fueling a new rural land grab, turning farmland into a financialized asset. They advance democratic alternatives to protect rural communities and sustainable food systems.
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social & @jamesftierney.bsky.social's Article reveals how property, corporate, and securities law are fueling a new rural land grab, turning farmland into a financialized asset. They advance democratic alternatives to protect rural communities and sustainable food systems.