Christian Vanderbrouk
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This argument suggests the existence of some kind of foreign policy loophole whereby the Executive could disregard the law to bring anyone accused of a national security threat outside of US territory, at which point he, as President, could do whatever he wants to them on national security ground.
March 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This argument suggests the existence of some kind of foreign policy loophole whereby the Executive could disregard the law to bring anyone accused of a national security threat outside of US territory, at which point he, as President, could do whatever he wants to them on national security ground.
Read what your government claims it can do to you. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Read what your government claims it can do to you. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
even Gasparino gets it
February 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
even Gasparino gets it
February 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“the brilliant prosecutor Danielle Sassoon”
February 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“the brilliant prosecutor Danielle Sassoon”
Scalia on impoundment
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January 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Scalia on impoundment
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Monitoring the speech of American citizens and taking retaliatory action are not qualities anyone should want in an FBI Director.
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Monitoring the speech of American citizens and taking retaliatory action are not qualities anyone should want in an FBI Director.
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NEW on RFK Jr: In audio we uncovered from his radio show he read and praised a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "cowards" and "bootlickers."
He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
November 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
NEW on RFK Jr: In audio we uncovered from his radio show he read and praised a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "cowards" and "bootlickers."
He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
RFK Jr. on Chemtrails: ‘I Am Persuaded’
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www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-on-...
RFK Jr. on Chemtrails: ‘I Am Persuaded’
The confirmation fights just keep getting weirder and more serious.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM
RFK Jr. on Chemtrails: ‘I Am Persuaded’
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-on-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-on-...
Ray Dalio: I'm not comparing Trump to 1930's fascists, but to understand Trump you have to understand 1930's fascists.
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November 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Ray Dalio: I'm not comparing Trump to 1930's fascists, but to understand Trump you have to understand 1930's fascists.
time.com/7177760/trum...
time.com/7177760/trum...
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Can we please quit saying that Trump wants to “recess appoint” his unfit nominees?
He wants Congress to shutdown so he can install these unqualified people, no questions asked.
He wants to gut Congress as a check on his executive power.
Say that.
He wants Congress to shutdown so he can install these unqualified people, no questions asked.
He wants to gut Congress as a check on his executive power.
Say that.
November 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Can we please quit saying that Trump wants to “recess appoint” his unfit nominees?
He wants Congress to shutdown so he can install these unqualified people, no questions asked.
He wants to gut Congress as a check on his executive power.
Say that.
He wants Congress to shutdown so he can install these unqualified people, no questions asked.
He wants to gut Congress as a check on his executive power.
Say that.
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I am not sure what’s the fuss in Moscow about. Ukraine struck Crimea with ATACMS many many times. Is Lavrov suggesting that Crimea unlike Bryansk is not, well, really Russian? www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Ukraine Uses U.S.-Provided Long-Range Missiles in Russia for First Time
The strike, against an ammunition depot, comes days after the U.S. authorized the use of ATACMS on Russian territory.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I am not sure what’s the fuss in Moscow about. Ukraine struck Crimea with ATACMS many many times. Is Lavrov suggesting that Crimea unlike Bryansk is not, well, really Russian? www.wsj.com/world/europe...
2023: "I’m not saying [the Trump-as-Dictator] scenario is impossible, just that it requires every Republican in the legislative branch to accept a role akin to obedient eunuchs." www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
2023: "I’m not saying [the Trump-as-Dictator] scenario is impossible, just that it requires every Republican in the legislative branch to accept a role akin to obedient eunuchs." www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
Trump threatened to do this during COVID (April 2020) www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/t...
Trump threatens to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments
The president threatened to adjourn both chambers of Congress in order to appoint nominees who have yet to be approved by the Senate.
www.cnbc.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Trump threatened to do this during COVID (April 2020) www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/t...
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let's see, what's a cultural reference my audience will understand?
January 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM
let's see, what's a cultural reference my audience will understand?
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Thread on the wrong rock game
* at least six GOP senators who voted to acquit Trump over J6 said at the time that it would be Constitutional to prosecute him criminally *
January 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Thread on the wrong rock game
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John Cornyn of TX, another vote to acquit: "Given that the Constitution makes legal offenses committed while in office subject to investigation and prosecution as warranted, after a President is no longer in office, I believe that is the Constitutional method of accountability."
January 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM
John Cornyn of TX, another vote to acquit: "Given that the Constitution makes legal offenses committed while in office subject to investigation and prosecution as warranted, after a President is no longer in office, I believe that is the Constitutional method of accountability."
* at least six GOP senators who voted to acquit Trump over J6 said at the time that it would be Constitutional to prosecute him criminally *
January 2, 2024 at 4:00 PM
* at least six GOP senators who voted to acquit Trump over J6 said at the time that it would be Constitutional to prosecute him criminally *
I have been having a ridiculous amount of fun playing Alien Isolation VR since Christmas, so immersive and terrifying
December 28, 2023 at 9:59 PM
I have been having a ridiculous amount of fun playing Alien Isolation VR since Christmas, so immersive and terrifying
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Ross Douthat wrote a whole column around this counterfactual: "imagine if Hillary Clinton pulled a January 6th and ran for president again, wouldn't you be mad if a court kicked her off the ballot" www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/o... (gift link)
Opinion | The Anti-Democratic Quest to Save Democracy From Trump
Jan. 6 was not the same kind of event as the Confederacy’s succession.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Ross Douthat wrote a whole column around this counterfactual: "imagine if Hillary Clinton pulled a January 6th and ran for president again, wouldn't you be mad if a court kicked her off the ballot" www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/o... (gift link)
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Clinton got 3 million more votes, was victimized by illegal hacking, Trump committed campaign crimes hiding the Stormy payments, AND the FBI broke protocol harming her and SHE STILL CONCEDED.
Choosing the Clintons for your hypothetical is also curious. It's not like they didn't endure their own share of "lawfare" over the years. I don't remember them threatening the country with civil war or riots, even when the FBI announced a new investigation days before the vote.
December 23, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Clinton got 3 million more votes, was victimized by illegal hacking, Trump committed campaign crimes hiding the Stormy payments, AND the FBI broke protocol harming her and SHE STILL CONCEDED.