@bruce-selin.bsky.social
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If someone is arguing against due process, just ask them if they believe someone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the same thing.
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If someone is arguing against due process, just ask them if they believe someone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the same thing.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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We could have been talking about $25K down payment assistance for new homeowners in a thriving economy right now, but here we are.
April 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We could have been talking about $25K down payment assistance for new homeowners in a thriving economy right now, but here we are.
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I AM a lawyer
And if I were trying the contempt case
This might well be Prosecution Exhibit 1
And if I were trying the contempt case
This might well be Prosecution Exhibit 1
Hey, Justice Roberts, is this what you meant by "“facilitate and effectuate the return" of Mr. Abrego Garcia?
Because I'm not a lawyer, but it sure as hell looks like contempt of court to me.
Because I'm not a lawyer, but it sure as hell looks like contempt of court to me.
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I AM a lawyer
And if I were trying the contempt case
This might well be Prosecution Exhibit 1
And if I were trying the contempt case
This might well be Prosecution Exhibit 1
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Van Hollen: And it's also important that people understand this case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.
April 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Van Hollen: And it's also important that people understand this case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.
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Leave for Israel on Friday!
April 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Leave for Israel on Friday!
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It’s time to respond to a new political reality.
April 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It’s time to respond to a new political reality.
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7. Call to Action
Wanna fight back against the rising tide of American authoritarianism?
Start here.
🔍 Red Wine & Blue just launched a Project 2025 Tracker—with the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson’s help.
Use it. Share it. Organize with it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
👉 redwine.blue/project2025/
Wanna fight back against the rising tide of American authoritarianism?
Start here.
🔍 Red Wine & Blue just launched a Project 2025 Tracker—with the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson’s help.
Use it. Share it. Organize with it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
👉 redwine.blue/project2025/
The Reality of Project 2025 - Red Wine and Blue
With many of its authors in top level positions, Project 2025 is being implemented. Keep track and find recommended actions to fight back!
redwine.blue
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
7. Call to Action
Wanna fight back against the rising tide of American authoritarianism?
Start here.
🔍 Red Wine & Blue just launched a Project 2025 Tracker—with the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson’s help.
Use it. Share it. Organize with it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
👉 redwine.blue/project2025/
Wanna fight back against the rising tide of American authoritarianism?
Start here.
🔍 Red Wine & Blue just launched a Project 2025 Tracker—with the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson’s help.
Use it. Share it. Organize with it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
👉 redwine.blue/project2025/
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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This this this this this this this this here:
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This this this this this this this this here:
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Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Please look at this list and share. These are the things that made America great.
Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.
www.emptywheel.net
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please look at this list and share. These are the things that made America great.
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This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.
www.emptywheel.net
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
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While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
March 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
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I was told this only happens if USAID is involved.
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I was told this only happens if USAID is involved.
🤪
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History is a really good teacher.
If we pay attention to her, she reminds us that populations don't become monstrous overnight, that nations don't abandon humanity in a single moment.
Collective sickness usually follows a pattern and we’re seeing it now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
If we pay attention to her, she reminds us that populations don't become monstrous overnight, that nations don't abandon humanity in a single moment.
Collective sickness usually follows a pattern and we’re seeing it now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
Fascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out?
Fascism isn’t coming to America, it’s already here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
History is a really good teacher.
If we pay attention to her, she reminds us that populations don't become monstrous overnight, that nations don't abandon humanity in a single moment.
Collective sickness usually follows a pattern and we’re seeing it now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
If we pay attention to her, she reminds us that populations don't become monstrous overnight, that nations don't abandon humanity in a single moment.
Collective sickness usually follows a pattern and we’re seeing it now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
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Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
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I’ll sum up Trump's speech for those who missed it:
He's raising costs for families with pointless trade wars.
He’s slashing health care for seniors and families.
He's going after the CHIPS Act and all the jobs it created.
And he’s abandoning allies for Putin.
He's raising costs for families with pointless trade wars.
He’s slashing health care for seniors and families.
He's going after the CHIPS Act and all the jobs it created.
And he’s abandoning allies for Putin.
March 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’ll sum up Trump's speech for those who missed it:
He's raising costs for families with pointless trade wars.
He’s slashing health care for seniors and families.
He's going after the CHIPS Act and all the jobs it created.
And he’s abandoning allies for Putin.
He's raising costs for families with pointless trade wars.
He’s slashing health care for seniors and families.
He's going after the CHIPS Act and all the jobs it created.
And he’s abandoning allies for Putin.
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It’s been 6 weeks since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
It’s almost been too much to keep up with the sheer number of bad decisions he’s made that will make life worse for Americans.
I know it's hard to keep track, but we can't let any of this go unnoticed. 🧵
It’s almost been too much to keep up with the sheer number of bad decisions he’s made that will make life worse for Americans.
I know it's hard to keep track, but we can't let any of this go unnoticed. 🧵
March 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s been 6 weeks since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
It’s almost been too much to keep up with the sheer number of bad decisions he’s made that will make life worse for Americans.
I know it's hard to keep track, but we can't let any of this go unnoticed. 🧵
It’s almost been too much to keep up with the sheer number of bad decisions he’s made that will make life worse for Americans.
I know it's hard to keep track, but we can't let any of this go unnoticed. 🧵