C Scott Cooper
@cscottc.bsky.social
The gold standard for headlines.
June 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The gold standard for headlines.
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roberts et al have divined the Actual Intent of the constitution, which is to allow the government to exercise nearly unaccountable power to strip people of their rights. it is why we fought the revolution!
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
roberts et al have divined the Actual Intent of the constitution, which is to allow the government to exercise nearly unaccountable power to strip people of their rights. it is why we fought the revolution!
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What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
April 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
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Millions of Americans are watching their retirement savings disappear as the market continues to crash and a recession looms.
Donald Trump:
Donald Trump:
April 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Millions of Americans are watching their retirement savings disappear as the market continues to crash and a recession looms.
Donald Trump:
Donald Trump:
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He’s worse than most of us even said he’d be. I personally didn’t think he’d crash the economy quite so quickly, but never underestimate his idiocy.
April 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
He’s worse than most of us even said he’d be. I personally didn’t think he’d crash the economy quite so quickly, but never underestimate his idiocy.
The chaos and crisis is the point, because it justifies declaring an emergency and claiming extraordinary powers. And Republicans in congress are complicit. They could stop this at any point.
Who benefits from an economic crisis? Trump does. He declares an economic emergency—then manufactures one—which allows him to expand his power. Under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the president can unlock more than 120 special statutory powers. No wonder he was just out golfing—crisis pays.
April 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The chaos and crisis is the point, because it justifies declaring an emergency and claiming extraordinary powers. And Republicans in congress are complicit. They could stop this at any point.
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“Americans built the richest and most prosperous society ever to exist, and one part of that was the creation of an endless stream of handheld entertainments, which told them they were miserable and impoverished, and consequently the country committed immediate political and economic suicide”
April 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
“Americans built the richest and most prosperous society ever to exist, and one part of that was the creation of an endless stream of handheld entertainments, which told them they were miserable and impoverished, and consequently the country committed immediate political and economic suicide”
Why is this surprising to anyone? We know that he’s stupid. It’s been incredibly fucking obvious for nearly a decade now.
It’s so shockingly dumb—yes, even for him—that it’s hard to believe that we have a president of the United States who is this ignorant.
Donald Trump Really Is a Lot Dumber Than We Thought. Like, a Lot!
His reading of American history is shockingly stupid, even for him.
newrepublic.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Why is this surprising to anyone? We know that he’s stupid. It’s been incredibly fucking obvious for nearly a decade now.
This. All day long, this.
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This. All day long, this.
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For any non-attorneys reading this: This is absolutely, definitely, very clearly not okay.
the justice department's position is now that candor toward the tribunal constitutes insubordination
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders (Gift Article)
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For any non-attorneys reading this: This is absolutely, definitely, very clearly not okay.
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Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3
April 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3
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Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. Voters chose him anyway.
How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming?
Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. Voters chose him anyway.
newrepublic.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. Voters chose him anyway.
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Musk is using DOGE to gut Social Security, defund disaster relief, and hand power to billionaires like himself.
Don’t let him get away with it! 🚫🗳️ #FireElonMusk
Don’t let him get away with it! 🚫🗳️ #FireElonMusk
April 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Musk is using DOGE to gut Social Security, defund disaster relief, and hand power to billionaires like himself.
Don’t let him get away with it! 🚫🗳️ #FireElonMusk
Don’t let him get away with it! 🚫🗳️ #FireElonMusk
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Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.
April 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.
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Pundits hate simplicity. If something is simple you don’t have to have pundit expertise to explain it.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pundits hate simplicity. If something is simple you don’t have to have pundit expertise to explain it.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
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AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “I have not met one person who says, yes, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos need more tax breaks — and that money should come from my mom’s Medicare, or our Social Security!”
April 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “I have not met one person who says, yes, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos need more tax breaks — and that money should come from my mom’s Medicare, or our Social Security!”
Watching Trump voters crying out in pain like this should be ASMR for us, just like the WH said deportations were like ASMR for them. But we’re not assholes like them, and we don’t actually want anyone to suffer. Not even these fools who totally deserve their self-inflicted wounds.
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Watching Trump voters crying out in pain like this should be ASMR for us, just like the WH said deportations were like ASMR for them. But we’re not assholes like them, and we don’t actually want anyone to suffer. Not even these fools who totally deserve their self-inflicted wounds.
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Swalwell: To Trump I say: Get your ass off the golf course and face the people
April 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Swalwell: To Trump I say: Get your ass off the golf course and face the people
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Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
Laura Loomer Is a Warning
No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.
bit.ly
April 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
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One really important thing to notice about the tariffs is that there are at least half a dozen explanations **from their proponents** about what they're meant to accomplish. Meanwhile there are another half dozen explanations from their foes. It is highly reminiscent of 2002 during the build up ...
April 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One really important thing to notice about the tariffs is that there are at least half a dozen explanations **from their proponents** about what they're meant to accomplish. Meanwhile there are another half dozen explanations from their foes. It is highly reminiscent of 2002 during the build up ...
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So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
Trump: "I spoke to a lot of leaders -- European, Asian, from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said 'we're not gonna have deficits with your country' ... to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or at worst we're gonna be breaking even."
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
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Dear @nytimes.com why is there no coverage of the massive #HandsOff protests across the nation yesterday anywhere on your app. I scrolled through at least 40 articles in various subjects and NOTHING. Shameful.
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Dear @nytimes.com why is there no coverage of the massive #HandsOff protests across the nation yesterday anywhere on your app. I scrolled through at least 40 articles in various subjects and NOTHING. Shameful.
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Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
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I really do think we’re well beyond this point.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
April 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I really do think we’re well beyond this point.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.
If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.