Jon Steinman
@jonsteinman.bsky.social
dad, dog walker, Nebraskan
@ProtectDemocracy.org
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
@ProtectDemocracy.org
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
How about a private right of action for anyone assaulted by ICE?
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How about a private right of action for anyone assaulted by ICE?
Don’t forget how incompetent MAGA actually is. These dingdongs have made countless idiotic errors & lawless choices that are stupendously unpopular. Their attempt to redistrict themselves into permanent power seems destined to backfire too.
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Don’t forget how incompetent MAGA actually is. These dingdongs have made countless idiotic errors & lawless choices that are stupendously unpopular. Their attempt to redistrict themselves into permanent power seems destined to backfire too.
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
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Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
The incrementalism is repellent.
Our democracy is under siege and they’re proudly nickel-and-diming themselves into irrelevancy
Our democracy is under siege and they’re proudly nickel-and-diming themselves into irrelevancy
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The incrementalism is repellent.
Our democracy is under siege and they’re proudly nickel-and-diming themselves into irrelevancy
Our democracy is under siege and they’re proudly nickel-and-diming themselves into irrelevancy
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
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Evil and stupid, but also terminally removed from planet earth. If the administration wasn’t locked inside a bespoke reality of its own making it would be tariffing pitchforks right now
Mar-a-Lago guests feasting on fancy meals while a music video falsely claiming Trump won in 2020 plays on the side screens
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Evil and stupid, but also terminally removed from planet earth. If the administration wasn’t locked inside a bespoke reality of its own making it would be tariffing pitchforks right now
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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WATCH: Counsel @haydenjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the key aspects of our victory against the Trump admin’s violent and unconstitutional actions in the Chicago area. Threaded ⬇️
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
WATCH: Counsel @haydenjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the key aspects of our victory against the Trump admin’s violent and unconstitutional actions in the Chicago area. Threaded ⬇️
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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VICTORY: Judge Ellis granted the most powerful rebuke of the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement tactics yet — a preliminary injunction to more permanently stop the violent and lawless tactics federal agents have deployed against protestors, press, and clergy in the Chicago area.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
VICTORY: Judge Ellis granted the most powerful rebuke of the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement tactics yet — a preliminary injunction to more permanently stop the violent and lawless tactics federal agents have deployed against protestors, press, and clergy in the Chicago area.
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We are proud to stand with our brave clients, including associations and unions representing every major media outlet in Chicago, clergy like Rev. David Black, and protesters like 67-year-old William Paulson, whom federal agents have targeted for speaking out.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We are proud to stand with our brave clients, including associations and unions representing every major media outlet in Chicago, clergy like Rev. David Black, and protesters like 67-year-old William Paulson, whom federal agents have targeted for speaking out.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Trump and his allies have mused about invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to some US cities. Despite what he has said, it doesn’t give him unconstrained, dictatorial powers. @amandacarpenter.bsky.social and @rlullo.bsky.social cover the facts: https://protdem.org/4hIaYqt
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump and his allies have mused about invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to some US cities. Despite what he has said, it doesn’t give him unconstrained, dictatorial powers. @amandacarpenter.bsky.social and @rlullo.bsky.social cover the facts: https://protdem.org/4hIaYqt
Why end a government shutdown, or even gavel open the House, when you can be podcasting instead?
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Why end a government shutdown, or even gavel open the House, when you can be podcasting instead?
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New from me at Cato: The Trump administration lately has falsely asserted that ICE / CBP agents are immune from state law no matter what they do, and also that citizens have no right to videorecord, photograph or identify the agents. There's a pattern that links these two stories! /1
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders
Notwithstanding pronouncements from leading officials of the Trump administration, the consensus of federal courts is that the Constitution protects the right to record immigration raids, and federal ...
www.cato.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New from me at Cato: The Trump administration lately has falsely asserted that ICE / CBP agents are immune from state law no matter what they do, and also that citizens have no right to videorecord, photograph or identify the agents. There's a pattern that links these two stories! /1
Mike Johnson on SNAP benefits ending Saturday: "The White House has all the pain dials turned back to just a 0 or a 1 as best they can, but when you're out or resources they go all the way up. And it's out of their hands, it's out of our hands."
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Critically they’re also committing to holding accountable all those who commit or promote political violence.
Proud of my hometown Nebraska mayor for being among the hundreds of signatories.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
Proud of my hometown Nebraska mayor for being among the hundreds of signatories.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Critically they’re also committing to holding accountable all those who commit or promote political violence.
Proud of my hometown Nebraska mayor for being among the hundreds of signatories.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
Proud of my hometown Nebraska mayor for being among the hundreds of signatories.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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“The boat strikes constitute murder,” Eugene R. Fidell told me. He used to be a JAG in the Coast Guard and is now at Yale Law School. The entire operation amounts to “treating the world as a free-fire zone,” he said.
If you're still not sure whether America risks sliding into authoritarianism, we talked to some Americans who know all about the improper use of violence
Hegseth Is Waging War Against the Laws of War
If you’re still not sure whether the United States is at risk of sliding into authoritarianism, talk to some Americans who know all about the proper and improper uses of violence. They are the men and women who are or were in the military’s so-called Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
bloom.bg
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“The boat strikes constitute murder,” Eugene R. Fidell told me. He used to be a JAG in the Coast Guard and is now at Yale Law School. The entire operation amounts to “treating the world as a free-fire zone,” he said.
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This version of Total Recall sucks.
If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one
Always be manifesting.
www.theverge.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This version of Total Recall sucks.
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That theory is wildly wrong (a VP candidate has to be eligible to become president) but why are you tossing him suggestions for how he can violate the Constitution?
Who asked this? Is this what we can expect from the new and improved White House press corps?
Who asked this? Is this what we can expect from the new and improved White House press corps?
Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That theory is wildly wrong (a VP candidate has to be eligible to become president) but why are you tossing him suggestions for how he can violate the Constitution?
Who asked this? Is this what we can expect from the new and improved White House press corps?
Who asked this? Is this what we can expect from the new and improved White House press corps?
Debate her, you chump. I triple dog dare you.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Debate her, you chump. I triple dog dare you.
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Such deranged, casually fascist shit.
House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of citizenship, possibly deport NYC mayoral frontrunner over form omissions
The first immigration case Zohran Mamdani may have to confront as mayor could be his own – as Republicans fire up calls to probe his sworn statements on citizenship forms and “deport” t…
nypost.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Such deranged, casually fascist shit.