@liarushton.bsky.social
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Trump on July 31 when asked about the ballroom: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Trump on July 31 when asked about the ballroom: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Permanently cutting funding that Congress has allocated is illegal under the Impoundment Control Act—whether it's during a government shutdown or not.
Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Permanently cutting funding that Congress has allocated is illegal under the Impoundment Control Act—whether it's during a government shutdown or not.
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It is not about Kimmel or what he said. It is about the US government forcing a network to fire someone - no government should have that power. If the network decided this on their own, that’s one thing. But in this case they absolutely did not.
September 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It is not about Kimmel or what he said. It is about the US government forcing a network to fire someone - no government should have that power. If the network decided this on their own, that’s one thing. But in this case they absolutely did not.
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I think Ds should ask for the firing of RFK in the budget negotiations. It's a big, easily understandable ask, which would massively benefit the American ppl, and I think it would split the gop, many of whom want rfk gone anyway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/demand-the...
Demand the Head of RFK
A (maybe) winnable ask for a budget compromise
www.everythingishorrible.net
September 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I think Ds should ask for the firing of RFK in the budget negotiations. It's a big, easily understandable ask, which would massively benefit the American ppl, and I think it would split the gop, many of whom want rfk gone anyway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/demand-the...
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The mainstream media is never going to ever “do better.” It’s just going to get worse and worse. Liberals need to integrate media pressure and criticism into our politics. The press is not an ally.
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The mainstream media is never going to ever “do better.” It’s just going to get worse and worse. Liberals need to integrate media pressure and criticism into our politics. The press is not an ally.
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The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction for disputes between states (meaning they can actually file the lawsuit there, rather than have it go up on appeal).
This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction for disputes between states (meaning they can actually file the lawsuit there, rather than have it go up on appeal).
This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
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If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
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The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
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One of the biggest blunders (when well-intentioned) and betrayals (when not) in Democratic rhetoric over the years is their impenetrable insistence that what voters respond to is somebody who begins by finding common ground with their opponent, no matter who that opponent is or what that ground is.
August 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
One of the biggest blunders (when well-intentioned) and betrayals (when not) in Democratic rhetoric over the years is their impenetrable insistence that what voters respond to is somebody who begins by finding common ground with their opponent, no matter who that opponent is or what that ground is.
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When there was positive economic data under Biden, the New York Times told us to worry, with headlines like:
“Why a Strong U.S. Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery”
and
“Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead”
But when there is worrisome data under Trump, NYT reassures us:
“Why a Strong U.S. Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery”
and
“Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead”
But when there is worrisome data under Trump, NYT reassures us:
August 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
When there was positive economic data under Biden, the New York Times told us to worry, with headlines like:
“Why a Strong U.S. Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery”
and
“Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead”
But when there is worrisome data under Trump, NYT reassures us:
“Why a Strong U.S. Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery”
and
“Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead”
But when there is worrisome data under Trump, NYT reassures us:
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Neither the public, the media, not the courts have to accept Trump’s declaration at face value. We should be probing the veracity of it in every forum & making him justify it in detail.
That’s active citizenship.
That’s active citizenship.
“Emergency” is a word w/meaning that should be justified by facts.
FBI data suggests that Memphis, Cleveland,Toledo & Little Rock have higher crime rates.
The media would do well to interrogate the basis for the exercise of emergency powers rather than “residents say crime really is bad” stories.
FBI data suggests that Memphis, Cleveland,Toledo & Little Rock have higher crime rates.
The media would do well to interrogate the basis for the exercise of emergency powers rather than “residents say crime really is bad” stories.
STOP conceding that Trump can legitimately expand grab by deploying baseless claims of “emergency.”
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
August 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Neither the public, the media, not the courts have to accept Trump’s declaration at face value. We should be probing the veracity of it in every forum & making him justify it in detail.
That’s active citizenship.
That’s active citizenship.
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I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
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ACLU-DC's Scott Michelman says the Supreme Court has "sharply limited the use of police checkpoints. 'They can't be used as a pretext for general crime control activities, and they can't be used just to harass the community.'" Trump may already have overstepped the line in D.C. [C.J. Ciaramella]
August 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ACLU-DC's Scott Michelman says the Supreme Court has "sharply limited the use of police checkpoints. 'They can't be used as a pretext for general crime control activities, and they can't be used just to harass the community.'" Trump may already have overstepped the line in D.C. [C.J. Ciaramella]
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Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right.
This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right.
This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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As @neillewisjr.bsky.social said (bsky.app/profile/neil...), this is not sustainable, & we will have to do less. Academia is already rife with unpaid labor.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
And, if you work in higher education and your department somehow survives this, you will be expected to do as much or more with much less
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As @neillewisjr.bsky.social said (bsky.app/profile/neil...), this is not sustainable, & we will have to do less. Academia is already rife with unpaid labor.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
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To elaborate a bit on why inviting Putin to Alaska for talks on ending the war without Zelensky (or European allies) represents, among many other things, the death of US diplomacy 🧵1/
No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.
Putin is COMING TO THE UNITED STATES? Even by Trump 2.0 standards, this is beyond belief. U.S. diplomacy is dead.
August 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
To elaborate a bit on why inviting Putin to Alaska for talks on ending the war without Zelensky (or European allies) represents, among many other things, the death of US diplomacy 🧵1/
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NEW: Trump calls for a new census that excludes noncitizens and uses information from the 2024 election. The proposal represents yet another illegal move from the executive, as federal law prohibits using mid-decade census data for apportionment counts.
From: @jimsaksa.com
From: @jimsaksa.com
Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’
Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’
www.democracydocket.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Trump calls for a new census that excludes noncitizens and uses information from the 2024 election. The proposal represents yet another illegal move from the executive, as federal law prohibits using mid-decade census data for apportionment counts.
From: @jimsaksa.com
From: @jimsaksa.com
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One reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is because every societal institution, including the media, has completely normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.
August 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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RFK wants to lean into “whole cell” vaccine technology, which has existed for decades, comes with increased risk of side effects and can take years to develop.
mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.
Make it make sense!
mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.
Make it make sense!
August 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
RFK wants to lean into “whole cell” vaccine technology, which has existed for decades, comes with increased risk of side effects and can take years to develop.
mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.
Make it make sense!
mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.
Make it make sense!
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Where are the demands for town halls? Did the Democratic Party just forget?
August 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Where are the demands for town halls? Did the Democratic Party just forget?