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Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
We, however, have a 9-member super-legislature with total veto power over the chief executive & both houses of the parliament.
A “Republic,” if you can keep it 🤷♂️🤦♂️
We, however, have a 9-member super-legislature with total veto power over the chief executive & both houses of the parliament.
A “Republic,” if you can keep it 🤷♂️🤦♂️
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
We, however, have a 9-member super-legislature with total veto power over the chief executive & both houses of the parliament.
A “Republic,” if you can keep it 🤷♂️🤦♂️
We, however, have a 9-member super-legislature with total veto power over the chief executive & both houses of the parliament.
A “Republic,” if you can keep it 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders
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Woah. Conservative talk radio KTAR was just railing against the AZ GOP’s school voucher scam that robs public schools & taxpayers to benefit private schools and wealthy families. But no reforms whatsoever to rein in this reckless program in the current state budget proposal. 🤦🏽♀️
June 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Woah. Conservative talk radio KTAR was just railing against the AZ GOP’s school voucher scam that robs public schools & taxpayers to benefit private schools and wealthy families. But no reforms whatsoever to rein in this reckless program in the current state budget proposal. 🤦🏽♀️
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Videos of Senator Alex Padilla being violently removed and then forcibly detained while simply trying to speak at a press conference are completely bone-chilling.
This is the Trump Administration's authoritarian security force in action–shoving a SITTING SENATOR to the ground.
This is the Trump Administration's authoritarian security force in action–shoving a SITTING SENATOR to the ground.
June 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Videos of Senator Alex Padilla being violently removed and then forcibly detained while simply trying to speak at a press conference are completely bone-chilling.
This is the Trump Administration's authoritarian security force in action–shoving a SITTING SENATOR to the ground.
This is the Trump Administration's authoritarian security force in action–shoving a SITTING SENATOR to the ground.
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According to a source, when Musk privately messages associates and confidants about reports from federal staffers about how their lives have been wrecked, the Tesla CEO is known to react with laugh-crying emojis.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
According to a source, when Musk privately messages associates and confidants about reports from federal staffers about how their lives have been wrecked, the Tesla CEO is known to react with laugh-crying emojis.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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it's like he pulled the tail off a lizard for kicks and then is marvelling about how quickly it can grow back
Trump: "The biggest increase in the history of the stock market. That's pretty good. If you keep going, you're gonna be back to where it was four weeks ago."
April 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
it's like he pulled the tail off a lizard for kicks and then is marvelling about how quickly it can grow back
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It’s not deporting, if you’re sending citizens to another country. It’s human trafficking. In this case, it’s also slave labor. You’re talking about an administration selling US citizens into slave labor.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s not deporting, if you’re sending citizens to another country. It’s human trafficking. In this case, it’s also slave labor. You’re talking about an administration selling US citizens into slave labor.
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Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bondi on Boasberg: "Those inmates, those violent gang members, those violent alien enemies will remain in El Salvador. He cannot get them back, so his jurisdiction is over ... going forward, these terrorists better look out."
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
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SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
April 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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In actual, normal, functioning democracies, one does not observe the expenditure of $80 million to elect a “non-partisan” state Supreme Court judge
March 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In actual, normal, functioning democracies, one does not observe the expenditure of $80 million to elect a “non-partisan” state Supreme Court judge
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Thanks goodness the corruption of DEI is behind us, and we can create a new, golden age of merit:
Rubio and Hegseth have installed this twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per filing.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thanks goodness the corruption of DEI is behind us, and we can create a new, golden age of merit:
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Working with a wide range of groups, @campaignlegal.org has filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order seeking to overhaul the U.S. election system.
Organizations file suit challenging Trump's effort to overhaul election system
A group of advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order that seeks to overhaul the U.S. election system.
abcnews.go.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Working with a wide range of groups, @campaignlegal.org has filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order seeking to overhaul the U.S. election system.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Trump just signed an exec order purporting to require a passport (or a few other docs) to register to vote. The president doesn't have the power to override a law passed by Congress. This is the SAVE Act but much worse. It is an illegal power grab that would block tens of millions from voting.
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump just signed an exec order purporting to require a passport (or a few other docs) to register to vote. The president doesn't have the power to override a law passed by Congress. This is the SAVE Act but much worse. It is an illegal power grab that would block tens of millions from voting.
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I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
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Any Senate Democrat who votes for cloture should have to spend time at schools across D.C. answering questions about why they care so little about the lives of D.C. residents.
March 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Any Senate Democrat who votes for cloture should have to spend time at schools across D.C. answering questions about why they care so little about the lives of D.C. residents.
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The Trump Democrats bsky.app/profile/pale...
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Trump Democrats bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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Press Release: “Shameful waste of time” - Sundareshan responds to continued Republican obstruction on meaningful water policy in Arizona #azleg
February 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Press Release: “Shameful waste of time” - Sundareshan responds to continued Republican obstruction on meaningful water policy in Arizona #azleg
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Dude doesn’t even have the receipts for what he says he’s saving.
Newsflash: This is nothing but a scam—smoke and mirrors to distract people while he grabs more federal contracts and lines his own pockets at our expense.
newrepublic.com/post/192077/...
Newsflash: This is nothing but a scam—smoke and mirrors to distract people while he grabs more federal contracts and lines his own pockets at our expense.
newrepublic.com/post/192077/...
February 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Dude doesn’t even have the receipts for what he says he’s saving.
Newsflash: This is nothing but a scam—smoke and mirrors to distract people while he grabs more federal contracts and lines his own pockets at our expense.
newrepublic.com/post/192077/...
Newsflash: This is nothing but a scam—smoke and mirrors to distract people while he grabs more federal contracts and lines his own pockets at our expense.
newrepublic.com/post/192077/...
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Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.
February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.