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Norm Ornstein
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Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
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Wow
dickcaverly.bsky.social Dick Caverly @dickcaverly.bsky.social · 2h
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And this was pre-coffee
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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steadystatevets.bsky.social
There is no debate --

“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”

Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)

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#HOLDFAST
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November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
normornstein.bsky.social
Vicious inhuman monsters
kateinkharkiv.bsky.social Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d
On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Once again, it’s about the grift
caryopter.bsky.social Gloria Caryopter @caryopter.bsky.social · 23h
"US would take charge of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets and receive '50% of the profits from this venture.'

European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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grenzfurthner.bsky.social
Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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cherijacobus.bsky.social
This 2006 piece by @normornstein.bsky.social on the guy who's now Marjorie Taylor Greene's Chief of Staff is a must-read today. Ed Buckham was Tom Delay's Chief of Staff. You can't read the MTG tea leaves without reading this first.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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There are benefits to striking out early
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November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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A little slow on the blood flow to the brain this morning
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November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Miss Piggy responds
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
I’m starting to think your Nobel Peace Prize odds diminish when you’re making death threats to your political opponents. Quiet, piggy 🐽
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Apparently dipshit Hegseth’s “lethal warfighters” landed inside the Mexican border by mistake and created an international incident.
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: After the Seventh Circuit (three GOP appointees) issued a stay Wednesday of the preliminary injunction in the Chicago protesters/press case, concluding that Judge Ellis's order is "overbroad," Judge Ellis (Obama apptee) issues a 233-page opinion explaining her preliminary injunction.
United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 November 19, 2025 Before MICHAEL B. BRENNAN, Chief Judge FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge No. 25-3023 CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KRISTI L. NOEM, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:25-cv-12173 Sara L. Ellis, Judge. Seventh Circuit Defendants are likely to succeed on the merits. The preliminary injunction entered by the district court is overbroad. In no uncertain terms, the district court's order enjoins an expansive range of defendants, including the President of the United States, the entire Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, and anyone acting in concert with them. The practical effect is to enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch. Further, the order requires the enjoined parties to submit for judicial review all current and future internal guidance, policies, and directives regarding efforts to implement the order — a mandate impermissibly infringing on principles of separation of powers on this record. Finally, the district court's order is too prescriptive. For example, it enumerates and proscribes the use of scores of riot control weapons and other devices in a way that resembles a federal regulation. We also have reservations about Article III standing. Open questions remain whether plaintiffs have shown that the past harm they allegedly faced is likely to imminently happen to them in the future. City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 105-06 (1983). A fear that such harm will recur is insufficient, on its own, to show standing for injunctive relief. Id. at 107 n.8. And we are aware of public reporting suggesting that the enhanced immigration enforcement initiative may have lessened or ceased, which could affect both the justiciability of this case and the propriety of injunctive relief. Additionally, defendants face irreparable harm. Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. 831, 860-61 (2025). And the balance of equities does not counsel against awarding defendants interim relief, especially given the overbreadth of the preliminary injunction. Id. District Court On October 9, 2025, the Court granted Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order ("TRO"), enjoining Defendants from taking certain actions that would violate Plaintiffs' First and Fourth Amendment rights. Docs. 42, 43, 44. On October 17, 2025, the Court modified the TRO, requiring all federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations who are equipped and trained with body-worn cameras ("BWCs") to activate them when engaged in enforcement activity, unless exempted by CBP, ICE, or DHS policy. Doc. 66 9 3. The Court held a preliminary injunction hearing on November 5 and 6, 2025. On November 6, 2025, the Court orally issued its ruling and entered a preliminary injunction order, indicating that a written opinion would follow explaining the Court's ruling and providing supporting evidentiary and case citations. Docs. 250, 251, 256. The Court now sets forth its ruling in more detail below.3
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.

Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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davidoatkins.bsky.social
I do not know what comes after Trump in the GOP. But I do know that if those who gleefully committed crimes and tried to destroy democracy at his behest are not fully held accountable, whatever comes after will be somehow worse.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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2ndadminstate.bsky.social
As many have been saying, our constitutional failure is an Article I failure. And it's not like we weren't warned, including by @normornstein.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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jilldlawrence.bsky.social
An excellent personal and political look at the origins of the ACA/Obamacare and why we can't go back to sham plans that deny coverage to some people and bankrupt others. From @normornstein.bsky.social at @contrariannews.org contrarian.substack.com/p/we-do-not-...
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s better than what we had—and what the GOP proposes.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Too many options
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November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
normornstein.bsky.social
It is always about the grift. Corrupt to the core

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.

by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM