Patrick Archer
@patrickarcher.bsky.social
Okay 35 Bluesky followers: after years of anticipation and a New Year’s resolution to listen to more music and fewer podcasts in 2026,I’m officially reviving my Rolling Stone Best Albums listening tour! This time around, I’ll be making my way through albums 200-101 on the 2020 list.
Beginning with…
Beginning with…
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Okay 35 Bluesky followers: after years of anticipation and a New Year’s resolution to listen to more music and fewer podcasts in 2026,I’m officially reviving my Rolling Stone Best Albums listening tour! This time around, I’ll be making my way through albums 200-101 on the 2020 list.
Beginning with…
Beginning with…
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genuinely crazy to me how unitary executive advocates read the vesting clause as granting a huge scope of essentially royal "inherent" powers. one would think that if the framers intended to give the president royal authority, they would have just said so.
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
genuinely crazy to me how unitary executive advocates read the vesting clause as granting a huge scope of essentially royal "inherent" powers. one would think that if the framers intended to give the president royal authority, they would have just said so.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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simplest explanation is that the court conservatives believe trump is sovereign and thus free of all limits on his authority
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
simplest explanation is that the court conservatives believe trump is sovereign and thus free of all limits on his authority
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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Looking forward to hearing the liberal law professors who insisted that limiting nationwide injunctions was good and sensible policy explain why it’s also fine for the conservative justices to eliminate the Department of Education on the shadow docket
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Looking forward to hearing the liberal law professors who insisted that limiting nationwide injunctions was good and sensible policy explain why it’s also fine for the conservative justices to eliminate the Department of Education on the shadow docket
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gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget
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Arresting a public official for asking questions is dangerous intimidation and sends an unmistakably authoritarian message – that ICE doesn’t care about the rule of law, and that anyone exercising their right to challenge ICE and speak up for immigrants will be punished.
BREAKING: Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
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buff.ly/tnmNADl
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Arresting a public official for asking questions is dangerous intimidation and sends an unmistakably authoritarian message – that ICE doesn’t care about the rule of law, and that anyone exercising their right to challenge ICE and speak up for immigrants will be punished.
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hell of a week to start watching andor
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
hell of a week to start watching andor
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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[struggling to rise above crosstalk between the other candidates] i’m jon. i don’t want to be the mayor. i want to make sports videos. I don’t want to be the mayor
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
[struggling to rise above crosstalk between the other candidates] i’m jon. i don’t want to be the mayor. i want to make sports videos. I don’t want to be the mayor
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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fwiw "I don't know what the big deal is" is the starting point for most people on trans rights and even if they've been moved to the right by the past few years of propaganda getting people back to their natural attitude is not insurmountable or even particularly difficult
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
May 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
fwiw "I don't know what the big deal is" is the starting point for most people on trans rights and even if they've been moved to the right by the past few years of propaganda getting people back to their natural attitude is not insurmountable or even particularly difficult
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Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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❌not about taking a scholarship or pro opportunity away (it’s an amateur rec league)
❌not about safety concerns (it’s a non contact sport)
❌not about “Protecting Kids” (they’re adults)
✅Just an adult using bigoted language bc they were mad about losing a game
❌not about safety concerns (it’s a non contact sport)
❌not about “Protecting Kids” (they’re adults)
✅Just an adult using bigoted language bc they were mad about losing a game
If you're a loser who's bad at sports just say that.
A 'Trans Tennis Princess' Defeated Her Opponent. Then She Was Kicked Out of the Tennis League
"I was under the impression that trans people were welcome."
hellgatenyc.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
❌not about taking a scholarship or pro opportunity away (it’s an amateur rec league)
❌not about safety concerns (it’s a non contact sport)
❌not about “Protecting Kids” (they’re adults)
✅Just an adult using bigoted language bc they were mad about losing a game
❌not about safety concerns (it’s a non contact sport)
❌not about “Protecting Kids” (they’re adults)
✅Just an adult using bigoted language bc they were mad about losing a game
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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My sincere thanks to North Carolina for making it easy. Get 'em outta here. Cutline already muddled enough as is.
March 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My sincere thanks to North Carolina for making it easy. Get 'em outta here. Cutline already muddled enough as is.
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cannot overstate the level of contempt i have for vance
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
cannot overstate the level of contempt i have for vance
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Didn't realize it was possible to step on a rake while simultaneously licking a boot.
Statement from NCAA president Charlie Baker on Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.
Says the NCAA will move quickly to align with the EO.
Says the NCAA will move quickly to align with the EO.
February 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Didn't realize it was possible to step on a rake while simultaneously licking a boot.
Truly unbelievable that this continues to happen game after game…
#UNC led 63-59. Since then, they’ve turned it over three times and missed a prayer of a jumper with the clock expiring. Cannot handle prosperity.
January 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Truly unbelievable that this continues to happen game after game…
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#UNC led 63-59. Since then, they’ve turned it over three times and missed a prayer of a jumper with the clock expiring. Cannot handle prosperity.
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
#UNC led 63-59. Since then, they’ve turned it over three times and missed a prayer of a jumper with the clock expiring. Cannot handle prosperity.
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Good morning and a reminder that Mid-Major Madness says trans rights.
January 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good morning and a reminder that Mid-Major Madness says trans rights.