@tankner.bsky.social
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I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
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The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
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This is unconscionable.
BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?!
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
March 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is unconscionable.
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This week has really shown MAGA's view of the Rule of Law in sharp relief: if you're the wrong person, you get snatched into Salvadoran slavery without a hearing; if you're the right person, you can break multiple federal laws and you've "learned your lesson".
March 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This week has really shown MAGA's view of the Rule of Law in sharp relief: if you're the wrong person, you get snatched into Salvadoran slavery without a hearing; if you're the right person, you can break multiple federal laws and you've "learned your lesson".
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OMG I laughed so hard even though this is a total tragedy and our country is collapsing
March 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
OMG I laughed so hard even though this is a total tragedy and our country is collapsing
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Any member of the military who did what they did on signal would be kicked out or arrested.
March 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Any member of the military who did what they did on signal would be kicked out or arrested.
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There's something grimly ironic about Trump, whose criminal guilt was quite clear based on public information, managing to land in the White House rather than a prison cell thanks to dragging out Due Process, now handwaving process away and assuming the right to brand criminals by fiat.
March 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's something grimly ironic about Trump, whose criminal guilt was quite clear based on public information, managing to land in the White House rather than a prison cell thanks to dragging out Due Process, now handwaving process away and assuming the right to brand criminals by fiat.
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They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
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Other people are still at "is it a constitutional crisis yet?" and I'm at "the crisis was several exits ago, the car has crashed, we're now just seeing how many cars end up in the pileup and how high the casualty count is" or "the house is actively burning down, the question is what's left after."
March 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Other people are still at "is it a constitutional crisis yet?" and I'm at "the crisis was several exits ago, the car has crashed, we're now just seeing how many cars end up in the pileup and how high the casualty count is" or "the house is actively burning down, the question is what's left after."
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250 Venezuelans have been disappeared into one of the worst prisons in Central America based on Trump’s invocation of a law only used 3 times in our history - the last time resulted in the Japanese-American internment. These men have had no due process. It’s monstrous.
nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
First 250+ migrant gang members from US arrive in El Salvador — where they’ll be held in a notorious mega-prison
The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador, where they were sent to a notorious mega-prison — in direct defiance of a federal judge’s ruling against the Trump admini…
nypost.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
250 Venezuelans have been disappeared into one of the worst prisons in Central America based on Trump’s invocation of a law only used 3 times in our history - the last time resulted in the Japanese-American internment. These men have had no due process. It’s monstrous.
nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
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If you supported a 10 year old American child with brain cancer, on her way to medical treatment, being deported because her parents are undocumented (but have no criminal records), then you’re a horrific person and I’m not sure how you sleep at night.
Parents deported to Mexico while seeking brain cancer treatment for young American daughter | CNN
The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately seeking a way for either of them to return to the US with the girl so she can continue ...
www.cnn.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If you supported a 10 year old American child with brain cancer, on her way to medical treatment, being deported because her parents are undocumented (but have no criminal records), then you’re a horrific person and I’m not sure how you sleep at night.
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The damage Fox has done to the truth, is incalculable…
March 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The damage Fox has done to the truth, is incalculable…
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Psychotic.
March 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Psychotic.
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The Democratic Party is hindered by the idea that they need to take ‘turns’ - that, after a few decades of patiently being a good apparatchik they get a chance to be a leader. They don’t rock the boat. They don’t have strong positions. They compromise.
They deserve everything they get.
They deserve everything they get.
March 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Democratic Party is hindered by the idea that they need to take ‘turns’ - that, after a few decades of patiently being a good apparatchik they get a chance to be a leader. They don’t rock the boat. They don’t have strong positions. They compromise.
They deserve everything they get.
They deserve everything they get.
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the tesla protest might objectively be among the most successful in history already just in terms of immediate response, if you consider they forced the world’s most powerful person & its most wealthy to fully degrade themselves like used car salesmen on live TV while the whole world watched agog.
March 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
the tesla protest might objectively be among the most successful in history already just in terms of immediate response, if you consider they forced the world’s most powerful person & its most wealthy to fully degrade themselves like used car salesmen on live TV while the whole world watched agog.
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
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Dear maga,
The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia.
The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK
You suck
The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia.
The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK
You suck
March 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Dear maga,
The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia.
The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK
You suck
The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia.
The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK
You suck
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Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
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Does anyone really believe Elon Musk says these things at random, without a plan for what’s next?
March 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Does anyone really believe Elon Musk says these things at random, without a plan for what’s next?