The Nightingale
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The Nightingale
@thenightingale2024.bsky.social
The patterns are clear to see if you know how to look.
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So if a Republican Senator thinks Matt Gaetz is unqualified and unfit to be AG based on his words and deeds, the richest man in the world will spend a fortune trying to get them voted out of office. MAGA rules through threats, fear, and intimidation.
November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Some pull down endorsements.
Some travel to Mar a Lago.
Some do NYT op-eds.

Anticipatory obedience takes many forms.
A famous Supreme Court lawyer declaring the 2024 election results to be constitutionally equivalent to a blanket “not guilty” verdict for Donald Trump is the kind of diseased lawyer-brain thinking I could not have parodied if I’d tried ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Case For Tom Goldstein Never Blogging Again
The SCOTUSblog founder presents a novel legal theory that under the Constitution, an election victory is the same as a legal exoneration.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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The real muscle behind Trump’s “populist” movement is the moneyed class — wealthy heiresses, tech bros, and crypto kings. They influence policy to favor the rich, and tell voters that immigrants and DEI have caused their economic plight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/rockbridge-tr…
Behind the Scenes at a Secretive Gathering of Rising MAGA Donors
The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power.
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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House Republicans actually voted today to block the US Senate from receiving their report containing sworn witness testimony and documentary evidence about the nominee for Attorney General of the United States paying a child $10,000 for sex.

That’s where we are at.
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM