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Barry Gott@bazgott.bsky.social |
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Children's book author/illustrator, greeting card writer/artist. Represented by Bookmark Literary @teresakie He/Him
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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also "if/when you lose, there's no lame duck season, the next guy arrives tomorrow at 10am" is a big UK W vs the US system, we should totes get rid of that
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T.C. Aurelius
@aurelius.quest
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Watching the British election returns I feel compelled to point out that the 650 person House of Commons represents 67 million people and the 435 person House of Representatives in the United States represents 333 million. Replace the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929. We deserve representation.
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Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
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I have no idea the best path re Biden but I do know a solid week straight of “Biden Old” and “Rich Dems Worried” above-the-fold stories are *obscene* in the face of SCOTUS using the Constitution to wipe their asses purely in the service of reinstating a felon rapist as president. Crazy-making shit.
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Barry Gott
@bazgott.bsky.social
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It’s all just sport to them because they can’t imagine their own lives being harmed by an authoritarian right wing regime. Their worst personal worry is their 401k underperforming
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Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
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The legal nightmare, by the way - would be the endless GOP challenges in state after state. Not any actual legitimate legal issues, per se - just the fuckery they'd pursue. They've said as much. The Heritage Foundation has SAID they're preparing to challenge it in every state if he withdraws.
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Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
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He absolutely should NOT withdraw from the race. It is NOT a genuinely tough question. It is an EASY question. Biden withdraws, Trump wins. PERIOD. Guaranteed. Biden is the ONLY Democrat who can be on the Wisconsin ballot. Possibly the Nevada ballot. & his withdrawal would be a legal NIGHTMARE.
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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“The rabbits got the gun now” coming from a lawyer for a crooked Governor going after a newspaper writer is such a telling comment about how much we’ve let powerful people cast themselves as victims and it goes from this to Elon to Trump and everywhere else
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Jason O. Gilbert
@gilbertjasono.bsky.social
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Apparently the only thing a President is not allowed to kill is student loans
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Greg Pak
@gregpak.bsky.social
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I recommend taking five to ten minutes to put your US rep, US senators, and state and local elected officials into your phone contacts so you can instantly call them whenever you get mad, which will be every day from now until we die.
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Barry Gott
@bazgott.bsky.social
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Not just detached from reality, but completely *reversed* from reality. It’s the laziest ‘no you’ tactic and millions of rubes eat it up.
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Vikram Bath
@vikrambath.bsky.social
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NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW NO, ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"
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Elad Nehorai
@eladn.bsky.social
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Yep. One of the biggest blind spots people have is assuming that underneath, others share the same basic values as them. They have trouble imagining an ideology that is completely misaligned with theirs.
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Laura Helmuth
@laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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This is predictable but so important: Pasteurizing milk kills the H5N1 bird flu virus that is circulating widely in dairy cattle. It's easy to take a 150-year-old technique that has saved countless lives for granted, but don't fool around with unpasteurized dairy products. 🧪
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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a funny thing Biden could do, unitary-executive-authority-wise is just order GSA to stop cutting paychecks to a bunch of Republican judges and law clerks for a while.
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Neil Stenhouse
@nstenhouse.bsky.social
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I have been saying since February that major media are 100% devoted to But Her Emails 2, but I didnt imagine it would get this bad. The day after SCOTUS stops the law applying to Trump, we have to scroll thru 4 fucking top stories on “Biden old” & an ad before getting to anything on SCOTUS decision
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Steve Silberman
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
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This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.
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Preeti Chhibber
@runwithskizzers.bsky.social
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apropos of uhhhhhhh everything, reposting this again
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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social
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The hypocrisy, it burns.
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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The States Project is one of the best bang-for-your-buck options for your campaign donations. Even beyond it, though, state legislatures deserve your attention. Next time you're tempted to send money to whoever's going to lose to MTG, send it instead to a contested state leg seat.
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Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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The Constitution says that in cases of impeachment, "the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law." It does not except the president. But what impeachable offenses aren't covered by the new doctrine of immunity?
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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reflecting on the immunity decision a bit, what the Court seems to be saying is that every element of the executive branch is at the President’s disposal, no matter what he wants to use it for. his motives don’t matter. the office is a weapon to be wielded however he sees fit.
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 American Revolutionary War was incorrectly decided
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Barry Gott
@bazgott.bsky.social
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IMO It also reflects the different voter bases. R’s have a higher % of ‘wield the sword of righteousness against our enemies’ voters, and D’s have a higher % of ‘can we please solve actual problems and live our lives’ voters
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Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
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Under today’s immunity decision, Biden could order AG Garland to immediately prosecute Thomas and Alito for corruption and insurrection. (Official act). If Garland refuses, Biden can fire him and replace him with someone who will. (Official act) I would suggest Elie Mystal.
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Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
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I honestly believe that a lot of conservative strategizing is based on the correct assumptions that liberals would never be as ruthless as they are.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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I think this is the fundamental asymmetry underlying every aspect of the conflict between the parties; you see it in the Senate, in gerrymandering, in the use of executive power I don't want King Biden either, but it's long past time to make the GOP afraid of the consequences of endless escalation
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Emma Evans
@trance.bsky.social
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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.
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Paul Tree
@paultree10.bsky.social
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As others have pointed out, under the supreme court’s jurisprudence the President (probably) cannot promulgate detailed clean air standards through statutory agency decisionmaking, but could order the military to have oil executives rounded up and shot.
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En Buen Ora
@enbuenora.bsky.social
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Presidents are free to oppress & punish but barred from assisting anyone.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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it makes no coherent sense other than that it is designed to hamstring democratic presidents and unleash republican ones
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Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
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Correct. A prudent, law-abiding President who appoints qualified agency personnel to enact thoughtful regulations is going to see their agenda inevitably fail. A malicious, arbitrary President who runs around barking illegal commands at people will be rewarded.
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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Living under authoritarian regimes is both relatively boring and normal AND incredibly corrosive to the human soul. These things can absolutely co-exist. This is why everyone needs to resist authoritarians, even people who privately assume they’ll be just fine.
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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/2 Motive being irrelevant means that the President can do a thing for expressly lawless reasons so long as the thing is within the extremely broad range of official acts. So question isn’t “can the President conspire to defraud,” it’s “can the President call a state official about an election.”
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1
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Joe Katz
@joekatz45.bsky.social
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This. The Democratic Party does not have the votes to do major reforms right now, but they 100% have the power to do big, messy, public hearings taking the justices to task for their corruption and abuses of power.
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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
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T̶h̶e̶ a̶r̶i̶s̶t̶o̶c̶r̶a̶t̶s̶!̶ Originalism!
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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Good point from Sotomayor here. By barring prosecutors from probing a president's intent, Roberts renders the entire "official vs. unofficial" distinction meaningless.
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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Not that anyone particularly cares about original meaning, but think folks should still say it out loud: For all of the things that are unclear in the founding documents and unknowabilities of what the Founders intended, "the President can kill anyone or commit a coup" was *never* legally arguable
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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if there is one survival skill I would REALLY like everyone opposed to the fascist GOP to learn right now, it's "do not say things on the public internet that will provide authorities with useful pretenses for coming after you."
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Greg Greene
@greene.haus
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“The Court’s conservative majority has revealed itself to be the most direct threat to American democracy, and any Democrat who is not ready to shelve old fears about ‘court packing’ and get serious about expanding and reforming the Court isn’t made for this moment.” Correct.
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Nicholas Grossman
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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SCOPTUS also appears to have declared a president immune from charges of conspiracy. Proving conspiracy requires showing advance plotting to work together to commit a crime. But SCOTUS says POTUS merely talking about it with another officeholder makes it an official act, and therefore not illegal.
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Nicholas Grossman
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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It sure looks like, according to SCOTUS, a president telling an executive branch official "I order you to break the law" cannot be criminal, since giving orders to people in the executive branch is an official act, and the fact that a president used this official act to order a crime doesn't matter.
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Nicholas Grossman
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Holy shit, the Supreme Court actually wrote that Trump telling Pence to claim the wildly unconstitutional power to single-handedly reject certified Electoral College votes, thereby overthrowing Constitutional democracy, can't be illegal because POTUS and VP talking about it makes it an official act.
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Too Big to Fail
@toobigtofail.bsky.social
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Another way of thinking about this: in the last 50 years, Democrats have held the Presidency for 24 years; Republicans for 26 years. During that time, Republicans have appointed 11 Supreme Court Justices. Democrats have appointed 5.
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Barry Gott
@bazgott.bsky.social
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No, because any precedent they create to protect the GOP is reversed the moment a Dem tries to benefit from it. They rule by Calvinball, and their only principle is that they alone have the right to do so.
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Fun fact, this wasn’t about Watergate, it was about ordering the feds to spy on dissidents
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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
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The words in the constitution don't give the president immunity, nor was that the intention of the authors. But you must understand that the meaning of the constitutional vibes have evolved over time in a way only I can detect. Now there are penubras and emanations that tell me he is in fact immune.
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Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
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A country where a minority of voters can elect a president with king-like authority and impunity and federal agencies that lack the power to do any of the things they are meant to do if big rich companies say they don't like it. Culmination shit for the right wing project.
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