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Dr. SkySkull
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I daresay this is the biggest "but" in American history
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Dr. SkySkull@drskyskull.bsky.social |
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Professor of optics, blogger of physics, history, & pulp fiction. Generally tries to keep things light-hearted, in spite of *waves hands at everything*
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Dr. SkySkull
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I daresay this is the biggest "but" in American history
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Dr. SkySkull
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Y'all are being so overly concerned. Remember when SCOTUS ruled on Citizens United, and everyone was worried that it would critically harm democracy? Or when people said that overturning Roe would lead to a huge health crisis for women? *finger to ear* I am being told to shut the fuck up now
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Dr. SkySkull
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Via TN Holler, remember when Mitch said they didn't have to impeach Trump because he could still be found criminally liable for things he did? www.tiktok.com/@thetnholler...
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Dr. SkySkull
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In happier news, Season 6 trailer for Cobra Kai just dropped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0aa...
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Channel that anxiety into something useful
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L O L G O P
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It’s all so obvious in retrospect once you pack the court completely against the will of most voters, you need fascism to retain that control. So why wouldn’t they just go for it?
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Kragar
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When an entire political party has decided it wants to burn everything down to install a tyrant, it almost seems inevitable
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Kelsey Atherton
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"Expand the court" has gone from radical solution to the most exceptionally moderate option on the table.
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Dr. SkySkull
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Honestly, and I say this not as a desire or wish, but finding it hard to see how we don’t end up in civil war again at some point.
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bsdtectr
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Obviously, won’t go anywhere in a Republican House, but at least she’s doing something. Hopefully, there’s more coming.
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Dr. SkySkull
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Still just amazing that Thomas and Alito didn’t recuse, even though they still would’ve won the case. I interpret that as a big “fuck you” to America.
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Vezsie
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And you have to pay him.
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Dr. SkySkull
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SCOTUS rules 6-3 that Clarence Thomas gets to have sex with your wife
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Joseph Galbo
@josephgalbo.bsky.social
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Fellas, I am ready for those precedented times.
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Joe Katz
@joekatz45.bsky.social
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"Just win every election" is not a viable strategy to defeat fascism. But letting the fascists take even more power isn't an alternate plan!
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Dr. SkySkull
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For me, Nixon was the turning point in the GOP when they realized that they could get away with anything without punishment. Every new scandal since then has been worse than the last.
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Dr. SkySkull
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Time to speed up my plans to hit up Finnish colleagues for a job
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Nicholas Wallace
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Absolutely wild that the court accuses the dissent of "fearmongering" with "extreme hypotheticals" when the actual basis for the indictment is a coup attempt that led to an attack on the capitol
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Robert McNees
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(I’m traveling, so I’m off by a day. Pretend this is yesterday.)
Physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer was born #OTD in 1906. She developed the nuclear shell model of the nucleus, for which she was awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics. 🧪 👩🔬
Image: APS
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Dr. SkySkull
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I’ve been saying we’re in a race to see if the Republican party completely implodes before it manages to destroy the country
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won
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Roxane Gay
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The Court ruling today is terrible but expected. I will just gently remind everyone that the election hasn’t happened yet. We shouldn’t assume the worst outcome as a foregone conclusion. That only encourages more apathy than many are already feeling.
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Ian Boudreau
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The Supreme Court declaring Trump king has messed with the New York Times' plans for a week of BIDEN OLD multimedia features
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Dr. SkySkull
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As I said the other day: it’s all fun and games until you’re looking at your own body from across the platform
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Shiv Ramdas
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every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house
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The Onion
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The landmark reversal nullifies all previously lawful forms of right and makes it very difficult for Americans to make ethical decisions or be generally decent human beings without facing criminal charges.
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Kragar
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Be sure to tip your Judge
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Dr. SkySkull
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Clarence Thomas is gonna get a lot of “gratuities” after today
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Dr. SkySkull
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If a president is basically immune to prosecution for crimes, guess what sort of people are gonna be motivated to run for president now
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Stephen Blackmoore
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Honestly, I think it only took one.
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Dr. SkySkull
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I try but my spirits keep ghosting me
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Helen Kennedy
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
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Steve Bannon just went to prison. There are no pictures yet, so here's one from 2022 to set the mood. abcnews.go.com/US/steve-ban...
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Sarah Tuttle
@niais.bsky.social
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Today, we boggle about the absolute evil mixed with incoherence. Tomorrow, we ride (depending on your time zone, obviously eat a good breakfast, and if riding isn't something you can do, don't worry, we need plenty of the "techie in the van" roles, please see your local organizer for assignment)
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Dr. SkySkull
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(My blood pressure was perfectly fine when I went to psychiatric appointment on Friday.)
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Dr. SkySkull
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Having my annual physical today. Doctor: “Your blood pressure is a little high.” Me: “SCOTUS just declared the president is king before I walked in here.”
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Colin Dickey
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Joe Biden has the potential to do the legalest thing now
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Jonathan Ladd
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Legal pundits over time Dec 1, 2023: SCOTUS will reject Trump's appeal on an expedited basis Dec 22, 2023: They are letting the DC Circuit handle it to not even dignify it. Feb 28, 2024: The are taking the case on appeal but will completely reject the claim. June: SCOTUS says Trump is your God/King
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Kevin M. Kruse
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In normal times, the Supreme Court would've smacked down claims of presidential immunity almost immediately, but we're not in normal times, and there's a reason why the conservative majority of Federalist Society bagmen waited until the last possible moment to provide this insane ruling.
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Kashana
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The Supreme Court just overthrew the country and I’m still seeing headlines that are like “did you know Joe Biden is like, months older than his opponent?”
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Michelle Lamb
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Justice Sotomayer is sounding the alarm people.
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Adam Bonin
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As Justice Sotomayor explains, today's Supreme Court decision on Trump immunity transforms America from a land of "no more Kings" to one of "no, more Kings."
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Adam Bonin
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Justice Jackson: the next time a President wants to fire his attorney general, he has options.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
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look i'll be clear, I will be voting, and encouraging everyone I know to do the same, against donald trump and the end of democracy in this country in november. I do not care if that means i'm voting for a man who is literally dead.
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L O L G O P
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Been saying this for a while: April 25th was worse than January 6th When the coup hit the Supreme Court, the Republican Justices joined in.
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Lydia Polgreen
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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?
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southpaw
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Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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Dr. SkySkull
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SCOTUS is a threat to democracy. Dealing with threats to democracy count as official acts, I would say.
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Don Moynihan
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Trump, who tried to overthrow an election, campaigned persistently for his fellow party members to grant him absolute immunity for his misdeeds in office. And they did. If you can't distinguish between "energy in the executive" and a constitutional crime spree, you've given up on US democracy.
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Faine Greenwood
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I really have lost my former tolerance for "we're doomed/fucked/it's all over/they've won" takes at this point, in that they're the most dangerous attitudes one could possibly have when confronted with a truly existential political threat (which we still DO have levers to address).
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Rob Cruickshank
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"Hi, we saw your paper from across the bar and..."
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