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ApocalypticaNow
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When there are no legal means to check the power of an out-of-control executive, only illegal means remain.
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Nederlandse Amerikaan. Dutch uncle. He/him.
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ApocalypticaNow
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
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When there are no legal means to check the power of an out-of-control executive, only illegal means remain.
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Pieter van Breevoort
@pietur.bsky.social
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We zijn uiteindelijk allemaal slachtoffer van koloniaal denken. Het buit de aarde uit en maakt ons eenzame wezens die losgezongen zijn van onze ecologie en geschiedenis met alleen een waarde in ons nut.
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Shorter Supreme Court this term: criminal law is for little people.
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Hens Breet
@monospace.com
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Next they'll dispatch with labelling "AI" altogether because really, what's the difference.
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Missing The Point
@missingthept.bsky.social
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Henceforth all of my acts are official acts, immune from prosecution. So it is written.
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Roxane Gay
@roxanegay.bsky.social
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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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Hens Breet
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BINGO
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin
@bethsawin.bsky.social
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Paralysis and overwhelm don't disrupt dangerous systems. That's one reason I believe even little actions that disrupt domination patterns and support life-sustaining patterns are important. Not because of their size but because of their direction.
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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This is the ball game folks, the authoritarian green light laid out in advance. Congress will not impeach Trump. And SCOTUS now blesses him with extraordinary latitude to do whatever he wants in power. A second administration will not be constrained by Congress, the courts, the bureaucracy or law.
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Daniel Roberts
@drobertsimg.bsky.social
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In a weird way, SCOTUS did the Biden campaign a big favor, because everyone knows the stakes now and no one should give a flying fuck about whether Biden spaces out every now and then. The alternative has become unimaginably bad.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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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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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
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Me: "Mr President, I'd like to give you a bribe and commit some treason together." President: "Hold on, lets move this conversation to the Oval Office and bring in some White House aids so we are sure all this gets immunity."
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Hens Breet
@monospace.com
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The New York Times really likes Donald Trump and wants him to win.
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Hens Breet
@monospace.com
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The New York Times really likes Donald Trump and wants him to win.
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Hens Breet
@monospace.com
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This is like stopping at the car dealership in the middle of a hot pursuit to discuss your lease options when the color of your getaway car starts to wear on you.
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Hens Breet
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Counterpoint: a powerful dissent gives you a foundation for protest, instead of feebly shaking your fist in the air.
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Aaron Radney
@aaronradney.bsky.social
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Take time to not despair today and store energy for the fights ahead. I know I will be.
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Helen Kennedy
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
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On the eve of Independence Day, the Supreme Court rules the Revolution was wrong.
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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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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David Noll
@david.noll.org
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Happy "It's not immunity, just an inexplicable monthslong delay" day to those who celebrate
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James Downie
@jamescdownie.bsky.social
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Sotomayor's dissent is chilling: "When [the president]...orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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saying this is NOT the same thing as saying that the situation is no big deal and everything will be fine - but the truth is, when things look really bad, ceding defeat before you've actually been *defeated* is a completely useless strategy.
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Tyler King
@tylerking.bsky.social
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There’s a phenomena where his followers believe they are imbued with the same power and latitude of their leader and just imagine what they’ll think they can get away with now that he’s completely immune from consequences.
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Dan Nexon
@dhnexon.bsky.social
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TBH, I think it’s incredibly easy to run against the “MAGA Supreme Court” and “Trump Supreme Court,” today’s decision (and the bribery decision) are 100% amenable to soundbites, and that they roll nicely into the “Trump is going to prosecute anyone he doesn’t like” line that already bothers voters.
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Nicholas Wallace
@wallace.bsky.social
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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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Tyler King
@tylerking.bsky.social
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He sent a mob to kill his own vice president. Of course he’d kill a camp full of immigrants. A protest full of trans activists. A Pride parade. A BLM demonstration. Remember, Pence so distrusted the Secret Service agents in the Capitol on Jan 6 that he refused to get in the car with them to evac.
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The Fig Economy
@figgityfigs.bsky.social
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The presidential immunity case this morning should be galvanizing and should shut all of the "replace Biden" people the fuck up. We *have* to stop Trump, especially a Trump who will have been let entirely off the leash by this decision, and he's the vehicle we have. Don't like it? Don't care.
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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and for average citizens, what we can do is refuse to shut up about the utterly gigantic stakes of this election to everyone we know.
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🏳️🌈
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social
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Agreed. Existential threats to humanity are my jam. And they’re all, every fucking one of them that is imminent, because of human choices and actions. We built all of this. We can take all of it apart. Nihilism is complicity.
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pee wee herman-palladino
@markpopham.bsky.social
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A huge winning message for the Democrats is "you will not have to think about this guy ever again"
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Cats of Yore
@catsofyore.bsky.social
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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
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Hens Breet
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The New York Times really likes Donald Trump and wants him to win.
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Hens Breet
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The New York Times really likes Donald Trump and wants him to win.
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Hens Breet
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That’s their business model. Shrimp Jesus, political disinfo, preteen glamour reels, whatever gets a click.
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Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
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“She's trolling New York City. The gall to wear an MTA shirt on today of all days. Just complete contempt for New Yorkers,” transit advocate and The War On Cars podcast co-host Doug Gordon said.
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Hens Breet
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I wouldn’t rule out that possibility. I was told Obama’s first debate as an incumbent was a disaster too but I have no recollection of it.
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Gravel Influencer
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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I'm glad more people are saying this. My main takeaway from the debate is that Biden really needs a different strategy; one that leans into his strength off the cuff and when he's a little emotional. A rote list of talking points isn't the answer to a firehose of Trump lies.
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Dr Abeba Birhane
@abeba.bsky.social
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kinda mad how the so called godfathers of AI managed to convince seemingly smart people within AI field & many regulators to buy into the absurd idea that a sophisticated curve fitting (to a dataset) machine can have the urge to exterminate humans
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Atrios
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my normie facebook friends are now expressing wishes for biden to drop out and i'm just amazed at months and months of "don't criticize biden or the bad orange man wins" has now become "biden's brain doesn't work, that guy needs to go tomorrow" all from the same people
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Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social
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It is wildly, unquestionably maddening how the Republican nominee is a widely and intensely loathed figure who is also a convicted criminal who is awaiting trial for stealing state secrets & staging a bloody coup attempt, and oh by the way he got hundreds of thousands of Americans killed & oversaw…
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Dave Hutchinson
@hutchinsondave.bsky.social
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I’m not sure there’s anything you can say about a society that wants to protect kids from Anne Frank’s Diary but won’t protect them from guns.
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Hens Breet
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Yup. This is my biggest nightmare: that the Supreme Court (again) gets to decide a "disputed" election outcome.
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Truth Axe
@truthaxe.bsky.social
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Idk if I'm stating the obvious, but justices never write/speak like this. She's telling the world this is a five-alarm fire and the coup is on.
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Hens Breet
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It all comes down to turnout. There are way more of us than there are of them.
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Hens Breet
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Like I keep saying: it all comes down to turnout. There are WAY more of us than there are of them. That's why the GOP is hell-bent on suppressing the vote any which way they can.
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Elisabeth (she/her)
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Hens Breet
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Why does the article end with "He has denied all wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty." He was convicted. On all counts.
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Coach Finstock
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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here
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Hens Breet
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It's almost like they're different systems!
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