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Potomatic
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WAR OF RIGHTS YES
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Lawyer, reader of too few books, enjoyer of too many jokes
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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WAR OF RIGHTS YES
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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On this the anniversary of Gettysburg we must remember Slocum’s 1st Slur Brigade which so valiantly defended the flank of the Union army on Xbox live
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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it does strike me that a lot of the people certain that biden should drop out, that trump is unstoppable, etc, are also the same people who thought desantis would cruise to the nomination.
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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What slur exactly should people call confederates that will make confederates more likely to lose a civil war. Like seriously what the hell are we talking about?
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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They’ll find it’s a structural error since it goes to the structure of the constitution or something
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Ah wait well shit:
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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I’m not quite sure but I think the law of the District of Columbia still applies in the White House? Like if you punch someone there you go to Superior Court for criminal battery not DC Federal District Court.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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There’s a sense of over-familiarity almost. Like you can have a go at your friends because you’re already friends with them. It’s leaning on trust that’s already there. If you think you’re already entitled to friendship though, you’re just mocking someone who has no reason to take it.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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I once told someone I want to do what I do in life because I don’t like bullies. This resonated a lot. Thanks
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A.R. Moxon
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A common lament is there is no civility left these days, because those on the “left” refuse to be friends with the “right" over "political views."
This implies something startling: conservatives want to be friends with the rest of us. Had you realized?
www.the-reframe.com/if-you-want-...
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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They can’t kill you that’s illegal!
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Yeah the shift is the point here the absolute numbers look like baloney
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Interesting reminder these days
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Forget a few zeros and you can file it with the feds
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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And notably you never, ever see this from democratic district republicans. My congressman is one and he’s in the tank for MAGA
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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I mean these numbers suggest a campaign that was already dead pre-debate so I’m skeptical of them, even if not of the margin shift which is more consistent. Biden loses NH pre-debate here. That’s DOA.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Dad is asking for tips on how to stay safe in the event that Trump wins and things get really ugly with the government. Any advice? For background, ~70 year old white Jewish man, near retirement, college professor, no kids in home, stable finances, single family home in a metro area but not a city.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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What??
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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This is frustrating. Would have been nicer for him to have been sentenced right before the convention
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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They tend to bring a lot of supplies for actions and events it’s great
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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So Korean BBQ or American BBQ because one of these is much better to talk about
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Why are enduring principles from a speech that is not in the constitution guiding these people
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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No. The president isn’t given those powers. So Biden wouldn’t get arrested it would just be null. Like if Biden tried to declare that America owns the sun, or if I declared Trump ineligible to run for office. Those are just verbal declarations.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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It’s particularly rich that the Supreme Court will fret about applying the exclusionary rule in privacy cases since there are so many other remedies but a president does a coup and suddenly the jury can’t hear about it
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Durbin (Senate judiciary chair) made this statement but unless he’s willing to subpoena Alito and put him on national television he should step aside for someone like Amy Klobuchar to do what needs to be done www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/re...
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Look hey I’m also a liberal and the court has just expressed a variety of mechanisms by which a sitting president can Do Things to counter actions of the Supreme Court
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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More seriously he could put out the word that it is the position of the Democratic Party that these justices should be impeached, that if Democrats win Congress that’s what will happen, and that this ruling is on the chopping block as soon as Alito and Thomas keel over and die
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Are you as a member of Congress really sure you’re going to vote to impeach the guy who just had people across the street domed from a thousand yards out? Would you bet your life on it?
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Nick Brumfield
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Remember that the law is, and always has been, a tool. It can be used for good and ill, and much of the time it may be best not to putz with its settings too much if you're trying to get a standardized output But it is a tool, and if someone is using that tool to kill you, do not lay down and die
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Don’t worry I’m not really serious this is just the explicit conclusion of nobodies like one-third of the Supreme Court, when writing about this decision
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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He can have them shot by the armed forces and then nominate six replacements
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Quite a bit, apparently!
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Everyone wants to be the spy in the spy movie until it’s time to shut the hell up and live as a shoe factory clerk for two years who occasionally gets a weirdly large order for army boots.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Will this be resolved when the next round craters NR pretty hard?
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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The personal satisfaction of seeing you’ve already been blocked by insufferable people is priceless
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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This is fundamentally a policy preference decision that presidents are Too Constrained. No regard for whether the Constitution actually makes that happen on purpose
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court really makes it seem like Presidents are just surrounded by a minefield of federal crimes and honestly no. It’s really not that hard to avoid deliberately committing a fuck ton of federal crimes by using your official powers. There’s a whole counsel’s office to help with it
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borderless
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"Don't comply in advanced." Losing hope is compliance with fascism. Nurture it, and it will guide you through.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Which liberals exactly were saying the only thing you should do is vote and no other political activity is necessary? What are their names? Where did they say these things?
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He doesn’t even need to wait for the SOTU, that’s a discussion of the use of his official pardon power.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Feeling this a lot lately but on the bright side whatever comes after all this is gonna need people to think of ways to fix it
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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What? Your phone contacts list isn’t protected speech?
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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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Col. Boozy Badger
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“You’re a lawyer! What does this mean, really?” Man, I don’t fucking know. In the last week an entire area of law I studied was more or less rendered entirely moot and now there’s one specific guy in the whole country who may be able to do anything he wants without recourse. This is kind of new.
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Faine Greenwood
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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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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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frankly, the first defeat that we can hand them, in November, is the easiest possible one we are going to be offered, and we'd be fools not to make it happen.
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@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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Talking about official duties is also official duties is a thing only this court could say
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The Onion
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"While there’s a strong historical precedent for a lavish excursion to Bali, the plaintiff has instead taken a more unorthodox approach and presented an all-expenses-paid diving trip off the shores of Aruba."
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This is why I joined DSA. I can deal with some stupid international committee shit if it means defending democracy from fascists
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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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