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timscurtin.bsky.social@timscurtin.bsky.social |
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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this is the thing, all of this “we need confirmation!” is entirely subjective. we have, on one hand, anonymous sources with vague “close to the campaign” or “close to lawmakers” descriptions from political hacks, and then we have actual fucking politicians saying everything’s fun, calm the fuck down
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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It also makes me feel insane that the rat fuck around Biden’s age and mental capacity is being uncritically spread around by Democrats when Trump is *incredibly obviously* grotesquely mentally incapacitated, in a way that is genuinely terrifying.
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Eric Blair
@protecttruth.bsky.social
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Biden digital team >>> rest of Biden media/comms strategists (Start posting on Bluesky too, Megan Coyne!)
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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“The dissent is indulging in extreme hypotheticals” says the justice in a case of a president trying to use fraud and force to overturn an election
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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/3 5 or 6 SCOTUS judges, who normally love harmless error like a 15-year-old-boy loves a tube sock, will find that it doesn’t apply to introduction of evidence of Presidentially-immune acts, and that the NY court didn’t analyze official acts doctrine right and remand for more proceedings.
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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/2 ….will reject the argument based on finding that those conversations were not official acts and that including it was harmless error. Trump will appeal from NY’s highest court to SCOTUS.
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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Prediction: Trump will argue that his NY conviction must be overturned because the court admitted evidence of conversations he had with his staff while President in order to prove knowledge and intent. He will argue those conversations were “official acts.” Judge Merchan and higher NY courts …./1
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@timscurtin.bsky.social
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This “controversy” is going to be the basis for a Republican House to refuse to certify a Biden win. This is a combination punch and we need to get ready.
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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Link up with and support the people organizing and providing these things in your community now. Support migrants in your community, people without housing in your community, demand and create public spaces, support your library, etc. don’t accept the bare minimum it’s not working.
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Indivisible
@indivisibleguide.bsky.social
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By skipping Netanyahu's speech, your Members of Congress can show they do not support the continued bloodshed of innocent Palestinians or his neglect in prioritizing reuniting hostages with their families. Email them today. act.indivisible.org/...
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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“So she would have the artist turn his lyrics over to the government prior to putting out or promoting any songs he planned to use them in, and at that point if they are deemed to be “inconsistent with the goals of rehabilitation”, prosecutors could ask to modify Dorsey’s supervised release terms.”
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luke the myoclonic jerk
@coolhand.bsky.social
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The Epstein grand jury records that were unsealed today contain some entirely unsurprising revelations
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Matthew Downhour
@matthewdownhour.bsky.social
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Some would say Alex Acosta becoming cabinet secretary so soon without holding any elected office is suspicious. For whom might he have done a favor?
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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
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I guess when Grant got arrested for speeding during his presidency, he should have just ordered a soldier to shoot the police officer in the face.
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى
@diplomatofnight.com
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Apropos nothing else I remember when people were telling me that the Israelis were more than capable of sustaining themselves in terms of military equipment, even in a two front war, and evidently this is not and was not ever really the case.
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Grudgie the Whale
@grudgie.bsky.social
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I’m sorry this is just not true. Other candidates didn’t run because they knew they’d lose. Biden rolled in the primary as he would have with any field at all.
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
@gothamgirlblue.com
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No, but seriously: "Mississippi... had rather see the last of her race, men, women and children, immolated in one common funeral pyre, than see them subjected to the degradation of civil, political and social equality with the negro race." - William Harris, December 1860
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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
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Folks should read
Jackson Reffitt's puzzlement about how Trump can be immune.
So many judges who presided over Jan6 cases, including some Trump appointees, have talked about accountability for those who duped Jan6ers into throwing their lives away.
www.thedailybeast.com/i-turned-in-...
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Enron Hubbard
@euphoria5l.bsky.social
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I've talked to a lot of old East Germans who talked about how carefree their youth was, and then they'd mention offhandedly their acquaintance who got shot trying to cross the border, or the time someone disappeared for a few weeks, or the time the Stasi asked them about an album they owned
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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Chilling point from @rickhasen.bsky.social on SCOTUS ruling and second Trump term, on today's pod:
"You want to know how far this opinion goes? Just wait six months. He's going to get advice as to what his maximal power is. We may find out sooner rather than later how far these powers go."
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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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ApocalypticaNow
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
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I think you'll lose that bet. Very few people know about the business plot of 1933. Note the appearance of the NYT Editorial Board in this wiki entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busines...
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Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social
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“And the next thing I knew, my 9-year-old son had told me about one of his friends who was in the LifeWise program, told him that he was going to hell because he didn't believe in Jesus,” Sogal said.
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Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social
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“An Ohio-based program offering Bible study during school time is expanding. The increasingly popular LifeWise Academy will be in 525 schools in 23 U.S. states next school year. Its slogan is “during school hours.”
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'viktor shtrum'
@viktorshtrum.bsky.social
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This alone is a reason to vote for him. Sorry if that triggers anyone who has fantasies about that guy who strangles homeless people Gavin Newsom or whatever.
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Tim Onion
@bencollins.bsky.social
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National Politician Don't Kill a Dog Challenge
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e.w. niedermeyer
@niedermeyer.io
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This anecdote is a useful insight into how Elon Musk thinks about accountability, on a conceptual level
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e.w. niedermeyer
@niedermeyer.io
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"It marks the second incident in two months involving a Tesla’s near miss-with a train while utilising its driver assistance system."
You can tell Tesla is close to "solving self-driving" because they are down to the tough edge cases like *checks notes* trains
nz.news.yahoo.com/tesla-autopi...
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Matti
@mrbtx.bsky.social
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The wine moms are ready to crawl over glass and vote for Brandon even if he's dead, following them is the least we can do
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☀️ Starshine
@starshine.bsky.social
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he literally posted it! he also tried to assassinate the ambassador of ukraine
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United Farm Workers
@ufw.bsky.social
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Today, the federal government put itself on the right side of history by seeking, for the 1st time, to establish the precedent that every worker in America has the right to shade, water & rest while working in temps that could kill them. -UFW President Teresa Romero
www.politico.com/news/2024/07...
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☀️ Starshine
@starshine.bsky.social
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This is also like the 3rd time. The 1st injunction returned environmental review on leases (mechanism biden banned them) to trump’s review framework that drilling is good for the environment At some point somethings gotta give its just basic legitimacy. You deserve a say in gov that rules over you
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L O L G O P
@lolgop.bsky.social
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Um, we just doubled what we've raised to flip Arizona over the past three months in two hours. Thanks, Kevin and everyone!
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Steve Benen
@stevebenen.bsky.social
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In light of the Trump v. U.S. ruling, perhaps we should be chatting a bit more about the Republican's eagerness to amplify messages about "treason" and "military tribunals" for his perceived political foes? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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earlyworm
@theearlyworm.bsky.social
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There's so much we can do.
Wake up to at least one way to save democracy every day at www.erlywrm.com
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L O L G O P
@lolgop.bsky.social
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Let the hate flow through you (into some postcards to swing voters).
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@timscurtin.bsky.social
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My fascism flag raising questions already answered by my fascism flag
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The New York Times
@nytimes.com
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The arrests of multiple prison officials in Wisconsin last month raised urgent questions about inmate care. A New York Times/Wisconsin Watch examination found that nearly a third of the prison doctors have been censured by a state medical board.
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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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Mekka Okereke
@mekka.mekka-tech.com
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Most *white* Americans. There is no country on earth that imprisons more of its population than the US. Prisoners disproportionately Black. The US leads the world in child executions. Not a typo. Disproportionately Black. Life expectancy for US Black folk lower than for Uighur Chinese. Not a typo
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Sean Casten
@seancasten.bsky.social
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“…But if the Supreme Court is ever composed of imprudent men or bad citizens, the Union may be plunged into anarchy or civil war.” - Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1831
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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A perfect illustration of why I canceled the NYT subscription I had for 24 years but not the Washington Post
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@timscurtin.bsky.social
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I try to stay away from this person, but is she this insane about trans men?
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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this is basically the central theme of what I’ve been talking about on here lately:
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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Frightening @rickhasen.bsky.social take on SCOTUS ruling and second Trump term:
"The opportunity for him to commit crime has been vastly expanded...this opinion does a lot of damage to the rule of law."
On the pod, we go deep into how SCOTUS has unshackled Trump:
newrepublic.com/article/1833...
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David Sacerdote
@davidsacerdote.bsky.social
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This is the climate policy we get with a court system invested in a dictatorship of Republicans: the President has total immunity and absolute power...unless he's a Democrat & does something good for the country.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/c...
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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i think we should see the Trump v. United States ruling as a group of Republican apparatchiks taking their opportunity to vindicate Nixon and write the unitary executive into the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
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earlyworm
@theearlyworm.bsky.social
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Celebrate your independence by writing postcards to voters in key races.
Activate America helps you reach out to reach out to voters in Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania voters and defeat MAGA extremists.
www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Paul Rosenberg
@paulrosenberg.bsky.social
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So, today's decision has even LESS support than Dobbs:
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i...
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