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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1h

To what exactly in the LWT story can you point as an example of not knowing what a museum is or how they function?

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1h

The answer to that question—other than that she is amoral, her prime qualification for having been nominated—can be found in this clip: "And I talk in the book about…"

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1h

ACB: "And there is no cause for concern, because we will finally resolve all of those cases in—as our fine, Dear Leader is oft' given to say, and delightfully so, I might add—about two weeks."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1h

Could people please stop spreading the disinformation that 5 U.S.C. § 2903 overrules the first 16 words of Article I, Section 5 of the US Constitution? 🤦🏼‍♂️

The Speaker and/or the House by resolution decide where, when, and by whom Representatives-elect get sworn in.

Section 5
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members,

5 U.S.C. § 2903

(a) The oath of office required by section 3331 of this title may be administered by an individual authorized by the laws of the United States or local law to administer oaths in the State, District, or territory or possession of the United States where the oath is administered.

5 U.S.C. § 2903

(c) An oath authorized or required under the laws of the United States
may be administered by—
(1) the Vice President; or
(2) an individual authorized by local law to administer oaths in the State, District, or territory or possession of the United States where the oath is administered.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 2h

This is Trump's America

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shot-in-th...

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

BRENNAN: In a July speech, you said, about those who fought the Civil War,

VANCE: That was because of Schumer.

BRENNAN: Your speech?

VANCE: No. The Civil War. That was Schumer. And Biden. And Pelosi. And Obama.

BRENNAN:

VANCE: Fast and Furious!

BRENNAN:

BRENNAN:

BRENNAN:

VANCE: Benghazi!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

While I found no such errors (nor "ineptness"), I'm open to hearing specifics about what people believe he may have gotten wrong in that story. But simply because one person makes an accusation without any details or proof doesn't mean that LWT "spread misinformation," accidentally or otherwise.

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

The plane will not transfer to the nonexistent Trump presidential library; ownership will transfer to his private foundation. That's what makes it an emolument.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear: the money isn't being funneled to the nonexistent Trump presidential library (which would, by statute, be federal, and which he won't ever build); it's being funneled to The Donald's private "foundation"—which is under no obligation to build anything, much less a presidential library.

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

I had a couple of quibbles with his wording, which were more for time/jokes, not technical inaccuracies, but otherwise found no errors... especially not anything that could be described as "hilariously inept."

This is a big accusation just sitting out there without any details, much less any proof.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

If the department was too "bloated" under the Biden administration, why did the Trump administration wait 265 days to fire them?

And if it's a direct consequence of the shutdown—and how could that possibly be? "We're not paying you now, so you cost us too much!"—why instead claim it's about bloat?

barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 3h

HHS spokesperson A. Nixon on Saturday referred POLITICO to the department’s Friday night statement saying the firings were “a direct consequence of the Democrat-led government shutdown,” adding that the layoffs were necessary because the department was too “bloated”under the Biden administration.

HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts

A Trump administration legal document said HHS initially targeted 1,000 to 1,200 employees for dismissal, and people speaking with POLITICO say the firings focused on the CDC.

www.politico.com

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 3h

"Do you, JD, promise to be true to Usha in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, and to love her and honor her all the days of your life, forsaking all others, keeping yourself only unto her?"

"I'm not planning to not do all that."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

WELKER: Can you guarantee that no US troops will ever be sent directly into Gaza?

JD VANCE: We're not planning to put boots on the ground

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 4h

Classic abuser language: "look what you made me do"—and the consequence is wildly disconnected from the invented transgression.

Their RIFs of choice have *nothing* to do with the shutdown, nor with D asks/demands.

And the choice isn't between federal *employees* or the military.

He's just a liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 15h

I know the sword was the hook, but don't sleep on the land deal.

Jim Byron didn't fire Dr. Arrington after the sword, but after he told his staff about Jim's plan to allow a private organization to construct its building on public land.

If that's on the up and up, why is telling staff fireable? 🤔

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 7d

*DEVELOPING*: I've updated my scoop with previously unreported details about the State Dept. staffer who requested the sword, NARA's response, and that the gift Trump gave King Charles III wasn't even a replica of Eisenhower's West Point Officer's Sabre:
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 15h

They intentionally fire crucial people

There's a giant backlash

Oops they didn't intend to fire them

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 15h

Saw someone else (an attorney, no less) with an even larger account claim that "literally anyone" federal or state law has authorized to administer oaths (they even said a "notary" 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️) could swear her in once the state certifies the election—and I didn't reply.

(Ed. Note: No; of course not.)

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 15h

Proud of myself: I saw a ~large account complaining that House Dems haven't asked a federal judge to swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva—and I didn't reply.

No A1S5; no that's not how it works, not even after certification; no do you think if it was possible they wouldn't already have done it?

💪😃

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 17h

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American actress Diane Keaton goes for a walk in New York, New York, circa 1975. (Photo by Oscar Abolafia/TPLP/Getty Images)

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 20h

The truth is that the Qatari plane will be transferred not to the nonexistent Trump presidential library, but to the private Trump Foundation—which is under no obligation to build anything, much less a library, nor to display the plane there (or anywhere).

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 23h

"Today, Tom Homan stood up t̶o̶ ̵ [in the vicinity of] his critics!"

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

They keep leaving out an essential preposition, "at", which completely changes the meaning of the sentence from a self-aggrandizing lie to a banal truth: She stared down AT protesters. Big deal. What next, "Steven Miller looked out of a window"? "RFK Jr examined his fingernails"?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Interested to know what you think he got wrong with that story.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes it's a spectacular, brilliantly lit, cloud-breaking sun sinking into the ocean horizon, and sometimes it's just the way the setting sun lights some wildflowers on a trail.

A bright, focused setting sun peeka through the trees to backlight some wild yellow coneflowers along a trail.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

If we survive this as a country and we don't hold every one of these people accountable we will not have survived this as a country.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

In the last four years, I've stayed in hundreds of state, county, and municipal campgrounds. Perhaps no more than 10% of the campers had kids; at least 60% had dogs.

100% of the campgrounds had playgrounds (many had more than one).

Only two of the campgrounds—not two percent; two—had dog parks.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 1d

I read this as "federal employees in programs, divisions, and departments we believe are associated with Democrats' values" (public health, equal justice, clean air and water, safety net, etc.) rather than "federal employees we think are Democrats."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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