Nobody ever wants to talk about or admit this but it happened.

we’re gonna nazi so much harder at you for correctly identifying that we’re nazis

"In unison."

Amen.

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By an entire parsec, the Trump administration has undertaken the most illegal set of budget actions in history. This is why we desperately need guardrails to restrain and go after budget malfeasance from the White House.

Imagine President AOC moved money from ICE to Section 8 instead. That action would normally be illegal, because there isn't GTA to do that (different approps bills, so you can't do that swap).

I think there are five levels of potential badness here. Once you've decided to violate the ADA, you're only bound by self-imposed limitations. But depending on what the White House is self-imposing, this can range from "BAD" to "The Republic has fallen, pack it in."

And the craziest part is this was needless. Congress would've passed a military pay bill with near unanimous support! Congressional Ds have been begging Rs to bring a bill to pay the military to the floor! But Johnson refuses to gavel in because he doesn't want an Epstein vote.

Under the Constitution and under the ADA, it is illegal to spend money without funding for that purpose. The president may not spend money to do something unless there's actually money to carry it out and that action is expressly allowed.

The mechanism through which Trump is paying the troops is the most blatant large Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation in US history. It's also clearly willful. No one has been charged under the ADA before, but violations carry a two-year jail term. The statute of limitations is five years.

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

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🏴‍☠️ Pirates of the Chesapeake: 5 copies

🏴‍☠️ Pirates & Privateers from Long Island Sound to Delaware Bay: 15 copies

🏴‍☠️ The Daring Exploits of Pirate Black Sam Bellamy: 9 copies

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Props to Time for making Trump look like a murderous Junji Ito balloon

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Fined for Nearly 800 Alleged Violations on Vegas Project
www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Tomorrow, SCOTUS will hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major threat to (what remains of) the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But this isn't the first time the VRA has faced dire threats; in 2013 and 2021, SCOTUS weakened other provisions. We can learn from those why Callais could be so dangerous 🧵

We often say that the VRA had two hearts: The shield in Section 5 / preclearance, and the sword to strike down bad policies in Sec 2. In 2013, the Court broke the shield. In 2021, they bent the sword. Tomorrow's case could radically undermine what remains.

So many of my friends kids wouldn't exist without D'Angelo. RIP

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These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

Even Orban can tell something is wrong . . .

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

Valley Forge Military Academy’s closure quietly made way for a new charter school campaign. Critics call it deception. share.inquirer.com/ZQGIVD?utm_s... via @phillyinquirer

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Just two more weeks to apply for this sweet job 🗃️