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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 48m

Here’s a third

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2d

#ICYMI: Yesterday’s “One First” summarized just how weak the defenses of the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications have been—and explained what someone would have to do to *actually* defend all that the Court’s majority has been doing:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...

After all, maybe one can defend the Court granting emergency relief more often than ever before and in cases with far greater real-world (and structural) impacts. And maybe one can defend the Court altering (if not completely scrapping) the traditional balance of the equities in these cases. But does that defense extend to the Court doing so especially in cases in which President Trump is a party-and no others? And does it extend to the Court doing all of this without usually providing written explanations of what it is doing-or why? And even if the answer is somehow "yes," does it also extend to the Court doing all of this, not usually explaining what it's doing or why, and nevertheless accusing lower courts who fail to read the justices' minds of "defying" the Court?

I have a very hard time believing that anyone can genuinely make it through even three of those sentences with a coherent defense of what the Supreme Court has done over the past seven months-let alone all five of them. I'd love to see such an argument, if it exists, but I haven't been-and won't be-holding my breath.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3h

“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”

Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

Little Stephen Miller at his first political event.

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 53m

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 54m

Seems trump supporters are having a tough day

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 55m

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 56m

More than one seems convinced

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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 17h

Love this!!!!!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

Federal resources aren’t campaign tools. Secretary Kristi Noem's new TSA video crosses the line, violating the Hatch Act with blatant political messaging.

We’re urging California airports to stand firm against this unlawful federal pressure and refrain from airing the video.

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 1h

bsky.app/profile/marc... So very true

Dr. Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

Civil rights were something that was possible when America was geopolitically ascendant and the dominant social class felt secure in their position. As America declines relative to other great powers, as whites feel less powerful relative to others, civil rights will erode. Fear and hate will rise.

cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 1h

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Dr. Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

Civil rights were something that was possible when America was geopolitically ascendant and the dominant social class felt secure in their position. As America declines relative to other great powers, as whites feel less powerful relative to others, civil rights will erode. Fear and hate will rise.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

This woman is vile. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 1h

The Robert’s six crime lovers

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

... (as with Comey and James), but because the man who almost certainly caused it to be brought—Donald Trump—should himself be in prison (and certainly not the White House) for his very own violations of the Espionage Act (and obstructing the investigation into those crimes).

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3h

this is truly invaluable reporting

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 8h

The man’s been blocking progress so long, even his legs got tired of it.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 8h

God ruined a perfectly good asshole when he put teeth in Ted Cruz’s mouth.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s 2025 administration:

➡️ ≈ $33 billion combined wealth
➡️ 12 billionaires, plus dozens of multimillionaires.

Biden’s 2021 administration:

➡️ ≈ $118 million combined wealth.
➡️ Zero billionaires.

Trump said he’d “drain the swamp.” Instead, he bought it.

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 2h

I was going to say the same thing about Leavitt

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

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#NoKings

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 23h