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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 3m

We should hold Nuremberg-style trials in it first, then tear it down

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11m

When this regime is over and buried, I don't want to hear about oh it's not worth the money or it's too petty to worry about. The order to bulldoze this illegal and unconstitutional monstrosity should be signed on Day 1.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 1h

If the Supreme Court engineers a permanent Republican majority, it’s the end of the union. The confederacy will have won.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority political representation.

The results will be "catastrophic," experts warn.

Republican justices appear poised to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

The results will be "catastrophic."

www.motherjones.com

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 1h

One would think that as the President of the Senate he might be down on Capitol Hill trying to deal with his shutdown, but podcasts are pretty much the same I guess

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 2h

There hasn’t been a B2 production line in existence for 25 years, and the US is not, in fact, buying 28 “upgraded” B2 bombers. that’s a thing Trump likes to say like “one year in prison for burning flags” that does not exist anywhere except his own delusions.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 3h

Because Trump is The Leader, Trump is America. So when something is Trump First, it is by virtue of His virtue, America First. Or something.

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 3h

Except McConnell didn’t obstruct everything and the way you know that is the government wasn’t shut down for 12 years. Seems like you’re far more interested in grinding axes than fixing anything.

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 3h

Norms like the constitution and math? If Dems win 100% of the senate seats up this cycle (winning zero republicans seats is far more likely than winning 22) you get to 65. You need 67.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 4h

and yet none of those things is in the cards until 2029 so unless your plan is to sit back and watch for the next 3 years, you’re going to have to come to grips with the fact that Dems don’t control the government but have only points of leverage, which Greg has enumerated.

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Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 7h

Grateful to share that Matthew Silverstone and the other student injured at Evergreen High School have both been released from the hospital. Wishing a full recovery and strength. 💙

Photo Courtesy of Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Colorado

Matthew Silverstone, center, was released from CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, about five weeks after he was shot twice at Evergreen High School.

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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 20h

"Bad faith conduct. "Retaliation." Senior Judge William Martínez, an Obama appointee in Colorado, slammed the federal government today for scheduling a detainee's potential removal hearing one day after he filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his immigration detention.

As an initial matter, the Court notes that it is very troubled by the fact that
Morales Lopez’s Individual Hearing was set so quickly after he initiated this habeas
action. Indeed, Morales Lopez received notice of the October 15, 2025 hearing on
October 2, 2025—a single day after he filed his petition in this Court. (Id. at 11.) The
abrupt timing of this scheduling strongly suggests to the Court that it was taken by
Respondents in retaliation of Morales Lopez pursuing a judicial proceeding. See
Aguilera v. 1205 Kirkpatrick, 241 F.3d 1286, 1292 (10th Cir. 2001) (“When facing
deportation . . . aliens are entitled to procedural due process, which provides an
opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.”). This type
of bad faith conduct is inimical to our system of justice, and is conduct this Court will
generally not abide.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 8h

I’m so old I remember Mike Johnson‘s friends berating a capitol police officer with a flagpole

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 8h

Read the actual piece and then get back to me

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 8h

I am telling you a fact, which is that a senator who is dead or incapacitated can not vote. That is a fact. Fuck you.

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 8h

Yea everyone but you is on antidepressants and therefore only you make any kind of sense. Fuck you.

Meanwhile, only alive senators can vote. While MA democrats are busy not whiffing a special election, business carries on in the US Senate, you shortsighted piece of shit.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

It’s about dead Ted Kennedy, and then also Scott brown!

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

gee, memories are awfully short around here

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 9h

I hope this is just the beginning of people getting into this primary. Ed Markey shouldn't be running for re-election at 80 years old & MA has a deep bench of talent who could be really incredible in the Senate.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 10h

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., is running for Senate. “We’re in a crisis. And with everything we learned last election, I just don’t believe Senator Markey should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old,” he says in his announcement video. Moulton is 46; Markey is 79.

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Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

Worse, they’ll bring back rescissions, so if you get cancer they’ll go back through decades of paperwork to find out if you forgot 20 years ago to dot an I or cross a T they’ll rescind your policy retroactively.

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

Correction: he says “anthripomorgic” because not only does he not know what “anthropomorphic” means, he’s can’t pronounce it either.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

This rotten old queen should shut the fuck up about No Kings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

Michael Ditto @janus303.bsky.social · 9h

This is, of course, unconstitutional

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14h

(AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by US officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month. apnews.com/article/trump-char...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month.

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