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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 9d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 9d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 5d

Stunned, me. Like a cow in an abattoir chute, suddenly smacked in the head with a sledgehammer.

Which pretty much describes the American electorate at this point.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine that

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 13h

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 1d

Dodgers payroll taxes are keeping at least 3 other franchises in biz.

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 1d

That's a pampered arsehole right there. He'll do anything to keep the pampering going. Way too many of them around.

jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 1d

Except when they're alone of course.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Stupid Economy.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

It’s the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Stupid Economy.

My latest Lincoln Project podcast episode with Andrew Ross Sorkin

open.substack.com

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 1d

More like 18thC.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 3d

Outdated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN

Outdated and Dangerous

Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval.

www.brennancenter.org

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 3d

Our new series on money in politics will examine key fundraising trends, delve into underreported stories, and cover round up news in campaign finance and political corruption. Check out the first installment: bit.ly/42wEcSM

Money in Politics Roundup — October 2025

Our new recurring feature covers key stories from the world of campaign finance and influence buying, from the AI industry to super PAC support for a lame-duck president.

www.brennancenter.org

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 3d

How Trump Is Making China Great
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

I am going to re-up this a third time:

Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 4d

We asked the experts.

jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 4d

It's deliberate.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 11d

I still say 'whoah Nellie!' when there's a long touchdown. It's a blast.

jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 11d

Chicago PD ducking its responsibility by not investigating. Can't respect that.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13d

🚨BREAKING: A Texas Democrat testified in federal court Thursday that Republican leadership used minority communities as pawns when they redrew the state’s congressional map this summer at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Texas Lawmaker Testifies GOP Used Minority Communities as ‘Pawns’ in New Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 14d

Suburbia. 🙄

jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 14d

They're in another world.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15d

Boeing paid its CEO $18 million for 4 months of work while taking away health care benefits from 3200 machinists in St. Louis who have been on strike for 2 months & were making as little as $18 an hour.

I say to the CEO of Boeing: End your greed. Sign a fair union contract NOW.

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Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 15d

Nine Bodies Turned Up at a Green Beret Outpost. What Really Happened? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

Nine Bodies Turned Up at a Green Beret Outpost. What Really Happened?

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 16d

The grift continues.

Those new, out-of-the-blue 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals? You can avoid them if you just agree to sell your drugs through . . . TrumpRX

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

What is "TrumpRx"? White House unveils new prescription drug website

The announcements come after Trump’s deadline for drug companies to lower prices for Americans expired Monday.

www.newsweek.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15d

Congress is stuck, and incoming reformers have less and less space to unstick it. Here are some ways to grease the wheels for them: bit.ly/48ANEbo

Can Newly Elected Politicians Shift a “Stuck” Congress?

Mounting forces of violence and fundraising pressure have made Congress increasingly inhospitable to change.

www.brennancenter.org

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jmflam.bsky.social @jmflam.bsky.social · 15d

Every example is the result of the GOP deliberately introducing instability into the Federal government. Congress is stuck because that's what's wanted.