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Noah Dahl

@noahdahl.bsky.social

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Self-deprecating handle (say it a few times fast). Pro-democracy. Focused on SCOTUS and the federal judiciary, but not exclusively so. Upside-down flag is a distress signal.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · Mar 30

If there's one thing I hope people will hear among the many (often dumb) things I post, it's this:

Americans—even those in the legal profession—have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the Chief Justice.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · Mar 29

Where is Chief Justice Roberts @judgeluttig.bsky.social?

As the titular head of the federal judiciary, it is incumbent upon him (along with the Judicial Conference, which should have held a special meeting by now to address these dangerous attacks on the Article III branch).

judgeluttig.bsky.social @judgeluttig.bsky.social · Mar 28

Yesterday, more than 1,000 lawyers and legal groups signed a letter calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Federal Judiciary, the Rule of Law, and the legal profession from the President’s vicious and palpably unconstitutional attacks.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

This is insane–and a very ominous signal about just how far the administration is prepared to take things.

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 3h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11. Just as after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden, the ultimate culprit, was captured, we are operationalizing the Treasury, and we are going to track down who is responsible for this.”

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Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 4h

Back in college (2010ish) we had a College Dems vs College Republicans debate. The College Republicans brought a full-size cardboard cutout of President Obama in a t-shirt that showed a cartoon elephant raping a cartoon donkey.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

This is not the problem of a few bad apples. The GOP is a rotten barrel, built on racism and opposed to democracy. This is just one more piece of evidence.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 2h

Although consequences are beginning to be felt, I'd argue that these aren't the right ones (or at least not the *only* ones).

This needs to be extended to the broader Republican 'brand'—we see this time and time again with Republican-adjacent orgs (like TPUSA).

'It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 4h

I think you're sadly right to be pessimistic. At one point Roberts might have cared. He used to try to seem moderate, throwing liberals a bone here and there. Now he sees that he has only one way to go: hard right.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 5h

FedSoc has been attacking disparate impact for awhile now

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 5h

If public radio wants the public to support them more, they need to show greater support for the public and the democratic experiment.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 5h

@wbez.org responds forcefully to claims (probably BS) that one of the 37 people arrested in a proagandized raid on a south shore building was a member of Tren de Aragua, calling it "not terribly efficient".

[That oughta do it - Kristi Noem's resignation no doubt incoming]

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 5h

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 6h

If they aren't enforced, isn't that confirmation that we're living in a police state?

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 6h

100% agree, yet somehow don't see Captain Kavanaugh Stop buying that argument.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 7h

Anyone else's bluesky doing this neat thing where images cause rapid flickering and movement of the screen?

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing to add.

Perhaps it will make its way into SCOTUS arguments on the VRA today.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8h

The one good thing about the time we’re in is it *should* now make crystal clear for the doubters how the a significant faction of the Republican Party has cynically deployed “colorblindness” to further an explicitly racist agenda.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 8h

In Illinois (at an Ascension hospital; catholic-affiliated)

A 1% chance the pregnancy was viable means not only a 99% chance that it wasn't, but it also means there's a high likelihood of rupture which could kill the mother.

Denied abortion care in a state where abortion is protected.

Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 9h

The doctor turned Harmonie away, telling her she wouldn’t intervene b/c there was “a 1% chance” the ectopic pregnancy was viable.

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social with a stark reminder that living in what is considered to be a pro-choice state doesn’t mean you won’t be affected by anti-abortion views

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 9h

"If you're explaining, you're losing"

It's an old adage in politics. But because Dems didn't make an issue of Trump's preferential treatment all along, they've allowed MAGA to set the terms of engagement.

They now have to argue this from an unfavorable position. Another opportunity squandered.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9h

The right has declared that although Trump’s political prosecutions are regrettable, the “Democrats brought it on themselves,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. But “Trump was no victim of the legal system. If anything, he received preferential treatment”:

Don’t Blame the Democrats for Trump’s Revenge Tour

Defending Trump’s lawfare as just deserts misremembers what actually happened.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 18h

There is no value in the press going to these.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 23h

Every organization that refuses to sign should also leave the WH press briefing. There is zero value to maintaining that relationship—and a great deal of harm in continuing to grant the WH press office legitimacy.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Just a freewheeling exchange of ideas, no different than any gathering (at Nuremburg)....

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

The real trick was getting himself appointed as special counsel three months after he planted them.

Photo of the stolen confidential files in Trump's bathroom, captioned: "Jesus how many trips did it take for Jack Smith to plant all that?"

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the state crisis when the Biden administration asked Twitter to take down nude photos of Hunter Biden posted non-consensually, per its terms of service?

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss gonna get right on this and give it the in-depth and balanced coverage it deserves

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Is it to much to hope that the attorneys arguing for the VRA call out the lies of conservative justices in real time?

Because they should.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Much of media readily gloms onto such bogus claims, giving them credibility and reach.

Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that Democrats (Pelosi) mutely swore in Republicans who actively worked to overturn an election... while Republicans refuse to swear in someone who legitimately *won* hers.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

"At first I thought it was a little bit of a conspiracy theory... but at this point..."

Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva suggests her support for the full release of the Epstein files is delaying her swearing in as a member of Congress in the US.

#Newsnight