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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 7h

And Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski will say how upset they are, and then continue to enable the administration and Trump

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 11h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 7h

Look, I’ve written more than almost anyone about John Roberts and self-aggrandizement, BUT …

… thus far not even I think he has claimed the right to make substitutions in the NLCS.

The Scorpio King 🏳️‍🌈 🎃 @arcoar.bsky.social · 7h

I know I'm a big nerd, but when I read stuff like this I think it's about the chief justice, especially given his association with the balls and strikes metaphor. It always seems inscrutable and then I'm like, "Oh. That's really baseball!"

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 7h

Roberts should let Yamamoto pitch the 9th

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 7h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 11h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Patel wanted him to investigate the “burn bags” of Russia documents he claims to have seen. A totally normal thing.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

If you care about decency in America, follow Jacob Soboroff

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

This is a great factcheck on the DHS sizzle videos of them rounding up immigrants: they are leaving a lot of context out.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

Nazi thugs. American Gestapo.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

Fox “News”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.

But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

Just the main one

Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 15h

All three Octordles or just the main one?

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

The University of Kansas press is out with a new addition of Dan Glickman’s funny and insightful autobiography, with a preface where Dan reflects on the current political catastrophe. Well worth reading and buying.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15h

I do the opposite. I start with Wordle, go to Quordle and Octordle, then Spelling Bee, Tiles, Connections, Letter Box and Strands

Celery Caraway @celerycaraway.bsky.social · 15h

I use this as part of my Wordle warm up... if I beat the Letter Box and get panagram(s) right away with the Bee, I feel ready for Wordle.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 21h

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 1d

There is a long, difficult and winding road ahead to actually make this plan work. Thrilled at the first stage, very cautious about the next ones.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas is murdering Palestinians who did not toe their line and stalling on returning 20 dead hostages. Bibi has made clear that he is at best lukewarm on this when it comes to the next stages, shows no sign of easing on the horrors inflicted in the West Bank.Ben Gvir & Smotrich will try to sabotage.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 1d

I give Trump credit for getting the hostages home. But for those clamoring for him to get the Nobel peace prize, including pandering world leaders in Egypt, remember the prize given to Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger. An embarrassment, given what happened in Vietnam after. 1

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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."

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Molten Irony (Wade) @ginsengity.bsky.social · 1d

@normornstein.bsky.social I really appreciate it that you are one of the few Norms Trump will never be able to break.😉

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Suzanne Cloud @suzannecloud.bsky.social · 1d

Great! I got it in 3. Heard you on a podcast the other day. 👏

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barbpoipu.bsky.social @barbpoipu.bsky.social · 1d

😊 this game is often frustrating but always feels like an accomplishment when I reach the “level du jour “! I don’t have a NYT subscription, so I am at their mercy every day!😂😂😂

P.S.My sister plays to genius every day 😱

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

The New York Times Spelling Bee

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

www.nytimes.com

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle 1,577 2/6

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 2d

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#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 2d

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2 electionlawblog.org?p=152471

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2...

I’ve written of good reason to believe the Supreme Court is going to sap Section 2 of its power in the Louisiana v. Callais case, being argued on Wednesday. I won’t rehash those arguments here. Instea...

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