N Silv
@nsilv.bsky.social
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Whatever "what is", is, is what I want. Only that. But that.
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It didn't exactly take a Nostradamus to see the problem, but still, rarely do you see somebody like a governor insisting "no, this is dangerous and stupid" and taking appropriate action, and then be so immediately vindicated when it turns out yeah, actually we did rain shrapnel on that freeway.
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If you haven't read @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and co-authors' full study on the "presumption of regularity" in Trump administration litigation @justsecurity.org, just featured on @60minutes.bsky.social, you can find it here:

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
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Frankly if a multibillion dollar news company can't think of a next day story about a 7-million-person protest that ended with the president of the United States posting a video of himself shitting on America, everyone there should find a new line of work.
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed brokering a fragile deal between Israel and Hamas and rejected allegations that Israeli forces had committed genocide in Gaza during an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired this evening.
"Absolutely not": Witkoff, Kushner reject Gaza genocide claims in "60 Minutes" interview
Addressing their business in the Middle East, Kushner said: "What people call conflicts of interests, Steve and I call experience."
www.axios.com
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DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.'

Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
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Victory over Trumpism will not be enough.

We must demand ACCOUNTABILITY.

Every last person who broke their oath and violated the law must be held accountable.
DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.'

Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
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@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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Why isn’t every large account warning about the “network state” movement? In August, “network state” leader Balaji Srinivassan—a close ally of Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen—wrote that, “When Bitcoin wins,” it “ends the Fed,” the “battle begins,” & “it's time to build”. 1/
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Well, at least you know where they stand.
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He murdered a Colombian citizen in violation of domestic and international law. He’s now promising to illegally impose tariffs on Colombia because its president had the temerity to publicly criticize him for murdering one of that country’s citizens.

Yes, we are the baddies.
Trump says he's imposing new tariffs on Colombia but won't say what the rate will be
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Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"
This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
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🧑‍🌾 “What do you say to farmers who feel the $40 BILLION BAILOUT is benefitting Argentina more than them?”

TRUMP: *LASHES OUT AT THE REPORTER*

(“you don’t know anything about it… nothing’s benefitting Argentina 🤔… I happen to like the president…”)

So corrupt.
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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WTF is he talking about? Is he assuming that because Marc Benioff, who lives in Hawaii, said something stupid it means SF will welcome an invasion?

I think yesterday's protests in SF shows that no one wants (or needs) the National Guard in SF.
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I can’t promise you’ll always agree with me or like what I have to say, but unlike legacy media, I can promise you I’ll always be honest and never trade truth for access.

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The more I think about this, the more egregious this is. The Speaker was originally intended and operated as a purely administrative role. Frequently, he didn't even vote. The idea that the Speaker can personally obstruct the operation of the People's House is obscene and wrong.
I think putting it in those terms—that the speaker can ‘refuse to allow’ the House to sit—really highlights how ridiculous the unilateral adjournment/recess authorities are.
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Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.

Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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The marines wanted to fire live artillary over I-5; Newsom didn't want them to, but they said too bad; that it was safe.

Then, oh, look: a shell detonated prematurely. Good thing Newsom had shut down 17 miles of freeway (used by 80,000 Californians daily).

1/2

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
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Secret police.
An immigration agent to a protester who was filming their vehicle’s license plate: “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.”
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justinthenickofcrime

A judge in Chicago just flipped the script completely.

If ICE agents are caught trying to arrest someone at or around a courthouse, they can now be arrested themselves.

Cook County’s top judge made it illegal for ICE to detain anyone inside or even near a courthouse.
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Translating Trump: Who needs American beef farmers when you can buy beef from Argentina.
Trump: "The only price we have that's high is beef, and we'll get that down. And one of things we're thinking about doing is beef from Argentina."
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NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)
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Here's a short excerpt -- I hope you can read the column before we all lose our minds over football