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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 10h

this is a great example of the internet thing ppl do where they throw “white” into something where it makes little sense. it’s not like the average black, native, asian, or latin person understands immigration law any better. hell, most immigrants don’t know how it works either!

post saying “it is mind-boggling to try and figure out how most white americans think the immigration system works”

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 10h

I’m not sure the 19 number takes into account Dem efforts to counter. And as always the question is: how safe are these new seats? I’m still waiting for the more sober-minded election needs to game this out.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 12h

Obviously it would be bad if it’s overturned but one of the lead articles on Slate right now is that it will lead to a generation of GOP rule which is… silly slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Might Net Republicans 19 Congressional Seats in One Fell Swoop

On Wednesday, the justices will take the extraordinary step of rehearing Louisiana v. Callais.

slate.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

Gotta think this helps justify a future Dem administration’s decision to essentially terminate ICE and redesign from the bottom up.

The enforcement arm of ICE (ERO) has generally had ~3,500 ppl.

A President could easily fire the entirety of ERO and temp nationalize some Nat Guard to fill in.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 14h

As I was saying, she’s going to play this up whether you like it or not, and whining about the feckless establishment isn’t a counter

Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 17h

I believe in Maine the governor temporarily fills Senate vacancies until there’s a special election, so it could be worse. But not ideal, and no guarantee she’s succeeded by a Dem

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19h

The whining about Janet Mills jumping into the Maine Senate race is pretty hard to take. It's fine and healthy for our candidates to run in contested primaries. It's dangerous to simply nominate people by acclamation based on internet vibes. Mills isn't even bad, she's just extremely old.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 19h

In practice I think President advance would’ve more collaborative with the Congressional GOP, but if he actually tried to steamroll them I don’t think they would be intimidated at all. No one worries about a Vance Rally coming to their district

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 19h

I swear I’m not a Mills shill but I’ve grown tired of this two-step: Establishment Dems are weak, feckless losers who don’t fight, and we’re smol beans who can’t withstand their power and influence in the party.

Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 19h

I am sympathetic to this take, but in Mills’ case we actually have a widely-disseminated video of her standing up to Trump, to his face, and winning. So don’t be shocked if normie Dems don’t read the situation like you do.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20h

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 19h

You see Vance and other would-be successors get tripped up by this all the time. It takes a special sort of skill to whine constantly in a way that your followers find endearing. Most don’t have it!

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 19h

I am sympathetic to this take, but in Mills’ case we actually have a widely-disseminated video of her standing up to Trump, to his face, and winning. So don’t be shocked if normie Dems don’t read the situation like you do.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20h

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.

www.politico.com

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 19h

For the goldfish-brained politicians & pundits who were handing it to Donald Trump over the weekend, it’s critical to understand Trump thinks his job is done, especially re the surviving Israeli hostages, and he could not care less if Israel uses or contrives any reason to resume hostilities

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 20h

I can’t decide if this would appeal to normies or if it just serves to draw attention to her age (which may voters may not realize!) But, you know, ideally we nominate a Senate candidate who can run for reelection at least once.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 20h

Wait a one-term pledge???

Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social · 20h

Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term
Her interview with @jamespindell.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/n...

Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term - The Boston Globe

The race is poised to become one of the most closely watched contests in next year’s midterm elections.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 21h

I think this is the sort of thing we address (if at all) by prosecuting people after the fact. Getting a plausible plaintiff in front of SCOTUS on such short notice seems unlikely

Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 23h

This also sounds limited in scope? bsky.app/profile/mike...

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, they've supposedly got $8B in reprogramming authority (it's actually less than that but whatever), that's in the ball park of what you'd need to cover payroll for one pay period for active duty only

The amount of total RDT&E that's still unobligated is way more than that I'm sure

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t thought about this in a while, but how does this compare to the 2019 emergency declaration that reprogrammed money for wall construction?

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 1d

So do they have a plan for the next pay period or…?

Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it’s because he barely gave a shit until it meaningfully reduced his chances of receiving a free Qatari plane

David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely don’t think our political discourse is capable of talking about how Donald Trump—*Donald Trump*—just halted an ongoing genocide.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 1d

I have strong doubts that the 'ceasefire' will hold and lead to an actual peace deal, but it seems like, maybe, somehow, Trump kinda learned a lesson here...?

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

the israeli electorate, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen to stake its country’s future on the idea that netanyahu and trump will be remembered positively by the rest of the world. what could go wrong?

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1d

No, you don't gotta hand it to him for possibly getting the third Biden cease fire eight months late after tolerating a mass starvation campaign and demanding a little ethnic cleansing and enormous bribes as a treat, and only because Netanyahu surprise bombed the chief bribe facilitator.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 3d

Surely putting Baron in charge would only hasten its demise!

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t really consider this a “political” solution though. By the time we have the opportunity to prosecute the people who carried out this order, the fact that they Did It For The Troops doesn’t help them much.

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 3d

All we can do is threaten antideficiency act prosecutions and carry them out. If the threats don’t work, maybe that means we needed this opportunity to demonstrate credibility

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Sam Vimes' Boot Salesman @bam5.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah Matt Novak left the country because he was so depressed by Trump’s win the first time. I expect him to declare defeat at the first Trump post.

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