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Craig Buckser
@cbuckser.bsky.social
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Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
"We're not going back" was a central Harris campaign slogan. But Trump won the election, and he is taking us back to the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1893.
Impeach him again.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Impeach him again.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Are we in North Korea?
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Are we in North Korea?
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This, but there's no hook.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This, but there's no hook.
At the beginning of the address, I was thinking about invoking the 25th Amendment. By the end, involuntary commitment became the more appropriate response.
That was one of the worst Trump speeches I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
At the beginning of the address, I was thinking about invoking the 25th Amendment. By the end, involuntary commitment became the more appropriate response.
If Donald Trump's nose grew like Pinocchio, he could have built the ballroom during tonight's address.
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If Donald Trump's nose grew like Pinocchio, he could have built the ballroom during tonight's address.
President Trump's address tonight sounds very much like something I heard last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdVS...
Trump's actual Truth Social Post
YouTube video by The Bill Press Pod
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
President Trump's address tonight sounds very much like something I heard last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdVS...
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I went through both parts of Vantiy Fair’s big Susie Wiles profile, and plucked all the impeachable/fireable/removable bits. Enjoy! www.offmessage.net/p/trump-wile...
Impeachment, 25th Amendment, Or Fire The Help
Parsing Vanity Fair's crazy Susie Wiles profile.
www.offmessage.net
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I went through both parts of Vantiy Fair’s big Susie Wiles profile, and plucked all the impeachable/fireable/removable bits. Enjoy! www.offmessage.net/p/trump-wile...
The zealots haven't yet finished breaking the federal government.
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The zealots haven't yet finished breaking the federal government.
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Senators--Thune--come to the defense of your colleague and your institution. Now would be a good time.
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Senators--Thune--come to the defense of your colleague and your institution. Now would be a good time.
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What competitive authoritarianism looks like. Banana republic stuff here.
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What competitive authoritarianism looks like. Banana republic stuff here.
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This is just the latest episode in "the Founders' design only words so long as each branch checks the others when they overstep, and in 2025 Articles I and III decided to stop doing that, so here we are":
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is just the latest episode in "the Founders' design only words so long as each branch checks the others when they overstep, and in 2025 Articles I and III decided to stop doing that, so here we are":
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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If courts' only recourse for government officials flagrantly disregarding their orders is to refer the contemptuous acts to those same officials to investigate prosecute, what real power do courts have to check the executive?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
JUST IN: DC Circuit asks for briefs on whether Boasberg has authority to investigate indirect contempt of court (outside judge's presence) or is just supposed to refer it for prosecution if he suspects it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Per Curiam Order Filed (Special Panel) – #01208805476 in In re: Donald Trump (D.C. Cir., 25-5452) – CourtListener.com
PER CURIAM ORDER [2150449] filed ORDERED, on the court’s own motion, that respondents file a response to the petition for a writ of mandamus [2150153-2] by December 29, 2025. Petitioners shall file a ...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If courts' only recourse for government officials flagrantly disregarding their orders is to refer the contemptuous acts to those same officials to investigate prosecute, what real power do courts have to check the executive?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
Impeach him again.
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Impeach him again.
In American history, I believe it's the most important event since the Civil Rights Movement.
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In American history, I believe it's the most important event since the Civil Rights Movement.
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there are pundits who will say that immigration is trump's strongest issue and that picking fights around immigration helps him on the margins. but i think this misunderstands the way public opinion works, as evidenced by trump's declining fortunes on his handling of immigration.
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
there are pundits who will say that immigration is trump's strongest issue and that picking fights around immigration helps him on the margins. but i think this misunderstands the way public opinion works, as evidenced by trump's declining fortunes on his handling of immigration.
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A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
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Kavanaugh stop, Minnesota edition
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Kavanaugh stop, Minnesota edition
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The White House and congressional Republicans invested months of effort into this radical scheme ... and they failed in spectacular fashion.
The Indiana GOP's new congressional gerrymander failed by a vote of 31-19.
21 Republicans joined the 10 Democrats in voting no.
21 Republicans joined the 10 Democrats in voting no.
BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The White House and congressional Republicans invested months of effort into this radical scheme ... and they failed in spectacular fashion.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Props to @vanhollen.senate.gov for taking up this battle while too many Democrats listened to consultants and pundits who absurdly suggested they should avoid talking about Abrego Garcia at risk of political self-immolation.
Remember that Trump and his propagandists tried to gaslight you into believing there was no percentage in taking on this fight, that it was hopeless. And a certain cadre of pundits tried to persuade you that Dems didn't dare discuss this in public.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Props to @vanhollen.senate.gov for taking up this battle while too many Democrats listened to consultants and pundits who absurdly suggested they should avoid talking about Abrego Garcia at risk of political self-immolation.
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The best thing about this isn't the merits so much as the fact that @raskin.house.gov is socializing serious structural reform. This is the register we need to be in in preparation for the aftermath.
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The best thing about this isn't the merits so much as the fact that @raskin.house.gov is socializing serious structural reform. This is the register we need to be in in preparation for the aftermath.
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There’s a reason that Nick Fuentes is celebrating Trump’s national security strategy, and it is not because Fuentes has suddenly turned his back on bigotry. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s National Security Strategy puts anti-immigration policy on a global scale
Philip Bump: Protecting European racial purity is now U.S. government policy.
www.ms.now
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There’s a reason that Nick Fuentes is celebrating Trump’s national security strategy, and it is not because Fuentes has suddenly turned his back on bigotry. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Wrote about the administration's money-first national security document and its demand that Europe stay acceptably White. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wrote about the administration's money-first national security document and its demand that Europe stay acceptably White. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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This is what authoritarianism looks like.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison “offered assurances” he would drastically transform CNN if he bought Warner Bros. Discovery www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is what authoritarianism looks like.