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David Ryan Miller
@davidryanmiller.com
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Asst Prof American University (American institutions). Fmr. asst prof ETSU & UC-Riverside & Vanderbilt post-doc CSDI. WUSTL, URI, & GWU alum. Taylor Alison Swift is my muse. www.davidryanmiller.com

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David Raymond Miller is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 63rd mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1h
It's always "only Democrats have agency" o'clock somewhere!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump administration wants us to believe that they are all-powerful forces who control everything and can be reined in by neither Congress nor the Supreme Court, but if anything goes wrong, it's Mastermind Chuck Schumer's fault.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
That is different from what the admin said. They claimed it was coming out of DOD R&D funds. Tariff money cannot be touched by the Trump Regime without congressional approval.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump administration wants us to believe that they are all-powerful forces who control everything and can be reined in by neither Congress nor the Supreme Court, but if anything goes wrong, it's Mastermind Chuck Schumer's fault.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h
Trump has expropriated TikTok U.S. (banned under the law) and is now on the verge of forcing its sale at a below-market price to cronies of his choosing. What could go wrong? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h
“And there’s just a real, existential question of how do you write down a law that binds an actor who’s already demonstrated willingness to disregard the law?”

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
www.thebulwark.com
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Reposted by John L. Cotter, Laurent Pech, David R. Miller , and 1 more

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h
No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16h
It’s a Watergate-level crime every damn day in this administration, and Congress is appallingly unwilling to exercise its Article I obligations to check executive branch power.

Reprehensible, inexcusable, and indescribably dangerous.
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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 17h
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 18h
It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 18h
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the US Constitution called and wants to weigh in:
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18h
Brown M&Ms
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 18h
Well, this inspires confidence.

"At least some workers were let go by mistake. Members of the MMWR team were laid off in error because of a misclassification of job codes and would be brought back, as would anyone working on measles and the Ebola outbreak in Congo."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.nytimes.com
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18h
Ha ha ha they're like authoritarians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18h
Many RIFed yesterday are now being unfired(?!)

Unclear if it’s evil or incompetence — but either way, calculated move. Meant to flex power.

Ha. Just shows Republicans are scared.

Dems, @schumer.senate.gov — don’t back down.
They know they’re losing the Republican shutdown shitshow.
We’re winning.
Official HHS memo showing someone RIFed yesterday is, um, no longer RIFed. wtf
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Reposted by David Lazer, Will Jennings, Jacob Montgomery , and 3 more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18h
Unprecedented corruption
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Sanford F. Schram , and 6 more

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h
If you're going to write headlines like this, why even have newspapers?
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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 11 more

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, David R. Miller , and 2 more

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 19h
Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Reposted by David R. Miller, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, S. Laurel Weldon

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 19h
Seeing disturbing videos of ppl handled very forcefully by ICE agents in the Chicago area these past couple of days. This seems in conflict with Judge Ellis' order* from Thursday, temporarily enjoining agents from, among other things:

*order here: protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
Screenshot of part of District Judge Ellis's order. The highlighted language says: "Using force, such as pulling or shoving a person to the ground, tackling, or body slamming an individual who poses no immediate threat of physical harm to others, unless necessary and proportional to effectuate an apprehension and arrest."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h
Michael Tomasky: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends.
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 20h
That didn’t take long.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 21h
kidnapping
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22h
Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this
The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h
Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”
Trump: Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of "Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 751 ReTruths 2.75k Likes 10/11/25, 10:35 AM
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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 23h
Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 1d
The biggest story you should read today is that dozens of federal judges are willing to talk about how alarmed they are by SCOTUS’ willingness to step in on an emergency basis and allow the Trump Administration to do things that seem illegal. Their candor is unprecedented.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 1d
Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
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