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For the Second Bill of Rights.

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oh MY God
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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So this kind of thing is genuinely extremely useful for building public support for court reform.
You just have to look up Judge Jeffrey Brown’s resume and then wonder what it must be like for him to have the Roberts Court basically go, “You fool. You idiot.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The Government Accountability Office says it has opened an investigation into Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

Pulte has weaponized his office — accusing Federal Governor Lisa Cook and several prominent Democrats, including New York AG Letitia James, of mortgage fraud.
Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte
Senate Democrats asked the agency last month to review Pulte's referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Gonna be fun to watch Unitary Executive Theory go out the window the second a Dem takes office.
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I think it’s funny they dropped it at like 10:00 on a Thursday night, shows how much they care (they don’t)
Will they actually follow the NSS? probably not, no. Is it still bad they let the turbo chuds write US national security policy? yes
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Man who says you should shoot paintballs at tanks has opinion
John Spencer’s post makes several claims:
1. Criticism of the U.S. National Security Strategy is evidence of personal bias, not substantive disagreement.
He frames dissent as a psychological issue (“triggering for you”), implying emotional instability.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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This case is not cert-worthy. This is a bad sign.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.

The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Liberal oppression olympics (you’re competing for the most oppressed) vs Conservative oppression olympics (you’re competing to see who can oppress the most)
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I've said this before but left-of-center bullying takes the form of "we're special and you're not allowed to sit with us" while right-of-center bullying takes the form of "we're normal and you're not allowed to sit with us"
Just a corrolary but a "meanness" on BlueSky is still very fem-coded. "Look at this neoshitlib, you know all his friends are in a group text where they make fun of him."

There's "Biff Tannen Bullying" and "Regina George Bullying". Both "mean" but received differently.
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I've always felt like I share some emotional antecedents with right-wingers, and one of them is how the listening tour nonsense turns me to stone. I don't understand why being a quivering little suckup to someone is supposed to earn that person's vote
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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the deplorables comment haunted clinton partly because she apologized and walked it back

"no, you're all degenerates, if anything I was too kind by granting a second basket"
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Voters are okay with another specific voter being challenged to their face, especially if that other voter seems like kinda a jerk.

Talked about in the third person, politician might be talking about you.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Biden telling that guy he was full of shit and "don't play games with me kid" definitely helped him. Voters are ok being challenged to their faces, but not talked down to in third party convos.
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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You mean people should have the courage of their convictions and stand against bad things?

Watch out, Noah Smith might diss you.
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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this is why the endless promises from Democrats to listen harder are so stupid. they not only don't work, they actively undermine Dems' standing with people who dislike Dems.
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—

It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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"How do I make my boss happy?" is the question that dominates the mind of every little authoritarian, and they instinctively assume it's on everyone else's mind as well.
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A Republican lawyer who recently took on a leading role in the push by the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to obtain state voter records was put on leave as a prosecutor in Los Angeles County after bringing charges based on information from a prominent far-right group of election conspiracists.
DOJ’s New Voting Lawyer Brought Flawed Charges Pushed By Election Deniers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Don't let the craziness with the Supreme Court distract from the big immigration story; people from 19 different countries, including Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, are currently trapped in an immigration limbo, with their citizenship and green card applications (among others) put indefinitely on hold.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I want to say that having a baby is kind of traumatic and it's hard to make good decisions right then. You are vulnerable to anxiety. So, honestly, it's easier to just say "yes" to the "required list of vaccinations" than trying to explain each one to a parent.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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It seems anti-vaxx sentiment is growing and permeating the general atmosphere, so taking it off the schedule and making it optional for parents really means people just won't opt for it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Based on what I hear from friends who are primary care physicians, the main thing right now that gets people to vax their kids are requirements to do so. (For example, if the doctor's practice requires it.) It's hard to get people to do it otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM