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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 9m

SCOTUS conservative justices say you can engage in racial profiling in immigration stops but can’t consider race under Voting Rights Act to remedy centuries of racial discrimination

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Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 2d

As Israel pulls back from Gaza, many are asking: What took so long? One explanation is that Israeli citizens didn't see the war the rest of the world saw

My latest, in @MotherJones

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Israeli media's distorted view of the war in Gaza

While global news showed a humanitarian disaster, most outlets in Israel remained silent.

www.motherjones.com

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 2d

“Equally valid” is not the same as “equally protected by the First Amendment,” and the impossibility of medical experts ever eliminating “all doubt” about anything is an important reason why medicine shouldn’t be an exception to that distinction

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 3d

"far-right"??

NPR @npr.org · 3d

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal. n.pr/4mWZpMT

Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in 'chaos' under current regime

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal.

n.pr

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 5d

And by "stand with Trump and demand justice," he means send money now

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump—who has said he's the country's "chief law enforcement officer" and directly ordered prosecutions of Comey, James, and Schiff—would like you to "stand with Trump and demand justice for GUILTY James Comey’s LIES"

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 5d

I said "including"!

Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 5d

Skadden and Paul Weiss could do some of their Trump pro bono work negotiating a binding contract on Trump's behalf

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 5d

The Nobel committee should produce a public list of peace-related things Trump would need to achieve in order to be guaranteed the 2029 Nobel Peace Prize (including leaving office peacefully without a civil war, following a free and fair election). If he achieves them all, give him his prize!

Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s Nobel Thirst Is Actually Great for the World

The president’s ego inspires plenty of bad choices, but his desire for a Peace Prize is proving useful.

www.theatlantic.com

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 5d

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5d

This coming from Stitt - very conservative and Trumpy and right next door to Texas - is surprising.

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 5d

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d

[Norman Rockwell painting meme]... "Actually, I broadly agree with the point of this editorial, though—as further evidence by the reaction it provoked—it wasn't very effectively argued" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d

This seems right to me—a ruling that upheld the Colorado law is probably a bigger threat to LGBTQ kids than a ruling striking it down...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

We've already got so many conservatives passing laws premised on the idea that "gender ideology" is dangerous. Seems very clear that if you let a law like Colorado's ban on conversion *talk* therapy stand, you're inviting conservatives to pass laws banning "affirming therapy"

Is conversion therapy free speech?

Colorado says no. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical.

reason.com

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

Technically I don't think that's part of CBS News (ie Weiss' sphere), but I'm sure she could exert influence if she wanted

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

Maybe assign a Free Press reporter and editor to report aggressively on CBS, Paramount, and Skydance and give them the freedom to publish without corporate interference

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

The absence of the words "Paramount," "CBS," and "Skydance" from this otherwise good Free Press editorial about Kimmel and the FCC was not a great start...

Jawboning and Jimmy Kimmel

The suspension of his late-night show isn’t a great loss to culture. But the FCC’s coercion undermines our most fundamental values.

www.thefp.com

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

No, Dems would have needed to convince 10 Republicans to join them, which would have required the sort of successful negotiation they repeatedly accomplished on other significant legislation during the Biden years—including the Electoral Count Act reform bill. But they didn't even try.

Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

I have no idea if any of this is going to work, but any honest assessment of the problem is going to need to include a realization from Weiss et all that "restoring trust" in CBS isn't going to be possible without actually addressing the fallout from the Trump lawsuit/FCC/merger insanity

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

Fair point, but also Trump and Miller have been toying with this for years, so it's a much closer to *real* than, say, the (probably not gonna happen) Diddy pardon

Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

It's not like any of these problems were a giant secret after 2020. This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is from after the GOP won the House back, but still... could have at least tried! Republicans probably weren't thrilled about the possibility of Biden or Harris using the Insurrection Act.

Opinion | It’s Time to Fix America’s Most Dangerous Law (Published 2023)

www.nytimes.com

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 8d

Democrats controlled Congress and the presidency for two years after Donald Trump toyed with invoking the Insurrection Act. They could have made an attempt to reform it, but they chose not to. Just like they chose not to reign in tariff laws and other emergency powers.

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