Jerry Copus
@jerrycopus.bsky.social
“We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass.”
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"These rules now face a 60-day “comment period,” where YOU can weigh in.
A large number of comments can slow it down, force changes, or lay the groundwork for future litigation. YOUR comments are where that starts."
Comment period starts tomorrow
A large number of comments can slow it down, force changes, or lay the groundwork for future litigation. YOUR comments are where that starts."
Comment period starts tomorrow
🧵 The Trump administration just proposed two rules that would effectively ban best-practice health care for trans youth.
Here’s what you need to know:
Here’s what you need to know:
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"These rules now face a 60-day “comment period,” where YOU can weigh in.
A large number of comments can slow it down, force changes, or lay the groundwork for future litigation. YOUR comments are where that starts."
Comment period starts tomorrow
A large number of comments can slow it down, force changes, or lay the groundwork for future litigation. YOUR comments are where that starts."
Comment period starts tomorrow
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Thursday.
The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Thursday.
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I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
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Surprise! It’s another scam!
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Surprise! It’s another scam!
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(Please note, gender affirming care has a lower regret rate than back surgery!)
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
(Please note, gender affirming care has a lower regret rate than back surgery!)
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We're suing to challenge the Trump-Vance admin's attempt to defund CIGIE – the council that coordinates across agencies to expose waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.
This is a part of the admin’s larger effort to hide misconduct and avoid accountability. We will see them in court.
This is a part of the admin’s larger effort to hide misconduct and avoid accountability. We will see them in court.
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're suing to challenge the Trump-Vance admin's attempt to defund CIGIE – the council that coordinates across agencies to expose waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.
This is a part of the admin’s larger effort to hide misconduct and avoid accountability. We will see them in court.
This is a part of the admin’s larger effort to hide misconduct and avoid accountability. We will see them in court.
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“‘In evidence-based policy, you gather data and then make a decision,’ [Jake] Scott said. ‘This is the reverse. CDC made the policy decision and then funded research to back it up. When you commission research after making a decision, you're not looking for answers—you're looking for validation.’”
“NIH is in crisis, grants are being terminated, labs are closing….but they found $1.6 million for an unsolicited proposal to study whether we should delay a vaccine we’ve been safely giving for 40 years, in a country where infants are at high risk of infection”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“‘In evidence-based policy, you gather data and then make a decision,’ [Jake] Scott said. ‘This is the reverse. CDC made the policy decision and then funded research to back it up. When you commission research after making a decision, you're not looking for answers—you're looking for validation.’”
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I went to college with a bunch of these people. It was obvious they were deeply unserious, hyper-ambitious hacks then. What I underestimated was the degree to which they were also aspiring authoritarians.
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Specifically, lawyers who look at the plain meaning of laws and constitution as something to be gamed if they are clever enough, like looking for the loophole to help their rich client beat the murder charge.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
There is a history book to be written about the role of Harvard Law and Yale Law in the creation of this authoritarian moment in America.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I went to college with a bunch of these people. It was obvious they were deeply unserious, hyper-ambitious hacks then. What I underestimated was the degree to which they were also aspiring authoritarians.
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And then ran a full week of “Biden politicized the military & gave a Trump rally” headlines
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
And then ran a full week of “Biden politicized the military & gave a Trump rally” headlines
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Some cranky, old, racist white guy just yelled at the TV for 20 minutes.
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Some cranky, old, racist white guy just yelled at the TV for 20 minutes.
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This could have been an email.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This could have been an email.
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What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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A: Derrick Van Orden level dumb.
If they have a health plan, I’m a Vermicious Knid.
If they have a health plan, I’m a Vermicious Knid.
How dumb do you have to be to brag about how your entire Party voted against funding healthcare for over 30,000 of your own constituents?
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A: Derrick Van Orden level dumb.
If they have a health plan, I’m a Vermicious Knid.
If they have a health plan, I’m a Vermicious Knid.
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The only people missing from this are Jonathan Turley, Mike Lindell and the rest of the characters from the the Mos Eisley Cantina.
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The only people missing from this are Jonathan Turley, Mike Lindell and the rest of the characters from the the Mos Eisley Cantina.
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Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
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I've been saying for a long, long time that Trump holdovers at the FBI WFO hamstrung the DOJ's investigations into Donald Trump. These new Grassley emails prove it. Example: Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago over multiple attempts to stonewall, and found evidence of multiple crimes.
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I've been saying for a long, long time that Trump holdovers at the FBI WFO hamstrung the DOJ's investigations into Donald Trump. These new Grassley emails prove it. Example: Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago over multiple attempts to stonewall, and found evidence of multiple crimes.
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It seems awfully telling that Republicans were unwilling to hold this hearing publicly. It’s not like the case hinged on classified information; they’re just afraid of the public hearing what Smith has to say.
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It seems awfully telling that Republicans were unwilling to hold this hearing publicly. It’s not like the case hinged on classified information; they’re just afraid of the public hearing what Smith has to say.
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Balint: "Even for Republican this is extreme. Are we really attempting to lock up parents and doctors? Your kids' medical care is none of their damn business. It's creepy. It's a creepy obsession."
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Balint: "Even for Republican this is extreme. Are we really attempting to lock up parents and doctors? Your kids' medical care is none of their damn business. It's creepy. It's a creepy obsession."
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It’s obvious that *before this week* Trump had never heard about Venezuela nationalizing its oil industry (in 1976!) but now it’s a casus belli in a shitshow that makes the 2002-03 run-up to invading Iraq look like a model of planning, preparation, and logic.
Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s obvious that *before this week* Trump had never heard about Venezuela nationalizing its oil industry (in 1976!) but now it’s a casus belli in a shitshow that makes the 2002-03 run-up to invading Iraq look like a model of planning, preparation, and logic.
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Just a reminder, or as new info for those who don't know:
Under EO 13526, which is still in force and which Trump has affirmed, no information can be classified to conceal violations of the law or prevent embarrassment.
Someone please explain that to Hegseth.
Under EO 13526, which is still in force and which Trump has affirmed, no information can be classified to conceal violations of the law or prevent embarrassment.
Someone please explain that to Hegseth.
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Just a reminder, or as new info for those who don't know:
Under EO 13526, which is still in force and which Trump has affirmed, no information can be classified to conceal violations of the law or prevent embarrassment.
Someone please explain that to Hegseth.
Under EO 13526, which is still in force and which Trump has affirmed, no information can be classified to conceal violations of the law or prevent embarrassment.
Someone please explain that to Hegseth.
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Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd defends Jack Smith:
"Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."
"Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."
Opinion | I'm Trump's former lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.
John Dowd: Jack Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. Smith was fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts and the law.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd defends Jack Smith:
"Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."
"Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."
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Have you ever seen a more "lol get wrecked loser" expression
"Yes, the human was sitting in this seat mere seconds before I claimed it, if he wanted to keep it, he should have stayed in it."
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Have you ever seen a more "lol get wrecked loser" expression
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Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.