In re Kail
@kailwesly.bsky.social
Third Amendment and bird law aspirations, mostly.
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*The Constitution* says presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
*The Constitution* says presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
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Making this threat was an incredibly stupid thing to do. If he follows through now, he risks a revolt inside his own party over the fact that he's attacking a red state. If he doesn't follow through, he's announcing to the world that he's a paper tiger.
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Making this threat was an incredibly stupid thing to do. If he follows through now, he risks a revolt inside his own party over the fact that he's attacking a red state. If he doesn't follow through, he's announcing to the world that he's a paper tiger.
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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More consequential than the two house seats, frankly, are the signals that this sends
1) Indiana GOP thinks they are better off not spreading their numbers thinner, even though these were *all* double digit Trump 2024 seats
2) They're no longer afraid to tell Trump to shove it
1) Indiana GOP thinks they are better off not spreading their numbers thinner, even though these were *all* double digit Trump 2024 seats
2) They're no longer afraid to tell Trump to shove it
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 9:47 PM
More consequential than the two house seats, frankly, are the signals that this sends
1) Indiana GOP thinks they are better off not spreading their numbers thinner, even though these were *all* double digit Trump 2024 seats
2) They're no longer afraid to tell Trump to shove it
1) Indiana GOP thinks they are better off not spreading their numbers thinner, even though these were *all* double digit Trump 2024 seats
2) They're no longer afraid to tell Trump to shove it
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The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.
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1. Notice that the FBI’s Glasheen gets *very* uncomfortable when Congressman Thompson asks him some basic questions about “Antifa.” They can’t define it.
He claims Antifa is the biggest domestic terrorist threat, but that’s inconsistent with the FBI just now “building out” its analysis.
He claims Antifa is the biggest domestic terrorist threat, but that’s inconsistent with the FBI just now “building out” its analysis.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
1. Notice that the FBI’s Glasheen gets *very* uncomfortable when Congressman Thompson asks him some basic questions about “Antifa.” They can’t define it.
He claims Antifa is the biggest domestic terrorist threat, but that’s inconsistent with the FBI just now “building out” its analysis.
He claims Antifa is the biggest domestic terrorist threat, but that’s inconsistent with the FBI just now “building out” its analysis.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Of all the things the US has chosen to do differently than the rest of the world, I think this may be the dumbest. You'd have trouble finding any urban neighborhood in Europe or Latin America without a plaza. It's just so basic. And yet the US has virtually none! No public space, no public.
Every neighborhood needs a leafy pedestrian plaza—a place to meet friends, grab a bite, or just relax.
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Of all the things the US has chosen to do differently than the rest of the world, I think this may be the dumbest. You'd have trouble finding any urban neighborhood in Europe or Latin America without a plaza. It's just so basic. And yet the US has virtually none! No public space, no public.
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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After getting pardoned by Trump, does reinstating a corrupt Democrat into a position of power help the Dem brand? Does it make it easier for us to convince Americans to reject this corrupt regime? Does it make it more likely for us to defeat the Republicans? punchbowl.news/article/hous...
Cuellar to get his Approps post back
House Democrats are set to restore Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) post as the party’s top lawmaker on a key Appropriations subcommittee.
punchbowl.news
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
After getting pardoned by Trump, does reinstating a corrupt Democrat into a position of power help the Dem brand? Does it make it easier for us to convince Americans to reject this corrupt regime? Does it make it more likely for us to defeat the Republicans? punchbowl.news/article/hous...
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I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
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I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Love to put Christian orgs in the classroom as a matter of state policy
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Love to put Christian orgs in the classroom as a matter of state policy
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Arkansas soybean farmer on bailouts: "I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half."
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Arkansas soybean farmer on bailouts: "I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half."
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SCOTUS is essentially proposing to swoop in and shout "Fooled you! We're going to unwind the constraints, but not the delegation of power—even though you might not have accepted the delegation without the constraints."
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
SCOTUS is essentially proposing to swoop in and shout "Fooled you! We're going to unwind the constraints, but not the delegation of power—even though you might not have accepted the delegation without the constraints."
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Michigan’s secretary of state race is one of the most important in the country. With the seat open, extremists are already circling. We need a Democrat protecting voting rights in this battleground. Chip in what you can or just pass it along. Every bit helps.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Michigan’s secretary of state race is one of the most important in the country. With the seat open, extremists are already circling. We need a Democrat protecting voting rights in this battleground. Chip in what you can or just pass it along. Every bit helps.
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Unprecedented corruption
The President's son in law is part of the fucking bidding package!
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Unprecedented corruption
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1) This sounds like a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handed $10,000 checks to more than 20 Houston TSA agents at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday, thanking them for working through the 43-day-long government shutdown.
bit.ly/3LDBBAX
bit.ly/3LDBBAX
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1) This sounds like a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
2) Every federal worker suffered over the past 7 weeks. But if we pay some groups faster than others, and if one if the ruler’s chief courtiers delivers the money like a personal gift…it’s bad.
Like, basic-modern-state bad. Weberian bad.
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A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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The Roberts Court will go down in history as having upheld the desires of Donald Trump and the GOP, rather than its commitment to justice, precedent or the rule of law.
Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.
Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Roberts Court will go down in history as having upheld the desires of Donald Trump and the GOP, rather than its commitment to justice, precedent or the rule of law.
Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.
Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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Heh.
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Heh.
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DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power