Noah Dahl
noahdahl.bsky.social
Noah Dahl
@noahdahl.bsky.social
Self-deprecating handle (say it a few times fast). Pro-democracy. Focused on SCOTUS and the federal judiciary, but not exclusively so. Upside-down flag is a distress signal.
Pinned
Democratic leadership has again made a tragic miscalculation. They saw that voters turned out in force last week and thought it was because of the generic 'healthcare' issue.

No.

Voters showed up because they *finally* saw Dems fucking fighting.

Will they never understand....
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis

For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare

We will keep fighting
Missed the initial announcement, however for the first time in 15 years—since 2010, before Justice Thomas' disclosure scandal—the chair of the Judicial Conduct committee is not William Traxler or Anthony Scirica.

The new chair is Judge Timothy Tymkovich, a Bush II appointee.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reposted by Noah Dahl
In 1974, Gary Tyler was a Black student bussed into a newly desegregated Louisiana high school. When a white mob attacked his bus and a white student was killed, Gary was wrongfully sentenced to death by an all white jury.
Gary Tyler Spent 42 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn't Commit. Racism Put Him There. | ACLU
Tyler’s case shows how bias, fear, and discrimination drive wrongful convictions — and why confronting racial injustice in the legal system remains urgent today.
www.aclu.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
According to the Roberts court, none of the open corruption that Trump is committing is a crime, because there's no explicit quid pro quo.

Just one of the many terrible legacies of Roberts and the FedSoc 6.
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Noah Dahl
Senator, loss of employment is your recommended consequence for "war crimes"????
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Dimon on enabling Epstein when not in the public eye: 👍

Dimon on funding the Trump ballroom very much in the public glare: 👎

Banker's ethics in a nutshell
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Investigations are too often excuses for politicians to avoid action...and extensive work isn't needed when the crimes can be observed in real time in public.
Rep. Moulton in here says “Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”

Good baseline response. Not investigations. Not vague promises of accountability. Prosecution.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's the right message, but a little more anger wouldn't be inappropriate
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Signs of multiple* issues

(*it's 'fewer' lawyers Pete you pudding-brain)
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”

It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Reposted by Noah Dahl
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
seems suboptimal
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reposted by Noah Dahl
Margaret Sullivan discusses the abysmal ethics of NYT's Epstein coverage, including the paper's radio silence following disclosure of the fact that its lead Epstein correspondent was seeking money from Epstein. The corruption goes far in explaining NYT's editorially deranged Epstein coverage.
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Critics say Don Corleone extorted Hollywood bigshot Jack Woltz into giving his nephew the starring role. Others say it's just another day in the movie biz."
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?

"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
😡
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Don't care if he did. Anyone can write words on a piece of paper. There's no way any of this is within 100 miles of legal.

And if someone did give him a shield, prosecute them too.
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This—and they already were before we knew these details.

Dems don't have to (and shouldn't) be hysterical but they do need to stand strongly for the rule of law and talk frequently about this as the illegal act it is.
So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.

Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
International criminal tribunals are appropriate for those involved in this, starting with Hegseth.
Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime.

Even assuming an armed conflict exists.
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There is little else standing between Trump and the end of the American experiment. We should all be grateful for those judges standing up for the rule of law.
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reposted by Noah Dahl
Honest courtrooms are vital for every American.
Column: Be thankful for the judges upholding the law
On immigration alone, more than 100 federal judges — including many Trump appointees — have ruled that the administration’s actions violated civil rights or were otherwise illegal.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you act like a potted plant, why complain when you're treated like one?
Rumor is even GOP House members are sick of being treated like potted plants, with many more threatening early departure.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tax fraud is probably something we should care about in our elected representatives.
NEWS

The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A true polymath <eye roll>
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thanksgiving is winding down. We have now officially entered 'Elf' season. 🎉
a man in a green elf costume is screaming in a room with other people .
Alt: Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, jumping up and down excitedly
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Enough. All of it. Just stop.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM