Eric Blair
@protecttruth.bsky.social
Status Quo Politics is holding us back. Who will call for a big fight, and big change? The status quo cannot hold.
SCOTUS delenda est
SCOTUS delenda est
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Eric Blair
@protecttruth.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
The president can pardon criminal contempt in federal court.
Judges and the centrist lawyer types at places like @democracyforward.org should have long ago mapped out a strategy to get Noem in jail for lying and ignoring the law. I fear they don’t have one even now.
Judges and the centrist lawyer types at places like @democracyforward.org should have long ago mapped out a strategy to get Noem in jail for lying and ignoring the law. I fear they don’t have one even now.
Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied
Source: TAG24
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Source: TAG24
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Judge considers holding Kristi Noem in contempt of court over El Salvador deportations - NewsBreak
Washington DC - A federal judge has launched in inquiry that could result in potential contempt charges against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Ba
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November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The president can pardon criminal contempt in federal court.
Judges and the centrist lawyer types at places like @democracyforward.org should have long ago mapped out a strategy to get Noem in jail for lying and ignoring the law. I fear they don’t have one even now.
Judges and the centrist lawyer types at places like @democracyforward.org should have long ago mapped out a strategy to get Noem in jail for lying and ignoring the law. I fear they don’t have one even now.
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The key step to solve the problem: You must first identify all the root causes.
What has made it possible for the president to ignore the Constitution is that the corrupt Supreme Court has let him.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.
And it didn’t take much to kill it, did it? Just ignore it and it immediately doesn’t exist.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The key step to solve the problem: You must first identify all the root causes.
It is surprising how many people don’t seem to get that the American Constitution is already dead.
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It is surprising how many people don’t seem to get that the American Constitution is already dead.
Wow. Thread here. I don’t disagree. But one rarely sees someone called out so directly.
/10 I have no expectations of Palmeri. Pigs wallow. But some of the places that give her a platform have pretensions to journalism. I judge them for promoting her. Of course, journalism is rife with misogyny. Maybe they’re fine with calling colleagues whores.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Wow. Thread here. I don’t disagree. But one rarely sees someone called out so directly.
This is loser talk.
More precisely, it’s status quo talk. The political majority is on OUR side and we should use it for a better democracy.
More precisely, it’s status quo talk. The political majority is on OUR side and we should use it for a better democracy.
when my side is on top I'll violate the constitution the right way for good reasons!
the pardons are a done thing. All those pardons people paid Ray Blanton for stayed pardoned if they'd been served. Even Lamar! in planning the literal coup accepted that.
the pardons are a done thing. All those pardons people paid Ray Blanton for stayed pardoned if they'd been served. Even Lamar! in planning the literal coup accepted that.
If there is a Dem Congress and President, I think the best route is much simpler. Congress can pass, and the President sign, ordinary legislation declaring that Trump's pardons are void, and then strip courts' jurisdiction to review. And then send the cops to get them.
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is loser talk.
More precisely, it’s status quo talk. The political majority is on OUR side and we should use it for a better democracy.
More precisely, it’s status quo talk. The political majority is on OUR side and we should use it for a better democracy.
This is fine but if we want to do this we need Democratic leaders saying NOW that they are going to do it.
Building the political will to rebuild the constitution starts now. And no one is doing it.
Building the political will to rebuild the constitution starts now. And no one is doing it.
If there is a Dem Congress and President, I think the best route is much simpler. Congress can pass, and the President sign, ordinary legislation declaring that Trump's pardons are void, and then strip courts' jurisdiction to review. And then send the cops to get them.
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is fine but if we want to do this we need Democratic leaders saying NOW that they are going to do it.
Building the political will to rebuild the constitution starts now. And no one is doing it.
Building the political will to rebuild the constitution starts now. And no one is doing it.
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caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him
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Northwestern got cover for a harsh crackdown on student speech that would be struck down in any normal legal environment and they announced it late on a holiday Friday to minimize impact.
Real clumsy. I hope the parents speak their minds to the leadership about paying $96,000 a year to finance it.
Real clumsy. I hope the parents speak their minds to the leadership about paying $96,000 a year to finance it.
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Northwestern got cover for a harsh crackdown on student speech that would be struck down in any normal legal environment and they announced it late on a holiday Friday to minimize impact.
Real clumsy. I hope the parents speak their minds to the leadership about paying $96,000 a year to finance it.
Real clumsy. I hope the parents speak their minds to the leadership about paying $96,000 a year to finance it.
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Yong on the Atlantic under Goldberg
Ed Yong won the 2021 Pulitzer prize for his reporting in the Atlantic on COVID.
In private posts on IG last week, he told his followers they should unsubscribe, citing the magazine's decision to hire Jonathan Chait, and its coverage of trans issues/Gaza
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
In private posts on IG last week, he told his followers they should unsubscribe, citing the magazine's decision to hire Jonathan Chait, and its coverage of trans issues/Gaza
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yong on the Atlantic under Goldberg
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His magazine has some of the best writers around, but yes, he did his part.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
His magazine has some of the best writers around, but yes, he did his part.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
a good message for this week
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
a good message for this week
Happy thanksgiving. Thankful for all who are fighting the good fight.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy thanksgiving. Thankful for all who are fighting the good fight.
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Just want to reiterate: Lizza and Nuzzi's ethical lapses are not representative of the DC press corps, which includes a ton of tireless public interest reporters who actually care about holding powerful people accountable, including at trade pubs.
They deserve better owners and a better industry.
They deserve better owners and a better industry.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just want to reiterate: Lizza and Nuzzi's ethical lapses are not representative of the DC press corps, which includes a ton of tireless public interest reporters who actually care about holding powerful people accountable, including at trade pubs.
They deserve better owners and a better industry.
They deserve better owners and a better industry.
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
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anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.
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Ryan Lizza is doing Substack the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Ryan Lizza is doing Substack the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
Nooooo
I hope my whole family is ready for me to deliver a power point presentation on the Lizza/Nuzzi situation at Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Nooooo
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And why is Rachel Maddow out alone on this one?
I've been saying this Saturday! bsky.app/profile/froo...
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And why is Rachel Maddow out alone on this one?
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I’ll be discussing the Atlantics role in creating MAHA Friday for SBM.
Jeff Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic, is a villain who has helped create American fascism.
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’ll be discussing the Atlantics role in creating MAHA Friday for SBM.
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dems should be putting out new “dont follow illegal orders” videos every day, they should be replying to announcements of investigations of dems with new videos, they should be posting at hegseth to not follow illegal orders nonstop
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
dems should be putting out new “dont follow illegal orders” videos every day, they should be replying to announcements of investigations of dems with new videos, they should be posting at hegseth to not follow illegal orders nonstop
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I've paid attention in varying degrees to The Atlantic since roughly 1979/80, the start of my high school debate era. It's always frustrated me, albeit in different ways over time. I didn't hate the early years of the Goldberg era. But the last 5ish years have been tough. Canceling today...finally.
Jeff Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic, is a villain who has helped create American fascism.
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've paid attention in varying degrees to The Atlantic since roughly 1979/80, the start of my high school debate era. It's always frustrated me, albeit in different ways over time. I didn't hate the early years of the Goldberg era. But the last 5ish years have been tough. Canceling today...finally.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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They should dump Nuzzi and bring back the Teen Vogue political reporters group.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They should dump Nuzzi and bring back the Teen Vogue political reporters group.
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social says today
“It’s not that people respect the institution less now; people have always had plenty of scorn for Congress and for the people elected to it...”
I am not sure that is right. Elites respect Congress less now. Visiting delegations have less incentive to meet.
“It’s not that people respect the institution less now; people have always had plenty of scorn for Congress and for the people elected to it...”
I am not sure that is right. Elites respect Congress less now. Visiting delegations have less incentive to meet.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social says today
“It’s not that people respect the institution less now; people have always had plenty of scorn for Congress and for the people elected to it...”
I am not sure that is right. Elites respect Congress less now. Visiting delegations have less incentive to meet.
“It’s not that people respect the institution less now; people have always had plenty of scorn for Congress and for the people elected to it...”
I am not sure that is right. Elites respect Congress less now. Visiting delegations have less incentive to meet.
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According to Marcy Wheeler, anyone who’s concluded that Garland moved very slowly on Jan. 6 is a dumbass. Ya know, people like @ericholder.bsky.social, @weissmann.substack.com, @gtconway.bsky.social, @tribelaw.bsky.social, @adamschiff.com, @carolleonnig.bsky.social, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, etc.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
According to Marcy Wheeler, anyone who’s concluded that Garland moved very slowly on Jan. 6 is a dumbass. Ya know, people like @ericholder.bsky.social, @weissmann.substack.com, @gtconway.bsky.social, @tribelaw.bsky.social, @adamschiff.com, @carolleonnig.bsky.social, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, etc.