Tahfromslc
@tahfromslc.bsky.social
Retired lawyer and public policy analyst, leftist humanitarian. I don’t look like this anymore.
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BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
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Three-Judge District Court Unanimously Rejects Challenge to North Carolina Congressional Re-Redistricting on Intentional Racial Discrimination and Other Grounds electionlawblog.org?p=153271
Three-Judge District Court Unanimously Rejects Challenge to North Carolina Congressional Re-Redistricting on Intentional Racial Discrimination and Other Grounds #ELB
You can find the opinion at this link. The court has allowed an even greater partisan gerrymander by the state’s Republicans in an evenly divided state to be put in place than the earlier partisan ger...
electionlawblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Three-Judge District Court Unanimously Rejects Challenge to North Carolina Congressional Re-Redistricting on Intentional Racial Discrimination and Other Grounds electionlawblog.org?p=153271
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They got the excuse they wanted.
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
They got the excuse they wanted.
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FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
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This is the dude. Crowded field but he can separate himself cause he’s actually a fighter. Let’s go.
We can’t keep doing politics as usual. Utahns struggle to pay for housing while Trump & the GOP Congress play games with our healthcare & victimize our communities. It’s time for Democrats who will stand up & speak truth to power. That’s why I’m running for Congress.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usm...
Nate Blouin announces run for Congress
YouTube video by ABC4 Utah
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the dude. Crowded field but he can separate himself cause he’s actually a fighter. Let’s go.
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Obviously, moments like these put an already tense nation further on edge due to the increasingly fraught environment we live in, where political violence has become more routine, even over the course of the past year.
Hegseth Orders 500 More Troops to DC in Wake of National Guard Shooting
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Obviously, moments like these put an already tense nation further on edge due to the increasingly fraught environment we live in, where political violence has become more routine, even over the course of the past year.
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Let’s freaking go, Nate!
We can’t keep doing politics as usual. Utahns struggle to pay for housing while Trump & the GOP Congress play games with our healthcare & victimize our communities. It’s time for Democrats who will stand up & speak truth to power. That’s why I’m running for Congress.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usm...
Nate Blouin announces run for Congress
YouTube video by ABC4 Utah
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Let’s freaking go, Nate!
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The assault on democracy doesn't take a break, not even on Thanksgiving eve.
BREAKING: Federal judges are allowing North Carolina to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in the 2026 midterm election
www.courtlistener.com/docket/68059...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/68059...
Memorandum Opinion and Order – #216 in WILLIAMS v. HALL (M.D.N.C., 1:23-cv-01057) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER signed by CIRCUIT JUDGE ALLISON J. RUSHING, CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE RICHARD E. MYERS, II, AND JUDGE THOMAS D. SCHROEDER on 11/26/2025; that NAACP Plaintiffs' motion for a pre...
www.courtlistener.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The assault on democracy doesn't take a break, not even on Thanksgiving eve.
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Federal judges allow North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map that could flip a U.S. House seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump’s multistate redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.
Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat
Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Federal judges allow North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map that could flip a U.S. House seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump’s multistate redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.
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I wrote a whole entire article about how First Amendment cases like say Janus v. AFSCME (the First Amendment says you can't collect union dues) are laying the groundwork for full-on Lochnerism in the name of free speech!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Bizarro First Amendment
Welcome to the Second Lochner Era. Once again, the Supreme Court wields a great guarantee of liberty to nullify progressive governance. But this time its weapon
papers.ssrn.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I wrote a whole entire article about how First Amendment cases like say Janus v. AFSCME (the First Amendment says you can't collect union dues) are laying the groundwork for full-on Lochnerism in the name of free speech!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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DEAR DEMS: THIS IS HOW YOU GET MY VOTE—YOU PROTECT ALL OF US
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
DEAR DEMS: THIS IS HOW YOU GET MY VOTE—YOU PROTECT ALL OF US
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To love anything as much as the Democrats love listening to a guy being paid by nazis like Peter Thiel and Marcus Andreesen to tell them how to lose elections
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
To love anything as much as the Democrats love listening to a guy being paid by nazis like Peter Thiel and Marcus Andreesen to tell them how to lose elections
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You're like "hey why don't you listen to voters, find out what voters want to vote for?"
And Dem leadership is like "NO fuck you, this Thiel-funded thinktank is my friend. That's my emotional support Ezra Klein"
And Dem leadership is like "NO fuck you, this Thiel-funded thinktank is my friend. That's my emotional support Ezra Klein"
September 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You're like "hey why don't you listen to voters, find out what voters want to vote for?"
And Dem leadership is like "NO fuck you, this Thiel-funded thinktank is my friend. That's my emotional support Ezra Klein"
And Dem leadership is like "NO fuck you, this Thiel-funded thinktank is my friend. That's my emotional support Ezra Klein"
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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ap reports all 3 in critical, 2 guardsmen and 1 suspect
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
ap reports all 3 in critical, 2 guardsmen and 1 suspect
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President Trump says South Africa isn't invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami and will “stop all payments and subsidies” to the country over its treatment of a U.S. government representative at this year’s global meeting.
Trump says he's barring South Africa from participating in next year's G20 summit in Miami
President Donald Trump says he's barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year in Miami.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
President Trump says South Africa isn't invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami and will “stop all payments and subsidies” to the country over its treatment of a U.S. government representative at this year’s global meeting.
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Been reflecting on the wild rush to canonize him in the weeks that followed his death and shut out all proper appraisal of who he was, and I keep returning to this TNC piece. You cannot enforce martyrdom.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Been reflecting on the wild rush to canonize him in the weeks that followed his death and shut out all proper appraisal of who he was, and I keep returning to this TNC piece. You cannot enforce martyrdom.
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
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Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
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There is so much happening that could knock me off track, can drag me down, but queer people keep me centered, full of purpose, and — yes — even joyful.
I would not be me without all of you.
Thanks.
I would not be me without all of you.
Thanks.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There is so much happening that could knock me off track, can drag me down, but queer people keep me centered, full of purpose, and — yes — even joyful.
I would not be me without all of you.
Thanks.
I would not be me without all of you.
Thanks.
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry