Brett Edkins
@brettkins.bsky.social
Policy & Political @ Stand Up America. Former Zbigniew Brzezinski aide, litigator, federal law clerk. Dad 🏳️🌈
2025 Blue Wave: Almost every county in Virginia moved towards the Democrats compared to the 2024 presidential election. Abigail Spanberger won by 14.6% -- Kamala Harris won VA by only 5.8%. (h/t Axios)
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
2025 Blue Wave: Almost every county in Virginia moved towards the Democrats compared to the 2024 presidential election. Abigail Spanberger won by 14.6% -- Kamala Harris won VA by only 5.8%. (h/t Axios)
How do we know the Supreme Court is broken and partisan?
Trump is losing cases in district and circuit courts 60% and 59% of the time, respectively, before judges appointed by Dems and Republicans.
But at SCOTUS, Trump only loses 10% of the time. 👀
New from @courtacctability.bsky.social 👇
Trump is losing cases in district and circuit courts 60% and 59% of the time, respectively, before judges appointed by Dems and Republicans.
But at SCOTUS, Trump only loses 10% of the time. 👀
New from @courtacctability.bsky.social 👇
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How do we know the Supreme Court is broken and partisan?
Trump is losing cases in district and circuit courts 60% and 59% of the time, respectively, before judges appointed by Dems and Republicans.
But at SCOTUS, Trump only loses 10% of the time. 👀
New from @courtacctability.bsky.social 👇
Trump is losing cases in district and circuit courts 60% and 59% of the time, respectively, before judges appointed by Dems and Republicans.
But at SCOTUS, Trump only loses 10% of the time. 👀
New from @courtacctability.bsky.social 👇
Factcheck: Cuts to food stamps hurt Red and Blue states equally. Check the map.
Politico’s headline assumes Democrats are moral and Republicans aren’t — that’s the real story. Republicans could grow a conscience and help starving people, but reporters give them a pass.
Politico’s headline assumes Democrats are moral and Republicans aren’t — that’s the real story. Republicans could grow a conscience and help starving people, but reporters give them a pass.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Factcheck: Cuts to food stamps hurt Red and Blue states equally. Check the map.
Politico’s headline assumes Democrats are moral and Republicans aren’t — that’s the real story. Republicans could grow a conscience and help starving people, but reporters give them a pass.
Politico’s headline assumes Democrats are moral and Republicans aren’t — that’s the real story. Republicans could grow a conscience and help starving people, but reporters give them a pass.
October 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
More from my anti-SAVE Act tour of North Carolina 😆
September 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More from my anti-SAVE Act tour of North Carolina 😆
I spoke with NC local news about Trump's attempt to disenfranchise millions of Americans with the SAVE Act, which would require citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in-person in order to register to vote. 69 million women don't have a birth certificate with their current name on it.
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I spoke with NC local news about Trump's attempt to disenfranchise millions of Americans with the SAVE Act, which would require citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in-person in order to register to vote. 69 million women don't have a birth certificate with their current name on it.
Thank you Jeanine Pirro for heroically protecting America from subway sandwiches, the true threat to our safety and security.
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thank you Jeanine Pirro for heroically protecting America from subway sandwiches, the true threat to our safety and security.
NEW: Texas Democrats are giving up.
With democracy and the 2026 election on the line, they’re folding.
If true, this is outrageous, cowardly,
With democracy and the 2026 election on the line, they’re folding.
If true, this is outrageous, cowardly,
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
NEW: Texas Democrats are giving up.
With democracy and the 2026 election on the line, they’re folding.
If true, this is outrageous, cowardly,
With democracy and the 2026 election on the line, they’re folding.
If true, this is outrageous, cowardly,
James Carville is right. (yes, I know that’s tough to hear)
In 2029, Democrats have to expand the Supreme Court and add D.C. and Puerto Rico as states to restore balance to the Court and Senate and reverse America’s decline into authoritarianism. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
In 2029, Democrats have to expand the Supreme Court and add D.C. and Puerto Rico as states to restore balance to the Court and Senate and reverse America’s decline into authoritarianism. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
August 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
James Carville is right. (yes, I know that’s tough to hear)
In 2029, Democrats have to expand the Supreme Court and add D.C. and Puerto Rico as states to restore balance to the Court and Senate and reverse America’s decline into authoritarianism. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
In 2029, Democrats have to expand the Supreme Court and add D.C. and Puerto Rico as states to restore balance to the Court and Senate and reverse America’s decline into authoritarianism. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump's response is to fire the person who creates the job statistics, in an obvious effort to cook the books.
August 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Trump's response is to fire the person who creates the job statistics, in an obvious effort to cook the books.
Biden's job record vs. Trump.
August 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Biden's job record vs. Trump.
In 2 memos as acting deputy AG, Emil Bove fired 7 FBI agents and 25-30 DOJ prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted January 6 insurrectionists.
Bove said those prosecutions can be "appropriately characterized...as...a grave national injustice."
Bove said those prosecutions can be "appropriately characterized...as...a grave national injustice."
July 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In 2 memos as acting deputy AG, Emil Bove fired 7 FBI agents and 25-30 DOJ prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted January 6 insurrectionists.
Bove said those prosecutions can be "appropriately characterized...as...a grave national injustice."
Bove said those prosecutions can be "appropriately characterized...as...a grave national injustice."
🚨The Supreme Court is letting Trump send 8 men, illegally deported from the United States, to war-torn South Sudan, where they may be killed or tortured.
This is not who we are.
Sotomayor’s dissent:
This is not who we are.
Sotomayor’s dissent:
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🚨The Supreme Court is letting Trump send 8 men, illegally deported from the United States, to war-torn South Sudan, where they may be killed or tortured.
This is not who we are.
Sotomayor’s dissent:
This is not who we are.
Sotomayor’s dissent:
House passes the big ugly budget.
Only 2 Republicans had the guts to oppose cutting Medicaid and health insurance from 17 million Americans and cutting food assistance from millions more.
Only 2 Republicans had the guts to oppose cutting Medicaid and health insurance from 17 million Americans and cutting food assistance from millions more.
July 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
House passes the big ugly budget.
Only 2 Republicans had the guts to oppose cutting Medicaid and health insurance from 17 million Americans and cutting food assistance from millions more.
Only 2 Republicans had the guts to oppose cutting Medicaid and health insurance from 17 million Americans and cutting food assistance from millions more.
Numerous, high-level judges and attorneys are standing by the whistleblower who says Emil Bove, Trump's judicial nominee to the 3rd Circuit, said DOJ should ignore court orders and tell the courts "F*** you."
More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
July 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Numerous, high-level judges and attorneys are standing by the whistleblower who says Emil Bove, Trump's judicial nominee to the 3rd Circuit, said DOJ should ignore court orders and tell the courts "F*** you."
More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Class action lawsuits are expensive and slow. They are no substitute for nationwide injunctions that can immediately halt the unconstitutional actions of a lawless president. #SCOTUS news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
June 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Class action lawsuits are expensive and slow. They are no substitute for nationwide injunctions that can immediately halt the unconstitutional actions of a lawless president. #SCOTUS news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Justice Jackson's dissent is a swan song for our democracy and the rule of law:
"It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Justice Jackson's dissent is a swan song for our democracy and the rule of law:
"It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
🚨The Supreme Court has ended nationwide acceptance of birthright citizenship.
Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, compares this to Dred Scott.
Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, compares this to Dred Scott.
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨The Supreme Court has ended nationwide acceptance of birthright citizenship.
Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, compares this to Dred Scott.
Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, compares this to Dred Scott.
Remember when Trump promised to keep us out of foreign wars…yeah…
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Remember when Trump promised to keep us out of foreign wars…yeah…
Reading Mary Beard’s history of the Roman Empire, and in an eerie parallel to today, the legislature had 2 main groups: power-hungry cowards sucking up to the emperor (Republicans) and ineffective, high-minded opponents (sadly, most Democrats).
Learn from history, or be doomed to repeat it. #books
Learn from history, or be doomed to repeat it. #books
June 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reading Mary Beard’s history of the Roman Empire, and in an eerie parallel to today, the legislature had 2 main groups: power-hungry cowards sucking up to the emperor (Republicans) and ineffective, high-minded opponents (sadly, most Democrats).
Learn from history, or be doomed to repeat it. #books
Learn from history, or be doomed to repeat it. #books
Amazing signs at No Kings protests today!
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Amazing signs at No Kings protests today!
The images of federal agents tackling and handcuffing Senator Alex Padilla should send chills down every American’s spine.
Full statement from the Not Above The Law coalition ⬇️
Full statement from the Not Above The Law coalition ⬇️
June 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The images of federal agents tackling and handcuffing Senator Alex Padilla should send chills down every American’s spine.
Full statement from the Not Above The Law coalition ⬇️
Full statement from the Not Above The Law coalition ⬇️
Supreme Court majority: Everyone in America, even immigrants, get due process. (See below)
Alito and Thomas, dissenting: For complex procedural reasons that we regularly ignore when we want to, we think immigrants should be deported to foreign torture chambers willy-nilly.
Alito and Thomas, dissenting: For complex procedural reasons that we regularly ignore when we want to, we think immigrants should be deported to foreign torture chambers willy-nilly.
May 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Supreme Court majority: Everyone in America, even immigrants, get due process. (See below)
Alito and Thomas, dissenting: For complex procedural reasons that we regularly ignore when we want to, we think immigrants should be deported to foreign torture chambers willy-nilly.
Alito and Thomas, dissenting: For complex procedural reasons that we regularly ignore when we want to, we think immigrants should be deported to foreign torture chambers willy-nilly.
Due process isn't optional in America—it's guaranteed.
The Trump Administration admits it wrongfully sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison without judicial review.
Now they must follow the Supreme Court's order to return him immediately.
The Trump Administration admits it wrongfully sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison without judicial review.
Now they must follow the Supreme Court's order to return him immediately.
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Due process isn't optional in America—it's guaranteed.
The Trump Administration admits it wrongfully sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison without judicial review.
Now they must follow the Supreme Court's order to return him immediately.
The Trump Administration admits it wrongfully sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison without judicial review.
Now they must follow the Supreme Court's order to return him immediately.