Damon Folmar
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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So many coverups.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So many coverups.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
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I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
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Not funny, but true: All tyrants eventually fall. But after that happens, the people and institutions that bowed down to them will never regain their reputations.
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Not funny, but true: All tyrants eventually fall. But after that happens, the people and institutions that bowed down to them will never regain their reputations.
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NEW: New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) has declined a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over the state’s full statewide voter registration list, citing state law and cybersecurity concerns. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New Hampshire Defies DOJ Push for Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
NEW: New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) has declined a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over the state’s full statewide voter registration list, citing state law and cybersecurity concerns. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🚨BREAKING: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals holds that voters and private organizations can no longer sue under Section 208 – the VRA provision that protects the right of voters with disabilities or language barriers to receive assistance at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Appeals Court Delivers Another Blow to Voting Rights Act
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🚨BREAKING: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals holds that voters and private organizations can no longer sue under Section 208 – the VRA provision that protects the right of voters with disabilities or language barriers to receive assistance at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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BREAKING: Robert Roberson’s attorneys filed two motions this morning asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his Oct. 16 execution and to hear oral argument to review the mountain of new evidence in his case never reviewed by the court.
Robert Roberson Asks Texas Court to Stay Oct. 17 Execution
86 Bipartisan Texas Legislators Support Roberson’s Innocence and Urge Application of Texas “Junk Science” Law to His Case
innocenceproject.org
July 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
BREAKING: Robert Roberson’s attorneys filed two motions this morning asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his Oct. 16 execution and to hear oral argument to review the mountain of new evidence in his case never reviewed by the court.
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This is well stated. Mike Lee will forever be associated in my mind with his unbelievably cruel and stupid tweets about the Hortman assassination. He is a disgrace to the Senate and Utah.
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is well stated. Mike Lee will forever be associated in my mind with his unbelievably cruel and stupid tweets about the Hortman assassination. He is a disgrace to the Senate and Utah.
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WOW. It’s now officially Elon Musk vs. Trump.
June 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
WOW. It’s now officially Elon Musk vs. Trump.
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I got a lot of death threats after I confronted Nancy Mace at a tech conference in DC and I guess it's nice to know that most of them were probably just from her and her bot army? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Nancy Mace ran bot army, had staff run fake accounts boosting her, report claims
South Carolina congresswoman previously accused four men of sexual misconduct in committee hearing
www.independent.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I got a lot of death threats after I confronted Nancy Mace at a tech conference in DC and I guess it's nice to know that most of them were probably just from her and her bot army? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up.
June 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up.
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WITAOD on the Bulwark podcast!
Welcome to the movement @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com!
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Welcome to the movement @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com!
open.spotify.com/episode/0UR4...
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge
The Bulwark Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
WITAOD on the Bulwark podcast!
Welcome to the movement @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com!
open.spotify.com/episode/0UR4...
Welcome to the movement @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com!
open.spotify.com/episode/0UR4...
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The Attorney General is so unserious.
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
April 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Attorney General is so unserious.
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
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Hard to imagine a better podcast guest than @anneapplebaum.bsky.social right now. Something about the combination of spontaneous eloquence, a keen intellect, and a knowledge base as wide as the Urals. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Anne Applebaum: Everything Is a Game to Trump
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 04/18/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hard to imagine a better podcast guest than @anneapplebaum.bsky.social right now. Something about the combination of spontaneous eloquence, a keen intellect, and a knowledge base as wide as the Urals. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
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On the Sunday shows, Trump officials blame the media for fussing over the crash.
Ag Sec. Rollins rebukes @jaketapper.bsky.social: "Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out."
Econ adviser Hassett calls ABC's coverage "stories that your team is using to attack President Trump"
Ag Sec. Rollins rebukes @jaketapper.bsky.social: "Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out."
Econ adviser Hassett calls ABC's coverage "stories that your team is using to attack President Trump"
Amid market meltdown, Trump cabinet secretary defends tariffs as ‘new American order’ | CNN Politics
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins downplays the economic fallout from Trump’s tariffs and tells CNN’s Jake Tapper, “We will see in short order a really positive outcome from this.”
www.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On the Sunday shows, Trump officials blame the media for fussing over the crash.
Ag Sec. Rollins rebukes @jaketapper.bsky.social: "Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out."
Econ adviser Hassett calls ABC's coverage "stories that your team is using to attack President Trump"
Ag Sec. Rollins rebukes @jaketapper.bsky.social: "Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out."
Econ adviser Hassett calls ABC's coverage "stories that your team is using to attack President Trump"
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FYI, tomorrow we’re releasing a project that has been in the works for months and, I have to say, the timing of it is absolutely spectacular.
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
FYI, tomorrow we’re releasing a project that has been in the works for months and, I have to say, the timing of it is absolutely spectacular.
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Tip of the iceberg here www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/p...
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about tariffs and trade | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump made a series of false claims about tariffs and trade – most of which he has made before – in the Wednesday speech in which he announced a sweeping set of global tariffs.
www.cnn.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tip of the iceberg here www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/p...
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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Yasher koach, @booker.senate.gov! We're sending you strength (and energy!) in your 23rd hour on the Senate floor.
If there were ever a moment to try new tactics and take risks, this is it.
We expect more Democratic leaders to follow suit.
If there were ever a moment to try new tactics and take risks, this is it.
We expect more Democratic leaders to follow suit.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Yasher koach, @booker.senate.gov! We're sending you strength (and energy!) in your 23rd hour on the Senate floor.
If there were ever a moment to try new tactics and take risks, this is it.
We expect more Democratic leaders to follow suit.
If there were ever a moment to try new tactics and take risks, this is it.
We expect more Democratic leaders to follow suit.