Doug Lindner
@douglindner.bsky.social
Democracy nerd, DC politics guy, public-interest lawyer, Jewish American. Live Free or Die. Views and puns solely my fault; everything else is fedsoc’s fault.
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Doug Lindner
@douglindner.bsky.social
· Dec 20
🧵HOW TO CALL CONGRESS AND FIGHT FASCISM 🧵
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It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
Learned his lesson
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Learned his lesson
Losing Roe and losing voting rights are both happening because of SCOTUS. Can’t fix America without expanding the court.
2024 focus groups, disaffected & swing said "in 2020 you told us to turn out to stop MAGA badness, we did & still assaults happened." "Seems to me, Roe fell on Dems' watch." Southern voters: "Seems to me, anti-voter laws passed on Dems' watch."
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Losing Roe and losing voting rights are both happening because of SCOTUS. Can’t fix America without expanding the court.
Even Trump’s own people, even in this era of groveling, don’t actually believe Trump understands anything
“.. I haven’t spoken to the president about this yet,” he said. 🤡
@politico.com
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November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Even Trump’s own people, even in this era of groveling, don’t actually believe Trump understands anything
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The entire project here is so cynical. "We have to end foreign aid until we fix unemployment and bad schools!"
ok are you working to fix those problems?
"No."
ok are you working to fix those problems?
"No."
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The entire project here is so cynical. "We have to end foreign aid until we fix unemployment and bad schools!"
ok are you working to fix those problems?
"No."
ok are you working to fix those problems?
"No."
Bad taste, bad character, bad judgment, bad intellect. If Trump were a fictional character, the critics would complain that he’s too one-dimensional, too over-the-top, too entirely devoid of redeeming qualities.
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bad taste, bad character, bad judgment, bad intellect. If Trump were a fictional character, the critics would complain that he’s too one-dimensional, too over-the-top, too entirely devoid of redeeming qualities.
Republican leadership openly supports authoritarianism abroad as well as at home, and it’s ridiculous that anyone is still bothsidesing partisan threats to democracy, liberty, free speech, or national security
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Republican leadership openly supports authoritarianism abroad as well as at home, and it’s ridiculous that anyone is still bothsidesing partisan threats to democracy, liberty, free speech, or national security
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amazing how quickly Bezos has turned the WaPo editorial page from a well respected institution to a low rent clownshow that somehow makes the WSJ editorial page look sober and reasonable
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
amazing how quickly Bezos has turned the WaPo editorial page from a well respected institution to a low rent clownshow that somehow makes the WSJ editorial page look sober and reasonable
Wouldn’t it be easier to just be a good person and earn love from real humans
I know people think Musk only bought Twitter to help the rise of fascism.
While that’s important, I still think it’s secondary to his primary goal, which was to own the place where his fans praise him.
With AI, Musk’s use of the platform for love and validation is only getting more transparent.
While that’s important, I still think it’s secondary to his primary goal, which was to own the place where his fans praise him.
With AI, Musk’s use of the platform for love and validation is only getting more transparent.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wouldn’t it be easier to just be a good person and earn love from real humans
He’s been lying about his own bank accounts for decades and it got him this far
I guess the Trump economic plan is for him to just make up a bunch of numbers and lie every single day about them and hope at some point people will believe him instead of their bank accounts.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
He’s been lying about his own bank accounts for decades and it got him this far
I asked four different AIs a question any sixth grader with Wikipedia could easily answer, and they all got it wrong.
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I asked four different AIs a question any sixth grader with Wikipedia could easily answer, and they all got it wrong.
President who's currently in court fighting to starve 40 million Americans entitled to food assistance while bulldozing the White House to build a gilded ballroom with billionaire "donations" promises his agenda is popular
Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
President who's currently in court fighting to starve 40 million Americans entitled to food assistance while bulldozing the White House to build a gilded ballroom with billionaire "donations" promises his agenda is popular
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NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
When I set this reminder five years ago today, I did not expect it to be bittersweet
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When I set this reminder five years ago today, I did not expect it to be bittersweet
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
“Sure, he’s the most corrupt president of all time, but he got 49% of the vote so we must allow him to rule as king.” -John Roberts, probably
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Sure, he’s the most corrupt president of all time, but he got 49% of the vote so we must allow him to rule as king.” -John Roberts, probably
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marco rubio and elon musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
marco rubio and elon musk
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Guy who's killed 600,000 people so far this year needs a trillion dollars of other people's money to cement his control of a robot army
“My fundamental concern with regard to how much voting control I have at Tesla is, if I go ahead and build this enormous robot army, can I just be ousted at some point in the future?... I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” – Musk, arguing for $1T
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Guy who's killed 600,000 people so far this year needs a trillion dollars of other people's money to cement his control of a robot army
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling [by Elon Musk and Donald Trump] has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
JUST IN: Tesla shareholders officially green light a pay package for Elon Musk that could make him the world's first trillionaire.
Tesla shareholders endorse Musk pay package up to $1T
Tesla shareholders endorsed a pay package for Elon Musk that could make him the world's first trillionaire.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling [by Elon Musk and Donald Trump] has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
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"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
Freedom for sandwich guy, freedom for DC
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Freedom for sandwich guy, freedom for DC
When you’re definitely not an antisemite but getting invited to a Jewish dinner party is a nightmare scenario
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November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
When you’re definitely not an antisemite but getting invited to a Jewish dinner party is a nightmare scenario
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You might think Trump prioritizes billionaires over regular people because of corruption, but really he's just sentimental about how his best friend Jeffrey Epstein used to love private planes
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
You might think Trump prioritizes billionaires over regular people because of corruption, but really he's just sentimental about how his best friend Jeffrey Epstein used to love private planes
Meanwhile in America, Trump is trying to kill the clean energy industry because Big Oil gives him money
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Meanwhile in America, Trump is trying to kill the clean energy industry because Big Oil gives him money
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...