Will Roth
@willr.bsky.social
Maxwell also told Blanche she specifically did not believe Trump spent any time at Epstein’s house:
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Maxwell also told Blanche she specifically did not believe Trump spent any time at Epstein’s house:
Here is how Maxwell answered when DAG Blanche asked about Trump and Epstein:
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here is how Maxwell answered when DAG Blanche asked about Trump and Epstein:
Super obvious case for the left to embrace privacy (specifically from corporate and police-state surveillance) as a core tenet of its politics
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Take Back CTRL
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October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Super obvious case for the left to embrace privacy (specifically from corporate and police-state surveillance) as a core tenet of its politics
The electoral college is a monstrosity that, among other issues, totally warps how Americans see each other
There are as many Republicans in CA as the entire population of Missouri. And nearly 3x as many registered Republicans as GOP votes he got in Missouri in 2024.
I hope all the blue-state GOPers remember this come midterms.
Our (bad) red-blue state thinking is screwing them.
I hope all the blue-state GOPers remember this come midterms.
Our (bad) red-blue state thinking is screwing them.
"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The electoral college is a monstrosity that, among other issues, totally warps how Americans see each other
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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I wrote about Trump’s missile strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, and about the secret Justice Department opinion that underwrites them. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Secretive Office Approving Trump’s Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wrote about Trump’s missile strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, and about the secret Justice Department opinion that underwrites them. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
To summarize: the United States is punishing Colombia for pointing out that the United States bombed a distressed Colombian fishing boat in Colombia’s waters?
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
To summarize: the United States is punishing Colombia for pointing out that the United States bombed a distressed Colombian fishing boat in Colombia’s waters?
So much of this was just pundits seeing the Fortune 50 executives they schmooze with lining up behind at Trump at the inauguration
Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?
lol. lmao.
lol. lmao.
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So much of this was just pundits seeing the Fortune 50 executives they schmooze with lining up behind at Trump at the inauguration
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It is impossible to understand the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act cases without the context that John Roberts has hated the Voting Rights Act since he was working to water it down as a 26-year-old Reagan staffer. This is his life’s work, and he can’t wait to finish the job.
Killing the Voting Rights Act Is John Roberts’s Life’s Work
As a 26-year-old Reagan staffer, Roberts was already convinced the Voting Rights Act had to go. He can’t wait to finish the job.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It is impossible to understand the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act cases without the context that John Roberts has hated the Voting Rights Act since he was working to water it down as a 26-year-old Reagan staffer. This is his life’s work, and he can’t wait to finish the job.
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"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students
Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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DOJ’s attempts to charge these cases in DC and LA have been resoundingly unsuccessful. Grand juries have rejected a huge proportion of the attempts to indict. One case in LA that went to trial as a misdemeanor recently ended in acquittal
“…arrest every person suspected of threatening or assaulting a federal law enforcement officer…”
New memo drop from AG Bondi
New memo drop from AG Bondi
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
DOJ’s attempts to charge these cases in DC and LA have been resoundingly unsuccessful. Grand juries have rejected a huge proportion of the attempts to indict. One case in LA that went to trial as a misdemeanor recently ended in acquittal
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
This is the way (and will lead to huge economic gains for NM)
Helluva gambit to make with Trump cuts coming but staking the benefit as
universal (and framing it as such to avoid the administrative burden of means-testing the wealthy out) is incredible. MLG is easily the best governor New Mexico's had in my lifetime.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
universal (and framing it as such to avoid the administrative burden of means-testing the wealthy out) is incredible. MLG is easily the best governor New Mexico's had in my lifetime.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Governor: New Mexico to provide universal access to child care
Currently, the state’s child care assistance program covers costs for families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.
www.santafenewmexican.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is the way (and will lead to huge economic gains for NM)
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State collapse.
"Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
State collapse.
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We're living through Redemption again.
The Air Force has offered full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, who stormed the Capitol as part of a mob seeking to overturn the will of voters and stop the democratic transfer of power. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt offered full military funeral, Air Force confirms
Babbitt, 35, was an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by Capitol police while protesting Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
www.nbcnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're living through Redemption again.
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We're still taking our shoes off & can't carry water past airport security because of a thwarted terrorist attack nearly a quarter century ago that killed no one. Last week a terrorist tried to murder hundreds of federal employees and killed an officer and the president hasn't said a word about it.
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We're still taking our shoes off & can't carry water past airport security because of a thwarted terrorist attack nearly a quarter century ago that killed no one. Last week a terrorist tried to murder hundreds of federal employees and killed an officer and the president hasn't said a word about it.
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You might think from the name that panpsychism is the belief that bread is conscious. And you’d be right.
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
You might think from the name that panpsychism is the belief that bread is conscious. And you’d be right.
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Two-hundred page account of the Trump administration’s effort to arrest, imprison, and deport foreign students who had the audacity to exercise their First Amendment rights. @knightcolumbia.org @aaup.org @mesa1966.bsky.social knightcolumbia.org/content/post...
Post-Trial Brief Supplies Comprehensive Account of Trump Administration’s Arrests, Detentions, and Threatened Deportation of Student Protesters
knightcolumbia.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Two-hundred page account of the Trump administration’s effort to arrest, imprison, and deport foreign students who had the audacity to exercise their First Amendment rights. @knightcolumbia.org @aaup.org @mesa1966.bsky.social knightcolumbia.org/content/post...
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The U.S. Army is being ordered to terrorize the American people.
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The U.S. Army is being ordered to terrorize the American people.
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I know anew outrageous thing happens every day but this is really truly up there. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/27/i...
Immigration attorney blocked from visiting ICE detainees at MDC Brooklyn
Guards at MDC Brooklyn federal jail, known for its horrific conditions and widespread violence, barred an immigration attorney from visiting ICE detainees, telling her they do not have a procedure …
www.nydailynews.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I know anew outrageous thing happens every day but this is really truly up there. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/27/i...
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Sadly not a new phenomenon. Many veterans have been deported over the years, often because of drug problems they acquired after PTSD from their time in the service.
Purple Heart veteran shot in action self-deports after old drug charge resurfaces: ‘Can’t believe this is happening in America’
Purple Heart veteran self-deports to South Korea after ICE threatened detention
After 48 years in the U.S. and having taken two bullets for the country, Sae Joon Park left for South Korea
www.independent.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sadly not a new phenomenon. Many veterans have been deported over the years, often because of drug problems they acquired after PTSD from their time in the service.
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A powerful post from @attackerman.bsky.social -- www.forever-wars.com/war-on-terro...
War on Terror Nightmare Arrives As Trump Bombs Iran
Just want to congratulate everyone who said Trump was the president of peace, didn't start any new wars, etc. Is there an antiwar party in America?
www.forever-wars.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A powerful post from @attackerman.bsky.social -- www.forever-wars.com/war-on-terro...
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One thing I think it important to internalize is that the government can act unlawfully and unconstitutionally, as here, without there being any redress in court, as is unlikely here. The Executive Branch is largely supposed to police itself. This one doesn't.
This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One thing I think it important to internalize is that the government can act unlawfully and unconstitutionally, as here, without there being any redress in court, as is unlikely here. The Executive Branch is largely supposed to police itself. This one doesn't.
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An absolute must-read from @attackerman.bsky.social
The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles
As police and the National Guard escalate against anti-ICE protesters, the Department of Homeland Security bridges US violence abroad and US violence at home.
zeteo.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
An absolute must-read from @attackerman.bsky.social