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@jbrage.bsky.social
Lawyer, writer, (over) thinker. Interested in just about everything.
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I keep thinking about this: Since Trump refuses any transparency on WHOM he would reward for their Jan6 crimes, he is presumptively planning on paying off seditionists like Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes. Maybe @raskin.house.gov should file an update to his motion in this case.
Time to make Section 4 of the 14th Amendment famous, which explicitly bars the U.S. government from paying out or owing anything to insurrectionists. The text instructs that “all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” constitution.congress.gov/browse/amend...
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This is absolutely correct. Most politicians cared a lot about their reputations for honesty; they would of course spin and sometimes go over the line where it couldn't be backed up at all but very few politicians and no previous presidents would just outright lie all the time.
I am very tired of the stupid-savvy 'oh you think politicians were honest before Donald Trump' take, like yes there has in fact been a qualitative change in the way modern american politics have been conducted that is largely attributable to him, and is bad.
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This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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“Approximately 40,000 children born every year have some type of heart condition, Antaki said, but that isn’t a large enough number to incentivize medical device companies to invest .. “For that reason,” Antaki said, “our only option is federal funding ..” news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Replying to @annabower.bsky.social
The government’s objection directly contradicts the plain words of the UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: “The order properly requires the Government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador….” bsky.app/profile/anna...
The government refuses to answer an interrogatory that asks it to describe steps taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release. The government objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador…”
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