Ā. Sömmer

Ā. Sömmer

@midmapdadenergy.bsky.social

Mark Twain said it well • Very amateur musician • Chiefs fan since 4th grade • Bourbon is nice • Pragmatist • Lawyer by trade

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When the Catholics were supporting Trump JD was just fine with it. The “right” (which is merely a term of art at this point) have used religion for DECADES. Trump went full Icarus. Their wings are melting.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance advises the Vatican to stay out of US politics

Unitary executive theory - if you don’t know what that is, it is well beyond time to catch up.

Missouri Independent@missouriindependent.com

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said Monday that President Donald Trump acted within executive powers when he launched an attack with Israel on Iran over the weekend. #moleg #mosen

Let them eat cake!

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troopsThe fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points.

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RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights? KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment

The level of propaganda flowing through Facebook is truly amazing. I have intentionally liked or commented on posts that are CLEARLY of opposing views just to see. So I get all angles. It is a candy store for the uncritical thinker.

These are the most pathetic “men” on planet earth.

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

The human rights abuses need to be talked about more than Trump’s wardrobe.

Ghoulie DiCaro@juliedicaro.bsky.social

BREAKING: “After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “

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All this talk about “reclassifying” what counts as a profession is a distraction from the real trend..women-dominated fields like nursing, teaching, social work, counseling, PA programs, physical therapy, are losing funding, while male-dominated sectors keep the capital flowing. This is Project 2025

The law is especially difficult to navigate when you don’t know how to follow the rules.

Harry Litman@harrylitman.bsky.social

HUGE development IN hearing for Comey selective prosecution motion, It turns out that the grand jury NEVER saw the operative indictment. Whole separate basis for dismissal. Standby for more.

This will happen in others as well.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems. "Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map." Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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If your city is next, mutual aid and neighborhood watch networks are the most important things to scale up, but whistles are a great tool to get people taking the first step. linktr.ee/apwhistles

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Bill Savage@rogersparkman.bsky.social

If reports that ICE/CBP swine will leave the Chicago area to terrorize some other place are true, might I suggest that we pivot too? Share our mutual aid/resistance knowledge with folks in Baltimore or wherever these swine go next? Send extra whistles, plus information about strategy? @dansinker.com

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Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

Okay, now is the time. Dems - release the filibuster on the CR, make the GOP pass it (they said they will…) and own the cuts. You stood up, they refused to negotiate. Cite air traffic as the reason to reopen the government, avoiding chaos in the skies because chaos in Congress is bad enough.

Barack is gonna put Trump into his grave if he keeps popping up like this. There is only one personality that can compete with Trump in American politics at the moment, and it’s him. And if there is one thing Trump REALLY hates, it’s Barack.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Obama: When he was asked to give the trump administration a grade, he said they deserved an A. These are the same folks who put secret war plans in a group chat. You don't think there's anything they could be doing better? No room for improvement?

The racist/classist language isn’t coded anymore. Just laying it out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program. SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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I believe I had that 👇

Ā. Sömmer@midmapdadenergy.bsky.social

Strategically the Dems should shut down the government. When you’re in a competition you have to maximize your leverage - and use it when you can. Like the Eagles using the Tush Push, the Dems should use what they have to win.

In the book 1984, which I don’t believe most people who say they have read it have actually read it, the government has an entire agency that just goes back and edits documents to match the current needs. This is precisely that.

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Millennial college had such a rampant binge drinking use that I’ve seen TWO adds for non-alc beer this week, for different companies, with celebrity men about my age looking cool and drinking fake beer. Millions in a semi-silent recovery.

Man, Trump is on a real legacy kick. All the talk about getting into heaven, comparisons to other presidents in posterity, wants to build a monument because he knows if he doesn’t build it no one will. Well, some MAGA will. They won’t get the idolatry of it. But they’ll make one.

Ripping the side off of the east wing of the White House to build a gold plated ballroom while state agencies alert those on the knife’s edge of poverty that they won’t get their SNAP benefits next month. I’m sure those people can eat cake.

Most of the reactions of his supporters are making fun of demonstrators. Not fear of violence. Because there is virtually ZERO violence, and when there isn’t a huge presence of federal armed personnel there is ZERO.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."

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What's it like for Republicans? You see that 7M showed up today with no violence and laugh because you think America doesn't have a king, but feel burning pride when 0.1M people show up and violently invade the Capitol. How does that brain disconnect happen?

Mike Johnson is double plus untruthing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)