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A lawyer, for better and worse. Committed progressive.
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Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
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Interviewed Erik Allen Ford, co-founder of Buck Mason, a brand I think is doing cool stuff at the moment. We talked about building a company around nerdy menswear products, Erik's love for vintage, and why so many great heritage brands have lost their way. pod.link/blamo/episod...
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WAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.
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VERY important point from my colleague Sam Bagenstos - the 2026 Senate races will determine the future of the Supreme Court and federal courts more broadly. Which means the 2026 Senate race in MICHIGAN could determine the future of the Supreme Court
"The election for Michigan’s next U.S. Senator ... may well decide which party has a majority in the Senate. And control of the Senate will determine the direction of our courts." David Jaffe and me in the Detroit Free Press today. www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
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Replying to @teslatakedown.com
In the last 24 hours, Elon added $5,423,645.66. New totals include: $13,131,789.48 vs @jamestalarico.bsky.social $6,308,848.86 vs @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social $5,117,111.82 vs @abdulelsayed.bsky.social $1,991,872.98 vs @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social $1,176,301.42 vs @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is emerging as a serial defender of foundational boundaries against a radicalised right, with Carlson combining a defence of Putin with a 'who cares' view of WW2 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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The Trump 45 administration was arranged around protecting Trump's ability to do crimes. The Trump 47 administration is much more aggressively committed to delegitimizing the whole *ideas* of crime and corruption for politicians. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
We’re about 2 months from every DOD employee going to a @reagan.com email address. 😂
Hegseth: "Enter a new core of cadets. To meet this critical need we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher ed institutions, including LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College."
How does private insurance work is, like who was president in 2020, one of the burning questions of our time.
Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."
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A portion of collection taken at today’s beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen will go to Catholic Charities USA. The Trump-Vance White House gutted the Church’s refugee resettlement program and just shut down a Miami shelter for migrant children that had operated since 1961.
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This is part of why Congress chooses to go to war.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAYS 'I WANT TO BE CLEAR: THE UNITED STATES NEVER TARGETS CIVILIANS. EVER', ADDING THAT WHILE IN WAR 'SOME CIVILIANS GET CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE', THE U.S. NEVER TARGETS THEM, AND SAYING THE COUNTRY THAT DOES TARGET CIVILIANS IS IRAN.
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NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
The guy is so obviously out of his depth. And insane.
“I will end that war in 24 hours. I’ll stop all those lives from being lost. There will be no more bombing of Ukraine and everyone will be happy. It wouldn’t even be tough because I know just what to say to each of them. It may not even take 24 hours.”
It’s a sign of how poisoned our politics are that you have Scott saying he’s too dumb or lazy to govern AI and Salazar making no effort to rebut these very valid points. They don’t think they have to convince anyone. They can do whatever they like and they’ll get every conservative vote
a lying, obfuscating and performatively memory-challenged Florida woman ran into a @jimdefede.bsky.social buzzsaw Jim keeps her honest with ease. take notes media. 🧢 @nycjim.bsky.social @whodat35.bsky.social
Just because Rick Scott is too dumb or too lazy to care, does not mean the rest is us need to be.
Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here."
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I think this is cover for the fact that their businesses are not sustainable and they need a plausible off ramp to decelerate
“.. It was a rare display of unity by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, who have been spending tens of billions of dollars to develop evermore powerful artificial intelligence models.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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