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Vigilante Nation: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235 Updates on the meritocracy: https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc

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David Noll @david.noll.org · Aug 12

How did we end up in a world where ICE agents are indistinguishable from the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on January 6?

VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...

My left hand holding a paperback copy of Vigilante Nation in front of a bookcase.

The cover reads:

"The electrifying story of American democracy and its enemies" -- U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin

Vigilante Nation

How State-Sponsor3ed Terror Threatens Our Democracy

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 4h

new learning management system

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 5h

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 12h

Ratio me. It’s a badge of honor. Oooooo yes I like it when you ratio me. Ooh now ratio me harder yessss. Now ratio me while the neighbors watch. Ok now wearing that costume. Yessss.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 5h

A masterpiece

David Noll @david.noll.org · 5h

It's going to a take a positive vision to turn the page on Trumpism, but love of country and rejecting authoritarianism are the starting point and I am 100% there for it.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 6h

The people who legislate this with their greed and apathy will burn this country down to rule the ashes. They show us this every day.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 6h

“Officials said that hundreds of people were at the bar when the shooting happened, and multiple victims and witnesses ran to nearby businesses to escape the gunfire.
At least four people were pronounced dead at the scene, and four others were transported to hospitals in critical condition.”

At Least 4 Dead in Bar Shooting in South Carolina, Sheriff Says

www.nytimes.com

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 8h

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

some of you need a reminder about engaging trolls

Sally Jenkins post sharing Caitlin Flanagan's "Don't Bet Against Bari Weiss"

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

and refusing to take directions from democratically-elected leaders

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

no doubt part of the objective there was to get the justice comfortable with appearing in right-wing outlets

David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

anyhow, there's genre of opinion piece that posits a difference between the Republican appointees who are open partisans and a bloc of "reasonable centrists." i think a justice serving as FNC talent kind of destroys that thesis.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

my goodness. there would be congressional hearings for years.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

the if-roles-were-reversed hypo is something like KBJ appearing in the intercept, but of course they have better editorial standards and nothing like FNC's reach

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 7h

interesting that justice barrett thinks it's appropriate for a judge to appear on a transparently partisan propaganda network like FNC

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 8h

This guy is going to lose his mind on Oct. 31.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 9h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

i love that that flag appropriates from multiple fascist flags

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

Aside from the obvious democratic benefits, these clubs seem really fun.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

the Justices' attitude in the upcoming tariff case will be a nice test of whether they have any self-awareness about their complaints about the administrative state (derogatory)

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

we should be honest and stop pretending that the constitution and laws provide any warrant for this capricious form of policymaking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

More tariff policy evolution — via one man’s whim.

$SPX $FXI

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d

Unbelievably, Antifa is demanding that "Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech"! These people have gone too far.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

damn i appreciate it

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

these radical lunatics are marching on DC on Oct. 18. i encourage everyone to come out and see what they're really about.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

but the craziest demand is the third one.

i'm reporting here in full, because you have to see it to believe it:

"no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

second--get this--Antifa wants you to believe that the President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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