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David Ryan Miller

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Asst Prof American University (American institutions). Fmr. asst prof ETSU & UC-Riverside & Vanderbilt post-doc CSDI. WUSTL, URI, & GWU alum. Taylor Alison Swift is my muse. www.davidryanmiller.com

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David Raymond Miller is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 63rd mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1h

If anyone makes a amphibian Gadsden flag, I will be first in line to buy it

Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 2h

Courtesy of Ryan Cordell and Queer Media

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1h

Remind me again, to which branch of government does the Constitution grant the powers to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises" and "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations?"

(Hint: It's not the Article II branch)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 1h

Kind of seeing why Judge Perry, in just released opinion on nat'l guard deployment, finds it hard to credit gov't's assertions. see, e.g. pp. 10-11 of linked opinion noting "troubling trend of" gov "equating protests with riots" & criticism w violence.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1h

Reminder: you cannot mathematically discount something by more than 100% (unless you are paying the customer to take the product away).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 2h

I internally snarl every time I see National Guardspeople at Metro stops in DC so as to not let myself become numb to it.

It's not only not normal, it's also completely unnecessary and a performative stunt to promote authoritarianism.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

Also: I know we’re all over — including me: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials... — the troop deployment litigation in Portland and Chicago, but, don’t forget what is going on in D.C.

It’s now been more than two months since Trump authorized this.

Four National Guard troops, two leaning against the wall by the Dupont metro. None have anything to do, but they’re still here.

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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 2h

Your grandfathers fought in two world wars for your right to wear an inflatable penguin/chicken/frog/unicorn/dino suit.

Don’t let some dweebs who grew up on Call of Duty and Fox Late night intimidate you.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 2h

@jsievert.bsky.social different constitutional calamity, but at least one judge thinks even Hamilton, the biggest promoter of presidential power there was of the Founders, would not be on board with at least one part of Trump's project 🫠

bsky.app/profile/reic...

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

Reading this now. It’s the opinion explaining the reason for granting a TRO (the order came out yesterday) against the National Guard deployment in Illinois. It begins with a quote from Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers against the idea.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 3h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

“[T]he factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section 12406(3) [to send the National Guard to Chicago] simply do not exist.”

T any event, while decisions of the Ninth Circuit are "not binding" on this Court, Hays v.
United States, 397 F.3d 564, 567 (7th Cir. 2005), and the Court frankly does not agree that
"significantly impeded" is the same thing as "unable," the Court would still find that Plaintiffs
are likely to succeed on the merits even were the Ninth Circuit standard applied. As discussed,
there is evidence of protests, some of which have included acts of violence. There is also
evidence of property destruction, and discrete groups who have attempted to impede DHS
agents. At the same time, there is significant evidence that DHS has not been unable to carry out
its mission. All federal facilities have remained open. To the extent there have been disruptions,
they have been of limited duration and swiftly controlled by authorities. Pairing all this with
evidence that federal immigration officials have seen huge increases in arrests and deportations, see Doc. 13 at 34-35; id. at 34 n. 124, the Court concludes that even under the Ninth Circuit standard, the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section
12406(3) simply do not exist.

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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 2h

Courtesy of Ryan Cordell and Queer Media

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 3h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL71559895

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 2h

The Court, blocking Trump's deployment of Texas NG to Illinois: "not even the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one state’s militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

America’s children will be PROUD to sacrifice their Christmas toys in support of the GLORIOUS STRUGGLE to deport their own grandmas

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.
Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this

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Steven S Smith @profstevensmith.bsky.social · 3h

Many scholars and some senators have worked hard to straighten out twisted accounts of the Founders and the filibuster. Today's Senate Repubs can argue in favor of supermajority rules, but no one should believe their deliberately distorted, self-serving accounts of Senate history.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 4h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 4h

Coordination is hard. Broad-based, pro-democracy coalitions are really hard.

Yet, I’ve still been deeply disappointed by civil society—especially CEOs who’ve stayed silent even as their core business are threatened.

But I’ve also been encouraged by the boldness of some local and state leaders.

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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 4h

Some thoughts on where we are right now and the state of US democracy.

Trump is both deeply unpopular right now—and yet more politically powerful than during his first term, thanks to a pliant Congress and Supreme Court. That’s an uncertain, and dangerous, place to be.

Approval rating of Trump according to the Economist —he’s at -15%.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4h

Project 2029:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Also resharing @nicholasbednar.bsky.social's excellent primers on Reductions-in-Force laws. Reporters often ask me "is this legal?" which increasingly feels like a different question from "will the Supreme Court allow it?"
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/redu...
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Reductions in Force Challenges in the Federal Courts

The Supreme Court’s recent orders clear the way for the Trump administration to continue RIFs.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 5h

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 · 10h

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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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 6h

Unknown layoffs are happening at HHS. Unknown in terms of who and which agencies.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

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HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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