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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 14h

If you want to read 20,000 or so more words on how Trump has assaulted Congress’s power of the purse, and how Congress should fight back, I’ve got the law review article for you: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Crisis of Appropriations Law

<p><span>Appropriations law is a unique body of federal law. Appropriations law imposes its own somewhat baroque set of statutory interpretation principle

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 1h

You mean, you don’t think that she might change her mind on all these constitutional structure questions that she has spent her whole career thinking about

So cynical, Jerry

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4h

This is the post-January 6th world. The lies are their reality. It’s a broken reality in which no number of facts - or obvious observations - will make them give up a lie. In the end, there was no real accountability for January 6th, which was caused by lies. And so they continued on.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 4h

simple envelope theorem application

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 20h

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

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 21h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

So tempting to teach an online course in rhetoric by just using NYT headlines

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h

DON'T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 5h

That screams for so much follow-up about why, then, they aren't leaving the status quo in place in these cases.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Pope Leo: “With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t disagree! I just think it’s funny that someone famous who is getting her back up about the site ratioing her would retreat into that excuse when the alternative explanation is so obvious

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 6h

NEW

Prince Andrew to Jeff Epstein in 2011: “We are in this together”

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Guha Krishnamurthi @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social · 6h

But also like… the whole point was that Biden wasn’t president yet… it’s not some fact he got wrong, it’s at the core of the whole episode

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

Trump was POTUS on J6.

It was Trump’s FBI.

Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.

Trump’s lies are beyond insane.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

I have seen a lot of people say that blue sky posters are too reductionist and see everything in identitarian terms. In all honesty, I can’t say the criticism is always wrong.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 10h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 10h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

Right. Imagine giving Ben Shapiro Brendan Carr Elon Musk David Sacks Peter Thiel Jim Jordan Mark Thiessen Aaron Rodgers Hugh Hewitt Brett Stephens Brett Favre Joe Rogan Rudy Giuliani Jonathan Turley Jay Bhattacharya Scott Bessent Kevin Hassett CBS News. Same response on here.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

The presidency, the Supreme Court, and the Media

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 9h

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

Might it depend on the particular man in question?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 10h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 10h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 7h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 7h

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 7h

Good questions

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Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 9h

There’s a lot to say about Marks in this context! I talked about it a bit here - would love to see others analyze further!

www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/when...

When the majority disagrees on the shadow docket

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on [...

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 9h

Wow

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Trump has just said: Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 10h

Sounds very interesting!

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 10h

NYT WH writers for example

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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