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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 29m

And the day’s still young.

Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 30m

When Kavanaugh writes his solo opinion saying the VRA was great then but unnecessary now, just remember

on the day the case was argued:

- ICE detained citizens based on skin color
- Gorsuch’s former clerk called the Minority Leader “Soros’ house slave”
- American Nazi flag in congressional office

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 50m

Law!

[read in the same voice as “The Aristocrats!”]

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 52m

Trump: "We're getting rid of problems that we didn't like but that were negotiated in but we didn't like. We're terminating those programs. And they're gonna be terminated on a permanent basis."

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 52m

Tell me again why chats full of prospective legislative staffers don’t matter.

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 59m

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 53m

That is, of course, not even remotely “the thing that matters.”

And it makes sense that Congress would want to know more details about how the President’s lust for murder is likely to, among other problems, cause international repercussions for American citizens.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: There are Republicans and Democrats concerned that they are not getting information about who is on those ships

TRUMP: Well, but they are given information that they are loaded up with drugs, and that's the thing that matters

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 59m

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2h

Another way to put this is that you have to throw a lot of spaghetti at the wall to find a rationale to say that a part of the constitution is unconstitutional.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 4h

I want to review the transcript and listen to key parts again, but what a messy argument, with both the conservative justices and arguing counsel on the side of Lousiana coming at the “problem” from all kinds of angles.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 4h

I want to review the transcript and listen to key parts again, but what a messy argument, with both the conservative justices and arguing counsel on the side of Lousiana coming at the “problem” from all kinds of angles.

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Scary Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 3h

Let's be fair to South Carolina, though. They're discriminating against Black people to diminish their political power because it benefits the white party. They're not doing it for some impermissible reason. That's the good type of racial discrimination, according to Sam & his friends. *Heavy sigh*

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2h

Let’s us hope that the opinion is assigned to someone whose efforts to declare part of the constitution unconstitutional are sufficiently embarrassing that the effort only gets him 3 friends.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 18h

I believe the couple is performing what’s known as a “Kavanaugh canter.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 1d

Sorta kinda the original originalism.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2d

THIS.

Much of the critical Voting Rights Act narrative critiques a strawman that doesn’t exist. The real VRA is relentlessly local, relentlessly fact-driven, and relentlessly effective in low-profile contexts.

That includes districts that never become cases, bc of compliance w/o litigation.

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 2d

Although the Callais case at SCOTUS involves a high-profile congressional redistricting dispute, important to remember that most Section 2 cases (2/3!) continue to involve local government bodies like city councils & school boards. - mostly challenges to at-large systems.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 2d

Also for all the Ds vs. Rs "political" stakes that people will play up over the next few days with Callais, important to remember that the overwhelming share of Section 2 cases involve non-partisan elections.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 2d

Although the Callais case at SCOTUS involves a high-profile congressional redistricting dispute, important to remember that most Section 2 cases (2/3!) continue to involve local government bodies like city councils & school boards. - mostly challenges to at-large systems.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly, tapping the sign.

Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · Nov 17

An awful lot of the Monday-morning democracy quarterbacks on here are imagining a team that didn’t have to run every congressional play through Joe Manchin.

I like the razzle-dazzle plays too, but you gotta have the personnel to execute them.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2d

Given what you’re describing, it’s possible you spelled it right the first time.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2d

I am breathlessly awaiting the next installment as if it were a Dickensian serial.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 2d

@colbertlateshow.bsky.social isn’t even going to have to change the channel to have enough material through the end of the season.

Fingers crossed that this gets lit up as much as it deserves.

Some NYPD officers worry about Mamdani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 3d

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

“Mine’s a three-part question”

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3d

“Alito has the opinion”

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

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

New library catalogue website.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3d

“Alito has the opinion”

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

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

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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