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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 45m

Peak television

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2h

Well that’s the funny thing is that he’s put “procedural aggressiveness” as one of the metrics, which is a thing Schumer has been objectively top of the class on

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2h

Well there you go

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

Apparently

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

Congress can also pass a very brief amendment to 42 U.S.C. 1983 along the lines of “this also applies to federal LEOs”

Hell, you can even just have it apply to DHS employees if you don’t want to rock the boat at like FBI or BOP

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

Critically, this is a thing that could affect the resolution of lawsuits filed for constitutional torts committed *today*

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

It remains very funny to me that Rick Perry campaigned on getting rid of the Department of Energy, was nominated as its secretary in Trump I, apparently had some sort of “wait you guys do WHAT?!?” moment, and then just sort of white knuckled it in his office

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 22h

i keep on saying this but a randomly selected follower could almost certainly be a better secdef than hegseth

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

The Rick Perry

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

One very procedurally easy thing the next Dem administration can do is just have the AG say “we are not going to indemnify Bivens claims against federal LEOs who engage in willful constitutional violations”

If ICE guys want to do this, they can lose their house over it

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3h

Chuck Schumer has engineered a goverment shut down and has led the most obstructionist Senate minority in modern history

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 5h

1. schumer - perhaps unsurprisingly, the senate leader had the (joint) lowest score

the model credited him with being consistently pro trans rights, but little else

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 4h

Right like investigation literally couldn’t begin until Jan. 21

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 5h

Partisan affiliation is like the one thing you aren’t allowed to fire a probationary employee for

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Matt Kim @lawoftd.bsky.social · 14h

The innings will continue until morale improves.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20h

I love this image.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

Well, that’s a fair point

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

And it gets you into Valhalla

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

I say once again: if we’re doomed then you can shut the fuck up! There’s the benefit of being doomed! Take advantage!

Ed @ed3d.net · 21h

accounts with tens of thousands of followers do not get to "vent" or make shit up to panic their followers. there is no "but" after this sentence.

I do not have tens of thousands of followers but explicitly refuse to sow panic; these people can do likewise

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

I would believe this about George W. Bush or Mitt Romney!

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

This has happened multiple times

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

Like the guy is an obese 79 year old who has never exercised and eats like a 15 year old boy, his heart might be ok but it isn’t exceptional

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

So we think Trump knows this is a lie or so they also tell him this?

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

Answer is like 15 months from charge to trial on average. You would generally do some investigating before you charge, though this may be less true now

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

And what was the criminal act Donald Trump committee on television?