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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 1h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 11h

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 2h

@jonfavs.bsky.social you are doing ads about colostrum? Seriously? Adult men taking colostrum?
Dude, that is gross.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

“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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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

The deal:

Give a dictator a luxury Boeing 747 jet and get an airbase on U.S. soil.

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Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2h

The Texas Gravy Seals jokes embarrassed Hegseth.

🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 3h

After commenters deriding the appearance of TX NG troops made photos of their deployment to Chicago go viral, the Texas Military Department quietly recalled and replaced them

For their appearance.

They didn’t send the Guard to serve.
They sent them to be seen.

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Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h

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."

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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.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sort of in love with you now.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

👇🎯 The dumb part isn't even the "ratio me" bit or the "horse race bet" framing. It that's everyone speaking out about Weiss bc she keeps offering the most transparent grift ever & we keep seeing folks fall for it. The hed is a total straw man.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 7h

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.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you for telling me that. I feel better. He’s such a reptile. I didn’t know anything about him prior to this administration. But I find him just as odious as Miller.

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Steve Johnson @stevevj.bsky.social · 1d

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

Democrats should NEVER have voted to confirm that fanatical bastard. But better late than never. (And yes, I know he would likely have been confirmed regardless).

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

This unwell man, who was President of the United States, is trying to rewrite history.

Nice try, Don. Biden wasn’t president on January 6, 2021. I would say even his own voters can’t be this gullible, but…

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently Vance’s, too. Not enough bad things can happen to J. Divans, and they can’t happen soon enough.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

We fired people we had no reason or budgetary need to fire and we actually screwed up and fired the wrong people and then rehired them the next day and all because of Chuck Schumer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

Very valuable and true thread.

Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 13h

The niche of my law practice is representing women, minorities and whistleblowers in vindicating their civil rights in employment.

Having done this work for years now, I have come to understand something that I feel like sharing this morning:

White people and Black people have a VERY different

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 7h

I am not saying it’ll be easy, or that perfection is possible. Weird gaps in employment, slips of the tongue, etc. I am just going to strive to not accommodate those people, ever. I am turning my back on those people, forever, as best I can. I am shunning them.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 8h

Such fucking horseshit. Especially for a court that has tossed precedent in the trash. I mean, fuck you, Amy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 8h

And she thinks she’s a good Christian. Of course, I suppose she might be right.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is TERRIFIED as NO KINGS PROTEST GETS BIGGER

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Trump is TERRIFIED as NO KINGS PROTEST GETS BIGGER

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, yes, I figured it out eventually. But so dumb

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

“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...”

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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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