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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Sep 11

Historically, SCOTUS has been known for its formal briefs, oral arguments and detailed written opinions, all full of legal reasoning. However, every action SCOTUS has taken in Trump-related cases this year has instead been through its emergency — or “shadow” — docket, and federal judges are fed up.

Federal Judges Are Fed Up With SCOTUS

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 34m

In other words, "these rulings that give the president virtually unlimited power can not be used as precedent for the next president".

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23m

“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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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 5m

Projections aren’t transferable by political calculation.
Trump’s persona is a million-dollar artifact created by NBC, that caught some shiny, greedy, pushy archetype in the American psyche.
It will die with him.

Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 7m

What Jung would call “the shadow.”

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 16m

True!

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Dave Marshall @dkmarsh.bsky.social · 16m

"If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we had logically consistent, legally defensible reasoning behind our rulings."

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Euronews @euronews.com · 16m

The incident comes weeks after another incident that shook the archaeological community: the disappearance of a gold bracelet from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir that dates back to the era of the Third Transition.

Egyptian police seek rare pharaonic painting stolen from Saqqara tomb

The incident comes weeks after another incident that shook the archaeological community: the disappearance of a gold bracelet from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir that dates back to the era of the Third Transition.

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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 9m

This “president DJT” is some kind of cartoon character, right?

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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LeeB 🌊☠️🌊 @leebailey.bsky.social · 5d

This pic is still as fitting as ever.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 16m

We have to have some kind of cultural movement away from a society organized primarily around lying

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 17m

Despite the recent Gaza ceasefire and pledges to end the war, Netanyahu's government still faces charges of genocide in the International Court of Justice.
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Analysis: The Cause and Impact of South Africa's ICJ Case Against Israel - UNICORN RIOT

South Africa's landmark case at the ICJ, charging Israel with perpetuating genocide against the Palestinian people has sent shockwaves around the world.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16m

Like your argument here is literally “post hoc, ergo, propter hoc” and my point is that literally everything else you’d expect to see if inflation caused the election doesn’t seem to have happened

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 13h

Kushner and the Trump family used Saudi blood money to buy a billion-dollar Albanian island.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2h

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 15m

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 1d

The douchey face of utter incompetence.

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · Jun 21

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The Life & Crimes of Donald Trump - TrumpFile.org

Documenting the disinformation, chaos, and criminality of Donald Trump, his administration, and his allies.

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · Jun 19

Probability of 88 counties flipping red (with none flipping blue) & sweep of all 7 swing states, each one landing just above threshold for automatic recount:

Roughly 1 in 15 undecillion — 1 in 15 followed by 36 zeroes

1 in 15,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 10h

'Comedians react to Pam Bondi’s ‘cheat sheet’ during Senate hearing'

Arrogant, Incompetent, Unprofessional, Unprepared, Aggressive, Vulgar, Ridiculous, Lying, Corrupt ...

Do you know what these words have in common?

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Comedians react to Pam Bondi’s ‘cheat sheet’ during Senate hearing

YouTube video by CNN

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