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Steven Brown
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Blue dot. Colorado 🏔️🌞 Truth seeker, democracy warrior and student of history. Birder, artist and passionately in awe of the cosmos.✨🌌🌌💫University of Colorado Political Science graduate. #JusticeMatters ⚖️ DO NOT obey in advance! No DM's.
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 10h
October 12, 2025
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October 12, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 10h
Is it Legal to Invade American Cities?
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Is it Legal to Invade American Cities?
A recording from Harry Litman's live video
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 2d
Trump Vindictively Indicts Letitia James
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Trump Vindictively Indicts Letitia James
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 1d
Federal judges are protecting We The People from a tyrannical president:
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 1d
James Comey, Letitia James & John Bolton: Not All Vindictive Prosecution Defenses Are Created Equal
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James Comey, Letitia James & John Bolton: Not All Vindictive Prosecution Defenses Are Created Equal
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 20h
This weekend, Trump said “the Biden FBI” placed 274 agents in the January 6 insurrectionist mob.

He wrote “If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies.”

But it ISN’T so: TRUMP was still POTUS until January 20. It was the TRUMP FBI.

Oops. Never mind. 👑 😳😵‍💫😎😟
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 15h
How Trump Is Making China Great
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How Trump Is Making China Great
Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 1d
October 11, 2025
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October 11, 2025
Spent the day with family and friends as we said goodbye to yet another summer.
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 1d
The WTF Presidency
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The WTF Presidency
How much worse will Trump get before serious 25th Amendment conversations begin?
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 2d
Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength
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Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength
Publisher's Roundup 39
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 2d
No Kings — Freedom (video)
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No Kings — Freedom (video)
Why protest is patriotic
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: Letitia James held Trump accountable & now he’s hijacking the DOJ to indict her in retaliation

This isn’t justice, it’s abuse of power

We will be amending our existing ethics complaint against Halligan & pursuing other legal measures

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2d
Trump is using unmerited criminal prosecutions & unnecessary National Guard deployments to push autocracy

But the courts are pushing back

I explain why he will fail in my NEW @contrariannews.org Publisher's Roundup 👇 -TN

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Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 3d
It's time to stand up, talk to your community about what's going on, and show up in numbers to resist tyranny and despair.

No Kings is October 18 and over 2000 events are planned across the country. Find one near you at nokings.org
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 3d
Colorado families soon will see huge increases in their health insurance premiums.

If folks can't afford care, that's life and death.

Congress must act NOW.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 3d
House Republicans described Trump’s tariffs as “short term pain” — and now working families across our country are footing the bill, paying increased costs for groceries, consumer goods & more.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that . . risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.” — Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut (Oct. 4, 2025).
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of Oregon National Guard for Portland Deployment
Read more here.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of Oregon National Guard for Portland Deployment
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d
Republicans want to be the party of healthcare? Open up the government. Put the subsidies back in place, and stop fucking with people’s health care.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d
Republicans, do your job. #TrumpShutUSDown
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d
Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3d
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 4d
In a democracy based on freedom and the rule of law, we don’t jail public officials—or anyone—because of policy disagreements. We need everyone to repudiate this nonsense because a president cannot act as a prosecutor, judge, jury and dictator.
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Steven Brown @bluephoenix718.bsky.social · 3d
Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video)
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)
Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4d
The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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