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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Fox News: People should be fired if they didn’t properly grieve the murder of Charlie Kirk

Also Fox News: We pay Brian Kilmeade lots of money because he’s brave enough to call for homeless people to be murdered
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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johnnybarbu.bsky.social
The more things change....
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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jamisonfoser.bsky.social
Elon Musk is not right about the fragility of our planet. RFK is not right about eating healthy foods. These concepts long preceded their malignant presence in the national discourse, and crediting them for being right about them is like crediting Jeffrey Dahmer for being right about the sum of 2+2.
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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heinrich.senate.gov
Harvey Milk served his country honorably — first in uniform, then in public office.

Taking his name off this Navy ship sends a clear message, and it’s one of disrespect and cruelty.
June 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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klasfeldreports.com
Covering the courts for nearly two decades, I've never seen a federal judge tell the government in exclamation-point-punctuating exasperation that an executive order violates the vision of the Framers.
klasfeldreports.com Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · May 27
Another federal judge STRIKES DOWN Trump's order targeting a law firm for political retribution — this time, using exclamation marks twice in the introduction to emphasize that the executive order is against the Founding Fathers' vision.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The cornerstone of the American system of justice is an independent judiciary and an independent bar willing to tackle unpopular cases, however daunting. The Founding Fathers knew this! Accordingly, they took pains to enshrine in the Constitution certain rights that would serve as the foundation for that independence. Little wonder that in the nearly 250 years since the Constitution was adopted no Executive Order has been issued challenging these fundamental rights. Now, however, several Executive Orders have been issued directly challenging these rights and that independence. One of these Orders is the subject of this case. For the reasons set forth below, I have concluded that this Order must be struck down in its entirety as unconstitutional. Indeed, to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!
May 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Slightly more seriously. It's crazy how the entire supposed constitutional theory of Trump 2.0 is that all power is vested in this single individual, down to every last tiny detail and whenever you ask him he's like "I have no idea; ask the lawyers"
May 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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chilwriter.bsky.social
Love Ana Navarro’s take: decider.com/2024/10/14/t...
‘The View’s Ana Navarro Says Trump’s True “Border Crisis” Is Happening On His Face: “If He Gets Any Darker, He’s Going To Have To Deport Himself”
“The biggest border crisis that Donald Trump is encountering at the moment is the border between his real skin and his bronzer.”
decider.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 6
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.

Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON, DC 20202 May 5, 2025 Dr. Alan Garber Office of the President Harvard University Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Dr. Garber, The Federal Government has a sacred responsibility to be a wise and important steward of American taxpayer dollars. Harvard University, despite amassing a largely tax-free $53.2 billion dollar endowment (larger than the GDP of 100 countries), receives billions of dollars of taxpayer largess each year. Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right. Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these "students" come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public? Harvard University has made a mockery of this country's higher education system. It has invited foreign students, who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the United States of America, to its campus. In every way, Harvard has failed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor. It had scrapped standardized testing requirements and a normalized grading system. This year Harvard was forced to adopt an embarrassing "remedial math" program for undergraduates. Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple and basic mathematics, when it is supposedly so hard to get into this "acclaimed university"? Who is getting in under such a low standard when others, with fabulous grades and a great understanding of the highest levels of mathematics, are being rejected? Harvard has even been embroiled in humiliating plagiarism scandals, exposed clearly and plainly in the media, with respect to your then… running the institution in a totally chaotic way. Harvard alumnus and highly successful hedge fund manager Bill Ackman noted that, under her leadership, Harvard has become "a political advocacy organization for one party." Ackman has called for the resignation of Pritzker, concluding that the "[t)he mismanagement here is Penny Pritzker" and noting that any serious corporation would have removed her after a litany of recent failings and the fact that, incredibly, "Harvard is not in a good financial position." According to Ackman, one of the world's foremost finance experts, Harvard's so-called S53 billion endowment is "massively overstated as far as what it's really worth," and Harvard has irresponsibly taken out $8 billion in debt. If this is true, it is concerning evidence of Harvard's disastrous mismanagement, indicating an urgent need for massive reform-not continued taxpayer investment. If Harvard prefers not to change, then Harvard should have no problem using its overflowing endowment to fund its bloated bureaucracy. At its best, a university should fulfill the highest ideals of our Nation, and enlighten the thousands of hopeful students who walk through its magnificent gates. But Harvard has betrayed this ideal. Perhaps most alarmingly, Harvard has failed to abide by the United States Supreme Court's ruling demanding that it end its racial preferencing, and continues to engage in ugly racism in its undergraduate and graduate schools, and even within the Harvard Law Review itself. Our universities should be bastions of merit that reward and celebrate excellence and achievement. They should not be incubators of discrimination that encourage resentment and instill grievance and racism into our wonderful young Americans. The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard's consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the fede… Federal Agencies. The Administration's priorities have not changed and today's letter marks the end of new grants for the University. These requests will advance the best interests of Harvard University, so it can reclaim its status as a respected educational institution for the future leaders of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Sincerely, Linda E. McMahon Secretary of Education
May 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
A mere eleven months ago, the mental acuity & fitness of Elderly American Presidents was The Defining Issue Of Our Political Age. But we don't hold both parties to the same standards for some reason.
larryglickman.bsky.social Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · May 4
If Joe Biden said this kind of word salad on "Meet The Press," I imagine it would be a major story. And this is one of his more coherent responses in an interview transcript that has to be read to be believed. (Link to complete interview in next post.)/1
I think what's--what is a great misnomer is the word `tariff' in many cases, it's not--to me, I don't view it as a tax. I view it as an incentive....But the thing that's not known is, i you look back and see, oftentimes, like China or Vietnam or other countries, not just China, because China's an abuser, but there are other abusers. Many of them are friends, the so-called--I say friend or foe, and friend is sometimes worse than foe. But what people don't understand is, and this is a lot, the country eats the tariff. The company eats the tariff. And it's not passed along at all.
May 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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bannerite.bsky.social
#MomSky Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know'
www.npr.org/2025/05/04/g...
Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know'
The president says a third term is "not something I'm looking to do," and the U.S. economy is in a "transition period."
www.npr.org
May 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
My eldest daughter Claudia once asked me why there isn’t a provision that says that convicted felons can’t be president and this was *exactly* my answer
georgehahn.com George Hahn @georgehahn.com · Apr 24
Never.
April 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/23/d...
April 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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westonjk.bsky.social
Reminder:
April 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Remember those piece of shit private security guards who violently dragged a woman out of a GOP town hall in Idaho back in February? They’ve finally been charged.
Six Men Are Charged After Woman Was Dragged From Idaho Town Hall
The plainclothes guards were involved in the forcible removal of a woman from a meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, prosecutors said.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
This is absolutely wrong. The naval academy cancelled a speech by a well known and inspiring guy because they want to protect their students from…. The truth?!?

How far have they fallen..

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship (Gift Article)
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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normative.bsky.social
In a way the tone is almost as frightening as the substance. The dissent writes like it understands the stakes, and what kind of regime we're on the precipice of becoming. The majority writes like it's hearing a case about whether rollerblades can be taxed as vehicles.
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 7
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
danagb.bsky.social
Sadly, I think this is legitimately the level of understanding most Trump supporters seem to have.
gabrielrega.bsky.social Gabriel Rega @gabrielrega.bsky.social · Apr 7
“If we buy more from them that must be because they’re cheating because we are the best”
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
He doesn’t want to hear the actual reason, either:

🇺🇸 doesn’t make the small cars 🇪🇺 & 🇯🇵 drive because of international specialization & all the other policies (gas/other taxes, public transportation networks, urban design, etc.) make it silly to buy Ford F-150s, Chevrolet Silverados, & GMC Sierras.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Apr 6
Even Hellsite has its moments. 👏🏼

@jonfavs.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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aedwardslevy.bsky.social
thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"
April 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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artcandee.bsky.social
Nailed it!
April 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
danagb.bsky.social
The willful hate within this administration is vile.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Apr 5
Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.

They think it’s funny.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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nickknudsenus.bsky.social
Yeah the world isn’t super happy with America’s president.
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
danagb.bsky.social
This is the type of language spoken by a predator and an abuser.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 3
Bessent: "One of the messages that I'd like to get out tonight is everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate, let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation."
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM