David Noll
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Vigilante Nation: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235
Updates on the meritocracy: https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc
Updates on the meritocracy: https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc
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David Noll
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· Aug 12
How did we end up in a world where ICE agents are indistinguishable from the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on January 6?
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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Everything is an opportunity to do a Reichstag fire to these people
Suspensions are ricocheting around the legal immigration system in the last 48 hours. The broader picture so far has built out Trump's travel ban (the impact of which has been drowned out by other news).
Tl;dr: Miller and his team are working to block entire nationalities from getting legal status.
Tl;dr: Miller and his team are working to block entire nationalities from getting legal status.
The Trump administration has announced it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C. Here's what we know.
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Everything is an opportunity to do a Reichstag fire to these people
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Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
Some good ideas in the discussion here
If there is a Dem Congress and President, I think the best route is much simpler. Congress can pass, and the President sign, ordinary legislation declaring that Trump's pardons are void, and then strip courts' jurisdiction to review. And then send the cops to get them.
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Some good ideas in the discussion here
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Apologies. Didn't alt-text it. Here we go.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Apologies. Didn't alt-text it. Here we go.
I hope the best military and civilian lawyers up and down the chain of command don't think they're getting the John Yoo treatment.
This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I hope the best military and civilian lawyers up and down the chain of command don't think they're getting the John Yoo treatment.
When the Senate confirmed Hegseth, it had good information that he was an emotionally dysregulated drunk who had committed a horrific sexual assault. The war crimes are on every member who voted for him knowing exactly who he is.
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When the Senate confirmed Hegseth, it had good information that he was an emotionally dysregulated drunk who had committed a horrific sexual assault. The war crimes are on every member who voted for him knowing exactly who he is.
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i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
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🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Just once I would like to hear what contributions Stephen Miller thinks he has made to Western civilization.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just once I would like to hear what contributions Stephen Miller thinks he has made to Western civilization.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
I went to the parade with my kids and can confirm that the TMNT float was fire.
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I went to the parade with my kids and can confirm that the TMNT float was fire.
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
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Oh no, Ryan Lizza is behind the door we just unlocked and he's holding an essay!
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Oh no, Ryan Lizza is behind the door we just unlocked and he's holding an essay!
Two notes on this filing:
1. DOJ is embracing Katsas's "there was no violation of Boasberg's order" theory for the inevitable SCOTUS appeals.
2. No mention of Stephen Miller.
1. DOJ is embracing Katsas's "there was no violation of Boasberg's order" theory for the inevitable SCOTUS appeals.
2. No mention of Stephen Miller.
DOJ offers up Noem as the proper target of Judge Boasberg's contempt proceedings and acknowledges that Todd Blanche and Emil Bove devised the laughably false assertion that the court lacked jurisdiction to enter orders respecting planes outside the U.S.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Two notes on this filing:
1. DOJ is embracing Katsas's "there was no violation of Boasberg's order" theory for the inevitable SCOTUS appeals.
2. No mention of Stephen Miller.
1. DOJ is embracing Katsas's "there was no violation of Boasberg's order" theory for the inevitable SCOTUS appeals.
2. No mention of Stephen Miller.
DOJ offers up Noem as the proper target of Judge Boasberg's contempt proceedings and acknowledges that Todd Blanche and Emil Bove devised the laughably false assertion that the court lacked jurisdiction to enter orders respecting planes outside the U.S.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
DOJ offers up Noem as the proper target of Judge Boasberg's contempt proceedings and acknowledges that Todd Blanche and Emil Bove devised the laughably false assertion that the court lacked jurisdiction to enter orders respecting planes outside the U.S.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Looking forward to reading this one
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
papers.ssrn.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking forward to reading this one
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New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Love to take advice on racism from the guys with so much integrity they wear balaclavas to work
‘Racism is when you alert people to ICE’s presence’ - yard sign stealing guy. Honestly, we'd be embarrassed for him if he wasn't terrorizing our communities.
Hopefully, someone buys him a dictionary for Christmas!
Hopefully, someone buys him a dictionary for Christmas!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Love to take advice on racism from the guys with so much integrity they wear balaclavas to work
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Me, having been forwarded a .PDF of Ryan Lizza's substack:
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Me, having been forwarded a .PDF of Ryan Lizza's substack:
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what a weird way to think about the world dude
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
what a weird way to think about the world dude