Doug Lindner
@douglindner.bsky.social
Democracy nerd, DC politics guy, public-interest lawyer, Jewish American. Live Free or Die. Views and puns solely my fault; everything else is fedsoc’s fault.
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Doug Lindner
@douglindner.bsky.social
· Dec 20
🧵HOW TO CALL CONGRESS AND FIGHT FASCISM 🧵
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Fix this 2028
The 125 countries that recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court at The Hague
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Fix this 2028
The unitary executive!
What a headline:
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan
(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The unitary executive!
lol @ SCOTUS not working for leo and koch.
lmao even.
lmao even.
Trump: “To Leonard Leo, Koch, and all of the Countries and Slimeballs that have ripped off the United States of America for years through the use of their own Tariffs, we don't have a Court System that's going to let you destroy our Country any longer.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
lol @ SCOTUS not working for leo and koch.
lmao even.
lmao even.
I’m sorry is Ryan Lizza really putting episode 2 of his own personal drama behind a paywall?
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m sorry is Ryan Lizza really putting episode 2 of his own personal drama behind a paywall?
On the one hand, Trump is a con man.
On the other hand, Trump is a mark.
On the other hand, Trump is a mark.
Russia is not winning its war in Ukraine
But Steve Witkoff has agreed to treat them as a victor
It’s a long Russian con to make America complicit — and it makes America weak, and corrupt
But Steve Witkoff has agreed to treat them as a victor
It’s a long Russian con to make America complicit — and it makes America weak, and corrupt
The “peace plan” for Ukraine is just a framework for Russia & the US to take assets away from Ukrainian recovery, and to ensure Russia evades accountability for war crimes
Europe can, and must, craft better with Ukraine
A point by point analysis of the shambles:
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
Europe can, and must, craft better with Ukraine
A point by point analysis of the shambles:
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On the one hand, Trump is a con man.
On the other hand, Trump is a mark.
On the other hand, Trump is a mark.
2020 was awful but then Trump lost and people forgot who was in charge in 2020
1929 was awful but Hoover stuck around for three more years and Republicans didn’t win another presidential election until 1952
1929 was awful but Hoover stuck around for three more years and Republicans didn’t win another presidential election until 1952
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
2020 was awful but then Trump lost and people forgot who was in charge in 2020
1929 was awful but Hoover stuck around for three more years and Republicans didn’t win another presidential election until 1952
1929 was awful but Hoover stuck around for three more years and Republicans didn’t win another presidential election until 1952
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One day after Trump called for her to be executed.
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
One day after Trump called for her to be executed.
Can’t unsee
Every photo of the speaker of the house makes him look like a muppet that escaped containment and made it to the real world
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Can’t unsee
I don’t know what her next act will be but please keep in mind you do not ever have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I don’t know what her next act will be but please keep in mind you do not ever have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene
Lol @ Republicans having to spend money in an R+19 special election because their president was BFFs with the world’s most notorious child rapist and his closest ally in Congress is almost eligible for her pension. May they get everything they deserve.
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Lol @ Republicans having to spend money in an R+19 special election because their president was BFFs with the world’s most notorious child rapist and his closest ally in Congress is almost eligible for her pension. May they get everything they deserve.
Wow she’s so principled
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wow she’s so principled
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Yet another example of SCOTUS relentlessly tilting the scales in favor of the Republican Party.
BREAKING: Justice Alito grants an administrative stay of the Texas redistricting decision below, while ordering the response due by Monday.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yet another example of SCOTUS relentlessly tilting the scales in favor of the Republican Party.
She was Just Asking Q-uestions
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
She was Just Asking Q-uestions
MTG is resigning from Congress effective 1/5/26.
Two things can be true:
1. She’s a bigot, a conspiracy theorist, and a fascist who never belonged there
2. It’s bad that she’s driven to do this after standing up to Trump one time, on the question of whether child molesters are bad
Two things can be true:
1. She’s a bigot, a conspiracy theorist, and a fascist who never belonged there
2. It’s bad that she’s driven to do this after standing up to Trump one time, on the question of whether child molesters are bad
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
MTG is resigning from Congress effective 1/5/26.
Two things can be true:
1. She’s a bigot, a conspiracy theorist, and a fascist who never belonged there
2. It’s bad that she’s driven to do this after standing up to Trump one time, on the question of whether child molesters are bad
Two things can be true:
1. She’s a bigot, a conspiracy theorist, and a fascist who never belonged there
2. It’s bad that she’s driven to do this after standing up to Trump one time, on the question of whether child molesters are bad
Can’t believe the MAGA justices would swoop in to rescue a Republican gerrymander
BREAKING: Justice Alito has temporarily blocked the Texas redistricting court's order, effectively restoring the newly drawn map, while the Supreme Court considers the petition. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Can’t believe the MAGA justices would swoop in to rescue a Republican gerrymander
Maybe Biden’s HHS secretary should have ordered the CDC to say that racism causes impotence, if that’s how the CDC works
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Maybe Biden’s HHS secretary should have ordered the CDC to say that racism causes impotence, if that’s how the CDC works
A properly functioning democracy would not allow Gmail to train AI on users’ private email data BY DEFAULT and take away critical longstanding features if you opt out
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A properly functioning democracy would not allow Gmail to train AI on users’ private email data BY DEFAULT and take away critical longstanding features if you opt out
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Apropos of this crap, a good friend who has been an immigration judge for years just got unceremoniously fired by email — another victim of the ongoing purges of those who believe in due process.
I am furious. Years of civil service ended by people who hate that an immigrant might win a case.
I am furious. Years of civil service ended by people who hate that an immigrant might win a case.
After renaming immigration judges as "deportation judges" (not what they're called by law), DHS, which acts as the prosecutor in immigration cases, is falsely claiming that people could do the job part-time "after hours"; except no, immigration courts are only open during the daytime.
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Apropos of this crap, a good friend who has been an immigration judge for years just got unceremoniously fired by email — another victim of the ongoing purges of those who believe in due process.
I am furious. Years of civil service ended by people who hate that an immigrant might win a case.
I am furious. Years of civil service ended by people who hate that an immigrant might win a case.
Vance called Trump “America’s Hitler”
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Vance called Trump “America’s Hitler”
The president should mind when major political leaders call him a fascist
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The president should mind when major political leaders call him a fascist
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The hill I’m willing to die on is that consumers should not have to OPT OUT. We should only have to opt in. This is fucking ridiculous.
Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The hill I’m willing to die on is that consumers should not have to OPT OUT. We should only have to opt in. This is fucking ridiculous.
every big Zohran Mamdani story is a reminder that personal charisma goes a long way in politics, a lesson Dems somehow did not learn in 2008
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
every big Zohran Mamdani story is a reminder that personal charisma goes a long way in politics, a lesson Dems somehow did not learn in 2008
I am going to wear sweatpants to the airport this weekend and there’s nothing you can do about it
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I am going to wear sweatpants to the airport this weekend and there’s nothing you can do about it
The road to fascism is paved by elites who find it inconvenient to cover fascists the way they’d cover conventional politicians
This piece normalizes the “temperamental president” and his threats to engage in extralegal punishment against New York City.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani’s meeting with Trump comes with a power disadvantage
The president has threatened to yank federal aid and send the National Guard to patrol the Big Apple.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The road to fascism is paved by elites who find it inconvenient to cover fascists the way they’d cover conventional politicians