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
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🧵HOW TO CALL CONGRESS AND FIGHT FASCISM 🧵
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The most corrupt president of all time
Made possible by corrupt Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
Made possible by corrupt Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor.
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/aZqwY4o
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/aZqwY4o
January 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The most corrupt president of all time
Made possible by corrupt Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
Made possible by corrupt Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
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Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us.
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
Trump Is Making China Great Again
America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.
www.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us.
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
Do these idiots really not understand that the NATO alliance has more than one nuclear arsenal?
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Do these idiots really not understand that the NATO alliance has more than one nuclear arsenal?
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Greenland is defended by all of NATO, which includes the United States. Alliances are one way to defend your territory.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Greenland is defended by all of NATO, which includes the United States. Alliances are one way to defend your territory.
Speaking of Richard Epstein, he told us in law school that because of the 2/3 threshold in impeachment trials, anything the president does is constitutional as long as his party in Congress stands by him
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Speaking of Richard Epstein, he told us in law school that because of the 2/3 threshold in impeachment trials, anything the president does is constitutional as long as his party in Congress stands by him
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A Watergate every week.
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
A Watergate every week.
The most corrupt DOJ of all time
The most corrupt Attorney General of all time
The most corrupt President of all time
The most corrupt Attorney General of all time
The most corrupt President of all time
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The most corrupt DOJ of all time
The most corrupt Attorney General of all time
The most corrupt President of all time
The most corrupt Attorney General of all time
The most corrupt President of all time
Constitution says only Congress can set tariffs.
Constitution says only Congress can declare war.
But Republicans in Congress and Republicans on SCOTUS serve the mad king, not the people.
Constitution says only Congress can declare war.
But Republicans in Congress and Republicans on SCOTUS serve the mad king, not the people.
Trump threatens to hit us with yet more taxes www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump threatens tariffs on nations that ‘don’t go along’ with Greenland plans
The president’s comments come as a group of bipartisan lawmakers are on an official visit to Denmark — with the aim to show U.S. support for the NATO ally despite the administration’s push to annex th...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Constitution says only Congress can set tariffs.
Constitution says only Congress can declare war.
But Republicans in Congress and Republicans on SCOTUS serve the mad king, not the people.
Constitution says only Congress can declare war.
But Republicans in Congress and Republicans on SCOTUS serve the mad king, not the people.
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This is what happens when you give Dems the keys.
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This is what happens when you give Dems the keys.
Republicans are letting Grok into all classified and unclassified military systems
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Republicans are letting Grok into all classified and unclassified military systems
New England isn’t perfect but New England white voters are very different from white voters elsewhere and that fact is critical to keeping the Democratic Party viable
How White people voted by state according to VoteHub (Negative is Dem, Positive is Republican)
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
New England isn’t perfect but New England white voters are very different from white voters elsewhere and that fact is critical to keeping the Democratic Party viable
But ICE agents can hide their faces so that armed public servants are protected from exactly this?
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
But ICE agents can hide their faces so that armed public servants are protected from exactly this?
Presidents aren’t supposed to be able to do this without Congressional approval
Even if DOGE did not cut spending, it did eliminate a lot of federal jobs and grants.
How is this possible?
Federal personnel spending represents only about 5-6% of fed spending, so you can cut a lot of people - and capacity - without saving much. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
How is this possible?
Federal personnel spending represents only about 5-6% of fed spending, so you can cut a lot of people - and capacity - without saving much. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Presidents aren’t supposed to be able to do this without Congressional approval
146 million US citizens don’t have passports
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
146 million US citizens don’t have passports
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President Trump is once again threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, this time in Minneapolis. That would be a flagrant and particularly dangerous abuse of the Act—one that would threaten the rule of law and public safety alike. 1/13
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
President Trump is once again threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, this time in Minneapolis. That would be a flagrant and particularly dangerous abuse of the Act—one that would threaten the rule of law and public safety alike. 1/13
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is your country descending into lawless authoritarian anarchy? feeling helpless and overwhelmed? make sure to keep your focus on the real enemy: people with slightly different opinions about how the opposition party should word it's messaging.
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
is your country descending into lawless authoritarian anarchy? feeling helpless and overwhelmed? make sure to keep your focus on the real enemy: people with slightly different opinions about how the opposition party should word it's messaging.
Putin stole a Super Bowl ring once
Venezuelan opposition leader says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump
María Corina Machado called her meeting with the president ‘excellent.’
dlvr.it
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Putin stole a Super Bowl ring once
Why would you trust “experts” when you can instead trust a nepo baby with a brainworm who loves big dead animals and works out in jeans?
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Why would you trust “experts” when you can instead trust a nepo baby with a brainworm who loves big dead animals and works out in jeans?
Maybe we should call for, uh, "comprehensive homeland security reform"
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Maybe we should call for, uh, "comprehensive homeland security reform"
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
"They tell you it's immigrants, only immigrants. It's fucking ANYBODY."
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"They tell you it's immigrants, only immigrants. It's fucking ANYBODY."
MAGA judges are bad
Florida's preexisting supreme court is already nearly entirely DeSantis-appointed, and it has already made it pretty clear it's willing to disregard the redistricting criteria in the state constitution boltsmag.org/florida-map-...
Floridians Restricted Gerrymandering. Their Justices Are Retreating on Enforcing That. - Bolts
Florida’s supreme court blessed the 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts Amendments. Governor DeSantis wants to take advantage.
boltsmag.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
MAGA judges are bad
Imagine if a Biden cabinet member had said they were pursuing "new world order"
FOX BUSINESS: What can we anticipate from Trump's Davos speech?
HASSETT: There's gonna be some look at the new world order that President Trump is creating
HASSETT: There's gonna be some look at the new world order that President Trump is creating
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Imagine if a Biden cabinet member had said they were pursuing "new world order"
The problem with new feature popups is that i reflexively find my way out of any popup before even considering the possibility that it's worth reading
January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The problem with new feature popups is that i reflexively find my way out of any popup before even considering the possibility that it's worth reading
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Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters