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 🧵
The US Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Save that number in your phone.
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The US Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Save that number in your phone.
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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...
We used to have a consensus that some baseline morality mattered in this country
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We used to have a consensus that some baseline morality mattered in this country
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
The NATO treaty and UN Charter both make it illegal for the US to invade Denmark even *with* Congressional approval
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The NATO treaty and UN Charter both make it illegal for the US to invade Denmark even *with* Congressional approval
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
My home state of New Hampshire has an all-Democratic congressional delegation and has voted for a Democratic president five times in a row
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
My home state of New Hampshire has an all-Democratic congressional delegation and has voted for a Democratic president five times in a row
The median state is more Republican than the nation at large.
New England states look small on a map but New England provides nearly 25% of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
For every Wyoming, you need a Vermont.
New England states look small on a map but New England provides nearly 25% of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
For every Wyoming, you need a Vermont.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The median state is more Republican than the nation at large.
New England states look small on a map but New England provides nearly 25% of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
For every Wyoming, you need a Vermont.
New England states look small on a map but New England provides nearly 25% of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
For every Wyoming, you need a Vermont.
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
He also says he won in 2020
January 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
He also says he won in 2020
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.
What kind of brain-addled narcissist thinks they’re special for taking physical possession of an award someone else earned?
Could Michael Phelps become president of Venezuela in exchange for a few olympic medals?
Could Michael Phelps become president of Venezuela in exchange for a few olympic medals?
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
What kind of brain-addled narcissist thinks they’re special for taking physical possession of an award someone else earned?
Could Michael Phelps become president of Venezuela in exchange for a few olympic medals?
Could Michael Phelps become president of Venezuela in exchange for a few olympic medals?
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
You don’t need a “surgeon”. You just need Grok an exacto knife.
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
You don’t need a “surgeon”. You just need Grok an exacto knife.
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"