Frank McPhillips
@frankmcphillips.bsky.social
Retired founding attorney of Maynard Cooper law firm; second career as citizen journalist; author of Alabama Covid Newsletter; passionate fan of the Crimson Tide and Atlanta Braves; alumnus of Phillips Exeter and Harvard.
Concentration Camp Labor
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
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July 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Concentration Camp Labor
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Trump's Constitutional Trump Card
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Trump's Constitutional Trump Card
Article II has a pretty big loophole, at least if you read it the way MAGA (and most of the Supreme Court) does.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump's Constitutional Trump Card
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I’m confused by all the headline references to a “shouting match.” I saw one side shouting and the other side getting shouted over when he tried to talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’m confused by all the headline references to a “shouting match.” I saw one side shouting and the other side getting shouted over when he tried to talk.
"Recoup the costs"
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"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
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February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Recoup the costs"
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Physician Senators, What Have You Done? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Physician Senators, What Have You Done?
They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting to confirm RFK Jr.
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February 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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From Robert Hubbell. Frightening.
Call it by its name: A coup.
February 1, 2025
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February 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
From Robert Hubbell. Frightening.
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well said, Pete Buttigieg
NEW: @democracyforward.bsky.social and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sue the Trump administration over Schedule F, an executive order that makes it easier to fire and replace civil service employees. The lawsuit alleges that the order violates the 5th Amendment and federal law.
Trump Administration Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Schedule F Order
Read more here.
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January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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If true, so much for only pardoning non-violent offenders. Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy & sentenced to 22 years in prison.
January 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If true, so much for only pardoning non-violent offenders. Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy & sentenced to 22 years in prison.
This is the way to defeat tyrants: "We shall fight with growing confidence ... whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Winston Churchill.
January 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is the way to defeat tyrants: "We shall fight with growing confidence ... whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Winston Churchill.
Trump won b/c he ran on symbols, not policies. He won b/c he attracted low-info voters who don't care about policy. Like LBJ, Biden was a Senate veteran who knew how to get legislation passed. He did it with a 50-50 Senate and a virtual 50-50 House. In conventional terms, Biden was successful ...
November 30, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Trump won b/c he ran on symbols, not policies. He won b/c he attracted low-info voters who don't care about policy. Like LBJ, Biden was a Senate veteran who knew how to get legislation passed. He did it with a 50-50 Senate and a virtual 50-50 House. In conventional terms, Biden was successful ...
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It's heartening to see more truth tellers and indie journalists migrate to Blue Sky and other platforms.
I hope this trend continues and these places make it more palatable for folks to leave X.
X cannot continue to be the dominant platform.
It has become the epicenter of misinformation.
I hope this trend continues and these places make it more palatable for folks to leave X.
X cannot continue to be the dominant platform.
It has become the epicenter of misinformation.
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
It's heartening to see more truth tellers and indie journalists migrate to Blue Sky and other platforms.
I hope this trend continues and these places make it more palatable for folks to leave X.
X cannot continue to be the dominant platform.
It has become the epicenter of misinformation.
I hope this trend continues and these places make it more palatable for folks to leave X.
X cannot continue to be the dominant platform.
It has become the epicenter of misinformation.
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Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.
November 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.