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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 2h

Pour one out

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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 2h

RIFS during a shutdown are illegal.

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov is accepting whistleblower reports to ensure accountability.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov/contact/tip-line

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 3h

@lsepper.bsky.social our turf

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Third Amendment reference!

Moreover, two of the Constitution's first ten Amendments articulate safeguards against the military: the Second Amendment-with its assurance that well-regulated militias would be prepared and armed to fight for the security of the states and the Third Amendment, with its prohibition on quartering of soldiers in times of peace.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 3h

Very strategic uncertainty

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

UPS says it is destroying parcels sent to US customers because the Trump administration is failing to process or clear the parcels through customs. In essence, no one can figure out what the applicable tariff rules are and how they are to be applied—amidst a deluge of contradictory tweets from Trump

UPS Admits ‘Disposing’ of Parcels as Trump Chaos Creates Backlog

The president’s tariff policy has seen countless packages getting lost in customs.

www.thedailybeast.com

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe change the name

Three-Card Johnson

Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 8h

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 4h

Nonvirgin olive oil maybe

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h

TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 4h

“Nothing to see here”

—Certain Court of Appeals judges

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Temple University Beasley School of Law @templelaw.bsky.social · 10h

We share the obituary of Professor Emeritus Henry J. “Hank” Richardson, III, known as “The Father of Black Traditions of International Law."

A pioneering scholar, advocate, mentor, and friend.

https://www.mcguire-services.com/obituary/Henry-Richardson

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 4h

ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

It’s OK, I have economically engineered grass inside to touch

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

I suspect Penn will sign up thanks to one of its top donors being one of the moving forces behind the compact, on which see today’s NYT op-ed page

gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

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I’ll never forget the first day of orientation, when the president or Provost or whoever it was told us all that when a struggling MIT student transfers to Harvard… You know the rest…

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 7h

Back when he was rising star, Paul Ryan told some journalist that he had considered going to the university of Chicago’s Economics PhD program and as I recall this was evidence of his brilliance and his engagement with Economics so

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 7h

I know that when you go to the ER with sniffles and they give you that Medicaid, it tastes so great

Finger on the pulse

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 8h

(phD to be sure – who knows if I could’ve gotten in as an undergrad)

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 8h

🤓😎

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 8h

This response to Linda McMahon from MIT’s president makes me proud to be an MIT grad

links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Trump says a lot of crazy things. I genuinely think there's something wrong with him. I wish his family would intervene... I don’t think anybody around is going to do it bc they’re benefiting from his dementia"

Full interview: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10h

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 9h

Good for MIT

Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 9h

MIT is the first school to formally reject Trump’s “Compact.”

(Of course a Massachusetts school is the first to say no! Y’all have always been a leader in education!)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Jay @rogueaiconstruct.bsky.social · 11h

It’s because of these assholes that I’ll be attending my first No Kings rally on October 18. I value my rights so much I’m doing what I think is the best course of action to preserve them, which is the opposite of “hating the country”.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 12h

En rouge next time

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 12h

💯

(with the proviso that his legal views on racial discrimination
rank up there as well)

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 13h

This is a lie. This "compact" punishes the criticism of conservative ideas and imposes ideological tests on faculty and students. If you can't defend your proposals on an honest basis, then your proposals are bad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 13h

@ryanenos.bsky.social is right to highlight this passage.

In my youth, everyone would’ve seen this for what it is – Soviet-style doublespeak

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 8d

Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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