Kate Jagger
@katwitdown.bsky.social
“But first, let’s kill all the lawyers”
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Kate Jagger
@katwitdown.bsky.social
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These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
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why are no national Democrats out on the street of Minneapolis taking a physical stand for democracy, rule-of-law, and basic human decency with The People risking their lives for their neighbors, for US?
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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This is who voted against establishing DHS
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is who voted against establishing DHS
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It's like they don't think they CAN lose a SCOTUS case
it’s like they’re trying to lose the tariff SCOTUS case
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It's like they don't think they CAN lose a SCOTUS case
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I have a working theory that the worst harms to public health have come from nerds discovering shrooms as adults instead of tripping like normal teens
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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This stems from the latent belief that the Americans who matter the most are rural and exurban Americans right of center. This, in turn, is the product of the Senate and the Electoral College.
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This stems from the latent belief that the Americans who matter the most are rural and exurban Americans right of center. This, in turn, is the product of the Senate and the Electoral College.
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
It depends if it’s libertine speech or not.
“First Amendment Zones” are Orwellian nonsense of the same vintage as “homeland security”
BRENNAN: Noem called on your to set up a safe zone where protest would be contained. Is that something you're looking at?
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It depends if it’s libertine speech or not.
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re: Stancil
nobody is allowed to argue with him online until the Twin Cities are safe, this is mission critical
January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
re: Stancil
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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just increasingly obvious that everything online Dems got excited about in casting Newsom as a “fighter” was simply the skilled efforts of a comms team who knows exactly what online Dems will fall for, while the man himself has a spine made of absolute tapioca pudding
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 11:48 AM
just increasingly obvious that everything online Dems got excited about in casting Newsom as a “fighter” was simply the skilled efforts of a comms team who knows exactly what online Dems will fall for, while the man himself has a spine made of absolute tapioca pudding
Oh there are so many additional boxes for me between green and blue
January 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Oh there are so many additional boxes for me between green and blue
That’s great! Far too many merely coopt without credit.
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
That’s great! Far too many merely coopt without credit.
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It's this (un-gated) article, with one of the central arguments now in my forthcoming book. It explains why the fed govt didn't have control over migration policy in the early republic/antebellum periods. One reason? Slavery.
Lunatics, Idiots, Paupers and Negro Seamen: Immigration Federalism in the Early American State
Why did it take the U.S. national government until 1882 to gain control over immigration policies from the states, and what does this situation say about the st
papers.ssrn.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
It's this (un-gated) article, with one of the central arguments now in my forthcoming book. It explains why the fed govt didn't have control over migration policy in the early republic/antebellum periods. One reason? Slavery.
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How it started ... How it's going
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How it started ... How it's going
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"'Take up your cross' just means 'lift, so you can dust beneath it'" - Bailey
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"'Take up your cross' just means 'lift, so you can dust beneath it'" - Bailey
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Now the crime boss wants other countries to pay him protection money.
fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...
fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board | Fortune
Critics are worried that Trump is trying to build an alternative, or rival, to the United Nations, which he has long criticized.
fortune.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Now the crime boss wants other countries to pay him protection money.
fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...
fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...
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I have some alarming news about what you signed up for at baptism, Father!
January 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I have some alarming news about what you signed up for at baptism, Father!
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The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:
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Has anyone seen Tulsi lately?
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Has anyone seen Tulsi lately?
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Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
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I keep thinking about them saying "haven't you learned [from Renee Good's murder]" and... they don't understand why people are still coming out after they've shown they can and will kill us, because they're cowards, and they don't understand what it's like not to be a coward
January 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I keep thinking about them saying "haven't you learned [from Renee Good's murder]" and... they don't understand why people are still coming out after they've shown they can and will kill us, because they're cowards, and they don't understand what it's like not to be a coward
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As a lawyer, I will fight for free and fair elections in court. Just as importantly, I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed about everything that is happening to democracy. No corporate overlords, no compromises, never bending a knee. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 18, 2026 at 2:24 AM
As a lawyer, I will fight for free and fair elections in court. Just as importantly, I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed about everything that is happening to democracy. No corporate overlords, no compromises, never bending a knee. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0