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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Space Lawyer @spacelawyer.bsky.social · 5h

"Wow, half of us got triple paychecks. Let's go and spend it now! Nothing bad will come of this."

Look forward to having to untangle that

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 5h

Taps the sign.

Why even go to the negotiating table when the president claims he can spend without appropriations and rescind appropriations at will?

Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 8d

I think it hasn't quite sunk in yet with the political class how much chaos there will be in a system where the executive branch can just spend however it wants, without regard to the will of Congress. I think at least some Democrats are starting to get it.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah but Hunter Biden did some stuff.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 7h

1991???

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 7h

On Thursday, the Senate unanimously endorsed amendments to the NDAA and seem set to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs.

To better understand the arguments for repeal, revisit Senior Editor @sranderson.bsky.social's two-part series, "How the 2002 Iraq AUMF Got to Be So Dangerous" below ⬇️

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 8h

It seems to be conflating this incident with a completely separate one a few days ago, although even then it’s reliant on DHS’s initial report on that earlier incident.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 9h

Not going to lie, this sounds terrible.

From the Wikipedia article for “Avengers: Doomsday”:

Premise

Fourteen months after the events of Thunderbolts* (2025), the Avengers, Wakandans, Fantastic Four, New Avengers, and the "original" X-Men team up to face Doctor Doom.

Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 18h

You can use this!
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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · Jun 13

This one might be better.

The painting "The Resurrection" by Bevenuto di Giovanni, showing Jesus rising from the tomb with the door of the tomb strewn on the ground, and several Roman soldiers lying unconscious on the ground. The words" BECOME UNGOVERNABLE" are superimposed at the bottom.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1d

All nonsense, of course, but if the point were to “give[] the minority a say” then the logic would require them to negotiate with Dems, not shut down the government and force them to swallow GOP priorities whole.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 1d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

Jade Helm?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

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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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

RIP

news.luc.edu/stories/news...

A Loyola Icon with an Enduring Legacy, Sister Jean Dies at 106

The Loyola University Chicago community mourns the passing of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, who died on October 19 at the age of 106.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, because in Peru’s constitution, a vice president can only be elected, not appointed, there is currently no vice president—since Boluarte had already become president. So if Boluarte is impeached, the president of Congress would become president of Peru!

Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

Boluarte herself became president when former president Pedro Castillo was impeached in 2022. She had been one of his two vice presidents. Castillo was arrested for attempting to overthrow Congress.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

Peru’s Congress is on the verge of impeaching extremely unpopular president Dina Boluarte. Peruvian media is reporting the vote is expected to be almost unanimous, which is astounding.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 2d

They’ve lost the plot on tradition and therefore what is “traditional,” it’s very frustrating. Read ANY pope discussing THE POOR.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 2d

That way it will make sense when Mary Magdalene doesn’t recognize the risen Christ.

Page Six @pagesix.com · 2d

Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast

Gibson's long-gestating sequel will start shooting in Rome, but with a completely new cast, an insider told Page Six.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 2d

A long time ago, I also noted this refusal to distinguish the abstract and the concrete in *certain* approaches to Catholic moral theology, in that case regarding the death penalty.
catholicmoraltheology.com/the-death-pe...

The Death Penalty is Abhorrent: A Response to Critics of “Capital Punishment Must End” | Catholic Moral Theology

catholicmoraltheology.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 3d

Be careful what you wish for.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 3d

*Maybe* the most charitable interpretation of what Bovino meant is they can stop someone based on reasonable suspicion, while skipping over that the lack of proof of legal status (supposedly anyway) then establishes probable cause. But I’m not inclined to give the benefit of the doubt!

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, for example that’s how Kavanaugh described it in his concurring opinion in the racial profiling case: ICE can briefly stop someone based on reasonable suspicion, then arrest them if they can’t provide evidence of legal status.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 3d

I know you’re going to be shocked…

Hartocollis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised in the Potwin neighborhood of Topeka, Kansas.[1][2] Her father was Peter Hartocollis, a Greek psychoanalyst and former director of Topeka's C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital.[3] Hartocollis graduated in 1977 from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature where she was a reporter at The Harvard Crimson. She has twice won the Front Page Award from Newswomen's Club of New York.[4]