Norm Ornstein
@normornstein.bsky.social
Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
Mine is means
Hey Norm, I got it in three today also :-) what’s your starting word? My secret word is orate
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mine is means
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Even Rod Dreher, who attended JD Vance’s baptism, is skeptical of the “Department of War’s” statement regarding Senator Mark Kelly. 1/ x.com/roddreher/st...
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Worth reiterating that what Trump tried to pull off with Halligan would, if successful, neutralize the Constitution’s appointments clause and allow him to install an endless series of insane and unqualified prosecutors without a single Senate vote. slate.com/news-and-pol...
It Turns Out Lindsey Halligan Was a Fake Prosecutor All Along
This fight is not over.
slate.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Worth reiterating that what Trump tried to pull off with Halligan would, if successful, neutralize the Constitution’s appointments clause and allow him to install an endless series of insane and unqualified prosecutors without a single Senate vote. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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No he can’t
Over several interviews, RFK Jr. told @michaelscherer.bsky.social about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he has crusaded against? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/rfk-jr-public-health-science/684948/?gift[…]8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No he can’t
Adam, unfortunately I think you know the answer. They are all moral cowards.
Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Adam, unfortunately I think you know the answer. They are all moral cowards.
I just re-watched The Princess Bride for the umpteenth time. A perfect movie. Thank you, @actualrobreiner.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I just re-watched The Princess Bride for the umpteenth time. A perfect movie. Thank you, @actualrobreiner.bsky.social
Frightening, dangerous, destructive, and utterly disgusting
Trump wants the MMR split. Kennedy rewrote CDC vaccine–autism language. Sen. Ron Johnson says it’s “time to apologize to Dr. Wakefield.”
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Frightening, dangerous, destructive, and utterly disgusting
American Gestapo
In California, a mother of eight who has lived in the country for 40 years was deported just one day after she reported sexual harassment by an ICE contractor on her case. This action was taken despite a judge’s order prohibiting it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
American Gestapo
Pete Hegseth is a disgusting monster
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Pete Hegseth is a disgusting monster
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November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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That’s the first eight from South Carolina!
Jim Clyburn has written a terrific book about the first eight Black Americans to serve in Congress and the parallels to today. I was honored to have a discussion with him about it. Watch it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
Book Talk: Rep. Jim Clyburn — The First Eight - with Norman Ornstein
YouTube video by Politics and Prose
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
That’s the first eight from South Carolina!
Jim Clyburn has written a terrific book about the first eight Black Americans to serve in Congress and the parallels to today. I was honored to have a discussion with him about it. Watch it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
Book Talk: Rep. Jim Clyburn — The First Eight - with Norman Ornstein
YouTube video by Politics and Prose
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Jim Clyburn has written a terrific book about the first eight Black Americans to serve in Congress and the parallels to today. I was honored to have a discussion with him about it. Watch it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCE...
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
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Exactly: beautiful and heartbreaking. Tatiana Schlossberg lived in privilege and used it well - to help people, help the planet. Even in her end of days she is using the platform her privilege makes possible to speak out against the evil her own relative is wreaking on Americans. God bless her.
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exactly: beautiful and heartbreaking. Tatiana Schlossberg lived in privilege and used it well - to help people, help the planet. Even in her end of days she is using the platform her privilege makes possible to speak out against the evil her own relative is wreaking on Americans. God bless her.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
Vicious inhuman monsters
On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vicious inhuman monsters
Once again, it’s about the grift
"US would take charge of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets and receive '50% of the profits from this venture.'
European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
tinyurl.com/yc7etnw4
European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
tinyurl.com/yc7etnw4
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
tinyurl.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Once again, it’s about the grift
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Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good old Woz. Good for him.