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Piatto Delgatto

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · Apr 24

Another day in the ketchup mines

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 9d

New bench slap just dropped. They are coming at a truly astonishing rate.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 5h

🚨🚨🚨NEW JUDGE FARUQUI BANGER JUST DROPPED🚨🚨🚨

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Page 12, the conclusion:
This litigation and the delay caused by it could have been avoided if the government had simply gone to one of the other federal grand juries. That escape hatch remains open today. At any time, the government can short circuit this dispute by taking their federal charge before a federal grand jury. The question then is why are they now afraid to do so?

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 5h

Donating to any democratic candidate in the last decade is "providing material support to terrorism" now.

I volunteer for the next drone strike, I guess.

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Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social · 5h

ActBlue, Open Society, Indivisible—terrorists all.

Note how slipshod, confused, and ramshackle this project sounds even from quoted behind-the-scenes insiders. Miller WANTS it to sound maximally ominous and intimidating. The targets should hold their heads high and carry on.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 5h

Johnny Cash, a guitar slung around his neck, flipping the bird at the camera, an angry expression on his face. It's extremely punk.

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 5h

Christian ethics leaves no room debate Stephen Miller, only forgive him.

Motherearth889 @motherearth889.bsky.social · 12h

Great thread.
I especially liked, "You cannot debate professional liars like Stephen Miller. You cannot find common ground. Why? Because *they are too weak to be worthy of trust*. They can only be opposed."

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17h

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting thread

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 6h

I think the point of the government is to make people's lives better and not worse and this actually has a moral dimension that supersedes political expediency. Horrible things will happen under this admin no matter what anyone does, people don't need to be scared about them turning off the stove.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 8h

i don’t think we “have” to immiserate people. but the idea that voters must be protected from the consequences of their actions is not only incredibly, decadently precious but also fundamentally antidemocratic.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17h

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5h

Important discovery fight taking shape in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case.

The question: Can the government assert privilege to avoid handing over documents that may be relevant to a defendant's vindictive prosecution claim?

Abrego's counsel says no.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 5h

Francis Fukuyama: uh... 🤷‍♂️

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 5h

You know what I'm curious about?

States like Texas who consent to Trump sending their NG troops to other states.

I wonder what would happen if, say, Illinois sued Texas for consenting.

SCOTUS would have original jurisdiction and would have to take it out of the gate.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

Hot take: The Equalizer is good right wing art.

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 9h

Your honor, the defendant attested that my client's "momma is so fat her shadow has a data plan", which is defamation per se.

Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

The weird thing is that, by their own logic, the courts are "correct" in their deference to the executive.

We are living in a Schmittian republic now.

I fear that is the reality.

It is checked *only* by political constraints.

Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

The 9th circuit TRO appeal did not go well for Oregon today. Not sure how the 7th will address today's ruling, but the problem is not just SCOTUS. Circuit courts are regularly granting deference to executive as well.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

Me: What if we did patronage, but on a global scale, with no connection to electoral politics.

Fukuyama: ...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

NYT adds to @juddlegum.bsky.social's reporting about the billionaires that Scott Bessent is bailing out by propping up Javier Milei.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline. Funds at investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco are heavily invested in Argentina, as are investors such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, both of whom worked with Mr. Bessent when he was an investor for George Soros.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 6h

A very weird detail in this WSJ story about Trump’s weaponization of DOJ and FBI:

“Trump occasionally reminds aides about an incident last year in which Trump cut his hand on Bondi’s large wedding ring, causing him to bleed.”

…??

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

i’ll never get over this

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

That makes sense. Looking at primarily courts has been pretty bleak, despite transient victories at the district level. The race is against the (2026?) clock, to make political constraints irrelevant. I don't know how that goes, but feel like it's largely underrated as a possibility.

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

I like this sentiment, but struggle to see the winning. Help me.

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Piatto Delgatto @piattodelgatto.bsky.social · 6h

Epilogue: Ham sandwich situation. A grand jury doesn't know relevant code, except what "prosecutor" shows. Predicting dismissal before trial.