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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 7h

4/ www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 7h

3/…bc/the Reagan ad presented—in Trump words—a "serious misrepresentation of the facts, & hostile act," stems from that conceit wh/exists solely in his funhouse mirror impression of reality—& only from his deep embarrassment that his own policy diametrically opposes that of the GOP's beloved icon.
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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8h

2/Airing a TV ad quoting President Reagan's anti-tariff convictions meets none of those conditions.
So Trump's threat to levy an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods is beyond "boneheaded,"—it's hollow/wo/legal foundation/authority.

His decision to shut down trade negotiations w/Canada…

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8h

1/Congress' Constitutional authority to levy tariffs is delegated to the President only under certain specific conditions:
• National security threats
• Domestic industry injury
• Trade agreement violations
• International payment problems
• Discrimination vs. US commerce
• National emergency
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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's bombs/military escalations vs. Russian ally Venezuela—incl. moving aircraft strike force to Caribbean—might best be understood as tactic to pressure Putin to Ukraine negotiation.
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
@rhodesben.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social @rieckhoff.bsky.social #HeleneCooper

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Metal Dave @metaldave.bsky.social · 3d

This should be bellowed from the mountain tops.

eliseforcongress.com/2025/08/16/s...

Stefanik Honored as Member of Congress of the Year by New York State Young Republicans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, August 16, 2025 Albany, N.Y. – Today, House Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik accepted the Congresswoman of the Year Award by the New York State Young Republicans at...

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Blue Texan @hmdob.bsky.social · 3d

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 3d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

New York Republican group disbanded after racist group messages

It comes after someone leaked racist and antisemitic messages shared by young Republicans in New York and elsewhere.

www.bbc.com

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 3d

If delivering Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine so alarms the Kremlin that the very notion incites Putin to panic call the WH to preempt the Trump-Zelensky meeting, then maybe Russian strategists have determined that Tomahawks would give Ukraine just the edge it needs to drive the vicious invaders back.

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 3d

2/Above conversation is quoted from "Deadline Legal Blog's" video segment titled "𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑦'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙:"
[ www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-... ]

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 3d

1/Not that to Trump "the political ramifications of [his vengeance campaign] don't matter"—
as @markleibovich.bsky.social tells @alivitali.bsky.social [𝐴𝑛𝑎𝐶𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠: 10/21/25]—
but as 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 to any 2026 GOP/MAGA candidates thinking of jumping ship: 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌!

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 4d

2/ICE can make "vehicle stops" but "only if they" know "specific/articulable facts that reasonably warrant suspicion that the vehicle contains an alien(s) who may be illegally in the country."

ICE shall not tell the driver/occupant(s) that a stop is for any vehicle/traffic laws/regulations.
𝑂𝑝.𝐶𝑖𝑡.

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 4d

1/ICE cannot make traffic law stops:
"As federal law enforcement officers, ICE Officers lack federal statutory authority to
enforce state/local vehicle/traffic laws. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1357 (a)(4), (a)(5)/INA §§ 287(a)(4),
(a)(5).
Source: National Immigrant Justice Center
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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 4d

When Dems controlled WH, Senate & House (i.e., all the primary power centers of gov't.) they did nothing legislatively to prevent or even obstruct —hefty taxation dedicated to paying off the national debt? or to underwriting ongoing costs of the ACA?—pay-to-play, did they?

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 4d

& @atrupar.com
@HillaryClinton.bsky.social
Unnecessary to mimic destructivity of WH's current occupant by 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑑𝑜𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 Trump's Ballroom—better to 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 it creatively for other/better uses.

How might the next president & 1st Lady or 1st Gentleman 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 the addition & adapt it productively?

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 6d

"Aiming to…accomplish impossible but rational things."—Kushner

I'm no historian—so I wonder if any of @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social habitues know of any circumstance where this kind of wholesale transformation occurred without unconditional surrender/years-long occupation.
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New York Post @nypost.com · 6d

Kushner and Witkoff reveal how the Trump admin plans to disarm Hamas amid faltering peace deal

"You can't replace a corrupt government with another corrupt government," Kushner said.

nypost.com

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8d

Will you get yourself down to NJ & Virginia to campaign several days/galvanize voters in each state?

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8d

More for the previously mid-dots uninformed/ignorant;
mid-dots, also known as "interpuncts:"
"An interpunct ·, also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot, or centered dot…a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation…"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpu...)

Interpunct - Wikipedia

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8d

For those, like I, who are intrigued but uninformed re: "mid-dots" (apparently known to M-W as "end-of-line division dots"):
"dots that break up a word are known as end-of-line division dots…where the word can be broken if it doesn't fit on a line of text."
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/word...

How to Use Word Division Dots and Syllable Hyphens

A dot and a hyphen have meaning in the dictionary.

www.merriam-webster.com

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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 8d

"So's your old man!"

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 9d

& @ericswalwell.bsky.social
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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 10d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov. How strongly do Dems want to restore healthcare accessibility/affordability to middle-/working-class Americans?
(Will they pony up an arbitrating political price?)
Or do they prefer to keep the wedge issue rife/predominant?
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Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe a compromise lurking in Congress' empty halls:
• #SpeakerJohnson agrees to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva
• Dems promise not to push for Epstein files release
• Johnson/GOP hail #MarjorieTaylorGreene's Congressional leadership in brokering ACA tax credit extension/gov't re-opening

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 9d

#NoKingsOutcry seemingly vulnerable to MAGA/GOP saboteurs, rabidly/perfervidly/unswervingly avowed to violent/flaming disruption/subversion:
bsky.app/profile/zacs...

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 9d

What's likely "sophomoric"/"childish" is to pretend that MAGA/GOP will not infiltrate #NoKings rallies with goons/roughnecks/yobbos, who, cloaked in #NoKings trappings, will strive to disrupt peaceful protests; & will instigate/commit violence in attempts to subvert #NoKings outcries/demonstrations.

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 9d

What's likely "sophomoric"/"childish" is to pretend that MAGA/GOP will not infiltrate #NoKings rallies with goons/roughnecks/yobbos, who, cloaked in #NoKings trappings, will strive to disrupt peaceful protests; & will instigate/commit violence in attempts to subvert #NoKings outcries/demonstrations.

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 9d

All respect, but what might "rise to a different level“ for @mariannbudde.bsky.social—& even for @stephruhle.bsky.social!—for many, many others might very well sink—unnoticed/unrecognized/unremarked/unmourned—to swill in the bilge bottom.

Safe to say that #BishopBudde 's heart/mind/soul can "rise."

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 10d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov. How strongly do Dems want to restore healthcare accessibility/affordability to middle-/working-class Americans?
(Will they pony up an arbitrating political price?)
Or do they prefer to keep the wedge issue rife/predominant?
bsky.app/profile/zacs...

Isaac Seder @zacseder.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe a compromise lurking in Congress' empty halls:
• #SpeakerJohnson agrees to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva
• Dems promise not to push for Epstein files release
• Johnson/GOP hail #MarjorieTaylorGreene's Congressional leadership in brokering ACA tax credit extension/gov't re-opening

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