Ansley Skipper
@ansleyskipper.bsky.social
Writing @protectdemocracy.org. Fmr comms @accountablegop.bsky.social + Kaine for Virginia. Bylines @ The Bulwark, Tennessean.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Good journalism under authoritarianism:
1. stay away from “debate“ and “controversy”
2. don’t treat “official said x“ as a story in itself
3. call obvious lies what they are (or avoid them altogether)
4. center facts, not assertions
1. stay away from “debate“ and “controversy”
2. don’t treat “official said x“ as a story in itself
3. call obvious lies what they are (or avoid them altogether)
4. center facts, not assertions
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Good journalism under authoritarianism:
1. stay away from “debate“ and “controversy”
2. don’t treat “official said x“ as a story in itself
3. call obvious lies what they are (or avoid them altogether)
4. center facts, not assertions
1. stay away from “debate“ and “controversy”
2. don’t treat “official said x“ as a story in itself
3. call obvious lies what they are (or avoid them altogether)
4. center facts, not assertions
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This year our country and We, the People, have faced numerous trials and tribulations that will each serve as lessons for the years ahead. Read @ansleyskipper.bsky.social's recap of the 11 of the most important moments of 2025 here: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-our-democracy-survived-2025
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This year our country and We, the People, have faced numerous trials and tribulations that will each serve as lessons for the years ahead. Read @ansleyskipper.bsky.social's recap of the 11 of the most important moments of 2025 here: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-our-democracy-survived-2025
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I wrote about this dynamic back in July and, honestly, politicizing the DOJ has blown up in Trump's face even more than I anticipated: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/maga-disco...
MAGA discovers the downsides of a politicized DOJ
Jeffrey Epstein, trust, and the death of independent law enforcement
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I wrote about this dynamic back in July and, honestly, politicizing the DOJ has blown up in Trump's face even more than I anticipated: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/maga-disco...
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As it turns out, when you turn a well-respected law enforcement agency into a personal goon squad, *everyone* quickly stops believing their claims. Who knew?
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As it turns out, when you turn a well-respected law enforcement agency into a personal goon squad, *everyone* quickly stops believing their claims. Who knew?
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Want to learn more about how proportional representation is the simple and achievable solution? @ansleyskipper.bsky.social and Drew Penrose explain how we can make gerrymandering disappear: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-end...
How to end the forever redistricting wars
Gerrymandering is made possible by this one choice
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Want to learn more about how proportional representation is the simple and achievable solution? @ansleyskipper.bsky.social and Drew Penrose explain how we can make gerrymandering disappear: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-end...
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ICE & Border Patrol are targeting legal immigrants who are complying with their obligations to authorities. The repercussions will be felt by all of us, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social. Rather than instituting a new regime of "law and order," this strategy only serves to incentivize law-breaking.
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE & Border Patrol are targeting legal immigrants who are complying with their obligations to authorities. The repercussions will be felt by all of us, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social. Rather than instituting a new regime of "law and order," this strategy only serves to incentivize law-breaking.
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Concerns about lawlessness and disorder are why we have the legal immigration process — and why we have laws in the first place. Now, immigration enforcement is targeting people who follow the law. It will make all of us less safe, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Concerns about lawlessness and disorder are why we have the legal immigration process — and why we have laws in the first place. Now, immigration enforcement is targeting people who follow the law. It will make all of us less safe, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com
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Immigration law is extremely complicated. And it’s all the more confusing when the people enforcing the law seem to be targeting immigrants who have every reason to think they are doing everything right. www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Immigration law is extremely complicated. And it’s all the more confusing when the people enforcing the law seem to be targeting immigrants who have every reason to think they are doing everything right. www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
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"Whether this is a conscious strategy on the part of the Trump administration or not, the signal is being sent that following the law will put you in harm’s way." - @ansleyskipper.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Whether this is a conscious strategy on the part of the Trump administration or not, the signal is being sent that following the law will put you in harm’s way." - @ansleyskipper.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
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For decades, most Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—professed to support an immigration system that encouraged and rewarded people who followed the rules. Now we're punishing immigrants for following the rules.
@ansleyskipper.bsky.social on ICE: www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
@ansleyskipper.bsky.social on ICE: www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For decades, most Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—professed to support an immigration system that encouraged and rewarded people who followed the rules. Now we're punishing immigrants for following the rules.
@ansleyskipper.bsky.social on ICE: www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
@ansleyskipper.bsky.social on ICE: www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
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Free speech isn’t a partisan issue, write @ansleyskipper.bsky.social and Conor Gaffney. To protect it, we have to rein in the FCC, starting with a little-known censorship secret weapon: the news distortion policy. Read our latest briefing and subscribe for more: https://protdem.org/47Xz8Zl
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Free speech isn’t a partisan issue, write @ansleyskipper.bsky.social and Conor Gaffney. To protect it, we have to rein in the FCC, starting with a little-known censorship secret weapon: the news distortion policy. Read our latest briefing and subscribe for more: https://protdem.org/47Xz8Zl
It’s time to take away Brendan Carr’s secret weapon
Why the news distortion policy has to go
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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ICYMI: @raders.bsky.social and @ansleyskipper.bsky.social covered Argentina's enduring Perónism-style of politics that Trumpism is slowly beginning to resemble & how the Trump WH's unprecedented corruption could actually reveal a path forward for the U.S. Full discussion: https://protdem.org/3X2qqUD
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
ICYMI: @raders.bsky.social and @ansleyskipper.bsky.social covered Argentina's enduring Perónism-style of politics that Trumpism is slowly beginning to resemble & how the Trump WH's unprecedented corruption could actually reveal a path forward for the U.S. Full discussion: https://protdem.org/3X2qqUD
Come for @raders.bsky.social’s shirt, stay for Beau’s optimism.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/courage-ma...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/courage-ma...
'Courage matters'
Beau Tremitiere and Ben Raderstorf break down the ongoing domestic deployments, what they mean, and how we can push back
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Come for @raders.bsky.social’s shirt, stay for Beau’s optimism.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/courage-ma...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/courage-ma...
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Read @ansleyskipper.bsky.social on the National Guard deployment you're probably not paying much attention to — and why you should be following more closely www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/domestic-d...
@protectdemocracy.org
@protectdemocracy.org
Domestic deployment blues
The National Guard deployment to Memphis might be easy to ignore — don’t
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September 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Read @ansleyskipper.bsky.social on the National Guard deployment you're probably not paying much attention to — and why you should be following more closely www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/domestic-d...
@protectdemocracy.org
@protectdemocracy.org
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We rule that the mass executions may proceed while the larger Constitutional case works its way through the court system.
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
September 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We rule that the mass executions may proceed while the larger Constitutional case works its way through the court system.
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
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Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act. Donald Trump says domestic violence should not be considered a crime. Can the two parties find common ground?
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act. Donald Trump says domestic violence should not be considered a crime. Can the two parties find common ground?
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Courts are really clearing their throats in the past five days.
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Courts are really clearing their throats in the past five days.
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American politicians are unfathomably, remarkably old. And the likely explanation is clear: it's our electoral system.
Read this by @leedrutman.bsky.social. The gerontocracy is literally a policy choice. leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Read this by @leedrutman.bsky.social. The gerontocracy is literally a policy choice. leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Why America Has the World's Oldest Politicians
How our creaky electoral system created the most advanced gerontocracy on earth.
leedrutman.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
American politicians are unfathomably, remarkably old. And the likely explanation is clear: it's our electoral system.
Read this by @leedrutman.bsky.social. The gerontocracy is literally a policy choice. leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Read this by @leedrutman.bsky.social. The gerontocracy is literally a policy choice. leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
New from me, on the well-trod path of state and local resistance to federal government overreach — something we need more of these days.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
The long history behind Trump’s war against blue states and cities
States and cities have been resisting federal incursions for centuries
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
New from me, on the well-trod path of state and local resistance to federal government overreach — something we need more of these days.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
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There's nothing new about @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @governor.ca.gov standing up to federal incursions of liberty. In fact, they're tapping into a literally centuries-long tradition going back to the Fugitive Slave Act. @ansleyskipper.bsky.social explains: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
The long history behind Trump’s war against blue states and cities
States and cities have been resisting federal incursions for centuries
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There's nothing new about @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @governor.ca.gov standing up to federal incursions of liberty. In fact, they're tapping into a literally centuries-long tradition going back to the Fugitive Slave Act. @ansleyskipper.bsky.social explains: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-h...
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In today's Bulwark Podcast, @amandacarpenter.bsky.social talks Trump's Nvidia "deal" with @timmiller.bsky.social: "Authoritarian shakedown kind of stuff."
August 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In today's Bulwark Podcast, @amandacarpenter.bsky.social talks Trump's Nvidia "deal" with @timmiller.bsky.social: "Authoritarian shakedown kind of stuff."