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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you rightly know guns are the problem regarding mass shootings in America then that problem is also "Republicans" refusing to pass common sense gun reform. If you think mental illnesses are causing mass shootings then providing medicare for all is the solution. Both would benefit all Americans.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

This is that "plenary" authority Stephen Miller was referring to in the now edited CNN interview. Arguing that the president's deployment of troops is unreviewable by the courts is arguing that his power is plenary.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Hamilton insists the president's decision is "unreviewable."

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 47m

A really great piece from my colleague @davidgilbert.bsky.social on Rutgers professor Mark Gray and the attacks against him from the right

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 7d

So much chaos, just to protect monsters in the Epstein files.

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 7d

Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Oliver Schopf @oliverschopf.bsky.social · Jul 18

President "Stable Genius" on international affairs

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#Trump #TheWhiteHouse #stablegenius #erratic #bouncy #castle #tariffs #Ukraine #Putin #dealmaker #cartoon #satire

Trump, erratic behavior, bouncy castle, stable genius, The White House, politics, tariffs, Ukraine, Russia, Putin, child

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 5d

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WIRED @wired.com · 5d

In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

wrd.cm

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

All of this 💯

There is no budget deal to be made until the unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis ends, & all of the lawless authoritarianism & illegal impoundment is ended & reversed. Otherwise, it’s just successful hostage taking.

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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 17h

Courts should assume every prosecution is tainted by Presidential interference

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 18h

“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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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 15h

Both Trump's (ongoing) "steal the election" insurrection and his accessibly hording classified documents in violation of the espionage act trials get rebranded as "official acts" by Joffrey Bozos Washillton Post.

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 8d

The Republicans-In-Name-Only party shutdown "their oaths to the Constitution which they've been actively abdicating themselves from representing" but all of the unconstitutional tariff taxation from an illegitimate executive persists for the citizens continued suffering? Bananas.

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Feb 28

By "America first" do they mean firsthand embarrassment by every American?

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 9d

"a war from within"

Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Jan 20

Added some more accomplices, co-conspirators, and insurrectionists on top of the CDI hire. Probably the scariest thing you will see all week unless you watch the constitutional crisis tomorrow.

Democracy dies in the darkness, unless we can keep it.

#TheInsurrectionIsOngoing

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Feb 14

If it wasn't treason before, it is treason now

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Aug 31

The "steal the election insurrection" started well before J6th w/Trump's fake elector scheme, his find the votes call, rallies repeating the big lie & Roger Stone organizing w/fake militias.

Technically the insurrection never ended bcz no legal remedy for inciters/aiders/comforters has been found.

Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · Mar 27

The very first Constitutional crisis of 2025 was 66 days ago, how many Constitutional crises are we at now?

#TheInsurrectionContinues #ConstitutionallyDisqualifiedInsurrectionist

A picture of Trump shaking hands with Chief Justice Roberts during his second inauguration except Trump is constitutionally disqualified from occupying the office of President due to his inciting and engaging in insurrection. The text over Trump reads:

Inciter of insurrection who retains insurrection status until Congress takes a 2/3 majority vote to remove that status

The text over Roberts reads:
Insurrectionist who provided aid and comfort to inciter of insurrection

The text over their handshake reads:
Constitutional crisis

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 12d

Trump "unilaterally" "declaring" "war" on peaceful Portland. Treason is never in season. What in the Epstein files is wrong with this illegitimate regime?

"Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against the[ United States] is guilty of treason…”

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 12d

There’s a reason I focused on Portland when I reported a big story on political violence two years ago. (1/4)

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 13d

Trump sentences himself and Stephen Miller to face federal capital punishment charges with new trumped up executive order signed yesterday.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

ICE is abusing/torturing/disappearing/killing people using our tax dollars and in our name.

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Deno Tas @deeznotez.bsky.social · 13d

Trump to face death penalty charges under executive order he just signed.