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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
What Garrett said.
vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Mar 26
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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When a Tesla dealership gets shot at they send ICE. When a school gets shot at they send thoughts and prayers.
March 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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jenniferlcroft.bsky.social
Our daughter Becky, a 28-year-old British tourist, has been caught up in the recent immigration crackdown in the US. What was meant to be a life-changing four-month backpacking trip across North America has turned into a nightmare.
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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jilldlawrence.bsky.social
"We know by now that laws, courts, judges, and the Republican Congress are no deterrent to Trump, and even less of an obstacle to Musk. And any wins, should we be that lucky, are already belated." Including SCOTUS today on USAID. My latest @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/time-for-i...
‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government
Don’t count on the courts to stop it.
www.thebulwark.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 5
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 24A831 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL. ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (March 5, 2025] On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds. The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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whodat35.bsky.social
Great work Supreme Court.
#SCOTUS #Fail
Editorial cartoon with a joke made paper cut out of the U.S. Constitution fashioned as a king’s crown with scissors on left side and a red tape dispenser on the right.
March 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Mmm
headline: us military removes words 'history, respect, dignity" from digital presence
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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altnoaa.bsky.social
I never thought the United States would be the first to surrender in the Russo-Ukraine War.

🇺🇸 These colors don't run.*

*unless Donald Trump is the President.
March 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Prediction: when shits starts to break, and they can't blame DEI any longer, they will say it is bureaucratic sabotage to embarrass Trump, rather than the consequences of the cutbacks they are making now.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
March 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨

Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
A black mobile billboard truck parked near the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in D.C. On the side and back of the truck, a LED screen reads: Are (were) you a government worker? ProPublica journalists want to hear from you. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips.
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM