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Matt Stocum @matt.stocum.us · 11h

The greatest crime Trump has committed is making me support Bolton and Comey.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

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Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 13h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 21h

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I am surprised it took this long to get a proper Deadwood shout-out.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 1d

The word "Veritas" should also sue for defamation.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Shot ---> chaser

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

It us.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

"No, bartender, just put the chaser in the same glass as the shot. Much more efficient that way."

Clemens Vasters 🇪🇺🇩🇪 @clemens.vasters.com · 2d

Techmeme front page:

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

Obviously we are not creating the correct prompts.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

I don't have the bandwidth to make this case explicit. But today, Todd Bessent put Frank Bisignano in charge of IRS, in addition to Social Security.

Bisignano, at Social Security, gave Big Balls access to all our Social Security data.

Now he's in charge of IRS.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

"We are a smol team with several hundred billion dollars."

(Not an actual quote but oh lordy it coulda been)

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

That's a reason to not release the product, to not even make the product. If your lawyers advised it was okay to release the product, fire them. If you did not have lawyers to say this, fire the person who said you didn't need lawyers, hire some, then fire your whole team and pull the product.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

Imma pick 14 billion.

Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

The sad part is we are not even close to hitting the bottom.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

Every used car salesman in the world is laughing at how bad Mike Johnson is at lying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

MTG but you knew what I meant.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

MJT says we should save those "demonic sexual performances" for where they belong -- at the gym.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Bad Bunny rolling into the Super Bowl with a demonic sexual performance in Spanish.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing I've covered feels as distant from the future we got than Rand Paul's bipartisan 2014 push to bar police departments from buying surplus military vehicles. Now you see a (minority but loud) public demand for the troops to bring their cool stuff to Save Your Town

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

I used to get a chuckle out of the Third Amendment, ha ha what quaint 18th century tricornered hat problems to have, not so much anymore

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

area dort unaware of the fact that the founders didn't *want* soldiers in the streets

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Someone needs to tell MAGA the pedophilia calls are coming from inside the White House.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3d

Yes we should call them Nazis.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i think anyone taught by ilan wurman ought to ask the university of minnesota law school for their money back

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 3d

Truth!

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 3d

We've got one of those in green and red, right next to my regular freeway offramp. It's ugly during the day but it's amazingly hideously ugly at night,

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

Props are due to Gavin Newsom and the state of California, who laid the groundwork for much of the analysis found in this ruling—including by filing a legal brief in support of Portland.

The Tenth Amendment section, in particular, is golden—and may soon provide a guide to other occupied states.

Screenshot from ruling, which reads, in part:

“Put another way, Defendants ‘interfere[d] with the constitutional balance of power between the federal and state governments’ by federalizing state National Guardsmen for federal service when no statutory or constitutional authority permitted their federalization. Brief for the State of California and Governor Newsom as Amici Curiae, ECF 41-1 at 9.”

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