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Making the commander in chief, someone w pardon authority, presumptively above the law themselves, is going to have much more pernicious effects than changing the way the Supreme Court is perceived has had.
It’s evident even now in the open corruption and extrajudicial executions of this admin
It’s evident even now in the open corruption and extrajudicial executions of this admin
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Making the commander in chief, someone w pardon authority, presumptively above the law themselves, is going to have much more pernicious effects than changing the way the Supreme Court is perceived has had.
It’s evident even now in the open corruption and extrajudicial executions of this admin
It’s evident even now in the open corruption and extrajudicial executions of this admin
Important to remember that none of these ppl actually like. Everyone around him is just using him.
Even if he did order some destroyed, there’s a good chance they’ll come out when he’s no longer useful to the ppl protecting him
Even if he did order some destroyed, there’s a good chance they’ll come out when he’s no longer useful to the ppl protecting him
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Important to remember that none of these ppl actually like. Everyone around him is just using him.
Even if he did order some destroyed, there’s a good chance they’ll come out when he’s no longer useful to the ppl protecting him
Even if he did order some destroyed, there’s a good chance they’ll come out when he’s no longer useful to the ppl protecting him
The second most 2025 story? campaignlegal.org/update/trump...
Trump’s Legacy of Pardoning Public Corruption
Trump's pardons hurt our democracy by removing accountability for officials who committed crimes while public servants.
campaignlegal.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The second most 2025 story? campaignlegal.org/update/trump...
contemporaneous video of the hearing & texts
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
contemporaneous video of the hearing & texts
It’s also notable that a rep could have the opportunity to take the sworn testimony of Michael Cohen abt the Trump Org and not even prepare enough to recognize the name of Trump’s executive assistant of 30yrs.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s also notable that a rep could have the opportunity to take the sworn testimony of Michael Cohen abt the Trump Org and not even prepare enough to recognize the name of Trump’s executive assistant of 30yrs.
Is the claim my client made this afternoon true?
Yes or no?
How confident are you?
Yes or no?
How confident are you?
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Is the claim my client made this afternoon true?
Yes or no?
How confident are you?
Yes or no?
How confident are you?
Yes & no aren’t the only 2 potential answers to that question.
How familiar do you think most Americans are with the metaphysical claims of religions they don’t practice?
Familiar enough to be “quite confident” they just ain't true?
How familiar do you think most Americans are with the metaphysical claims of religions they don’t practice?
Familiar enough to be “quite confident” they just ain't true?
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yes & no aren’t the only 2 potential answers to that question.
How familiar do you think most Americans are with the metaphysical claims of religions they don’t practice?
Familiar enough to be “quite confident” they just ain't true?
How familiar do you think most Americans are with the metaphysical claims of religions they don’t practice?
Familiar enough to be “quite confident” they just ain't true?
Are the majority of Americans really evaluating Catholicism’s metaphysical claims when choosing a religion or are they just practicing the religion they were raised in or their spouse practices?
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Are the majority of Americans really evaluating Catholicism’s metaphysical claims when choosing a religion or are they just practicing the religion they were raised in or their spouse practices?
Did ppl really think it “was going to” sink him or just that it could?
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Did ppl really think it “was going to” sink him or just that it could?
April 2011. Same month as this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
April 2011. Same month as this.
Sure those are powerful positions, but he’s not gonna be competing for potus and the “future of the party” is typically at least a contender for potus.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sure those are powerful positions, but he’s not gonna be competing for potus and the “future of the party” is typically at least a contender for potus.
A legit problem w Mamdani being the future of the dems though is he wasn’t born in the US, so he’s got a low ceiling for political office.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A legit problem w Mamdani being the future of the dems though is he wasn’t born in the US, so he’s got a low ceiling for political office.
well, for decades now they have consistently voted to make things worse for most of their constituents and still routinely win
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
well, for decades now they have consistently voted to make things worse for most of their constituents and still routinely win
trying to image the reaction if Obama had torn down the east wing of the WH wo consulting congress and had the gov take a 10% stake in INTC…
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
trying to image the reaction if Obama had torn down the east wing of the WH wo consulting congress and had the gov take a 10% stake in INTC…
Hard to give a multiplier for such unprecedented and irrational policy. But something >1.
How would you set the multiplier?
How would you set the multiplier?
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hard to give a multiplier for such unprecedented and irrational policy. But something >1.
How would you set the multiplier?
How would you set the multiplier?
Idk it just seems like there are many reasons the tariffs wld have a more negative effect than a comparable payroll tax.
Maybe that’s tempered some by the expectation that they will be invalided by the SC or rescinded by Trump before things get too bad.
Maybe that’s tempered some by the expectation that they will be invalided by the SC or rescinded by Trump before things get too bad.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Idk it just seems like there are many reasons the tariffs wld have a more negative effect than a comparable payroll tax.
Maybe that’s tempered some by the expectation that they will be invalided by the SC or rescinded by Trump before things get too bad.
Maybe that’s tempered some by the expectation that they will be invalided by the SC or rescinded by Trump before things get too bad.
Does the way tariffs rates have been set this year (apparently randomly at Trump’s whim) make that negative effect even worse than it typically wld be?
Does the volatility of the rate setting affect consumer sentiment, biz investment & hiring differently than a comparably sized payroll tax wld?
Does the volatility of the rate setting affect consumer sentiment, biz investment & hiring differently than a comparably sized payroll tax wld?
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Does the way tariffs rates have been set this year (apparently randomly at Trump’s whim) make that negative effect even worse than it typically wld be?
Does the volatility of the rate setting affect consumer sentiment, biz investment & hiring differently than a comparably sized payroll tax wld?
Does the volatility of the rate setting affect consumer sentiment, biz investment & hiring differently than a comparably sized payroll tax wld?
By 2021 Reid had been out of the senate for 4 years & Schumer was leader.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
By 2021 Reid had been out of the senate for 4 years & Schumer was leader.
In 2015, after the Paris attacks, 31 US govs called for banning Syrian immigrants from the US, for no reason other than bigotry & political opportunism.
The 31 were 30 republicans & Maggie Hassan.
Demonizing a minority group w little power in order to win an election shld have been disqualifying.
The 31 were 30 republicans & Maggie Hassan.
Demonizing a minority group w little power in order to win an election shld have been disqualifying.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In 2015, after the Paris attacks, 31 US govs called for banning Syrian immigrants from the US, for no reason other than bigotry & political opportunism.
The 31 were 30 republicans & Maggie Hassan.
Demonizing a minority group w little power in order to win an election shld have been disqualifying.
The 31 were 30 republicans & Maggie Hassan.
Demonizing a minority group w little power in order to win an election shld have been disqualifying.
It probably won’t ever happen in the house. It’s absurd that Sen dems are trying to sell this as a win when in order to restore the tax credits all of this wld have to happen, wo the pressure of a shutdown:
Passes 53-47 GOP senate
Johnson holds a vote
Passes 219-214 gop house
Trump signs it
Passes 53-47 GOP senate
Johnson holds a vote
Passes 219-214 gop house
Trump signs it
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It probably won’t ever happen in the house. It’s absurd that Sen dems are trying to sell this as a win when in order to restore the tax credits all of this wld have to happen, wo the pressure of a shutdown:
Passes 53-47 GOP senate
Johnson holds a vote
Passes 219-214 gop house
Trump signs it
Passes 53-47 GOP senate
Johnson holds a vote
Passes 219-214 gop house
Trump signs it
She should be. It’d be unprecedented for her not to be.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
She should be. It’d be unprecedented for her not to be.
Yes. It should be back in session within 48hrs.
The December ACA subsidies vote senate dems say Thune agreed to hold for ending the shutdown will also need to go to house if it passes the senate, and it’s not gonna pass w Johnson as speaker.
The December ACA subsidies vote senate dems say Thune agreed to hold for ending the shutdown will also need to go to house if it passes the senate, and it’s not gonna pass w Johnson as speaker.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Yes. It should be back in session within 48hrs.
The December ACA subsidies vote senate dems say Thune agreed to hold for ending the shutdown will also need to go to house if it passes the senate, and it’s not gonna pass w Johnson as speaker.
The December ACA subsidies vote senate dems say Thune agreed to hold for ending the shutdown will also need to go to house if it passes the senate, and it’s not gonna pass w Johnson as speaker.