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Garrett Epps

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Con Law Jock; Legal Editor, WASHINGTON MONTHLY; closing in on 50th anniversary of first novel; he, him, what's-his-face. BTW, I block accounts that consist of pictures of women.

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · Jan 21

I've been writing about birthright citizenship for 20 years. This thread strings together my opinion pieces (not law review tomes, which I will post separately). I wrote a book about the Fourteenth Amendment and I debated John Eastman 20 years ago about his vile plan to end birthright citizenship./1

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1h

You've identified the flaw in his execution. If a bunch of furries and clowns in Portland is an "insurrection" against Trump's authority requiring an armed response, he begins to look like the baby-man his enemies have always said he was.

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1h

I do seriously want to say that danger lurks in the Rose City. Individuals who are triggered by clowns with painted faces, or humans in furry animal costumes, should stay away from the battle zone. Antifa has not yet deployed the ultimate weapon: Portland remains mime-free at this hour.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

58% of Americans think a deployment of US troops for any reason other than a confrontation with a foreign adversary is inherently inappropriate.

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2h

Oh. My God.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

MORE DETAILS: Comey’s counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, told the judge that the defense still doesn’t know the names of “PERSON 1” and “PERSON 3” referred to in the indictment.

INDICTMENT
COUNT ONE
False statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government
[18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)]
1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES
B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and
fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the
Government of the United States, by falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing that he, JAMES B. COMEY JR., had not "authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports" regarding an FBI
investigation concerning PERSON 1.
2. That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in
fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding
an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.
3. All in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2h

Yo, tough guy Trump! Go ahead, arrest Governor Pritzker. Make him President in '28. Do it.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2h

Greetings from embattled Oregon. Keep the faith.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 21h

We speak with @garrettepps.bsky.social about Trump's apparent attempt to provoke a riot in Portland to justify invoking the Insurrection Act, and the courageous Trump appointed judge who has for the time being blocked him deploying the National Guard. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Judge Blocks Nat'l. Guard Deployment to Portland Calling it

October 7, 2025 - Garrett Epps backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 21h

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | William Hartung - The Role of $21.7 Billion in U.S. Military Aid to Israel | @garrettepps.bsky.social - Judge Blocks Deployment of Nat’l. Guard to Portland Calling it "Martial Law" | Cory Doctorow - Have You Noticed the Internet Suddenly Got Worse?

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

Look here! They have dressed as clowns and they have taunted the ICE lads with donuts on fishing lines. What more do you want? This is social collapse! Just ask Stephen Miller!

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

That can’t be happening..oh wait…

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

As he ends, Campbell drops the other shoe: gender transition is bad and should be banned. #Chiles

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

This case is TOE. TALL. EE. different from SKRMETTI because mumble mumble look a pony.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

#Portland is about 145 square miles in size. The protests occupy a bit under three blocks.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

The local PD believes ICE called in a fake 911 call about protestors trying to break into ICE facility. Cops only found a CBS news crew shooting B-roll.

Now why would ICE do that?

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 2d

In Portland, our intrepid legal affairs editor @garrettepps.bsky.social braves ICE and kombucha to report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion

A report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

washingtonmonthly.com

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2d

Saturday Market unfolded as usual; 9,000 people ran the Portland Marathon; the Thorns beat Bay FC 2-1 and Powell's was jammed full of readers sipping kombucha. Oh, yeh--ICE personnel sent two 84-year-olds to the hospital after beating them to the ground. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion

A report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

washingtonmonthly.com

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2d

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2d

You’re totally guilty of man’s laughter.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 3d

The cheaper the crook the gaudier the patter.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 3d

Shhh.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 5d

In defense of CBS naming Bari Weiss as head of news, I know it’s less than we’d hoped for but you have to understand that Alex Jones asked for more than the network could afford.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 5d

In defense of CBS naming Bari Weiss as head of news, I know it’s less than we’d hoped for and you have to understand that Alex Jones asked for more than the network could afford.

Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 6d

As Sam Spade would say, “The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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