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Jen Taub

@jentaub.bsky.social

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Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES Host of LIVE morning news show https://www.youtube.com/@jentaub

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · Nov 12

📌 Kvelling here. A glowing review by @JamesStewartNYT of BIG DIRTY MONEY appears in print in the New York Times Book Review on page 10 today, Sunday, November 29, 2020.

@nytimesbooks @VikingBooks

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 1h

Jeffries: “Republicans acted with great urgency to swear in two right-wing members of congress to do in the American people… What is the delay with respect to Representative-elect. Grijalva? Anything to do with Republicans continuing effort to hide the Epstein files? Inquiring minds want to know.”

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 5h

Young pregnant women don’t trust Republicans to do shit for them because you already took their reproductive rights away.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20h

This reporter handled a ridiculous situation with grace.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8h

SW Side organizers are demanding a Back of the Yards property owner "kick ICE out" of its parking lot. blockclubchi.co/3WtL7sk

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 8h

💯Today’s must-read

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 9h

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 8h

Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 8h

"The invitation to the 'Future of Pharmaceuticals' summit prompted consternation among some drug-company representatives, who worried that the gathering signaled that the White House wants them to work with the little-known BlinkRx because of its ties to the president’s family"

Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.

The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.

www.wsj.com

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 9h

No Raids
No War
No Cuts
No Kings

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

Priest is going to walk from Pope’s childhood home in Chicago to Statue of Liberty to protest ICE www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBC7kMB/

TikTok video by Miguel Puente

www.tiktok.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Sen. DURBIN: Madam Attorney General, it's my job to grill you. Investigation of your agency is part of my responsibility. You may not like the experience, but others have weathered this storm and answered questions in a respectful manner.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 20h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13h

Agreed. Doesn’t California have a nonpartisan “top two” primary?

The follow up question were legitimate.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13h

👀 “Therefore, it may be possible to reverse the altered behavior and intellectual disability observed in these patients by reversing transcription at any life stage.”

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 17h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Never-Give-Up-Never-Give-In @weshallprevail.bsky.social · 20h

THE TIME IS NOW!
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 18TH!
FIND YOUR PROTEST!
MAKE YOUR SIGNS!
STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS!
SHARE ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA!
PEACEFUL PROTEST!!

www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17h

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21h

If you think I'm not alarmed, read this.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

www.theatlantic.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 18h

Oooops

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 22h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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