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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 6h

Supreme Court likely to let candidates more freely challenge state election laws

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Supreme Court likely to let candidates more freely challenge state election laws

Majority of Supreme Court signaled that it would allow candidates for federal office to challenge state elections laws without having to prove harm.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 1d

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With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 1d

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Six former surgeons general warn that RFK Jr. is ‘endangering the health of the nation’

This is the first time six former surgeons general have linked arms and urged the public to recognize the nation’s health secretary as dangerous.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

@timmiller.bsky.social has a message for Stephen Miller

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 2d

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 2d

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It Feels as if Liberal Justices Are Powerless. But Their Dissents Can Actually Get Us Out of This.

A new Supreme Court term officially begins on Monday, but the justices never really took a break.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 2d

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'I won't back down,' Pritzker says as Trump orders hundreds of troops to Chicago

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday blasted President Donald Trump's "unlawful and unwarranted" plans to deploy hundreds of troops to Chicago.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 2d

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MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National Guard deployments

Trump's base has embraced the idea that court rulings should not constrain his powers as commander-in-chief.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 2d

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ICE’s Growing Feud With Chicago Police Now Includes Fake 911 Calls

Surprise, surprise: Federal immigration agents aren’t keeping the community safer.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 4d

Nor a legitimate Congress...

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 4d

Japan will be smarter, freer, and more peaceful as a result.

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Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, likely to become first female PM

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 5d

What a dangerous lunatic.

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Trump, budget chief to discuss cuts on day two of US government shutdown

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with his budget director Russell Vought on Thursday to determine which "Democrat Agencies" to cut, in a sign that he could use the second day of the government shutdown to inflict pain on his political opponents.

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Geo Resists 🇺🇸 @geo-resists.bsky.social · 6d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, @bernybelvedere.bsky.social. Good examples: JB Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, Zohran Mamdani. They're all rising to the challenge of the moment.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly right from @gregsargent.bsky.social

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Trump is taking money from one group of Trump supporters (those getting taxed via his tariffs) to buy off another group of Trump supporters (farmers getting screwed because China stopped buying soybeans due to Trump). Well done, MAGA!

Our exchange on this:

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 6d

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ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 10d

This is the person gearing up to be in charge of US TikTok, if you want to know why I got that shit off of every device in my home.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 7d

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 10d

Hear me out: new super bowl tradition, you have to call out at least one pedophile in your halftime show

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 8d

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 7d

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Supreme Court lets Fed Governor Lisa Cook keep job pending oral argument in January

President Donald Trump has sought to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, citing claims that she committed mortgage fraud in connection with two homes.

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Keith H @keithharrison73.bsky.social · 9d

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We’re Being Ruled Over by the World’s Biggest Losers

They effectively control our fates, but deep down, they know they’re sniveling, pathetic, and inadequate, and it eats them up.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get the Daily Cartoon right in your inbox: nyer.cm/niP6eXi

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