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Who didn't see this coming?

We're fine. Everything is fine. Just fine.
June 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Cover Reveal! I’m so thrilled to help my friend @saramaurerwrites.bsky.social reveal debut coming-of-age novel cover, A GOOD ANIMAL, available February 24, 2026, @stmartinspress.bsky.social

Learn more at www.saramaurerwrites.com
#bookstagram #bookcommunity #bookworm #debutauthor #agoodanimal 🌾🐑
A Good Animal 9781250383563 - Macmillan
A heart-wrenching coming-of-age debut novel by a stunning new voice in fiction, for readers of Barbara Kingsolver and Ann Patchett.“A stunning, u...
read.macmillan.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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DOJ personnel don’t comment on anything beyond the four corners of a charging document in order to avoid prejudicing a defendant’s rights. Here’s the policy. The Attorney General of the United States violated it yesterday.
April 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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April 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Justices take an oath. Not to who nominated them to court OR to a POTUS. Their oath is to the Rule of Law.
Justice Sotomayor defends courts amid criticism from Trump and his allies
At the same time, the liberal justice conceded the limits of the courts' "soft power," which relies upon persuading people that rulings are based on reasoned applications of the law.
www.nbcnews.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle

Now's the time for courage and honor.
March 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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I’m going to continue to work until my computer access is revoked,” Lennox said. “Then I’m going to volunteer. I’m going to keep working as best I can to support the veterans. That’s what I’m here for.”

taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...
A Marine vet thought he found a 'home' working at the VA. Now he's one of 1,000 fired.
Andrew Lennox, who was terminated from the VA, noted the irony of the VA claiming it had fired some veterans to help veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records
San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.

The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.

A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Again, this isn't about efficiency.
February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Absolutely unbelievable. Just imagine if this had happened on Biden’s watch. The Republicans and the media would be in an uproar — and rightfully so.

But it’s on Trump’s watch, so crickets. 🦗
February 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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This sentence is doing a lot of work: "It may also be up to the judicial branch of government to find a way to ensure that its own decisions are enforced." Compliance and enforcement are far from guaranteed during rule of law backsliding.
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):

1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*

2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything

3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can

4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I’ve seen commentary casually claim that a majority of Ukrainians now support territorial concessions for peace. That’s not true. Check out the data in this thread. 👇👇👇
Majority of Ukrainians still agree that any peace deal that compromises Ukraine’s territorial integrity is doomed. ibifukraine.com/2025/01/20/i...
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