relster.bsky.social
@relster.bsky.social
American expat living in the UK
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The incompetence is off the charts.
Noem Gets Epically Schooled By Dem Senator After She Proves She Has No Clue What 'Habeas Corpus' Is
The incompetence is off the charts.
www.comicsands.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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‘There is a risk that voters already inclined to feel angry towards the government will see headlines about a “Brexit betrayal” and assume the worst, without reading the details.’

V good analysis of Keir Starmer’s EU deal by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer’s post-Brexit reset offers clear benefits – but there is political risk too
While getting UK-EU deal through parliament should be easy enough, cries of ‘betrayal’ may chime with some voters
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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If state election officials refuse to comply with Trump’s unlawful edict to share their voter rolls with Elon Musk, the attorney general could withhold law enforcement grants.

“He’s going after the voter rolls in big cities, in blue states.”
Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms
With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.
newrepublic.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Since leaving Twitter, I had forgotten Jonathan Turley existed. Apparently he is still obsessed with me. It is amazing people still pay him to teach them law. He is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
May 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Paperback cover — coming in May now due to demand.
March 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Segregation was never just separate facilities
It was paying more & getting less in your neighborhood
It was getting the Phd, but still not getting hired
It was needing police for the police
It was building up a newspaper & having it burned (Wells)
It was building a school & having it shot up (JSU)
March 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"

from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I spoke to the 'Decoding Geopolitics' podcast in Munich:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLDT...
Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End | Ep. 51 Anne Applebaum
YouTube video by Decoding Geopolitics Podcast
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Oh my God if this is true
February 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Trump is using Elon Musk to get rid of nonpartisan federal employees so that he can refill the federal government with political cronies and loyalists.

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February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Time to listen to the wisdom of Clemenza in The Godfather:
"You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they was just asking for trouble."
January 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide?

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.

w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power"
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM