@ryanwa.bsky.social
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This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
I worked on the Rodney King case. Here’s how I see the Good Case.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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Country over party, democracy over everything.
Let's keep pushing.
Let's keep pushing.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Country over party, democracy over everything.
Let's keep pushing.
Let's keep pushing.
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It's okay to:
🟣 Demand that members of Congress do their jobs
🟣 Expect members of Congress to do more than one thing at a time
🟣 Have high expectations of them and demand that they meet them
🟣 Primary them and replace them when they don't do their jobs or meet expectations
They work for us.
🟣 Demand that members of Congress do their jobs
🟣 Expect members of Congress to do more than one thing at a time
🟣 Have high expectations of them and demand that they meet them
🟣 Primary them and replace them when they don't do their jobs or meet expectations
They work for us.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It's okay to:
🟣 Demand that members of Congress do their jobs
🟣 Expect members of Congress to do more than one thing at a time
🟣 Have high expectations of them and demand that they meet them
🟣 Primary them and replace them when they don't do their jobs or meet expectations
They work for us.
🟣 Demand that members of Congress do their jobs
🟣 Expect members of Congress to do more than one thing at a time
🟣 Have high expectations of them and demand that they meet them
🟣 Primary them and replace them when they don't do their jobs or meet expectations
They work for us.
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The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio)
And Dictatorship in Real Life
snyder.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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The new column from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social on impeaching Donald Trump.
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
Embracing Impeachment
The case against Trump and his cabinet keeps growing—and the argument for waiting is no longer convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The new column from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social on impeaching Donald Trump.
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
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"They also need to break out of a fateful dynamic: during Trump 2.0, misdeeds and scandals are following each other in such rapid succession that neither the press nor the public ever seem to get to focus on one. Impeachment can concentrate minds and slow down political time." - Jan-Werner Müller
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"They also need to break out of a fateful dynamic: during Trump 2.0, misdeeds and scandals are following each other in such rapid succession that neither the press nor the public ever seem to get to focus on one. Impeachment can concentrate minds and slow down political time." - Jan-Werner Müller
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"This administration has been running on a promise of impunity at all levels, and Democrats have to start signaling that actions have consequences."
An opinion piece from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social worth reading this morning with your coffee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An opinion piece from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social worth reading this morning with your coffee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A congresswoman wants to impeach Kristi Noem. She’s right to do so | Jan-Werner Müller
It may be tempting to dismiss the move as hopeless – but it interrupts the Trump administration’s promise of impunity
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"This administration has been running on a promise of impunity at all levels, and Democrats have to start signaling that actions have consequences."
An opinion piece from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social worth reading this morning with your coffee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An opinion piece from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social worth reading this morning with your coffee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We have 15 House members on board for impeachment so far. It will be interesting to see what the tipping point is to get @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to stop undermining impeachment. Keep calling your representatives, everyone.
The push to impeach, in particular the current breakout push among Dems for Noem but also more generally, isn't just about taking the long shot of flipping a couple of Massie types to get it through now. It's also about creating and holding them to a pre-commitment to do it when Dems have the House.
January 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We have 15 House members on board for impeachment so far. It will be interesting to see what the tipping point is to get @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to stop undermining impeachment. Keep calling your representatives, everyone.
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Judge Aileen Cannon denied our motion asserting a First Amendment right of access to Jack Smith's report about Trump's hoarding of classified docs at Mar-a-Lago. We @knightcolumbia.org filed a motion today asking the Eleventh Circuit to expedite our appeal. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72096...
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Judge Aileen Cannon denied our motion asserting a First Amendment right of access to Jack Smith's report about Trump's hoarding of classified docs at Mar-a-Lago. We @knightcolumbia.org filed a motion today asking the Eleventh Circuit to expedite our appeal. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72096...
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To keep track of it all, we thought we’d thread all the House reps that have committed to impeaching Kristi Noem. The first was @robinkelly.house.gov
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
To keep track of it all, we thought we’d thread all the House reps that have committed to impeaching Kristi Noem. The first was @robinkelly.house.gov
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Milo thinks you should hire me to do law stuff.
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Milo thinks you should hire me to do law stuff.
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Mike Lee’s “constitutional convictions” enjoyed a very brief lifespan. The Utah senator expressed concerns about war powers at 3:22 a.m. By 5:00 a.m., after a phone call with Rubio, he'd found a rationalization.
@andycraig.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social
Trump’s Bogus Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Impeachable Offense
The Framers would have regarded this president as an out-of-control lunatic in desperate need of reining in by Congress
www.theunpopulist.net
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Mike Lee’s “constitutional convictions” enjoyed a very brief lifespan. The Utah senator expressed concerns about war powers at 3:22 a.m. By 5:00 a.m., after a phone call with Rubio, he'd found a rationalization.
@andycraig.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social
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We used to at least pay lip service to quaint ideas like "universal human rights," even if our actions failed to reflect those principles. Increasingly it seems like we don't even bother with the pretense; the idea that there might be moral limits on the exercise of power is openly ridiculed.
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
We used to at least pay lip service to quaint ideas like "universal human rights," even if our actions failed to reflect those principles. Increasingly it seems like we don't even bother with the pretense; the idea that there might be moral limits on the exercise of power is openly ridiculed.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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The legal justification for Trump’s new war is so preposterously wrong that the Justice Department concealed it from Congress when Bill Barr first road-tested it for George H.W. Bush in 1989, even in the face of a subpoena. Then Barr lied about it under oath. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Once Secret Memo That Trump Thinks Justifies His Venezuela Invasion
The legal theories the administration has floated to defend its actions draw on a historical source the president once disavowed.
slate.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The legal justification for Trump’s new war is so preposterously wrong that the Justice Department concealed it from Congress when Bill Barr first road-tested it for George H.W. Bush in 1989, even in the face of a subpoena. Then Barr lied about it under oath. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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“To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024." [Larry Diamond, @theunpopulist.net]
Trump’s Betrayal of Venezuela’s Democracy Movement Is Hard to Overstate
If he continues to snub María Corina Machado, the heroine of the opposition, America will bear responsiblity for the country’s next tragic chapter
www.theunpopulist.net
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024." [Larry Diamond, @theunpopulist.net]
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Some Venezuelan New Yorkers say they're hopeful and anxious about the future of the country following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, now jailed in Brooklyn. gothamist.com/news/express...
Expressions of hope on the Upper West Side from Venezuelan ex-pats
A church event drew some with a personal stake in the events in the South American nation.
gothamist.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Some Venezuelan New Yorkers say they're hopeful and anxious about the future of the country following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, now jailed in Brooklyn. gothamist.com/news/express...
It’s sickening to me to see how people so easily overlook the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife in favor of euphemistic language. A crime is a crime. They were kidnapped the Ker Frisbie doctrine must be abolished.
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
It’s sickening to me to see how people so easily overlook the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife in favor of euphemistic language. A crime is a crime. They were kidnapped the Ker Frisbie doctrine must be abolished.
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Keeping the social safety net as small and as punitive as possible helps to ensure that there will always be a steady stream of people for employers like Bezos to exploit--people in such a precarious position that have no choice but to take whatever underpaid, overworked job they can get.
No. No. No.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Keeping the social safety net as small and as punitive as possible helps to ensure that there will always be a steady stream of people for employers like Bezos to exploit--people in such a precarious position that have no choice but to take whatever underpaid, overworked job they can get.
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Last month, we sued the Trump administration for any legal justifications of these boat strikes that have resulted in 115 deaths.
The administration still hasn’t provided them — and now they have escalated their actions. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
The administration still hasn’t provided them — and now they have escalated their actions. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Last month, we sued the Trump administration for any legal justifications of these boat strikes that have resulted in 115 deaths.
The administration still hasn’t provided them — and now they have escalated their actions. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
The administration still hasn’t provided them — and now they have escalated their actions. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
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At least 80 people died this weekend in Venezuela when the Trump administration raided the capital and seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
This is a dramatic escalation from the 35 boat strikes the administration ordered last year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
This is a dramatic escalation from the 35 boat strikes the administration ordered last year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
At least 80 people died this weekend in Venezuela when the Trump administration raided the capital and seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
This is a dramatic escalation from the 35 boat strikes the administration ordered last year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
This is a dramatic escalation from the 35 boat strikes the administration ordered last year.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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This but unironically, as illustrated by (ahem) Calvin and Hobbes and also Ann Nocenti’s run of Daredevil
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This but unironically, as illustrated by (ahem) Calvin and Hobbes and also Ann Nocenti’s run of Daredevil
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In this administration, the people take a backseat to corporations.
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump says he spoke to oil companies before Venezuela action
"They want to go in so badly," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
www.newsweek.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
In this administration, the people take a backseat to corporations.
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...