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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 20h

Maybe ask Justice Sotomayor to swear her in?

DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 23h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 20h

This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.

Impeach, remove, disqualify.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 20h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23h

Essentials, but you really need to read it all:

1) Hundreds of academics & policy experts are willing to help w/regime transitions, rebuilding civil society...

2) The fat lady hasn’t sung. Trump is wildly unpopular. But even a D+12 environment won’t matter if they successfully f*** w/the election.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23h

He's commenting on an essay by Dan Nexon, pointing out that the existing Constitutional order has failed - and the main question is what comes after.

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

1) The Republic as we knew it is over. The fight now is whether the new one will be a fascistic, competitive authoritarian regime or a pluralist democracy that, we can hope, is better than what came before.
2) Even if you think restoration is possible, it’s a bad idea. The Constitution has failed. Or, more accurately, the Constitutional order built out of the New Deal, the Second Reconstruction, and the repudiation of the Nixon presidency has failed. This is not a prediction. It’s not a “if we continue on our current course.” The Constitution as designed by the founders, was supposed to prevent the current regime. Its original guardrails did not work. The ones added after the Civil War did not work. The de facto amendments created by the accretion of judicial decisions did not work. The post-Watergate reforms did not work.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23h

From Stephen L. Taylor: The Constitution Has Failed. outsidethebeltway.com/has-the-cons...

It is difficult to summarize how bad this administration is (it’s part of why I have the In Front of Our Nose series, because it is just so much). I suspect that if, for some reason, you are reading this but think Trump is a normal president, nothing I can say will disuade you, and if you agree with me that he is a clear threat to the constitutional order, I don’t need to make a list.

I will just note the following. He is usurping congressional authority on spending and staffing, and therefore literally ignoring the law. He has empowered ICE to violate due process. He has ordered the military to commit murder in the Caribbean (and they have complied). He has publicly directed the Attorney General to go after his enemies because he, Trump, declares them to be guilty. He has pardoned/commuted the sentences of ~1500 people who tried to disrupt a constitutional process. All the while, he and his family have been enriching themselves because he is president.

Oh, and the Supreme Court has said he is immune from prosecution for anything linked to his “official duties.”

The fact that the above is my short version of the situation is more than a bit disturbing.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 23h

The inability to dissolve failing governments is a huge problem in the U.S. We should have something akin to a no-confidence vote.

Byron @grumpysociologist.bsky.social · 8d

What's fascinating about the impending government shutdown is that it doesn't result in an election. In Canada if the government can't pass a budget it's a vote of non-confidence and an election is called to replace the failed governing party - which is the democratic thing to do

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 1d

Really glad about this. I can't stand Jared Golden.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.

We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency. They’re Very, Very Worried.

Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.

www.nytimes.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Dr. Brunkow, to Princeton, and to her graduate adviser, who based on the published record appears to be Shirley Tilghman!

Princeton University @princeton.edu · 2d

Princeton University alumna Mary Brunkow *91 receives the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.”

Princeton alumna Mary Brunkow *91 receives Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Brunkow received her Ph.D. from Princeton in 1991 in molecular biology. She shares the award with Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolera...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 2d

So everyone on the right so upset about the political violence of Charlie Kirk’s murder (even before we knew the facts) is going to speak out loudly and clearly about this too, right?

Judge Diane Goodstein’s home burns to ground after ruling against Trump

Judge Diane Goodstein's husband was among those injured after he jumped from the burning house.

www.newsweek.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The most dangerous thing Trump is doing now is giving highly partisan political speeches to active duty military - repeatedly trashing Democrats. I can’t recall either him, Leavitt, or Reps ever being asked about the fact that it violates a foundational principle of our Republic.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Unprecedented constitutional crimes every day, & yet somehow it’s still not the main front page headline every day. The noise is getting covered. The signal is absent.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the
National Guard in Oregon.

2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen
days on October 19, 2025.
3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The
bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary
Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order, is DENIED.
The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025.
A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 5th day of October.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: It takes skill and even courage to do what Colin Blunstone, the lead singer for the Zombies, manages to do in this 1965 song. He's almost completely exposed, all by himself but for a little Vox organ. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnl5...

The Way I Feel Inside

YouTube video by The Zombies - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.

‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Immergut isn’t playing around and I suspect will slam the Trump Administration for trying to end-run her order from yesterday blocking Trump’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard in Portland.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 2d

Note that princeton4all.org's main emphasis is development and a pro-growth agenda that welcomes people of all types.

Respecting history is fine...but don't forget, we're a community that makes new history all the time. Let's look forward, not back.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 3d

Princeton For All! www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

To the Editor: Princeton For All Advocates Looking Forward While Preserving Our Best History

To the Editor: Princeton For All Advocates Looking Forward While Preserving Our Best HistoryPrinceton, NJ -- We write to announce Princeton For All (princeton4all.org), a community alliance...

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