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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 41m

Shorter, as Ben Franklin said, "We must ... all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 14h

Might benefit from glossing the judicial experience during official resistance to desegregation.

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 15h

Don't get me wrong, it's bad that Bari Weiss is now editor in chief of CBS News. But Trump is trying to go all Fort Sumter on Oregon and Illinois. Gotta keep our eyes on that.

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 1d

"Chuck Schumer is a human flat tire."
-- Jon Stewart

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Jon Stewart Makes the Case for Dems Holding the Line in Trump's Shutdown Warfare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4rk...

Jon Stewart Makes the Case for Dems Holding the Line in Trump's Shutdown Warfare | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

www.youtube.com

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Karin Immergut and Brett Kavanaugh served as associate/associate independent counsel in Kenneth Starr’s Office of the Independent Counsel in 1998. Did they overlap? Know each other?

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 8d

Trump: "So if I restore the cuts to Obamacare, Chuck, will you agree to fund the government without any restrictions on any of my authoritarian actions?"

Schumer: ??

History is watching.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

Chuck Schumer after the White House meeting: "We have very large differences, on health care and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to... I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we need a bipartisan bill."

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. bsky.app/profile/theb...

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 8d

Trump: "So if I restore the cuts to Obamacare, Chuck, will you agree to fund the government without any restrictions on any of my authoritarian actions?"

Schumer: ??

History is watching.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

Chuck Schumer after the White House meeting: "We have very large differences, on health care and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to... I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we need a bipartisan bill."

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 1d

Good day to re-up this.

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 8d

Trump: "So if I restore the cuts to Obamacare, Chuck, will you agree to fund the government without any restrictions on any of my authoritarian actions?"

Schumer: ??

History is watching.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

Chuck Schumer after the White House meeting: "We have very large differences, on health care and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to... I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we need a bipartisan bill."

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

In countries with well-developed opposition movements, one might expect to see nationwide demonstrations and strikes when the regime invades a region to suppress dissent...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News:
1950s: Edward R. Morrow and Fred Friendly
2025: Bari Weiss
Not exactly a reason to be cheerful...

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: Paramount buys news website The Free Press and installs its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News.

CBS buys The Free Press website, installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief

Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

bit.ly

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

@johnfabianwitt.bsky.social

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

A crisis of democracy. A paralyzed political party. A country crying out for new institutions and organizations and new leaders to guide us out of the void. Some smart parallels to the current moment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

A moment for leadership...

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

In countries with well-developed opposition movements, one might expect to see nationwide demonstrations and strikes when the regime invades a region to suppress dissent...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

In countries with well-developed opposition movements, one might expect to see nationwide demonstrations and strikes when the regime invades a region to suppress dissent...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

In countries with well-developed opposition movements, one might expect to see nationwide demonstrations and strikes when the regime invades a region to suppress dissent...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

Yup.
bsky.app/profile/theb...

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · Sep 7

I would add a ban on sending military to cities without consent of governor and mayor or advance court determination. bsky.app/profile/theb...

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · Aug 6

How about Dems insist on including in final bill a few amendments? E.g.
- 60-vote requirement for any recission;
- Pres must spend funds in accordance with appropriations;
- Ban on masked ICE/DHS agents without court order.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-big-u...

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 2d

Could you compare that with the cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for corporations and those earning more than $1 million per year?

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Deep dive on Trump's negative impact on US allies and the world economy. www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

The New Economic Geography

Who profits in a post-American world?

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 3d

@andrewrsorkin.bsky.social

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Sound familiar?
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Art. III, sec 2, clause 2:

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."

How 'bout it, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 3d

How about suing the Trump Administration in the Supreme Court? SCOTUS has original jurisdiction under
Art. III, sec 2, clause 2:

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 4d

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

To Crack 21st-Century Populism, Revisit the 17th Century

One way to cope with our confusing times is to look back at the past. Studying history does more than provide us with perspective on the rush of events. It suggests how they might unfold in the future...

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 4d

The only currency in the history of the world guaranteed to lose value every year.

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