@timjanderson.bsky.social
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The only way the vice president is correct is if the Constitution only gave citizens the right to due process (he should read it again— it applies to people, not citizens) or if you don’t think about non-citizens as people at all. That’s the ugly reality of his view here.
The VP seems to suggest a suspension of due process rights to tackle illegal immigration. This would be in line with El Salvador’s Bukele but not the U.S. Supreme Court
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The only way the vice president is correct is if the Constitution only gave citizens the right to due process (he should read it again— it applies to people, not citizens) or if you don’t think about non-citizens as people at all. That’s the ugly reality of his view here.
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What happens if a judge finds the Trump administration has defied a court order?
➡️ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
➡️ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
What happens if a president and the federal government fail to follow a judge's orders?
The judge overseeing the case of a man mistakenly sent to a Salvadoran prison has warned the Trump administration that contempt proceedings are possible.
www.nbcnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
What happens if a judge finds the Trump administration has defied a court order?
➡️ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
➡️ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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You cannot legally send Americans to an El Salvadorian prison no matter what they have done.
Plain and simple.
Plain and simple.
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You cannot legally send Americans to an El Salvadorian prison no matter what they have done.
Plain and simple.
Plain and simple.
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You'd struggle to devise a more straightforward test of human intelligence than the choice presented in the last US election.
I can’t believe that anyone thought Trump would be anything other than what he is
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You'd struggle to devise a more straightforward test of human intelligence than the choice presented in the last US election.
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The DC attorney nominee has appeared dozens of times on Russian state media
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times
Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The DC attorney nominee has appeared dozens of times on Russian state media
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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"Due process" goes in scare quotes now
The VP seems to suggest a suspension of due process rights to tackle illegal immigration. This would be in line with El Salvador’s Bukele but not the U.S. Supreme Court
April 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Due process" goes in scare quotes now
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Talked to a business friend deeply involved in CEO world, knows Trump and Scott Bessent. Calls Trump “a drunk driver taking the economy off the cliff into a needless recession,’ says Bessent told him he agrees. Predicts “he’ll be the shortest tenured Sec of Treasury in history.”
April 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Talked to a business friend deeply involved in CEO world, knows Trump and Scott Bessent. Calls Trump “a drunk driver taking the economy off the cliff into a needless recession,’ says Bessent told him he agrees. Predicts “he’ll be the shortest tenured Sec of Treasury in history.”
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What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator.
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator.
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
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"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Strong words from Bret Stephens: “Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy (Gift Article)
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Strong words from Bret Stephens: “Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(by @kevinnecessary )
(by @kevinnecessary )
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(by @kevinnecessary )
(by @kevinnecessary )
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Trump claims to put "America First," but repeatedly makes deals and statements that put Putin first.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
March 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Trump claims to put "America First," but repeatedly makes deals and statements that put Putin first.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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No amount of money or power is worth going on national television and calling Donald Trump “Daddy.” I would spontaneously combust from embarrassment. I could never show my face in public again. I would exile myself in the Himalayas bruh this is flabbergasting
January 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
No amount of money or power is worth going on national television and calling Donald Trump “Daddy.” I would spontaneously combust from embarrassment. I could never show my face in public again. I would exile myself in the Himalayas bruh this is flabbergasting
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Teachers. Firefighters. Cops. After 44 years of Reagan’s cuts to their Social Security, Joe Biden just restored their benefits. This win for working people came thanks to unions, President Biden, and bipartisan support led by former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
Last night, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, the biggest expansion of Social Security in decades and a huge win for teachers, firefighters, and cops!
Next up we expand benefits for everyone and pay for it by making the ultra-wealthy pay the same rate as the rest of us.
Next up we expand benefits for everyone and pay for it by making the ultra-wealthy pay the same rate as the rest of us.
January 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Teachers. Firefighters. Cops. After 44 years of Reagan’s cuts to their Social Security, Joe Biden just restored their benefits. This win for working people came thanks to unions, President Biden, and bipartisan support led by former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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January 6th, four years ago today.
“A day of love”
“A day of love”
January 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
January 6th, four years ago today.
“A day of love”
“A day of love”
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I started my mini unit on Reconstruction today & started the lesson with this image. This was the first time in U.S. history where the Confederate flag entered the Capitol building in an act of insurrection. 1/
January 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I started my mini unit on Reconstruction today & started the lesson with this image. This was the first time in U.S. history where the Confederate flag entered the Capitol building in an act of insurrection. 1/
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BREAKING: Trump has filed a purported "notice of automatic stay" of his criminal sentencing in NY & announced that he will commence appellate proceedings unless the trial court accedes
I call B.S.—a thread
I call B.S.—a thread
January 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
BREAKING: Trump has filed a purported "notice of automatic stay" of his criminal sentencing in NY & announced that he will commence appellate proceedings unless the trial court accedes
I call B.S.—a thread
I call B.S.—a thread
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ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
December 15, 2024 at 3:29 AM
ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
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Kash Patel is not only a strident critic of current FBI honcho Christopher Wray, he actually sued him in federal court.
(It didn't end well, for Kash)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
(It didn't end well, for Kash)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Meet the New FBI Boss. He Sued the Old Boss. And Got Laughed Out of Court
Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director sued the current director Chris Wray last year.
www.rollingstone.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Kash Patel is not only a strident critic of current FBI honcho Christopher Wray, he actually sued him in federal court.
(It didn't end well, for Kash)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
(It didn't end well, for Kash)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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💰MUST-WATCH: Hayes on Trump & Republicans wanting to kill restrictions on banks put in place after financial collapse, to stop the next one.
(Because they expect the government to bail them out again… privatized gains, socialized losses. Must be nice!)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DDkSqtP...
(Because they expect the government to bail them out again… privatized gains, socialized losses. Must be nice!)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DDkSqtP...
December 14, 2024 at 5:39 PM
💰MUST-WATCH: Hayes on Trump & Republicans wanting to kill restrictions on banks put in place after financial collapse, to stop the next one.
(Because they expect the government to bail them out again… privatized gains, socialized losses. Must be nice!)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DDkSqtP...
(Because they expect the government to bail them out again… privatized gains, socialized losses. Must be nice!)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DDkSqtP...
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College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
I think that folks aren't seriously thinking about the implications of young adults who know nothing other than a country which has normalized MAGA politics, God help us all.
December 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.