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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

First Monday of October.

Happy First Day of the Supreme Court's 2025 Term to all who commemorate.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 2d

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

/2 ...for the anti-SLAPP statute to protect speech in connection with it. My point is she was capable of good and right.

It's always more upsetting when someone like that chooses evil. Because make no mistake, she's chosen evil, and she wallows in it.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 3d

God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

Thou shalt not shut down your entire government just to protect billionaire pedophiles.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 4d

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 4d

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say

The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.

www.cbsnews.com

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 6d

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11d

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize

“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 7d

Or, snowy paperweight. James Thurber had a famous collection of them.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sorry, please help. It’s round. A globe. You shake it and the things inside it fall down.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sorry, please help. It’s round. A globe. You shake it and the things inside it fall down.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 8d

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 8d

Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.

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Annie R @anet2111.bsky.social · 8d

This is my dad’s flag. He was a naval officer. The flag was presented to my mom on a day that my heart was breaking into a thousand pieces. It lives with me now. I hope that wherever dad and mom are, they aren’t watching what these fine officers are being subjected to.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 9d

Well worth your time, whatever your politics.

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 9d

My latest in @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...

What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals

This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.

www.thebulwark.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 9d

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

The cult of swaggering thuggery. A collection of insecure weaklings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Rep. Mark Alford on Trump's meeting today with Democratic leaders: "Let's bring them into the Oval Office, let's give them a little taste of what we gave Zelenskyy back in the spring."

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 9d

Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 10d

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

79. American citizen.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 11d

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 2

A government that deliberately abandons the rule of law is not morally entitled to its protections.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12d

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13d

"The idea that he lied to Congress is just, pardon me, horseshit."

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @lawfaremedia.org's @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org go in on the possible indictment of Comey

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12d

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13d

ALLONS-Y

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12d

David, that's very kind. Vince

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 13d

I am pleased to announce the publication of "Expectations-based Reference-Dependence and Labor Supply: Eliciting Cabdrivers’ Expectations in the Field" (with Miao Jin, Juanjuan Meng, and Lan Yao), JEBO special issue in honor of Gary Charness. Open access here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

urldefense.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 13d

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 13d

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 13d

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14d

Such little, little people.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14d

The White House has placed a photo of an auto-pen signature instead of a portrait of former President Biden on the “Presidential Walk of Fame”

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 14d

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14d

No. No they should not. And California has had it with unaccountable, anonymous federal officers.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 14d

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14d

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 17d

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17d

NEW: In a rare public appearance, Jack Smith spoke at length this week issuing a dire warning about Trump's weaponization of the Department of Justice. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-jack-s...

NEW: Jack Smith: "The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire."

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered remarks at George Mason University this week, warning of the weaponization of the Justice Department under the Trump administration.

www.muellershewrote.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 17d

Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 19d

There are a lot of ANTIFA members gathered as we speak.

Arlington National Cemetery - World War II area.

🖕Trump and his chumps.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 18d

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18d

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