James Meguerian
@gottobeaspirit.bsky.social
Retired from practicing law, then retired from teaching History and Political Science. Now, sad for my country.
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He literally calls it "the ban on the free press." What a goddamn maroon.
Q: On the ban, what does that mean in practice? Are you taking away their badges?
TRUMP: When you say 'the ban,' which ban? Do you know how many bans I'm involved in? I've got more bans going than anyone!
Q: But what does it mean?
T: I still don't know -- oh, the ban on the free press, right?
TRUMP: When you say 'the ban,' which ban? Do you know how many bans I'm involved in? I've got more bans going than anyone!
Q: But what does it mean?
T: I still don't know -- oh, the ban on the free press, right?
September 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
He literally calls it "the ban on the free press." What a goddamn maroon.
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The reporters and the press association should all do the logical things in response to Trump's ban on Politico, CNN, MSNOW. Everyone else's response should be to laugh at Trump for being a little bitch. CNN is too much for him? 🤣 A president crying out No Mas, No Mas. Low Energy. Sad.
September 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The reporters and the press association should all do the logical things in response to Trump's ban on Politico, CNN, MSNOW. Everyone else's response should be to laugh at Trump for being a little bitch. CNN is too much for him? 🤣 A president crying out No Mas, No Mas. Low Energy. Sad.
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when these lackeys lie like this, what is their end game? Everyone knows housing prices haven't come down 30%. do they really think anyone will be convinced? If not, what is the point?
September 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
when these lackeys lie like this, what is their end game? Everyone knows housing prices haven't come down 30%. do they really think anyone will be convinced? If not, what is the point?
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Doug Wilson = Pete Hegseth's pastor.
The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025.
As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views.
Read my investigative report here:
As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views.
Read my investigative report here:
How the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil Defense
Tracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way.
civildefenseinstitute.org
September 17, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Doug Wilson = Pete Hegseth's pastor.
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“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…”
ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
September 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…”
ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
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Huh. What changed? I wonder if ICE kidnapping tens of thousands of Cubans and expelling them to the far corners of the earth has had an impact on her poll numbers in a Cuban diaspora majority district??
September 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Huh. What changed? I wonder if ICE kidnapping tens of thousands of Cubans and expelling them to the far corners of the earth has had an impact on her poll numbers in a Cuban diaspora majority district??
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At a time when measles cases are skyrocketing across the USA, Health Secretary RFK Jr. is returning to the organization he founded and once chaired, “Children’s Health Defense”, to deliver the keynote address at its conference today. The “Children’s Health Defense” is an anti-vaccine group.
Breaking: RFK Jr. to Headline Children’s Health Defense Conference in D.C.
Children’s Health Defense (CHD) founder and current U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming “CHD in D.C.” conference on Sept. 17 at the Grand Hyatt...
childrenshealthdefense.org
September 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
At a time when measles cases are skyrocketing across the USA, Health Secretary RFK Jr. is returning to the organization he founded and once chaired, “Children’s Health Defense”, to deliver the keynote address at its conference today. The “Children’s Health Defense” is an anti-vaccine group.
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That is basically the Republican Party platform for the midterms. What else are they going to campaign on? Corruption, new wars and higher prices?
September 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM
That is basically the Republican Party platform for the midterms. What else are they going to campaign on? Corruption, new wars and higher prices?
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Photos leaked of bombed out US Middle East bases, with aircraft in pieces and buildings turned to rubble from Iranian fire. As @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, it's striking imagery, a symbol of US decline.
Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength.
Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength.
Everyone should look at the haunting photos of bombed out US bases hit by Iran that were leaked by service-members. They are Trump's "American carnage."
On the pod @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social is so good on the war, US decline, and Trump/Hegseth's imploding fascism:
newrepublic.com/article/2155...
On the pod @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social is so good on the war, US decline, and Trump/Hegseth's imploding fascism:
newrepublic.com/article/2155...
Trump’s Iran Fiasco Takes Humiliating Turn as Leaks Grow More Damning
As jarring revelations make Trump’s handling of the Iran debacle look even worse, a foreign policy expert explains how the president’s deranged conception of “strength” is making us weaker.
newrepublic.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Photos leaked of bombed out US Middle East bases, with aircraft in pieces and buildings turned to rubble from Iranian fire. As @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, it's striking imagery, a symbol of US decline.
Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength.
Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength.
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Reminder that the administration's position, argued by DOJ in court, is that a president could demolish the Statue of Liberty or Washington monument by personal order, at any time, and no court would have any authority to intervene
Trump looks at a placard that reads "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION" as he lands at Joint Base Andrews tonight
(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)
(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)
September 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Reminder that the administration's position, argued by DOJ in court, is that a president could demolish the Statue of Liberty or Washington monument by personal order, at any time, and no court would have any authority to intervene
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"He wants the election to be a referendum on how you feel about trans issues while trying to make your local community louder, more polluted, and more expensive with nothing in return."
For my newsletter, I wrote about how we shouldn't ignore that a billionaire trying to build data centers is putting a hundred million into Republican anti-trans ads in these midterms. www.burnsnotice.com/the-data-cen...
The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People
Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall
www.burnsnotice.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM
"He wants the election to be a referendum on how you feel about trans issues while trying to make your local community louder, more polluted, and more expensive with nothing in return."
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Mr. President, as your attorney I advise you to spend all of your time between now and the midterms out on the road, giving vulnerable candidates the benefit of your immense popularity. Only you can save us, Sir 🫡🇺🇸
Trump, in North Carolina calls North Carolina "one of the worst" states "in the whole nation"
September 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Mr. President, as your attorney I advise you to spend all of your time between now and the midterms out on the road, giving vulnerable candidates the benefit of your immense popularity. Only you can save us, Sir 🫡🇺🇸
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The Kennedy Center was locked & fenced off today, because a court told Trump he can't put his name on it
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
Lawmaker requests emergency hearing as Kennedy Center remains closed
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge’s instructions hours earlier th...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The Kennedy Center was locked & fenced off today, because a court told Trump he can't put his name on it
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
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Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow.
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
www.cnn.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow.
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
Mike Johnson knows it, we know it.
So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
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I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is --
It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
www.wired.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is --
It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
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And he hath no understanding of how the economy works
September 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
And he hath no understanding of how the economy works
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He’s got a point!
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
He’s got a point!
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QUESTION: How tf is it a “sale” of weapons to 🇮🇱 if we 🇺🇸 taxpayers are the ones paying for these bombs? 🤔 💣
It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces.
A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces.
A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
September 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
QUESTION: How tf is it a “sale” of weapons to 🇮🇱 if we 🇺🇸 taxpayers are the ones paying for these bombs? 🤔 💣
It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces.
A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces.
A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
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Note that in two articles today, WaPo describes a "sale" of bombs to Israel. This is extremely misleading. The reported $2.bn package is 100% funded by US taxpayers via the Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel to buy US weapons.
September 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Note that in two articles today, WaPo describes a "sale" of bombs to Israel. This is extremely misleading. The reported $2.bn package is 100% funded by US taxpayers via the Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel to buy US weapons.
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September 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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RFK Jr. is ramping up his anti-vax campaign, meaning we need to ramp up showing out to the midterms and voting for a Congress that will remove RFK Jr.
Help us embolden a science-defending Congress: zurl.co/0vv7S
www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/r...
Help us embolden a science-defending Congress: zurl.co/0vv7S
www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/r...
Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led
RFK Jr. worked to distance himself from Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group he once led. Now, he's delivering a keynote at CHD's conference.
www.statnews.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
RFK Jr. is ramping up his anti-vax campaign, meaning we need to ramp up showing out to the midterms and voting for a Congress that will remove RFK Jr.
Help us embolden a science-defending Congress: zurl.co/0vv7S
www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/r...
Help us embolden a science-defending Congress: zurl.co/0vv7S
www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/r...
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Lest we forget:
“Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a society-wide effort by government, the private sector and civil society to both mitigate the risks and harness AI’s great benefits. But Trump ripped it up and installed a breakneck deregulatory posture...”
“Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a society-wide effort by government, the private sector and civil society to both mitigate the risks and harness AI’s great benefits. But Trump ripped it up and installed a breakneck deregulatory posture...”
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous."
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
newrepublic.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Lest we forget:
“Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a society-wide effort by government, the private sector and civil society to both mitigate the risks and harness AI’s great benefits. But Trump ripped it up and installed a breakneck deregulatory posture...”
“Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a society-wide effort by government, the private sector and civil society to both mitigate the risks and harness AI’s great benefits. But Trump ripped it up and installed a breakneck deregulatory posture...”
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We need 95% of the population to be vaccinated to prevent outbreaks. Unfortunately, we have fallen below that number in places like Pennsylvania, and are now seeing the predictable, and deadly, consequences.
This is why strong public health measures matter.
This is why strong public health measures matter.
Adult woman dies of measles complications in growing Pennsylvania outbreak | CNN
A 40-year-old woman who lived in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles complications, the county coroner confirmed Sunday. It’s the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing out...
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
We need 95% of the population to be vaccinated to prevent outbreaks. Unfortunately, we have fallen below that number in places like Pennsylvania, and are now seeing the predictable, and deadly, consequences.
This is why strong public health measures matter.
This is why strong public health measures matter.
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Again: It isn’t about antisemitism. It’s about Israel.
Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.
Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.
September 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Again: It isn’t about antisemitism. It’s about Israel.
Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.
Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.
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Seems like a match made in heaven
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Seems like a match made in heaven