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We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.
October 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.
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Trump said that he couldn't be expected to address issues like healthcare because he had to devote himself to defending the country. Now he's inviting the enemy to 'take out' American cities he doesn't like.
Clinton was impeached for trying to conceal an extramarital affair.
Clinton was impeached for trying to conceal an extramarital affair.
October 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Trump said that he couldn't be expected to address issues like healthcare because he had to devote himself to defending the country. Now he's inviting the enemy to 'take out' American cities he doesn't like.
Clinton was impeached for trying to conceal an extramarital affair.
Clinton was impeached for trying to conceal an extramarital affair.
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I emailed top USA Today editors on Friday, in the hopes that there was some misunderstanding. No response. Unilaterally feeding entire interviews into an AI slop machine is not OK. It has to stop.
If USA Today is indeed unilaterally putting source interviews in some sort of database, in their entirety, allowing them to be cherry-picked by other reporters—and *AI*(!!)—that is journalistically indefensible and no one should ever talk to them again. Is this true? Is it Gannett wide?
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
October 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I emailed top USA Today editors on Friday, in the hopes that there was some misunderstanding. No response. Unilaterally feeding entire interviews into an AI slop machine is not OK. It has to stop.
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#ELB: “How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-trump-can-and-cannot-still-mess-with-the-midterms/
October 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#ELB: “How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-trump-can-and-cannot-still-mess-with-the-midterms/
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This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......
October 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......
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After listening to oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder just now, I hope someone will give Justice Kavanaugh my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social Essay on the case. It provides a detailed history of Ouellette & the other precedents invoked in Suncor. These cases do not say what Justice Kavanaugh asserted.
October 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
After listening to oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder just now, I hope someone will give Justice Kavanaugh my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social Essay on the case. It provides a detailed history of Ouellette & the other precedents invoked in Suncor. These cases do not say what Justice Kavanaugh asserted.
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An American "president" saying it's acceptable for Iran to annihilate Los Angeles and San Diego
But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior
No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING
And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior
No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING
And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
October 6, 2026 at 5:04 AM
An American "president" saying it's acceptable for Iran to annihilate Los Angeles and San Diego
But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior
No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING
And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior
No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING
And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
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How did we reach the point where the President is talking about being fine with our enemies theoretically destroying two major cities and it’s barely a blip on the radar because everything is insane all of the time?
October 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
How did we reach the point where the President is talking about being fine with our enemies theoretically destroying two major cities and it’s barely a blip on the radar because everything is insane all of the time?
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Can you imagine how much we could accomplish as a country if we redirected all the money being spent on these elections to investing in and improving the lives of every American?
October 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Can you imagine how much we could accomplish as a country if we redirected all the money being spent on these elections to investing in and improving the lives of every American?
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The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
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We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.
From @theathletic.com: LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting the Polymarket prediction market as he will from playing basketball. The deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions.
LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions
LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.
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Had to re-register to vote cause I haven’t voted in this state in a long time
Check your status before it’s too late
Check your status before it’s too late
October 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Had to re-register to vote cause I haven’t voted in this state in a long time
Check your status before it’s too late
Check your status before it’s too late
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The October Surprise: Trump invites Iranian nuclear attack on Los Angeles and San Diego. Gov Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The October Surprise: Trump invites Iranian nuclear attack on Los Angeles and San Diego. Gov Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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Trump once sent the National Guard and Marines into Los Angeles.
Now he’s saying, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”
Whatever explanation comes next, those are American cities.
That should never sound normal coming from a president.
Now he’s saying, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”
Whatever explanation comes next, those are American cities.
That should never sound normal coming from a president.
October 6, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Trump once sent the National Guard and Marines into Los Angeles.
Now he’s saying, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”
Whatever explanation comes next, those are American cities.
That should never sound normal coming from a president.
Now he’s saying, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”
Whatever explanation comes next, those are American cities.
That should never sound normal coming from a president.
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I don’t do politics
Well now you pay insurrectionists a salary
VOTE GOD DAMN IT
Well now you pay insurrectionists a salary
VOTE GOD DAMN IT
October 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I don’t do politics
Well now you pay insurrectionists a salary
VOTE GOD DAMN IT
Well now you pay insurrectionists a salary
VOTE GOD DAMN IT
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one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”).
As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...
As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...
October 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
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Fair point: abolishing ICE is not enough bc whatever replaces it will have the same authorities. Congress must drastically change the laws.
securingamericaspromise.substack.com/p/beyond-abo...
securingamericaspromise.substack.com/p/beyond-abo...
Beyond Abolishing ICE
As immigration enforcement grows more aggressive and destructive, the question of whether to abolish ICE has once again entered the national debate.
securingamericaspromise.substack.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Fair point: abolishing ICE is not enough bc whatever replaces it will have the same authorities. Congress must drastically change the laws.
securingamericaspromise.substack.com/p/beyond-abo...
securingamericaspromise.substack.com/p/beyond-abo...
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A SITTING US President said in his Nebraska rally that if Iran sends missiles into the US to take out Los Angeles or San Diego and that its a "small price to pay" A SITTING US PRESIDENT.....Let that sink in
October 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A SITTING US President said in his Nebraska rally that if Iran sends missiles into the US to take out Los Angeles or San Diego and that its a "small price to pay" A SITTING US PRESIDENT.....Let that sink in
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This. It’s not so much the fact we elected this man in the first place. It’s that we elected him AGAIN and have refused to remove him
EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
October 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This. It’s not so much the fact we elected this man in the first place. It’s that we elected him AGAIN and have refused to remove him
EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
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And with a five-year statute of limitations, those who are buying subscriptions risk potential criminal prosecution for insider trading in the next administration.
Federal court in Manhattan has scheduled a Wednesday morning hearing on motion by The Intercept, which seeks a court order to halt the Trump monetization scheme to sell advanced access to his Truth Social posts
October 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
And with a five-year statute of limitations, those who are buying subscriptions risk potential criminal prosecution for insider trading in the next administration.