David Noll
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Vigilante Nation: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235 Updates on the meritocracy: https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc
really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration
Phil Rocco@philiprocco.bsky.social · 4w agoI don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum
Great point here from Commissioner Slaughter. The usual way of thinking about settlement breaks down when core institutional values are at stake.
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3w agoWhat a tremendous interview with former FTC Commissioner Becca Slaughter and the Yale Daily News. President McInnis and the trustees come off very, very poorly. An administration that will live in infamy. yaledailynews.com/articles/alu...
I love how, under our current government, you can never be totally sure if an announcement is an accurate statement of what the government is doing, a statement cooked up by some 24-year old edgelord, or raw ChatGPT output.
Ben Miller@benwritesthings.bsky.social · 3w agogirl WHAT
He also tried to shut it down because Brett brought his daughters (inappropriate for children) and used dog whistles by calling it a “drive by shooting.”
My most vivid memory of Graham is from Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. Graham was legitimately angry that Dr. Ford's testimony had not been disclosed and vetted earlier. He then pivoted into a conspiratorial, partisan attack on Senators who thought that sexual assault was a serious matter.
Interesting discussion in the replies to this
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4w agoYup. A real hinge of history.
Terrific rundown of the Court's dishonesty about the historical record in Slaughter and Cook. This detail in particular stuck out to me.
![This misleading treatment extends to early American presidents, whom Roberts portrays, to a man, as adherents of the Unitary Executive Theory. Jefferson and Adams, Roberts writes, both agreed with Washington that it was their “‘indispensable duty’” to remove officers who—in Roberts’ words, not Washington’s—“failed to live up to [their] expectations.” Why might Roberts have chosen to substitute his own words for those of our first chief executive? Perhaps because what Washington actually wrote was that removal of an officer was an “indispensable duty” when that officer “is f[oun]d incompetent, remiss in his duty, or pursuing wrong courses”—a list strikingly similar to the “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office” for which President Trump was permitted, under the terms of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to remove Rebecca Slaughter. In fact, as Joseph Story explained nearly two hundred years ago, the few removals Washington made were for cause, a model of “moderation and forbearance” that was followed up until Andrew Jackson’s presidency.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ata7hvtdry3oi7b2yaqmbwz4/bafkreicpqylqgjqslghn2p522z2x5v2iqylyqzp3tjyvt2hr6bgpy75aee)
Just Security@justsecurity.org · 4w agoIn the Slaughter and Cook cases, the Supreme Court misread history with an unmistakable result: two fundamentally irreconcilable decisions, argue @andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social (Andrea Scoseria Katz) and janemanners.bsky.social (Jane Manners).
Doing something gross and exploitative and then being like "oh but you can change this setting via a toggle that's buried in our user control panel" is such a Meta move.
SAG-AFTRA@sagaftra.org · 4w agoMeta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.
This trend of judges treating blog posts as scholarship is wild.
Jake Charles@jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 4w agoThe dissent also exhibits scholarship blinders we see in recent Supreme Court op: it relies almost exclusively on scholarship written by conservative/libertarian advocates who lobby & litigate for broader gun rights. Eg, it cites 4(!) articles & a blog post by David Kopel (an otherwise nice guy).
If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Yale Law School here has never represented an actual client.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4w agoVance: A lot of the people who are going and getting 4-year degrees, they're not like engineers and doctors. They have fake jobs
Completely inaccurate. Trump should be trying to eat his own pieces
Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖@1stwark.bsky.social · 4w agoCartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.
“Not brain dead” is exactly the standard we want for elected representatives
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4w agoPhew. A background, unnamed source has told a NewsNation reporter that he’s not brain dead.
Hey, is it a good sign when your firm has to deny being involved in drafting executive orders that punish law firms for taking positions the president doesn't like? www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Work on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan & Cromwell
The law firm’s co-chairman assured partners it would stay out of the president’s appeal of sex-abuse and defamation cases. It reversed course after being asked by Trump’s personal lawyer.
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The administration may have changed its P.R. strategy for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The violence hasn’t changed at all. trib.al/puZ1vsR
ICE Is Hoping You Won’t Notice the Man Agents Killed In Texas
The administration may have changed its P.R. strategy for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The violence hasn’t changed at all.
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I got a pop-up while authenticating asking if I was “enjoying” Cisco’s DuoMobile app. :-/
How many times can a university require two-factor authentication in one day? 60 Minutes investigates.
Just want to point out the slippage between vigilantism and state power here. Per this account, an unmarked car tries to stop Araujo, he tries to get away (as many people would do if a rando tried to stop us), he's shot by state agents, agency officials lie about it, and the Twitter mob takes over.
Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is absolutely devastating and infuriating. ICE officers in an unmarked car shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three, on his way to work. Then the smear machine immediately kicked in. Read the words of his son, and demand accountability: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
There aren't criminal statutes that address the sabotage of administrative agencies but there are many dealing with government data and evidence tampering. We should be looking at statutes of limitations and thinking about responses to mass pardons.
WIRED@wired.com · 4w agoA government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had. Signal handle: Vittoria89.82
RIP to the artist behind one of the all-time karaoke greats www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/a...
Bonnie Tyler, Who Sang ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ Dies at 75
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Sounds like Brett Kavanaugh saying he was entitled to a seat on the Supreme Court tbh
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4w ago"We engaged in electoral politics. We motivated people. We banded together. We did it the way that we were told we are supposed to make change, and we won, and now they are not going to let us have it," Platner says.
What a shame
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w agoFour-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The older plane has been widely reported to be equipped with a system designed to blind an incoming antiaircraft missile .. It is unclear how many, if any, of those capabilities have been installed on the newer plane ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
Ah yes, (((the establishment))) and (((media forces)))
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4w agowhat a surprise. again, he reacted like this when the Nazi tattoo was revealed! he wasn't contrite, there was no actual acceptance or suggestion of change, it was pure entitlement and anger. All of this should have been obvious.
