Margaret (Maggie) Daun
@maggiedaunshow.bsky.social
“It’s always better when we stand together.” Resister. Ally. Lawyer. Economist. Radio Host. Public Speaker. Takes no bull and suffers no fools. Reader. Learner. Debater. Baseball fan. Cook. Camper. Francophone. Mom to doxie, Finny.
REPUBLICAN SEN. TILLIS: “What Freakin’ parallel universe did I wake up in? You’re telling me — if it’s true — damaging the reflecting pool lining is something Pirro wants to prosecute… yet they’re releasing people who pled guilty to assaulting officers?”
Column by Philip Kennicott: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was meant to amplify the ideals of our democracy. It’s now a police zone, where arrests are motivated by the president’s need to blame his own mismanagement on an imaginary enemy.
Column | At the Reflecting Pool, Trump turns a serene oasis into a police zone
The botched renovation and images of arrests strike at the heart of the president’s supposed reputation for competence.
washingtonpost.com
PSA: If you dip your hand in the Reflecting Pool, you will be arrested and prosecuted. If you do this, Trump will pay you. 👇
“Can Republicans can square their support for ending birthright citizenship with the USMNT whose top scorer is a birthright citizen?” ⚽️ @repralphnorman : “Those are 2 separate issues—sports and policy.”🤔 @benjaminsweiss & @pabloreports.bsky.social nail Norman 👏🏽 (From @acyn.bsky.social )
Same dude, same. From the age of 10 the library was my refuge and my safe space
Why is this even a question? Read this good work 👇🏽
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4mo agoCan a president ignore a federal judge? That's the question the full D.C. Circuit will consider when it takes up whether Judge Boasberg can investigate possible contempt after the administration refused to comply with his order. The analysis is free to read. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Pundits and posters are tripping over themselves to herald the arrival of the Democratic Tea Party after last night's results in New York. Not so fast, writes @petertwinklage.bsky.social
The Democratic Tea Party Isn’t Here—Yet
Maybe keep the fine china in storage for now.
thebulwark.com
My firm belief is that a sufficiently cold Corona with lime on a warm day ceases to be an alcoholic beverage and becomes something akin to an isotonic sports drink.
after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.
Why would Kash Patel do this? Explain it to me like I’m five.
The correct word for killing a lot of people, destroying a lot of things, spending a lot of resources, and ending up back where things started is "failure." Or if you'll allow two words, "avoidable disaster."
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 7mo agoTrump on Iran: I guess the worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who's as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen.
This flew under the radar, but Trump's DOJ has abandoned its legal assault on the law firms that courageously refused to bend the knee to him. This should serve as a reminder for the firms that sucked up to Trump: appeasing a tyrant will get you nowhere.
Trump administration drops effort against law firms after judges find president's orders unconstitutional
Numerous judges have ruled against Trump's executive orders targeting certain law firms.
nbcnews.com
The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger is Not What a Free Press Looks Like... critical piece on free press from @neeratanden.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger is Not What a Free Press Looks Like
The takeover is a threat to our economy and our democracy. State Attorneys General can stop it.
open.substack.com
They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoQ: Commercial air travel is severely restricted in the Middle East. Thousands of Americans are stranded. Why wasn't there an evacuation plan? TRUMP: Because it happened all very quickly
Kristi Noem on Alex Pretti: "I did not call him a domestic terrorist. I said it appeared to be an incident of." Also Kristi Noem: " This individual…committed an act of domestic terrorism. That's the facts.”
🤥 @KristiNoem today: “I didn’t call Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist.” FLASHBACK: she sure did 👇🏽
It dawns on Trump the next leader may be worse and this would all be for nothing Seems like he has really thought this through carefully
Defund ICE. Disable the grift. Disempower the Epstein class. Defy authoritarianism. Discredit Trumpism. Deconstruct MAGA. Defeat the GOP. Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Judge slams Trump over 5-year-old: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 8mo agoJUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
BASH: A federal judge in Texas just yesteday said 'administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.' Why is he wrong? RON JOHNSON: Because this has to with immigration law. Again, I'm not a lawyer.
