These are some of my progressive heroes. Check em' out. And tell me who are some of your progressive heroes. go.bsky.app/FpeMh5Y
Lisa Graves
@thelisagraves.bsky.social
Leads True North. Co-founded Court Accountability. Find me @ LegalAF/MeidasTouch, the Five 8 1/2 + Substack:Grave Injustice/Courier. Wrote: Without Precedent—How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights.
How pathetic is Sen. Thom Tillis? Tillis: Because of my deep respect for the survivors, I won’t vote for Blanche unless he meets with them. The survivors: Well, we had a meeting and Blanche was totally unhelpful, dismissive, and disrespectful, Tillis: I’m good.
Nothing SCOTUS does today changes the fact that MAGA Justices killed the Voting Rights Act, stole abortion rights, and let Donald Trump act like a king. Expand the Court in 2029.
Billions of dollars for a murderous regime in Iran. Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for hardworking Americans to help pay for it. This is what Republicans want. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
Mike Johnson admits Republicans will cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security next year
Good Lord. John Roberts MAGA #SCOTUS is now officially a global embarrassment as #KavanaughStop snags Uruguay's team.
The entire Uruguay World Cup team got pulled up on the side of the road and investigated by immigration. Sniffer dogs, luggage ripped open. Trump America is a global embarrassment.
The entire Uruguay World Cup team got pulled up on the side of the road and investigated by immigration. Sniffer dogs, luggage ripped open. Trump America is a global embarrassment.
Fun trick that Republican presidents can act like dictators because “unitary executive theory” but Democratic presidents aren’t able to govern because “major questions doctrine”. It’s almost like those are fake things fabricated to weaponize a Republican SCOTUS majority!
“Unitary Executive Theory” is a John Roberts Power Play to Aggrandize Presidential Power at Our Expense
This Made-Up Theory Has Expanded Presidential Power in Ways that Have Already Allowed Donald Trump to Commandeer America and our Economy
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Frankel to Rubio: "It is crazy that you want to let people in from South Africa because they can assimilate, while you're throwing out hundreds of thousands of people who have already assimilated and that are important parts of our economy and family life."
this is the kind of merit that pete hegseth has brought to the department of defense
The Pentagon has appointed a former Citadel cadet and J6 convict to one of the most sensitive top-secret posts in the DoD. He has none of the relevant experience that would make him eligible for the 40-person team. wapo.st/437arYG
Read their "followed by" lists @garethgore.bsky.social @jennycohn.bsky.social @5gw.bsky.social + (gal squad) @gregolear.bsky.social @thcarter123.bsky.social (his list of "followed by" is extensive) @thelisagraves.bsky.social @emptywheel.bsky.social @lincolnsbible.bsky.social @craigunger.bsky.social
“I’ve been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment” is a great joke. I’d love to see Talarico swap out the punchline each time he tells it. “…since before Ken Paxton cheated on his wife” “…since before Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party” There are hundreds of options.
Now it looks like, in the absence of any decent entertainment, the 💩🤡 will hold one of his stupid rallies in DC for the country’s 250th Anniversary! 🤦🏼♂️ Oh well. It was always all about HIM anyway! 😒 #EverythingTrumpTouchesDies www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Trump Suggests D.C. Rally Instead Of Freedom 250 Concert Series After Most Performers Pull Out
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Just imagine the line-up in DC if Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were in the White House and in charge of the #America250 events! Instead, the grifter in chief had to “do it his way”, scrape the money, politicize it and, as always, fvck everything up! 1/2 youtu.be/bjU5wTFY1Jg?...
Read @thcarter123.bsky.social. I learned more about Leonard Leo's capture of the Supreme Court and his agenda to radically corrupt the government as we know it from him. If @gregolear.bsky.social, @thelisagraves.bsky.social and @garethgore.bsky.social follow and praise his knowledge, get on board.
Ive given out over 1k Google Leonard Leo cards in the last few months. Just watched a new Insta reel that begins with “youve never heard of Leonard Leo.” Why isnt he known? We can make him known. It is up to us.
18 impeachable offenses a day
New: A top White House aide intervened to get a $620 million Pentagon loan for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr. “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” said one person involved. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
"Until we strip the Roberts Court of the power to restrict our voting rights and to unleash the scourge of billionaire dark money in our elections, we will not be able to secure our freedoms–or our destiny as a thriving democracy grounded on liberty and justice for all." @thelisagraves.bsky.social
Stop Calling John Roberts “Conservative” While He Recklessly Wrecks Our Greatest Historical Gains
We Have to Reform this Out of Control Court and Remember Our Power to Limit Its Reach in Order to Restore and Expand Our Rights
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I much preferred the Framers' system of checks and balances, I have to say, to the Roberts system of "hol' up, let this dipstick cook." (* The latter is also known as the 'Unitary Executive Theory,' more clinically.)
CNN: The DOJ has launched a new criminal investigation into one of Trump's enemies, E. Jean Carroll. The source is telling CNN that the investigation now is focused on whether she committed perjury during her two civil lawsuits against the president.
@thelisagraves.bsky.social Supreme Court justices recognized, the Constitution forbids both “sophisticated, as well as simple-minded, modes of discrimination.” open.substack.com/pub/graveinj...
Stop Calling John Roberts “Conservative” While He Recklessly Wrecks Our Greatest Historical Gains
We Have to Reform this Out of Control Court and Remember Our Power to Limit Its Reach in Order to Restore and Expand Our Rights
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"In the weeks since Callais, this faction of partisan political operatives on the nation’s highest court has repeatedly put its thumb on the scales of justice–over and over and over again," writes @thelisagraves.bsky.social for COURIER's Grave Injustice.
The Roberts Court Is Letting the (Former) Confederate States Hang a “Whites Only” Sign on the Legislative Door: Part 1
John Roberts Lost Ronald Reagan’s Battle to Erase Black Representation But Used the Supreme Court to Give Trump Whites-Only Maps–Will He Lose the War?
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Always learning so much from the very best @thelisagraves.bsky.social and this time she has Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org and further fame as a guest ! 🌟 youtu.be/ZheXyrJCMP8
Supreme Court HIT with BACKLASH at Trump RUNS DESPERATE!!!
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Truly superb. An evening with friends I’ve never met. @thelisagraves.bsky.social is a marvel and @gregolear.bsky.social is my favorite podcaster. And yes, COLBERT FOR PRESIDENT!
Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor long weekends will stop me and @lincolnsbible.bsky.social from The Five 8. Do join us tonight at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHJ...
Jim Acosta just trashed Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld for gloating over a photo of the staff of Colbert Show - dozens of people. "You are celebrating the fact that all of these people are losing their jobs. All because your dear leader can’t take a joke. Seriously, wtf is wrong with you,"...
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Khanna: "This is a Dred Scott court. They have engaged in the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Rutherford Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. One-third of African American seats are threatened. We are not speaking up strongly enough against a court that's rolling back civil rights"
Great piece from the Roberts OG, @thelisagraves.bsky.social . Truly, she is Roberts's anti-Boswell. If you haven't subscribed to her Substack, what are you waiting for? www.graveinjustice.news/p/the-robert...
The Roberts Court Is Letting the (Former) Confederate States Hang a “Whites Only” Sign on the Legislative Door: Part 1
John Roberts Lost Ronald Reagan’s Battle to Erase Black Representation But Used the Supreme Court to Give Trump Whites-Only Maps–Will He Lose the War?
graveinjustice.news
We missed @lincolnsbible.bsky.social (hope she is feeling better soon), but it was great to hear from the brilliant, witty, informative, and fellow Roberts basher @thelisagraves.bsky.social !! Thank you for another great episode, Greg. If you missed it: do yourselves a favor and watch the replay.
LB was a late scratch, so it was me and @thelisagraves.bsky.social tonight. Great to catch up with her! We talked Cuba, Colbert, Roberts Court, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHJ...
LB was a late scratch, so it was me and @thelisagraves.bsky.social tonight. Great to catch up with her! We talked Cuba, Colbert, Roberts Court, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHJ...
Cuba: The Clock Is Ticking
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Catch Lisa Graves @thelisagraves.bsky.social right now, on the Five-Eight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHJ...
Cuba: The Clock Is Ticking
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There is so much poetry in Stephen Colbert celebrating his finale on the exact stage where the Beatles changed culture in 1964. Singing "Hello Goodbye" surrounded by his family, his band, and his crew before Paul McCartney flipped the final power switch. This was the perfect full-circle goodbye!