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Lawyer. Professor. Legal historian. High Crimes & Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump https://www.amazon.com/High-Crimes-Misdemeanors-History-Impeachment/dp/1009400975

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He thinks this is some architectural masterwork.

Begod. It's mid-size midwestern city convention center with crown molding.

06.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The weaseling toward acquiesence is bad.

But fundamental tell on how far Dem politicians have been coopted is use of word "warfighters." That's Hegseth-speak. Phony baloney macho propaganda talk.

US doesn't have "warfighters." It has a military composed of soldiers, sailors & airmen. Words matter.

06.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.

05.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 7955 πŸ” 2700 πŸ’¬ 704 πŸ“Œ 224
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PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?

COLBY: Defer to you

R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'

C: Defer to you

R: That was actually you

05.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4742 πŸ” 1369 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 81
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NEW: Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein (R) who prosecuted Tina Peters says Gov Jared Polis (D) giving Peters clemency "would be a gross injustice." Rubenstein points out that separate case cited by Polis to justify clemency misses the purpose of sentencing ranges.

04.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 690 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 10
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Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.

At Global Academy in Spartanburg, SC, only 21% of students were vaccinated against measles. Now Spartanburg is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000, when the virus was declared eliminated in the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

If indeed he hopes to have further political career based in Colorado, pardoning Peters would end those hopes.

And effort to compare Peters to other non-violent offenders is lame. She got long sentence because she consciously betrayed her oath & attacked democratic process. She deserves every day.

04.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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It Was Nice While It Lasted Bondi and company have torched the DOJ’s reputation for integrity.

"For generations, whatever one thought of DOJ’s arguments, the baseline assumption held: the Department acted in good faith and would follow the courts’ rulings. That assumption has given way, displaced by a sustained pattern of noncompliance and escalating confrontation with the courts."

03.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Wait, wait, wait. This is a joke, right?

Right?

02.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Optics.

@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

01.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 4840 πŸ” 1810 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 83
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This one hits hard.

21.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 35614 πŸ” 10541 πŸ’¬ 778 πŸ“Œ 593

Inclusion of Gen Donovan's name in this official announcement is chilling. Because he is knowingly putting himself in the dock for war crimes prosecution if US govt changes hands. Which means he is either confident of Trump pardon or will be likely to do what it takes to keep Dems from power.

28.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 8161 πŸ” 3445 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 221

CBS taken over. Goes MAGA-lite. Ratings tank.

CNN maybe about to follow.

In print/digital space, NYT maintains standards and grows exponentially.

Doesn't market logic suggest that effective death of CBS & CNN will open a market niche for serious, honest broadcast/cable journalism?

27.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's some of that already in there. :-)

Volume 2, if any, will be devoted not to first millennium but second half of second term.

27.02.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With a mixture of exhaustion, relief and modest exhilaration, I can announce that today I sent off to Cambridge Univ Press the completed manuscript of my new book, "PARDONS: Executive Clemency and the Rule of Law in Britain and America 1066-2026."

Due out later this year.

27.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jonathan Brown - jbcartoonist on Instagram.

20.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2882 πŸ” 994 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 26

Impending war with Iran?

What?

Why?

18.02.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon

18.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1677 πŸ” 502 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 26
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 35891 πŸ” 16631 πŸ’¬ 1298 πŸ“Œ 2470
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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

16.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 30351 πŸ” 8796 πŸ’¬ 578 πŸ“Œ 462
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Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

11.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 4329 πŸ” 1211 πŸ’¬ 148 πŸ“Œ 160
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While this is true, nobody in the Trump admin or MAGA movement believes this.

14.02.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 4379 πŸ” 949 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 30

NO MORE CELEBRITIES

13.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Given the current effort to impeach DHS Secy Noem & Trump's stated fear that if Dems win in 2026 he'll be impeached again, this may be of interest to some.

13.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG. WaPo op-ed really, truly has nestled into the pockets of the plutocrats.

13.02.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow.

h/t @dwallick.bsky.social

12.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

It's becoming clear to me that we need a Glass Steagall for news and information delivery platforms.

No combination with other products or business lines.

12.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Démarche contre Kristi Noem | La menace de la destitution a-t-elle encore du poids ? Devant la colère soulevée par la répression contre les immigrants, 188 élus demandent la destitution de Kristi Noem, secrétaire à la Sécurité intérieure des États-Unis. La démarche, soutenue exclusive...

For French-speaking readers, I include this piece on the effort to impeach Kristi Noem from Canada's La Presse in which Janie Gosselin is kind enough to quote me.
www.lapresse.ca/internationa...

12.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mr. Fell who sat at table with me yesterday told me of Old Abe's last joke. Mrs. Lincoln had her card de visite taken in New York, Brady had multiplied or manifolded them and they were stamped on the back "entered by Act of Congress." She sent him one in a letter, which he opened and looked at, and seeing the inscription remarked, in his way, "That's a lieβ€” she never was entered by 'Act of Congress." Gov. Wright of Indiana was the repeater to Fell of the joke.

Mr. Fell who sat at table with me yesterday told me of Old Abe's last joke. Mrs. Lincoln had her card de visite taken in New York, Brady had multiplied or manifolded them and they were stamped on the back "entered by Act of Congress." She sent him one in a letter, which he opened and looked at, and seeing the inscription remarked, in his way, "That's a lieβ€” she never was entered by 'Act of Congress." Gov. Wright of Indiana was the repeater to Fell of the joke.

Happy birthday to the greatest President ever to crack a lewd joke about the First Lady.
www.google.com/books/editio...

12.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0