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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn 🤔🧐

Nooooo

Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art. She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S

You should vote, even if your vote won't change the outcome, because this is how we uphold the democratic principles that underlie our republican ideals. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.

Not as if they’re trying to hide the building of a 1984 style police state and yet the opposition senior leadership seems oblivious to this clear and present danger

NEW: House Democratic Leaders Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar say in a joint statement, "Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives." "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

Was great to give a talk at Nuffield today! In the pouring rain (then sun)

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

We are now 36 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Good trouble in Edina Minnesota. A peaceful anti-ICE protest took place at Target. About 70 people grabbed a shopping cart and each of them only took salt. After buying it, they asked a refund to show their disagreement with the store collaborating with ICE.

This is so embarrassing. Impeach him, for the love of God

My British university has launched a new Moodle plugin called "Accipio Grade" and I cannot stop laughing

I think it would be a good idea for D politicians to be declaring this publicly, pre-emptively. They should state it as an abstract, legal proposition: an order by the President to seize Greenland would be unlawful, here's why. Trump does not have the legal right to attack a NATO ally. Say it.

This is one of the things I love about Bluesky (and former Twitter). I teach a year long core class on political science at LSE, and cover 22 different topics that are fast moving. Picking up articles like this that I can teach in class is as easy as scrolling!

IMPEACH.

President Trump is so embarrassing. Absolute loser.

The time to do it is now, <before> he invades our closest allies. The mere fact he’s threatening it is hundreds of miles past Nixon’s crimes. Do your job already.

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Exactly. Congress should use its actual power and deny funding to everything illegal! Glad @chrismurphyct.bsky.social gets it.

"Practical or not, achievable or not at this moment in time, which of Trump’s illegal, unconstitutional and criminal acts does *not* warrant impeachment?" @jilldlawrence.bsky.social on impeachment: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qoQ3we

And senior Republican leaders who are not impeaching him now. The unprovoked invasion of our NATO allies is as cut-and-dried "impeach & remove immediately" as anything since WWII, aside from "incite an insurrection at the Capitol to steal an election." Total failure of Article I of the Constitution

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

Once again, a mere handful of people in Washington could caucus today with the Democrats & put an end to ~90% of the worst things immediately. They even have names: bsky.app/profile/mcop... We should stop giving these people free passes every day & yell at them like everyone yells at Democrats.

Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.

Five years ago.

Just keep repeating: MADURO ILLEGALLY KIDNAPPED EPSTEIN FILES GROK MAKES SEXUAL IMAGES OF KIDS

My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption. Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort. Performative public investigations matter.

“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you.” - Zelenskyy The man is certainly fast on his feet.

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

Stop it and call for his impeachment & removal. No resolutions. No handwringing. Spare us those, please.

US citizens — instead of just posting on Bluesky call your Congress Reps! 3 skeets do nothing, 3 calls might actually flood the zone and influence our 50+ and older legislators to wake up… 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

Any Democratic member of Congress who wants to run for president in 2028 should file or endorse articles of impeachment before noon.

Yes, this is crystal clear on anti-corruption (and what Dems should be doing, and campaigning on)

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I’ve had arguments with peers who argue that “there are still good people from Twitter left” and “we can’t let the bad guys take it over.” By now, the dangers of X make these moot.

Made the cheeseball tree from Crowded Kitchen; definitely a fan! www.crowdedkitchen.com/christmas-tr...

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

Merry Christmas!

Ok I think the Kleenex is making me feel worse

Only in the UK; a sign warning about carrying on Christmas crackers