Adam Bonin

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Philadelphia-based 91st Most Powerful Lawyer in Pennsylvania (City and State PA, 2023) specializing in political law. Opinions are mine alone.

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Can someone check if the guy who writes for the Federalist, Washington Free Beacon, and National Review printed stories telling those readers not to vote?

lol. lmao even

Nine years ago tonight, The Roots took the greatest news theme in world history and made it their own.

The Roots sample Action News themeyoutu.be Philadelphia's very own 'The Roots' samples the Action News theme song during their performance in front of the Art Museum at the 4th of July Jam on July 4, ...

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Don't ever let someone tell you that your vote doesn't matter and can't change anything. These four races I was involved in all took place in SEPA in the past decade; there are many more all over the country, every year.

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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

Nothing could have picked me up on this July 4th quite like seeing that Gritty played Battleship on a battleship today. www.instagram.com/p/C9APq-6RuR7/

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"I turned to my husband and said, 'Oh, boy, that's a little suggestive, isn't it?' And my husband said, 'You got it, honey.' " —on first seeing the famous "train in a tunnel" ending of North by Northwest Happy 100th birthday, Eva Marie Saint.

In the past decade I've had three clients elected to township commissioner or school board in TIED elections, one who prevailed by a single vote, and a county judge who won by 4 votes out of 65,000+ cast. www.mcall.com/2022/06/16/z... This guy's a fool. And dangerous.

Opinion | Why I Don’t Votewww.nytimes.com If casting a ballot is merely expressive, then the same is true of not casting one.

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TCM tomorrow is banger after banger, with 1776 airing earlier in the day than usual. Set your DVRs. (Will I watch it? Certain-LEE.)

There's no longer any ceiling to how wackadoodle Republican lawsuits can go. As @elliemargolis.bsky.social has flagged, the sovereign state of Missouri, being unable to invade or embargo New York, has instead sued it before SCOTUS to try to aid Trump, because ... reasons. ago.mo.gov/wp-content/u...

I'm old enough to remember when Donald Trump posted an online video calling for a "unified reich" in the fine print. That was only 44 days ago.

"Donald Trump posts an ad which calls for a 'unified reich' in the fine print" is one of those crazy outrage things which you have to double-check because it couldn't possibly be true... except that it's totally true. video at truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT... Undoctored image screenshotted at 0:03.

In teeny-tiny election law news that only nerds like me tend to care about, until it matters, PA Commonwealth Court affirmed late yesterday in a disputed GOP state house primary that write-in votes cast for someone whose name is on the ballot DO NOT COUNT. www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

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Anyone who floated this idea seriously should not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle in public.

Galaxy brain moves afoot “In recent days, some company leaders and Democratic political operatives have called the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, according to someone with knowledge of the calls, to gauge his interest in replacing Mr. Biden”

Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.www.nytimes.com Some of the president’s past supporters want a new candidate, but they are leery of going public.

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Today is the only day you can repost this

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Folks, this has been a really draining political week, but @lolgop.bsky.social is right: if we can't take some measure of satisfaction and justice from the disbarment and humiliation of Rudy Giuliani by the New York courts today—note the "P.S., turn in your badge" at the end—then why care at all?

The folks at Just Security did a very nice job explaining what the Trump immunity decision means. HT: @klasfeldreports.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/95636/suprem...

The RNC will draft its 2024 platform behind closed doors, media barred, in a room filled with smoke from the burning of the Constitution, Federalist Papers, and whatever books Ron DeSantis and Ken Paxton no longer deem appropriate. ht: @daveweigel.bsky.social

In a shift, the RNC will decide its platform behind closed doorswww.semafor.com The decision to skip the usual cameras comes as the party is in a difficult debate over abortion.

Rudy Giuliani has officially been disbarred by the New York courts for his conduct after the 2020 election. www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/c...

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As part of an official televised event to raise awareness for unhoused issues, sleep outside in public in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Okay, folks, who is putting together the list of the funniest crimes that Biden should be committing between now and election day to highlight the absurdity of today's immunity ruling? Not the stuff like assassinations. Just stuff to make a point.

One under discussed aspect of today's immunity decision is that it completely drowned out our annual Bobby Bonilla Day commemoration.

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So today's decision means Ford never needed to pardon Nixon because he couldn't have been prosecuted. Had Ford known this, (a) is he so strong in 1976 that he isn't challenged by Reagan, (b) does he beat Carter, (c) does the Iran hostage crisis still happen, and (d) does Ted Kennedy win in 1980?

Old enough to remember what Sen. Mitch McConnell said way back in February 2021 as to why the Senate shouldn't convict Trump on January 6-related impeachment charges:

Thurgood Marshall's final dissent, June 27, 1991. And it's far worse than he imagined.

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Of all the people out there casting blame for election results, this motherfucker should really, really keep his mouth shut. Without him, no Roberts. (Or Alito)

The Supreme Court has ruled, 6-3, that if the President personally orders the Code Red, it's totally cool to kill Santiago for being a subpar Marine.

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When Trump and McConnell packed the Supreme Court, this was the moment they anticipated. Now, their hand-picked supermajority has returned the ultimate favor. The Roberts Court just declared an end to American democracy as we know it.

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On this day, I would like to highlight the Great Seal of the State of Virginia: Virtue, bearing a spear and a sword, stands with one foot on the overthrown tyrant. The tyrant, dead, holds a broken chain and scourge; the toppled and corrupting crown is left lying on the ground. Sic semper tyrannis.

As Justice Sotomayor explains, today's Supreme Court decision on Trump immunity transforms America from a land of "no more Kings" to one of "no, more Kings."

Today's SCOTUS, in a nutshell: Facebook and Twitter can still prevent Trump from using its platforms to promote a violent insurrection, but he can't be prosecuted for promoting a violent insurrection.