Radley Balko

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Journalist. Author of Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author of The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.

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Jack Posobiec is a very influential MAGA media figure. He posted this today. In the 1930s Fr. Denis Fahey was probably most well know for being one of the most outspoken anti-semites in the world...quite an accomplishment for that era.

Here's some fashy tears for your Sunday.

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And if you aren't on board with them, it's because "Trump has changed you."

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Not having to give a shit anymore about logic or accuracy is a demonstration of power. Showing the world that their power no longer depends on the law but on something else

These mistakes originalist justices are making aren’t about disputed interpretations of history, with evidence on both sides. They’re pulling quotes out of context to attribute ideas to founding figures that those figures adamantly opposed. (via @andycraig.bsky.social) reason.com/volokh/2024/...

The Supreme Court's Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munozreason.com Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

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This is a very good point.

Self-described libertarians have been explaining to me on Facebook how my criticism of a Supreme Court ruling that puts the most powerful government official in the world above the law is proof that I'm no longer a libertarian.

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Tentacle Macrame

It would be the self-pardon and pardons of anyone who could implicate him in the future that would be "official."

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And speaking of Baltimore, I'm sure my followers are waiting on pins and needles for my latest update on our astonishing fall in homicides. The wait is over! 😏

I once wrote a fact check of a Morgan Spurlock book. He included what he said was a direct quote from the FDA that aspartame causes cancer. I checked the footnote. An FDA newsletter did publish that claim — but *only to specifically refute it*. That’s basically how Barrett quotes Madison here.

Seems possible that Trump’s actions in the classified docs case aren’t “official” under the SCOTUS decision. But if he wins he can end the case, pardon himself, and pardon anyone who who would implicate him. And those *would* be “official acts,” immune from scrutiny. www.npr.org/2024/07/06/n...

Judge pauses deadlines in Trump classified documents case over immunity questionswww.npr.org Trump has argued that him taking classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago home constituted an official act — and that the Supreme Court's ruling means the charges against him should be dropped.

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Project Veritas has been eliminated.

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I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

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very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word

Subtle. Very subtle.

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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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This is the best analysis of the Trump opinion I have seen.

New from me: Where is your "institutionalism" now? radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court foldsradleybalko.substack.com Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the threat

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Excellent, clear-eyed piece that perfectly dismantles this garbage ruling

Among other questions, I wonder how we got to the point where “separation of powers” means the judiciary can prohibit the executive from holding itself accountable. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

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👏 👏 👏

Noticed English-speaking Euro announcers are using the Turkish spelling and pronunciation of Turkey. This is a new thing, no? Seems fine, though they aren’t calling Germany “Deutschland,” for example. Just curious what prompted the change.

Polling is all over the place right now.

NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

New from me: Where is your "institutionalism" now? radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

My guess is that Trump knows very little about P25 *and* it will be the blueprint for his administration. He’s famously bored by policy. He’ll appoint these people because they’re loyal. They’ll then go to work on the plan while he grifts, golfs, and gives two-hour speeches at rallies.

Trump: I don't know anything about Project 2025 Here is a list of all the Trump officials who authored the Project 2025 blueprint, Mandate for Leadership. 25 of 36 were part of the Trump administration. project2025istheocracy.substack.com/p/project-20...

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I wish someone kept a list of all the imbeciles who said Elon Musk is a free speech hero so I could waggle a middle finger in their insipid faces until it fell off

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Evergreen skeet.

The extent to which you don’t know what you’re talking about is exceeded only by the extent to which you think you know what you’re talking about.

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Seems like "what parts of Project 2025 do you disagree with?" or "what parts of it are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal?" would be good questions for a reporter to ask the other elderly presidential candidate, but what do I know. on.ft.com/4ePQH0e

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

These are terrible human beings, and they should be kept as far away from power as possible.

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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The President of the Untied States should take sides on 9/11. Foreign terrorists killing nearly 3,000 Americans is one of those things an American leader should take sides on.

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one of trump's strokes of genius (and yes I think he is an evil genius) is just not having any written policy positions any time anyone says "so you support X" he can just say "no I don't" he does it over and over again, and the media never calls him on it

even trump’s campaign staff (i assume he didn’t write this) knows that the reactionary, authoritarian agenda that’s project 2025 is going to be unpopular with the average voter.