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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17 hr
The pre-Trump GOP has been memory-holed
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · a day
This is a BFD and reflects both a recognition of deep structural reforms and a tectonic shift in the politics of the Supreme Court. It isn't everything we need but it's a big, big deal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 20 hr
It will be interesting to see which Democratic Senate candidates speak at the DNC. A lot of them won't want to be associated with Biden in that way.
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Avishay Ben-Sasson-Gordis @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 20 hr
Floating this sounds like good politics at this point.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.bsky.social · 20 hr
This is one of the most and most offensive quotes I’ve seen in quite some time!!! Rob Manfred and his team workshopped this.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 20 hr
This is the problem with "He's the nominee because he won the primary." The information revealed this summer, had it been known earlier, would have completely transformed the primary.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 20 hr
It occurs to me that if an equivalent meltdown to Biden's debate performance had happened a year ago, the pressure to get him to stand aside from re-election would have been MUCH stronger, and the likelihood of him being challenged in the primaries would have been significant.
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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 20 hr
For better or worse, Biden is probably still at the dead center of the Democratic coalition. Treating the Supreme Court like it's untouchable is over (on the Dem side at least)
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 20 hr
@brianbeutler.bsky.social has started the bidding at 1,000 70 is some tepid incrementalism
Avatar Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 20 hr
I'm going to keep beating this drum: just expand the court to 70 to 100 Justices or so so that NO SINGLE JUSTICE matters that much. That's it. That's the plan.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 20 hr
If you're looking for something that could recharge the Democratic campaign, being able to run against the Court is a great option on several levels. Let this be the beginning.
Avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 20 hr
Still not quite it, but finally Biden embraces *some* concrete court reform. According to sources it will include an enforceable ethics code, term limits for justices and a possible constitutional amendment revoking the immunity decision. Court expansion not mentioned. (Gift link)
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswapo.st The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.
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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 19 hr
Can you imagine the uproar in the media if Democrats came out at the DNC doing this?
Avatar Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 20 hr
www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLI...
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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @gemofamara.com · a day
It's always good to bring up the time I accidentally stumbled on Dave Weigel's old Whedonesque account from his college days, where he described himself as "a Reagan Republican second and a Buffy fan first".
Avatar Electrichead @electrichead.bsky.social · a day
If he blocks or deletes when he realizes this is a bad look:
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · a day
you could almost feel the deflation in the atmosphere.
Avatar Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · a day
As soon as we learned that Crooks was a registered Republican it was clear that the assassination attempt was going to be a two-day story.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 19 hr
These guys are gonna be in Leavenworth serving life for Crimes Against American Greatness and still on the edge of their seat waiting for the Trump pivot
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · a day
I was just thinking about how Obama had the PUMAs to contend with heading into his 2008 convention, Clinton had Bernie or Bust in 2016, and now Biden has this sort of cross-cutting rebellion that elected progressives have decided not to join.
Avatar ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · a day
I knew having AOC, Bernie and other progressives demonstrate they have his back would pay dividends but I didn't think it would happen so quickly
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · a day
let's fucking go
Avatar The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · a day
Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.
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Zig 🪩 @zig.computer · a day
Bluesky starter pack but it’s just a pillow you can cry into and a diary
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Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social · a day
well, Biden just called for term limits and an enforceable ethics code for SCOTUS and a constitutional amendment to end immunity for presidents and other officeholders so I guess its officially the public vs the Business Plot 2.0 at this point
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Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social · a day
How much coverage have you seen of the fact the stock market is currently at an all-time high? What percentage of Americans are aware of this fact? Why or why not?
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 21 hr
actually disagree. term limits is a great choice because (1) it has ridiculous, like 85% approval, popularity, including from indies and republicans and, (2) the questions about its constitutionality can generate good earned media. any story talking about this policymakers is a good one for biden
Avatar Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · a day
These are the wrong changes, not least because they're unconstitutional, but okay, I like the spirit of it
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Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social · 21 hr
Lmao they want Trump back so fucking bad its insane bsky.app/profile/deck...
Avatar @deckst.bsky.social · 21 hr
Worse than it appears - get a load of this Bloomberg headline
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 21 hr
"Strip jurisdiction down to the minimum for a few years and then put it back" is probably the easiest way to flush out the current occupants of the Supreme Court
Avatar Two all the way, a coffee milk, and a Del's @ri.oldfolkshome.org · 21 hr
Well, they’ll still get to hear state v state cases and the like. Congress can only strip appellate and not original jurisdiction, IIRC.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · a day
An outrage. Shouldn’t people have had the chance to vote about this in an organized, nationwide system, with the DNC pushing the winner?
Avatar The New York Times @nytimes.com · a day
Breaking News: The DNC aims to push President Biden toward the nomination next week, even as Democrats remain split over his candidacy.
D.N.C. Aims to Push Biden Toward Nomination Next Week, Despite Doubtswww.nytimes.com Leaders of the Democratic National Committee are aiming for a process that would formalize the nomination by the end of July, even as Democrats remain fiercely split over his candidacy.
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Twitter's Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social · a day
And not in the direction people hope
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 2 days
The last speaker of the night is Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, who says he's the first Teamster in 120 years to speak at the #RNC. Union voters have been drifting toward Republicans, and now they snagged a union leader for their convention too.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 2 days
So far this is basically the trans-bashing convention and (1) it's disgusting, and (2) I'm really not sure it's what normal people want to hear from a political party. Also if any neutral media type really care about "lowering the temperature" they should start note the hate speech in Milwaukee.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2 days
It’s incredibly sad the extent to which Trump has completely broken the brains of millions of our fellow citizens.
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 2 days
One of the everyday Americans speaking now is Linda Fornos, a Latina who says she voted for Biden in 2020 and regrets it. Trying to create a permission structure for other people of color to make the same jump. #RNC
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 2 days
Imagine historians in 200 years -- if humans are still around then -- trying to make sense of the fact that we allow this guy to be the richest person on the planet today and have enormous influence over multiple aspects of our lives: