Skeets Of The Day

 

Republican SCOTUS gives *only a Republican president* unprecedented power --

 

My latest: With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...

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— Charlie Savage (@charliesavage.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM

 

Hard to overstate how insane it makes you feel to read a Supreme Court decision that very seriously concludes that there is not a sufficient “history and tradition” to allow judges to stop the president from ignoring the Constitution ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...

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— Jay Willis (@jaywillis.net) June 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM

 

Today in Trump's American police state --

 

NEW: Immigration agents launched a pre-dawn raid today on a Huntington Park home, detonating an explosive to force entry as a woman and her two young children huddled inside.

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— Pablo Manríquez (@pabloreports.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM

 

Monstrous: "They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."

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— Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) June 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM

 

Father detained by immigration agents while shopping at Home Depot in Burbank

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— KTLA 5 (@ktla.com) June 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM

"We are the labor" --

 

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) June 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM

 

Moron Trump disses Western democracies, loves dictatorships -- 

 

Trump on the European Union: "They're nasty. They're very nasty ... we have the cards far more than they do."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM

 

Trump: "Vladimir Putin made some very nice statements today. Look, he respects our country again ... President Xi respects our country. Kin Jong Un respects."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM

 

Mob boss Trump pressures UVA president to resign, who'd already caved over DEI --

 

Here in his farewell letter, UVa president Ryan details the classic mob extortion techniques used by the Trump administration to force his resignation

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM

 

In the fallout of James Ryan resigning from UVA, @sivav.bsky.social provides a clear argument of what higher ed is facing & why capitulation will not save you. newrepublic.com/article/1973...

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— W. Carson Byrd (@wcbyrdphd.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM

 

We can all dream, can't we? --

 

"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."

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— McSweeney's (@mcsweeneys.net) June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM