Past Sierra Club President, 15-year board member. Attorney. Dog rescuer. Writer. Student of memoir, literary fiction. davesc on bluesky

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And a lot more judges like Aileen Cannon. And a lot more cabinet members like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFK Junior, Howard Nutlick. Unconscionable.
Let's be really clear about what this performative opposition means: Gottheimer, Scholten et al are willing to hand Trump two more Supreme Court justices
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There are very few people who by the force of their own personalities, their drive and determination, and remarkable talents, can almost single-handedly change a culture. That was Gloria Steinem. May her memory be a blessing.
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Frank LaRose is one of the most despicable and dishonest people I have observed in public life
If I'm reading this right, Republican Frank LaRose is saying that he will clean up Ohio state government -- which has been under the full control of REPUBLICANS for most of the last 30 years 🤔
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To confirm more Aileen Cannons, Clarence Thomases, Sam Alitos, Pete Hegseths, RFK Jrs, Todd Blanches, eviscerate Medicaid and Medicare, enrich billionaires, blow up voting and our democracy, destroy our military and undermine national security. Stay smug. Watch it all burn down.
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The ratio of population between small and large states in 17 89–1776 doesn’t matter when it comes to the constitutional design— was 10 or 12 to one. Now it’s more than 70 to 1.
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It is tempting to simply view this speech with derision. A feeble demagogue lying over and over. It is far more dangerous and insidious. Trump is trying to lay the predicate to declare a national emergency and seize control of the election machinery. Potentially to seize control of television and radio outlets. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Yes, this speech was pathetic, filled with rants and lies upon lies. Yes, it exposed him even more as somebody deep into mental decline. Put that aside for the broader reality: it is a predicate to the destruction of our democracy. 6
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And bear in mind one other serious danger if these ploys do not work for the House of Representatives. That is Mike Johnson, refusing to seat legitimately elected Democrats so that he can illegally and unconstitutionally hold power. 5
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Trump says Democrats forgot to rig the election in 2016, successfully rigged it while *he* was president in 2020, then forgot how to rig it again in 2024. So the only election Democrats supposedly stole was the one he himself controlled. You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe this bullshit.
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Dave Scott retweeted
The United States helped build the modern law of war crimes after World War II because it understood something basic. Power without accountability is how atrocities get repeated instead of prosecuted. Rubio is not defending sovereignty today. He is defending the position that American personnel should be investigable by no court on earth, not even after Nuremberg set the opposite precedent for everyone else. Sovereignty was never supposed to mean immunity. That is not patriotism. That is impunity.
The words “international,” “criminal,” and “court” should never be used together—certainly not in reference to the United States of America. Thank you, @SecRubio, for defending America’s sovereignty.
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I wonder what they are looking for, and what they will deep-six, erase, sanitize
the Federales feel emboldened to just walk in, and loot Lindsey's blackmail stash.
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Dave Scott retweeted
Word. Justice is the first casualty of the Trump regime.
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Blowing up mail voting, restricting, early voting, cutting polling places, having ICE intimidate voters in long lines. Voters will need to be very highly motivated, for many that means waiting in line 6, 7 or eight hours. I fear too many will leave after a couple of hours.
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Dave Scott retweeted
.@BasedMikeLee, this is on you and Utah is watching.
BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order shrinking Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante monuments.
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“The Constitution will not defend itself. It never has, it never will. The rule of law will not defend itself. It never has, it never will."-- Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Mike Donnelly usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
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I am fine with senators praising Lindsey’s warmth and humor. I shared some beers with him too. And his early positive history. But not to mention what Lindsey had become, the threat he posed to our fundamental political system, his willingness to shred Senate norms? Not OK.
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He abandoned his previous support for climate change, measures, and humane immigration standards, had eviscerated Senate norms with Supreme Court nominations, and justified Trump’s naked corruption. Lindsey was a key leader in the march to autocracy.
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This is one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus to stand up for the Rule of Law.
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#BREAKING: Hayes: “…according to Haberman and Swan, the price to get into Trump’s good graces would be high. In conversations with a Republican fundraiser who acted as a go-between, Trump would DICTATE the number, the EXACT dollar figure he wanted her to extract from each CEO. Within days, they write, MILLIONS of dollars and then tens and hundreds of millions were pouring into Trump’s various fundraising accounts. Worth considering for a moment, what are those fundraising accounts for? Can’t run for president again. Can’t run for anything. Where’s that money going to go?”🤔
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