Justin Levitt

Any FBI agent asked to spend any time at all on the Texas quorum break had better be able to articulate the specific statute enumerating the specific federal crime they’re investigating. And any reporter giving any credibility to alleged FBI efforts had better be asking the same.

I honestly don’t think the national Rs pushing Texas understand how much fire they’re playing with. If they tick off IL enough, and CA voters enough to change CA law, that’s every single member of the Republican delegation gone. All twelve. If there are no rules, there are no rules.

Republican Senators looking at John Bolton: 👀 You know the more momentum this gets, the harder it’s going to be to stop it when it gets to you, right?

171/ New guy occasionally tries to ingratiate rather than to annoy. I think he finds it more effective, but less interesting. #ajax #dogsky

Once again begging journalists to cover Thursday’s speech as the entry in a short fiction contest it will be, and to cover the associated claim of emergency powers as the wishcasting it will be. Think of how you’d cover a random bank customer claiming he has to be given the keys to the vault.

Trump Declares National Emergency Renaming All First-Born Children "Beauregard" is only dangerous if you think it means you have to start immediately calling your oldest kid Beauregard.

Out of WEST VIRGINIA, by the way. Where Kris Warner (correctly) declined to give up the voter files originally demanded by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division when some guy named Mac Warner was running around the Division. I’m sure there’s no relation. *hand to ear* Wait, hold on…

So weird to have this in my feed right next to the catastrophizing about Trump’s ridiculous speech on Thursday. It’s almost like people with actual power to make decisions don’t think Trump has a magical finger-snap Infinity Gauntlet.

With respect, step 2 ISN’T A THING. His advisers desperately want it to be a thing. That doesn’t make it a thing. When/if he declares a “national emergency,” the state and local officials who _actually_ run elections just won’t listen. Can we please stop pretending Trump is a magical wizard?

If, in this world, you have the opportunity to be eulogized by Stephen Miller … maybe consider not doing whatever would lead to that eulogy.

@noupside.bsky.social is essential all the time, but you’re going to want to have her bookmarked (again) for Thursday.

170/ And here's the moment when Ajax realized that the new visitor might be _staying_. #ajax #dogsky

169/ Ajax's expression as Atlas looks for the thousandth time for a pounceable portion of Ajax's tail ... #ajax #dogsky