Barbara Kaskosz

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power The Supreme Court term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

“The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term Monday, which promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.”

Let’s hope the term will be consequential in a good way.

www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Donald Trump says he'll speak to DOJ about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Nothing shocks anymore.

On the same day that the Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s bid to overturn her conviction, Trump, when asked whether he would pardon Maxwell, said he would speak to the Department of Justice. “I haven't heard the name in so long.”

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

American democracy needs grand experiments like those of a century ago: new institutional forms that provide a way for increasingly alienated Americans to connect to one another and to the prosperity of the richest nation in the world.

@johnfabianwitt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

Trump said today that he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to deploy troops despite any court orders to the contrary. “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” he said.

Yes, just not the reason that Trump plans to use it for.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump's Plan To invoke the Insurrection Act

Trump is creating a false narrative of “burning cities” and “enemy from within”, to justify invoking the Insurrection Act. The Act empowers him to deploy the U.S. military, to imprison his opponents, and to suspend elections.

A warning from @rbreich.bsky.social

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Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power The Supreme Court term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

“The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term Monday, which promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.”

Let’s hope the term will be consequential in a good way.

www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Donald Trump says he'll speak to DOJ about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Nothing shocks anymore.

On the same day that the Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s bid to overturn her conviction, Trump, when asked whether he would pardon Maxwell, said he would speak to the Department of Justice. “I haven't heard the name in so long.”

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

American democracy needs grand experiments like those of a century ago: new institutional forms that provide a way for increasingly alienated Americans to connect to one another and to the prosperity of the richest nation in the world.

@johnfabianwitt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

Trump said today that he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to deploy troops despite any court orders to the contrary. “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” he said.

Yes, just not the reason that Trump plans to use it for.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump's Plan To invoke the Insurrection Act

Trump is creating a false narrative of “burning cities” and “enemy from within”, to justify invoking the Insurrection Act. The Act empowers him to deploy the U.S. military, to imprison his opponents, and to suspend elections.

A warning from @rbreich.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

We Found the ‘Enemy from Within’ He’s in the White House

In Chicago, children were paraded outside in the thick of the night, zip-tied and alone, while ICE rampaged through their homes — all at Trump’s request. He talks about an “enemy from within” but the biggest enemy is him and his lackeys.

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

Understand what they are doing: using the massive power of the state - including military power and the power to imprison - to carry out a campaign to eliminate their political opposition.

It's growing in seriousness by the hour.

A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.

If you work in academia, this will ruin your Saturday.

The Trump administration is forcing nine top universities to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”. The Compact imposes Trump’s ideological dominance over America’s top universities.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive

A federal judge in Nashville ruled that there was a “realistic likelihood” that the indictment filed against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, after his return from El Salvador amounted to a vindictive prosecution by the DOJ.

What are the chances that SCOTUS will agree?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

Trump and WH budget director Vought are taking advantage of the shutdown to halt funding for Democratic-run states and cities. They are withholding $2.1 billion in approved funding for Chicago to supposedly stop “race-based contracting.”

These people are evil.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

A legal victory for our Overpass Brigade! After months of being prohibited from attaching our signs to the fence based on an obscure 1896 RI law, the prohibition has been lifted!

Thanks to our State and local leaders, and RI ACLU for your support!

h8lwi.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...

RESIST

Overpass Brigade
South County Resistance
Rhode Island, 10/4/2025

What a wonderful sound of honking cars! Palpably more energy today! Probably in response to the escalating aggression of the Trump administration against the American people.

Today’s messages:

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
NO KINGS 10-18
PROTECT FREE SPEECH

Overpass Brigade
Rhode Island, 10/4/2025

A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.

If you work in academia, this will ruin your Saturday.

The Trump administration is forcing nine top universities to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”. The Compact imposes Trump’s ideological dominance over America’s top universities.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive

A federal judge in Nashville ruled that there was a “realistic likelihood” that the indictment filed against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, after his return from El Salvador amounted to a vindictive prosecution by the DOJ.

What are the chances that SCOTUS will agree?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

Trump and WH budget director Vought are taking advantage of the shutdown to halt funding for Democratic-run states and cities. They are withholding $2.1 billion in approved funding for Chicago to supposedly stop “race-based contracting.”

These people are evil.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

A legal victory for our Overpass Brigade! After months of being prohibited from attaching our signs to the fence based on an obscure 1896 RI law, the prohibition has been lifted!

Thanks to our State and local leaders, and RI ACLU for your support!

h8lwi.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...

RESIST

Overpass Brigade
South County Resistance
Rhode Island, 10/4/2025

What a wonderful sound of honking cars! Palpably more energy today! Probably in response to the escalating aggression of the Trump administration against the American people.

Today’s messages:

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
NO KINGS 10-18
PROTECT FREE SPEECH

Overpass Brigade
Rhode Island, 10/4/2025

Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for Venezuelans

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to lift protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who had been living in the U.S. without risk of deportation.

Another unsigned, short order giving Trump more power.

(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to National Mall

“Best Friends Forever”

A bronze-colored statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands and kicking up their legs in apparent merriment has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it. 😂

(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

FBI fires agent trainee who displayed Pride flag, sources say | CNN Politics FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.

Patel fired a longtime FBI agent who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment. Less than a week ago Patel fired 15 agents who took a knee with the demonstrators during George Floyd protests.

Extolling Dear Leader — the only legal sentiment left.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/p...

The tragedy is that many educated, sophisticated Americans — members of Congress, the Supreme Court justices — are enabling Trump and allowing the destruction of our democracy.

They know where the country is heading and yet they do nothing. What is their excuse?

The tragedy is that many educated, sophisticated Americans — members of Congress, the Supreme Court justices — are enabling Trump and allowing the destruction of our democracy.

They know where the country is heading and yet they do nothing. What is their excuse?

@radiofreetom.bsky.social