Eric Brignac (He/Him)

[All of This] ends if and only if a small handful of Republicans in Congress decide to end it. That is all it will take. But it will take that. There is no end run around it. Remember that when you are deciding who to yell at online today.

The more I see JD Vance, the more I find it amazing that he ever won a primary or a general election on his own. Riding coattails as a vice president, sure. Lots of folks have done that. But how did he survive an entire campaign season and remain likable enough to vote for?

No one ever thinks that “WE The People” refers to the other side

Warnock: "I worry that Democrats are missing a real opportunity to invest in a serious & sustained way in the South. If we would just lean in and stay in through the election & after the election, the kind of victory you saw us achieve here in Georgia, it is achievable in a place like Mississippi."

“I may not be a licensed attorney, but at least I will always be able to say that I lasted a full seven day week as the White House press secretary.”

This is a good point. I expect most people on Bluesky are engaged enough to know this. But if you are an obvious vote in favor of your side, then you are on a list of people to bug to go vote. The sooner you do that, the sooner you get off the list and the more time the party can spend on others.

Great thread.

If they were serious (they are not, but let's pretend), then they would eschew non-binding platitudes and instead propose legislation that prohibits & requires *specific actions* and enforces those restrictions through public enforcement and authorized private lawsuits.

It OK, guys. We can stop worrying. They've signed a non-binding pledge to work mindfully.

I said this in a thread last night and in a thousand threads before it, but you really are doing the work of those who would destroy democracy and the rule of law when you are a doomer. You can be aware of — and vigorously oppose — the lawlessness of this administration without insisting on doom.

30% is still a lot of people

3 out of 10 Americans say that they approve of Trump Not approve of the GOP Not approve of conservatism generally Not consider Trump a better alternative than the Democrats Actively approve of him personally

I get that she's running in South Carolina. But I am still disappointed in Dr. Andrews for responding to an attack calling her Trannie Annie by basically agreeing that transgender people shouldn't have rights.

Polling can obviously be wrong. But in 2026, people are still making arguments like "polls underestimate the GOP b/c rural voters are hard to reach" or "polls underestimate Dems b/c young people don't have landlines." Do you really think that pollsters aren't aware of these challenges?

If a current high school student is qualified enough to get into Cornell, then they have lots of options. Why, considering everything, would they go to Cornell?

The GOP is unironically running an ad that expressly says to not care about candidate quality when you vote It is not an SNL skit. It is a completely serious legitimate commercial.

The First Monday of October is a good time to remember the importance of state courts & constitutions. For most Americans, state courts—not SCOTUS (or other fed. courts—are where they will experience justice firsthand. If you’re interested in learning more, please follow @statecourts.bsky.social.

My man looks like the villain in TRON: ALIMONY

Trump clearly came up with dumocrats, and someone in his circle innocently pointed out that dumb has a silent b at the end. And the psychic narcissistic injury he suffered as a result of being told something that he didn’t know has clearly eaten at his soul for months.

THIS is what Executive Orders *should* be used for. The President instructing Executive Branch officers on what language to use for things. They were never supposed to be a substitute for legislation or formal rulemaking.

Great points by Stephen here. Read his thread. (1) Danger of groupthink. You need someone reviewing your strategy who disagrees with the team. They will find flaws others miss. (2) Danger of overexcitement. You want the smoking gun to be true so badly that you subconsciously forego due diligence.

I wonder if any misrepresentation to a court occurs more often than “Briefly, Your Honor.”

This sounds like a rhetorical question but I actually am curious. Isn’t this something Congress needs to do one way or the other?

The comments made me want to throw something. "Why aren't you doing SOMETHING about it?" The whole Dems are in the minority thing seems to be a mystery to the average Bluesky commenter.

It really is that easy. When you believe in the moral and obviously correct thing as a democrat, just say it. Don’t pretend to believe the bad thing instead.

My most radical but entirely correct political/legal opinion is we should pass a constitutional amendment saying that every Supreme Court decision (and the Circuit decisions that rely on them) in which Justice Alito was in the majority & he was not joined by Justice Souter or Sotomayor is voided

America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form

Shout out to anyone else this morning playing Connections who noticed "savage" and "genius" and spent a few seconds remembering that that 1980s WWF wrestlers "Macho Man" Randy Savage & "The Genius" Lanny Poffo were brothers in real life and considering if that was a clue.

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

About to e-file my brief. The typo gremlins are assembled and ready to start inserting as soon as I hit send. #appellatesky

David Foster Wallace and Kurt Vonnegut died, went to heaven, and got jobs writing for reality

They were also making time to attack Gillian Anderson for daring to talk about the unbearable suffering in Sudan, which is experiencing a real genocide, instead of the OmniCause.

Dems voted 206-2 & 47-0 against the trans athlete bill, yet you attribute a post by some GREEN PARTY rando as the position of the Democratic Party

I'm tired of this BS A comedian gets 12,000+ likes posting a conversation between two accts (which are likely non-Democrats. One was said to be "Green Party") as a shoe-in for their complaint about Democrats Engagement Farming 101

You really shouldn't be in politics if you can't take advantage of your opponent being sponsored by The Job Destroying Factory That Raises Your Water And Power Bills And Whose Creators Say It Might Kill Us All.

Watching the Fed soberly take action in the best interest of the country without having to worry about blowback from the Mad King is heartening. But it makes me even madder that the Supreme Court is killing all other agency independence by fiat.

“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028

It’s sort of creepy feels like they have a specific person in mind with this rule change

PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal? P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.

It would’ve been cool if for the Dolphins Raiders game they’d leaned into their 70s glory days. Both teams could’ve worn throwback uniforms. The coaches could have worn leisure suits. All of the graphics could’ve been retro 70s. It would’ve been cool.

I like this idea for lots of reasons. First, Rcons are already afraid that we will do this. Second, it will really annoy tRUmp if he isn't the center of attention. And the targets of the investigation probably will not obey Congressional subpoenas, which will further highlight their lawlessness.

This is not the most important point, but we really should stop calling Article II adjudicators “judges.” That term implies an impartiality that an employee of one of the litigants does not have.

If you're making cheesy chips, for the love of god please layer the chips and cheese. Those substrata chips are not going to cheese themselves.