Expanding the Supreme Court is the only way to fix it

Term limits would take decades to have an impact since I assume they don’t apply to current justices. The Court has no credibility since they are backing Trump’s extremist policies and bending the laws to suit conservatives. Expansion is the only solution.

People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:www.theguardian.com/commentisfre…

— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T16:47:51.617Z

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T23:04:12.791Z

For a long time John Roberts was supposed to be the Supreme Court's savviest *politcian*, in terms of preserving its image while pushing his conservative agenda. But "I helped Trump win and now I'm locking this place down" is pretty good evidence he lost the thread http://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u…

— Jay Willis (@jaywillis.net) 2026-02-02T16:47:16.379Z

@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 http://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o…

— Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T03:06:13.688Z

More posts on the Trump/RFK, Jr. measles increase

Such impressive accomplishments by RFKJr

— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) 2026-02-09T18:33:07.831Z

People of DC, more than two weeks into being totally iced in, now get news of measles spread—brought in by Right to Life marchers.Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al. dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal…

— James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) 2026-02-09T03:57:44.140Z

Conditions At ICE Detention Centers Could Fuel Major Measles Outbreaks

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2026-02-05T19:44:45.313Z

Q: What does it mean if the US loses its measles elimination status?Doctor: It signals we’re reversing public-health progress. Preventable illnesses will rise and strain the system—especially children’s hospitals, which have already lost 20% of bed capacity.

— Pat Fuller (@bannerite.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T02:41:43.934Z

Measles cases, by vaccination status, in South Carolina.It’s almost like vaccines work!

— The Real Truther (@therealtruther.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T18:07:50.912Z

The Washington Post’s double standard on gerrymandering

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

— Chris Ingraham (@cingraham.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T23:41:51.279Z

Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, if you’re gonna call out the Washington Post you should do it in Bluesky among people who will appreciate it more than the people on the Nazi social media site. This is good stuff!

— Clay Ranck (@clayranck.bsky.social) 2025-11-07T18:12:55.934Z

posts on the TrumpRx scam

What did you expect from Trump? He’s a lying criminal and huckster.

More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T18:00:10.403Z

💊NOT CHEAPER—TrumpRx claims he cuts prices on the “fat shot” (GLP-1) drugs—but not only is Zepbound cheaper directly from pharma’s website than on TrumpRx—but TrumpRx’s list price is higher! Furthermore, TrumpRx retail price is artificially inflated (akin to inflated Macy’s $).

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T02:11:58.305Z

GoodRx powers TrumpRx as an official “key integration partner,” handling pricing, API integration, and coupon processing. The catch? TrumpRx covers just 43 drugs compared to thousands. Another scam.

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T21:59:21.457Z

Posts on Trump’s abuse of pardons

He has pardoned the January 6th rioters and many others.

In addition to 1500+ pardoned Jan 6ers, 34 of whom have been charged with new crimes, here’s a list of all of the fraudsters and criminals 47 has pardoned. This should be discussed a lot more, hold them all accountable #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue http://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/21/t…

— KSlatteryResist (@kslatteryresist.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T20:02:43.444Z

Dems should be making hay of this!

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) 2026-01-17T20:51:28.676Z

SCOOP: Trump quietly pardoned several people this week, including:▶️A Venezuelan-Italian banker implicated in a bribery scheme whose daughter donated $3.5M to Trump's PAC.▶️A California woman who was freed from prison by a Trump commutation in 2021 & was then convicted in an unrelated case in 2024.

— Ken Vogel (@kenvogel.bsky.social) 2026-01-16T18:01:32.898Z

There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.

— Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) 2025-12-25T22:47:25.233Z

The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.

— Corey Rayburn Yung (@coreyryung.bsky.social) 2025-12-25T16:23:58.631Z

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…85% of the people granted pardons or clemency this year by Trump are white, and Jan. 6 defendants made up 90% of those who benefited, according to a new report compiled by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform.

— ▪️Jules▪️ (@northjules.bsky.social) 2025-12-16T20:07:44.493Z

Great Bluesky post on gerrymandering

I agree completely with this. Democrats have to gerrymander everywhere they can. They have to make it so bad for Republicans that they will agree to non-partisan voting districts. Republicans clearly won’t play fairly otherwise.

Absolutely right. Democrats backed a national ban on gerrymandering while Republicans pushed their advantage in key states. This evens things up but also draws us closer to real reform.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T16:01:10.459Z

More old articles on Trump’s history of racism

Yeah, there's no evidence of his racism…Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2020 share.google/cLurvcDnGPtx…

— Lynda Wright (@broncobaby10.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T13:50:20.766Z

Donald Trump was accused of racism long before his presidency, despite what online posts claim (7/28/23)

Trump and racism: What do the data say?

Donald Trump’s long history of racism (11/28/17)

We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker. (10/12/24)

Trump is a racist but mainstream media is too cowardly to say it

The Truth Social post is just the latest example of Trump’s racism. The media is too cowardly to call him a racist. They’ll say his account posted a racist statement. Doesn’t that make him a racist?

The mainstream news media will never call Trump explicity racist. They'll always dodge the allegation. That's because the white people running the joints need to believe that there is a distinction between donig racist things and promoting racist polices, versus being *personally* racist.

— ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T16:52:44.994Z

Bluesky post on New York Times coverage

Racist regime does Racist shit. http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-…

— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T05:07:14.794Z

Demonstrating that Trump believes his cult will believe anything he tells them to believe, the White House announced that the shockingly racist meme posted on Trump's Truth Social account was posted by "a White House staffer." It was posted in the middle of the night, so which "staffer" is that?

— Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) (@portlandken.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T20:22:21.699Z

Haven't seen this angle mentioned, but it's an extraordinary national security risk to have an anonymous "staffer" impersonating the president of the United States, posting racist memes, from his personal accounts, at 10 PM.

— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T20:27:33.337Z

A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T06:13:18.824Z

BREAKING: President Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash. The White House had defended it but now blames staffer.

— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) 2026-02-06T17:57:46Z

A reminder that Trump posted an AI video of federal agents tackling Obama in the Oval Office while he watches and YMCA plays.

— Tim Dickinson (@timdickinson.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T17:48:26.319Z

donald trump is a trickle-down racist http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2026-02-06T14:54:27.120Z

Trump posting a racist video of the Obamas underscores how imagery long recognized as among the most explicit racist tropes in U.S. history have become normalized in the Trump era, @russcontreras.bsky.social writes.

— Axios (@axios.com) 2026-02-06T19:24:55.349Z

Trump’s racism is not new. Here’s an article from 2020.

Allegations of racism have marked Trump’s presidency and become key issue as election nears