Norman Ornstein
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Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
Political scientist, contributing editor for the Atlantic, contributor to The Contrarian, cohost of the podcast Words Matter.
#SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito dismisses as a "conspiracy theory" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's concern that allowing DHS to strip greencard holders of their status due to pending criminal charges (not a conviction) would lead to the gov. using charges to force self-deportations.
Chip Roy: I think the Virginia Supreme Court should take a hard look at it. It’s a pretty egregious map.
RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."
A vascular surgeon friend spent $50,000+ and over 2 years navigating the U.S. immigration system from petitions to waivers to medical exams. He did everything right. Lived legally in the country for 9 years now. Completed 8 years of US training. His green card petition was approved based on EB1A for extraordinary ability. Based on that, he signed a job in an underserved rural area that had been searching for his specialty for years, accepted a $100,000 signing bonus, bought a home, and enrolled his children in school. Then everything stopped because USCIS stopped processing application based on where he was born. No final step. No physical green card. Not even the work permit or travel document normally issued while you wait for your green card. Even his H-1B extension that hospital filled has been sitting for 6 months despite premium processing. In 1 week, he may lose his job, his health insurance, and his entire financial stability. He told me: “I don’t want this anymore.” He is now thinking of leaving the country. But then the question becomes: Who pays the mortgage? Who covers the loans he took? Who repays the signing bonus he accepted in good faith? When the government takes your money, approves your petition, invites you to build your life around it, and then freezes at the last step… That is not policy. That is not vetting. That is state-inflicted financial ruin, and punishment for trusting the legal process. #UscisPause #LiftTheHold
“Jim Jordan looked at me straight in my face and said, ‘It’s Strauss. You know what he does.’” - Wrestling Referee F. Feeney says Jim Jordan knew Dr. Strauss was a sexual predator after Feeney told him Dr. Strauss was touching himself in the shower.
Outrageous! SPLC executives who did this need to go to prison for a long time.
Former President Obama in July 2020: “For too long, gerrymandering has contributed to stalled progress and warped our representative government.” 👉🏻 x.com/BarackObama/st…
Democrats have once again shown how far they will go to break the law, “wage warfare,” and disenfranchise millions of voters in order to force their radical, unwanted agenda down the throats of every American. Tonight's result only proves how egregious Democrats' gerrymander is in a state where almost half of voters (46%) backed President Trump! That is why Democrats relied on rigging the ballot question in order to win. We fought this effort with money, manpower, and in the courts - and those fights will continue. Radical Democrats began mid-cycle redistricting in New York back in 2024, and have proven time and time again how little they regard the will of voters from coast to coast. If Democrats are successful in the 2026 midterms, we know this is only the beginning. They will throw open our borders, let crime run rampant in our streets, project weakness on the world stage, make life more expensive for every family, and flood our elections with non-citizens to try and hold on to power forever. Republicans have responded in state after state, and we will finish this fight - and in November, we will WIN the midterms.
I hope the US plans to say “thank you” to Ukraine.
With the Democrats’ power-grab succeeding in Virginia, this should be the next move: return Arlington to DC. Our side must learn to play hardball with these Leftists.