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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' More of this, please"

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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

submitted 6 days ago • 2135 comments

We blame Biden because he’s in eclipse. And because we don’t want to face the reality: That 2024 was a total, systemic failure of America, its people, and its institutions. www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...

submitted 32 days ago • 73 comments

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submitted 45 days ago • 66 comments

Just incredible

submitted 51 days ago • 1462 comments

One reason that I think Democrats need to understand that Trump has an actual plan with his tariffs is not just because 1) it helps understand why he won't give it up, and 2) we should have a coherent, fair trade vision to counter it.

submitted 58 days ago • 5 comments

This. This. This. 👇👇👇👇👇

submitted 62 days ago • 7 comments

If you're not reading Lisa Needham on Public Notice, you're missing out.

submitted 72 days ago • 12 comments

Small tariffs create small problems and big tariffs create huge ones. Lemme 'splain.

submitted 74 days ago • 8 comments

Wow, this is truly scathing.

submitted 79 days ago • 97 comments

March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE This was before the tariffs It's just...unbelievable

submitted 79 days ago • 548 comments

I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/

submitted 85 days ago • 714 comments

Trump’s folks first tried to deflect, then lied about it under oath, and then — when The Atlantic called their bluff and published the detailed Houthi attack plans — fell back on risible semantic excuses open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 85 days ago • 13 comments

It’s notable that we’re four days in and Rs haven’t found some whatabout about Biden officials doing this stuff on non-secured channels. Because they didn’t do it! Jake Sullivan et al were traumatized by the Hillary email drama. The new guys are hubristic.

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“There is no administration in the world — beyond this one — where a blunder of these proportions happens and nobody gets fired or resigns. Not in London. Not in Moscow. Not in Tokyo. Not in Pyongyang. Nowhere.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...

submitted 86 days ago • 796 comments

As Signalgate gets worse for Trump with the release of the damning texts themselves, it's worth dwelling on what's supposed to happen in these situations. This brief explainer from former Pentagon official @rosabrooks.bsky.social on our pod is highly instructive: newrepublic.com/article/1931...

submitted 86 days ago • 19 comments

Trump is now directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge his actions in court. The admin currently faces more than 130 lawsuits. The move is the latest action that aims to punish judges and lawyers taking positions against Trump.

submitted 89 days ago • 70 comments

I recorded a special episode of my Bulwark podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social this morning to discuss Paul, Weiss’s appalling capitulation to the First Extortionist of the United States. I didn’t mince words. Link below. @thebulwark.bsky.social

submitted 91 days ago • 314 comments

A List of Things People Blamed on Movies 🧵

submitted 92 days ago • 5 comments

I hope a long list of prominent clients "fire" Paul, Weiss, and make a very public point of moving to a different law firm.

submitted 92 days ago • 20 comments

It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

submitted 92 days ago • 2797 comments

Auchincloss on Fox News Sunday: "This economy is inflationary right now...you know what the GOP response is? Their response is, 'Well, get ready for a rocky ride & by the way, we're gonna give tax cuts to the top 20% of earners & pay for it by taking away healthcare from people who need healthcare'"

submitted 96 days ago • 765 comments

Viewed in the very best light, this an argument for making the country to suffer material damage so that Donald Trump ends up owning it. It’s an argument for not resisting the chaos in the government, the chaos in the markets, and the damage to the economy—for letting it all stay bad.

submitted 99 days ago • 67 comments

Donald Tusk has a point here. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

submitted 105 days ago • 18 comments

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 105 days ago • 178 comments

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

submitted 107 days ago • 28 comments

hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 108 days ago • 133 comments

Wow. This is insane.

submitted 109 days ago • 23 comments

This is a loudly blown whistle.

submitted 110 days ago • 29 comments

This is called fraudulent accounting, and it’s what Trump was found criminally guilty of by a New York court.

submitted 110 days ago • 55 comments

i expect the markets to have a totally chill reaction to this

submitted 110 days ago • 306 comments

Macron: “But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”

submitted 111 days ago • 108 comments

I’m done cooperating. Are you? The Situation, March 1, 2025 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

submitted 111 days ago • 36 comments

Love how Trump ended his Oval Office meltdown with "This is going to be great television"

submitted 112 days ago • 8 comments

Come to cases, “America First” means the United States sacrifices allies and prestige in order to help Russia win territory in a war of aggression.

submitted 112 days ago • 15 comments

1/3. It should be astonishing, though it’s not, that the American negotiators want to begin from the premise that Russia was right and that Ukraine is not sovereign. Accepting the lies of the aggressor isn’t just unethical, it’s also unstrategic.

submitted 115 days ago • 74 comments

Some good advice here.

submitted 116 days ago • 42 comments

Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

submitted 119 days ago • 557 comments

“We’ll see you in court.” Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.

submitted 119 days ago • 172 comments

This is such a savvy move by Judge Ho. It’s not just that Clement has impeccable (conservative) credentials; he was the Solicitor General from 2004–08, and even Acting AG briefly, so he can participate with quite a bit of perspective as to the proper role of the Department of Justice.

submitted 119 days ago • 33 comments

Again I am begging people in the media to note the legality of these actions in their headlines or blurbs. A post office is literally written into the constitution.

submitted 120 days ago • 61 comments

This is exactly how Hitler talked. It's not even a comparison or analogy, as people claim. It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy. This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.

submitted 120 days ago • 132 comments

"Behind the seemingly scatter-shot opening acts of his second administration, legal analysts see a common goal: to test a once-fringe legal theory which asserts that the president has unlimited power to control the actions of the four million people who make up the executive branch." --Jacob Knutson

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TEXAS TRIBUNE: West Texas measles outbreak climbs to 58. Thirteen patients have been hospitalized. The outbreak is Texas’ largest in more than 30 years, and comes at a time where vaccination rates among children have dropped. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/18/t... via @texastribune.org

submitted 121 days ago • 7 comments