Update: Following public backlash, Gillibrand says she “misspoke” when accusing Zohran Mamdani of supporting “global jihad.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

CLARIFICATION: h/t to @emptywheel.bsky.social : It is not clear that the two cooperating witnesses are MS-13. They are both in prison and one had been deported five times. The DoJ offered them immigration "leniency" in exchange for their testimony against Mr. Abrego.

Sotomayor, in dissent, correctly says that today's decision in Mahmoud will lead public schools to simply censor books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes, creating "chaos" and stigmatizing children with LGBTQ families. This decision will lead to book bans. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Although Alito frames the remedy here as "notice and opt-out," the reality is that school districts cannot manage such a sweeping opt-out system. They are far more likely to simply pull books with LGBTQ characters off classroom shelves altogether rather than face a ruinous, high-profile lawsuit.