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It is easy to forget that when Paul Weiss and the other law firms that capitulated to Trump cut their deals they thought they would be viewed as savvy dealmakers. Now they look like craven fools and gutless cowards.

submitted 7 hours ago • 134 comments

I was so ready to be grouchy about this tariffs op. But it's legitimately interesting. I'm even tentatively sold on its first holding—re "Balance-of-Trade Tariffs". The second holding—re "Drug Cartel Tariffs"—is a willful read-down of a judicially disfavored statute. But it's serious work. 1/🧵

submitted 6 hours ago • 10 comments

Most of Trump's tariffs were just ruled illegal (because they were based on nonsense). This is the second best possible off-ramp for the U.S. economy. The best would be if Congress were to take back the power the Constitution gave it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

submitted 6 hours ago • 38 comments

BREAKING: A U.S. trade court has blocked President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, ruling that the president overstepped his authority.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Seeing as Emil Bove personally fired me from DOJ in retaliation for prosecuting January 6 rioters, I don’t think he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that’s just me.

submitted 9 hours ago • 81 comments

At what point is one of these Ross Dress for Less ass looking motherfuckers gonna get punched in the face

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

President Trump has now pardoned 9 members of Congress convicted of crimes

submitted 9 hours ago • 86 comments

I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.

submitted 12 hours ago • 411 comments

NEW: Three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade rules that Congress did not delegate to Trump unbounded authority to set tariffs. The challenged tariff orders are enjoined. cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...

submitted 9 hours ago • 11 comments

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

submitted 10 hours ago • 103 comments

INCREDIBLE !! Here we are... 😱😱😱 After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river... Devastating! 😭 www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...

submitted 16 hours ago • 31 comments

As Trump Seeks New Ways to Defund Harvard, Elon Musk Continues to Blow Shit Up www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/28/a...

submitted 21 hours ago • 17 comments

A legal system ruled by law—or by whim? In our latest Main Justice episode, Mary McCord and I break down a set of recent rulings that go to the heart of that question. Harvard. A Member of Congress. Wilcox. Take a listen. Stay engaged. #MainJustice #RuleOfLaw #DueProcess #SCOTUS

submitted 15 hours ago • 6 comments

🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

submitted 13 hours ago • 235 comments

On average, 300 Americans are still dying each week from COVID19. A major part of the reason is that they are not vaccinated. Another is they’ve been led to believe that COVID19 isn’t serious and don’t seek care or test for it.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

We’re testing a new feature! Starting this week, select accounts can add a livestream link to sites like YouTube or Twitch, and their Bluesky profile will show they’re live now.

submitted 9 days ago • 1119 comments

This is fucking ridiculous—but not surprising: The Missouri Supreme Court just effectively revived the state’s abortion ban, ignoring the fact that voters passed a pro-choice amendment in November.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

My analysis of JD Vance and his despicable interview from the Vatican will be published in the morning. I hope you become a Democracy Docket premium member and receive. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

I want to hear from the bettors who think the Rapture will come AND that Polymarket will still be paying out bets in the aftermath

submitted 1 day ago • 152 comments

“FEMA employees want to be ready for hurricane season and meet the needs of the mission, but the staffing cuts and uncertainty have removed or driven away loads of talent and institutional knowledge.”

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

No matter how slippery the SpaceX fans get in their defenses ("you don't understand, we learned so much!") the fact is these tests are waaaaay past the "experiments sometimes fail" stage. These are tests of what's supposed to be a working design and build. But it doesn't work. It blows up.

submitted 1 day ago • 147 comments

If you’re not attending Trump’s military exploitation birthday party in DC you might want to consider joining one of the “No Kings” events happening across the country on June 14. My guest today @ezralevin.bsky.social from Indivisible explains how you can get involved. youtu.be/iJC455bmkbo

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging www.propublica.org/article/us-o...

submitted 1 day ago • 91 comments

yikes, what a wanker Jake tapper

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

We are like six months from them outlawing seatbelts.

submitted 1 day ago • 333 comments

The student is 20, now being shuttled across multiple states in detention. He must be terrified. A young adult, but still a child as well. So upsetting. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/n...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I put much work into this. DOJ is trying to block courts' access to info in #AbregoGarcia and Alien Enemies Act cases by asserting it is a "state secret." I walk through the clear case law on this topic. I provide a Table of senior officials' statements that preclude the state secret privilege.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

more we hear about Johnson's budget bill, more it reveals itself as a pile of garbage!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

A provision in the House budget bill passed last week that would impose a moratorium on state AI laws makes tech companies above the law, decimates federalism, and destabilizes predictability in business-to-business transactions, writes David Brody (@dbrody.bsky.social).

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

“The Bible says whoever is kind to the needy, honors God.” The MAGA Murder Budget “has other ideas.” sojo.net/articles/opi...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

You know that old saying “knowledge is power”? That’s exactly why Donald Trump is doing everything he can to destroy independent sources of knowledge. Killing the data is all part of maiming our resistance to autocracy. If you can impose it, ignorance is also power.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

the most darkly humorous aspect of this is that we already have a thing that comes as close as is technically feasible to what Trump imagines Golden Dome would do, it's called NORAD, and Canada already participates in it

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:

submitted 1 day ago • 102 comments

JUST IN; Judge Paula Xinis benchslaps DOJ for waiting until today to ask for usually routine extension of deadline to answer complaint in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation lawsuits. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

🚨BREAKING: U.S Department of Justice files voter suppression lawsuit targeting North Carolina voter registration. The weaponization of DOJ for political gain is here. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

Gotta say, I did not expect a Bureau of Prisons employee to tell me on the record, "They're not doing due process for these people" about ICE detainees being held at his facility. reason.com/2025/05/27/o...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment