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I know a few things about law. Not quite ready to give up on this place.
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I keep saying this over and over again, screaming into the void: a good portion of the outrageous stuff that is going on under the assumption it will never be prosecuted by Trump’s DOJ *also could be prosecuted by state AGs or local DAs*.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Folks Trump has no authority to fire the National Portrait Gallery director and no one need report it as if he does

submitted 4 days ago • 127 comments

For clarification, the entire court, 8 Ds and 3 Rs, in an unsigned order, granted an administrative stay of the permanent injunction against the IEEPA tariffs ordered by the Court of International Trade. This is a temporary stay while the court considers a motion for a further stay during appeal.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I think this points up some of the failures of coverage of Trump's lawlessness: You could've read dozens of articles on Trump's tariff policy with no inkling of how unprecedented & legally dubious was the legal authority he claimed to impose them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

submitted 5 days ago • 64 comments

As far as I can tell from talking to Senate procedural experts, this is just wrong and will give a bunch of people false hope that Senate Ds can gum up the works. If the CRA was so easy for the minority to exploit, we would have seen Rs use it constantly against Biden.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

i want a black comedy spinoff where Dedra Meero is freed from prison and immediately hailed as a hero of the Republic because her charging documents accuse her of everything Lonni ever did

submitted 7 days ago • 28 comments

"oh my god social media is so frustrating and exhausting sometimes, I need to just take a break" I say as I refresh my feed

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

I think what has thrown people off is that he's a handful of personality quirks away from being among the worst. As evidence, look at the many Republicans who have tried to imitate him, never get more than 70-80% of the way there, and uniformly faceplant.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

My takeaway from this story is that, yes, they're worried, but they're also brainstorming countermoves, which is important. You can't just sit there and be terrified.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see this. The law partners surrendering on core rule of law issues to Trump are legitimately the most contemptible people in the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Trump's approval rating has declined markedly since his inauguration (and his favorability numbers are down from the election) so it should be trivially easy to find a handful of swing voters who regret their vote. Not doing so is an editorial choice.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I will let no one claim to be a bigger filibuster hater than I, but this seems more like a baby step than full nuclear.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

I think the US Institute of Peace leaders who just regained control of their headquarters would disagree about court order compliance.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Liberal arts majors rise up www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...

submitted 14 days ago • 35 comments

got so annoyed at seeing idiots on tiktok and youtube argue about 20th century american party politics that i made a nearly 30 minute video trying to sketch out the history in a nuanced way. the conceit of this video, however, is that it's all from the dome! no notes, just vibes.

submitted 13 days ago • 128 comments