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submitted 14 hours ago • 60 comments

JUS TIN: Susman Godfrey becomes the latest firm to sue over Trump's retaliatory executive orders. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath. Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.

submitted 2 days ago • 642 comments

It's hard to teach a lot of economics in 60 second TV soundbites, so lemme slow down and explain what's going on in a 25 minute podcast. Forgive me for engaging in international trade and weakening America, as the interview was with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

Meet Jose Barco. This week, several dozen Venezuelan nationals were loaded onto a U.S. deportation flight from South Texas like unwanted cargo. Among them? A 39-year-old Purple Heart recipient who literally ran into burning vehicles to save fellow soldiers in Iraq. #TheAlliedForces

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

The first step in policy analysis is figuring out what's going wrong. And by my view, we're facing two crises: A tariff crisis, and a crisis of confidence built upon fears incompetence. Let me lay it out, wonk it out and math it out. (I get a bit testy because I think this stuff really matters.)

submitted 2 days ago • 27 comments

Right now, America is not a place where rule of law exists. We are all being mined to increase the wealth of the few.

submitted 3 days ago • 268 comments

It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

submitted 3 days ago • 409 comments

News Alert: So, it seems Tulsi Gabbard's little secret came out about her living in Texas, but voting in Hawaii during the 2024 Election. This may not seem like a big deal, but this could be considered Voter Fraud! www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/p...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote. U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

submitted 7 days ago • 44 comments

My friend Mike Sacks is running for Congress to flip a key swing seat, NY-17. Mike is a brilliant legal maven and TV journalist who knows how to make a case for change. Watch his awesome launch video below and lend a hand if you can: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e... youtu.be/20U5vZfFFeI?...

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

submitted 4 days ago • 866 comments

We need to be beating down Mike Johnson's door. We need to be chasing him down the halls, out the door, and out to his getaway car.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

China just announced 84% tariffs on the US. There is no winner in a global trade war. This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.

submitted 4 days ago • 611 comments

Take note law firms and universities.

submitted 4 days ago • 83 comments

One of two things is happening. They don’t understand what’s happening. They want it to happen. Pick your poison

submitted 4 days ago • 202 comments