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As DOJ argues that federal courts have no authority to order "any particular acts of diplomacy," I want to remind everyone that SCOTUS let Matthew Kacsmaryk seize control of Biden's border policy for 10 months and micromanage diplomatic negotiations with Mexican officials. slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

Pam Bondi is a liar, propagandist and criminal accomplice. Kilmar Abrego Garcia never received a court hearing and due process. Pam Bondi is an eternal stain on the Justice Department and justice itself.

submitted 4 days ago • 271 comments

No patience with members of Congress and other national leaders saying they're too scared of threats to stand for the Constitution, rights, and rule of law. You're not entitled to this post. It's not your birthright, nor a favor that you're doing the rest of us. Your feelings are not the priority.

submitted 3 days ago • 81 comments

Zero Edge crypto casino founder Richard Kim has been charged with wire fraud and securities fraud after soliciting investments for his crypto casino and then gambling them away. He was arrested and released on bond. US v. Kim

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Wow. Then why was he freed with no charges and given permission to stay in the country in 2019? Man, whoever was president then sure owes us an explanation for letting this monster out in our streets.

submitted 3 days ago • 60 comments

a throughline in Ian Toll's great history of the Pacific War is US commanders gradually realizing that rest and entertainment were vital to maintaining military effectiveness, while Japanese ones dismissed the idea as effeminate weakness

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

We're in court today fighting President Trump's executive order that threatens to make it harder for millions of people to vote. The Constitution is clear: The president doesn't have the authority to unilaterally change federal voting rules.

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

NEW: Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

The fact that #SCOTUS hasn't yet ruled in Abrego Garcia isn't proof of how the justices are going to rule. But the longer it takes, the more it suggests that there isn't a majority of the Court who views this dispute with the same urgency that so many of us do. And that's a problem unto itself.

submitted 10 days ago • 415 comments

🧵 It's really important to understand that Trump/MAGA/the GOP are at least as focused on realizing the goals of male supremacy (misogyny) as they are on realizing the goals of white supremacy.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Fmr. county supervisor candidate Michelle Morrow was sentenced to 90 days in jail & 2 years of probation after pleading no contest to illegally running for office and voting in a district she didn't live in. Just another Republican cheater who got exactly what they deserve.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

The SAVE Act is voter suppression. Over 900K Oregon women whose name doesn't match their birth certificate could be ineligible to vote. 45.1% of Oregonians without a passport could have to pay over $236M just to register. I didn't just vote 'No' – I intro'd a bill that makes it easier to vote.

submitted 10 days ago • 132 comments

BREAKING via Spectrum News: Federal agents tried to question kids at two elementary schools in Los Angeles but were denied entry. The agents said they had parental permission but that was a lie.

submitted 10 days ago • 22 comments

Irrational exuberance in the face of sabotage, dumbfuckery, and straight up lies, incompetence, and malice. That explains yesterday's dead cat bounce, and the resumption of losses today as people realize tariffs are going into effect despite Trump saying there's a pause. We are paying more.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Not since voters who cared about the environment refused to vote for Al Gore in 2000 have I seen a constituency commit a bigger own goal. So, shout out to all you Arab Americans in Michigan who either sat out 2024 or voted for Trump. Y'all are the new leaders in the clubhouse. 🤡

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

stock market's up, time for fox news to pretend it counts again

submitted 11 days ago • 21 comments

Kidnapping people to the 5th Circuit to circumvent ordinary judicial process is abhorrent to the rule of law, but fine with five justices of the United States Supreme Court.

submitted 13 days ago • 64 comments

This is incredibly powerful: "Make no mistake: when the University of Illinois and other campuses decided to be complicit with racist agendas and leave behind their academic freedom ideals they empowered even greater forces to harm our students."

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Rep. RASKIN: The DOJ tried stopping you from coming today. They sent two armed marshals to your home to intimidate you. Why did you decide to come? Former DOJ pardon attorney: I don’t want to be complicit in the misuse of Justice Department resources to do political favors.

submitted 12 days ago • 141 comments

Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.

submitted 12 days ago • 194 comments

pretty rough to square with the attempted sober takes from 2024 about mass deportations being too expensive or complicated for trump’s team to pull off

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

MAGA Republicans are fast-tracking the SAVE Act, requiring a passport or birth certificate with a DL or State ID to register. Names on documents must match exactly. It will block millions of married women who changed their names—and marriage certificates won’t count. #HandsOffHerVote

submitted 13 days ago • 43 comments

GOPers love to insist that welfare recipients must take drug tests and other invasive measures to get taxpayer dollars. We must insist on drug tests for Trumpworld because you'd need to be on serious drugs to say/think that tariffs are not paid by US consumers but foreign countries.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

This should be etched on the DOGE letterhead

submitted 18 days ago • 32 comments

Fair question.

submitted 18 days ago • 116 comments

Don’t look away from the states. Dispatch from Texas: An ultra-conservative school board is removing CHAPTERS from textbooks that were already approved by the state’s conservative State Board of Education. @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social and Dan Keemahill w/ @texastribune.org

submitted 18 days ago • 19 comments

Planned Parenthood provides wide-ranging health services & and my research has shown having greater access to Planned Parenthood not only promotes reproductive freedom, but is also associated with a number of other good health outcomes (fewer teen births, STIs) www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

what the f

submitted 18 days ago • 46 comments

“what is a douche?” well it’s sort of easy to answer for me because a douche is someone who talks about women like this

submitted 23 days ago • 24 comments

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t you try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

submitted 24 days ago • 112 comments

NEW: Trump has led a high-profile campaign to crack down on lawful protests. It’s clear there’s an authoritarian plot afoot to shut down the First Amendment in this country through the use of federal agencies, @jesspish.bsky.social writes.

submitted 23 days ago • 24 comments