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The speed with which Congress not having the power of the purse, law and the Constitution be damned, has been normalized by the press is the most terrifying thing to me.

submitted 3 days ago • 193 comments

New in PN: @therickwilson.bsky.social on Marco Rubio's great debasement "He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"

submitted 2 days ago • 1418 comments

This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

submitted 3 days ago • 630 comments

It would be comical, the kind of thing you'd see in a dark comedy – if it weren't true. What a sad state for our country.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Amazon will be listing a $100 product at $245, while customers can find the same product on Temu for $100, with a $145 tax at checkout. Guess which one the search engines will prioritize?

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

With Trump it’s impossible to calculate with precision at any moment the precise mixture of moronism, mendacity, and malevolence he’s displaying but you can always be sure all three traits are always actively in play.

submitted 3 days ago • 58 comments

Hopefully the next Secretary of Defense will be an adult

submitted 7 days ago • 99 comments

This is insane, and basically a way to encourage federal workers who support the president to bully those who don’t

submitted 6 days ago • 170 comments

A useful way to think about his tanking poll numbers is that they would be far worse if more people knew what he is doing

submitted 6 days ago • 304 comments

When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.

submitted 8 days ago • 612 comments

This — the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s arrest today of a sitting judge — against the backdrop that the President of the United States is, at this same moment, defying an April 10 Order of the Supreme Court of the United States

submitted 7 days ago • 254 comments

The USDA has withdrawn a plan to impose stronger safety regulations limiting salmonella levels in raw poultry. Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund? Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country. See how this works?

submitted 7 days ago • 281 comments

“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.” That seems accurate!

submitted 8 days ago • 1441 comments

Good morning! The law says federal spending should be public, so we're suing OMB for taking down a legally required database.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Today Trump ordered DOJ to investigate ActBlue, which is payment processing platform for basically every progressive organization in the US. Trump is ordering DOJ to disrupt the opposition party Yesterday Trump personally got $10s of millions in cash from untraceable foreigners in new crypto scheme

submitted 8 days ago • 51 comments

MEMBERS OF THE DC BAR: THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU—PLEASE VOTE FOR DIANE SELTZER (@whatajlp.bsky.social) 👉👉👉👉👉

submitted 9 days ago • 41 comments

Is anyone surprised! He is a national embarrassment. Vance and Rubio are as well. It will take the USA generations to fix what he has destroyed.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is a terrifying fascist who is likely to destroy our country. That’s why I spent most of my time criticizing Democrats.

submitted 10 days ago • 61 comments

BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients More details to follow--stay tuned!

submitted 10 days ago • 653 comments

I guess I shouldn't tease the name Blue-throated Goldentail without showing the golden tail! At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds #nature

submitted 11 days ago • 209 comments

Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military

submitted 13 days ago • 655 comments

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

submitted 12 days ago • 384 comments

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

submitted 13 days ago • 756 comments

Trump tariffed every country, even penguins, but not Russia. He said it’s because he’s negotiating the wars end. But he DID tariff Ukraine. Hmmm

submitted 12 days ago • 463 comments

It would mean that we have a president who would be openly stating that he is subject to no law. But of course he has always believed that.

submitted 14 days ago • 135 comments

"By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades." #Democracy www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

Merely mentioning this is an outrageous abuse of power. Our president is a convicted criminal and a mob boss wannabe. He holds the office unconstitutionally and must be removed.

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

Does the president have to obey Supreme Court rulings? This Federalist Society Supreme Court judge says it depends what party they represent.

submitted 16 days ago • 66 comments

🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

submitted 17 days ago • 236 comments

Good Lord, what madness rules in brain-sick men

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

Martin’s hits on Russian television are another warning about his lack of prudence and his political extremism - and he apparently gambled that his appalling comments might be forgotten once RT America shut down, a deceptiveness that should alarm the Senate. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

submitted 16 days ago • 2056 comments

A typical day in Trump's neighborhood!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Honestly I'm glad they picked Harvard to try out this novel "we're mad" legal theory of revoking tax-exempt status, given its infinite resources, deep network of powerful alumni, and law school attended by 142 sitting federal judges. Good luck! 🫡

submitted 16 days ago • 387 comments

Slashing scientific research funding and threatening America's role as the home of cutting-edge discoveries is quite a bait and switch from "defund woke DEI"

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

If what the capitulating law firms told the NY Times is correct, then they are the most incompetent lawyers in America. It isn't possible that they thought that they made a deal with Donald Trump and he was getting nothing and it would not come back to bite them.

submitted 16 days ago • 160 comments

This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason

submitted 16 days ago • 3476 comments

Trump’s choice for IRS Director, Billy Long of Missouri, just had his six-figure debt paid off by campaign donors whose firms have significant, often contentious business before the tax agency he would lead... www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...

submitted 17 days ago • 76 comments

Good for Rogen.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Down and down Trump's approval rating goes... analysis via @gelliottmorris.com. Will Trump catch up with his 2017 ratings before 100 days in office?

submitted 17 days ago • 43 comments

The White House cites an NPR feature that states "banana slugs are hermaphrodites" as a reason to cease public funding of the network. But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_...

submitted 18 days ago • 256 comments

This week, we filed a bar complaint against interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin. Martin has threatened investigations against political enemies and given legal advice to at least one January 6 defendant. These actions violate his professional obligations as a lawyer. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

No biggie. This man is temporarily in charge of, and Trump wants to put him permanently in charge of, one of the two United States Attorney’s offices that handle the most national-security matters. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 17 days ago • 349 comments

I have to believe at this point that Alito and Thomas are pleased that things are finally happening the way they've always wanted them to

submitted 18 days ago • 196 comments

“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.

submitted 18 days ago • 810 comments

So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed. apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...

submitted 19 days ago • 1399 comments

I can’t believe he’s not wearing a tie. Outrageous display of disrespect.

submitted 19 days ago • 872 comments

Sorry, America. We can pay cancer research teams or we can pay to fly Trump and his entourage to a UFC fight in Miami. We can’t afford both.

submitted 20 days ago • 21 comments

It’s been a full week, and not a single penguin has backed down or sold out. Could there be a lesson here for America’s law firms and universities?

submitted 24 days ago • 49 comments