After Judges Henderson and Katsas invoked it without being prompted to do so in the court of appeals, they quickly thereafter amended their opinion to delete the argument after both sides agreed it was incorrect. Yet now it's the basis for the SCOTUS' decision to grant emergency relief. sigh

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

If rebalancing and reforming this MAGA #SCOTUS is not at the top of the agenda of every Democratic candidates running for federal offices (including the big one) - not sure what are we even doing. And it needs to be more than an issue page - they need to be campaigning on it.

The first sentence here is particularly well articulated (and very very true).

Even though it’s bullshit the media is running COMEY INDICTED headlines which is how Republicans win messaging every time. They’re hoping most people won’t know the difference between this and a real indictment and the media helps them by not plainly saying “Trump Forces DOJ To Indict” in a headline

Swalwell on Comey: "What I would just say to any prosecutor at the DOJ is that it's not going away. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, I promise you when Democrats are in the majority we will look at all of this and there will be accountability and bar licenses will be at stake."

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Dems should be clear that post 2026 election any political prosecutions ordered by Trump will be investigated, line prosecutors called to testify, and if warranted, impeachment of AG and any other senior DOJ involved. There have to be consequences.

Why is @nytimes.com claiming to know that FCC chair Brendan Carr's motives for state censorship of liberals are authentically felt, as opposed to an invented pretext? NYT headline writers can't see into Carr's mind.

These facts are undeniable.

NOTABLE and should be standard procedure for *any* NYT reporter.

Yup

Ah, I see, shadow docket *plus* rocket docket for whatever Trump needs. Reminder that the emoluments clause case filed by Maryland & DC started June 12, 2017 and then was stalled for so long that SCOTUS dismissed it in January 2021 without a decision because Trump losing made it moot.

Supreme Court: Joe Biden couldn’t exercise executive powers explicitly delegated to him by Congress, while Donald Trump can exercise executive pseudo-powers explicitly denied to him by Congress www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/09/scot...

If Dems want to pivot to "kitchen table issue" in their messaging this is the one! Say he has to come to congress for a vote on the tariffs or you don't vote for government funding bill.

the sycophancy for trump aside, very hard to overstate the arrogance of this majority in dispensing with a precedent that has served this country and both of its political parties well for nearly a century.

"Politicians are all the same" is by far the most common political belief among Americans and Democrats should spend way more time convincing those people "no, they're not" than trying to position themselves as representing a middle that doesn't exist.

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

It's hard to imagine what @peterbakernyt.bsky.social and the @nytimes.com were thinking in publishing this assertion: “We all especially know Biden used government to censor Trump, kicking him off many media platforms, a clear violation of the law,” Mr. Shirley said. @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

This this this

This is why Republicans are going home instead of even bothering to schedule a vote, because Schumer's history and his signals both make it abundantly clear that he's going to cave as soon as possible. Stop doing this! Have you never negotiated anything in your life?

“Demand a meeting?” Pathetic. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

That’s me in the video. And a Fox News host just celebrated me being assaulted by ICE. If ICE will do this to a congressional candidate with a big platform, just imagine what they’re doing to the people they’re kidnapping.

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

I am pleased to report that Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has dropped another total evisceration of the Supreme Court. He says originalism is a fraud—and the Republican justices are shamelessly making up facts and history to impose radical Christian nationalism: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Interesting indeed… the question is if he was still in any of his prior positions, would he be acting any differently than they are. Here’s hoping they listen to him, though.

"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try." This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

Brendan Carr is limiting free speech the right way. by Ezra Klein

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Dems should spell out consequences for carrying out Trump's corrupt or illegal orders. Threaten to scour every FCC document to scrutinize Brendan Carr's corrupt deliberations over licenses/mergers. Say right on ABC that the network capitulated to autocratic pressure. newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Olivia Nuzzi back at Vanity Fair is an excellent encapsulation of the current state of the press, complete with the journomerta coverage as if she was out for a speeding ticket or a bad post instead of an incredibly gross undisclosed affair with her subject

I’ll take it! Well done ladies! #acfc #angelcityfc

I still can't believe a large segment of Red America looks at this pampered crybaby, slathered in orange makeup with his cotton candy combover, doing his little dances to the Village People and going on endlessly about his passion for interior decorating, and thinks "now *that* is an Alpha Male"

Oh. My. God. Profoundly twisted framing from @nytimes.com The casual reader of this hed and subhed would have exactly zero inkling that this is likely corrupt or even illegal or unconstitutional. Euphemistic to the point of absurdity.

That’s pretty much it right there.

I strongly endorse this @gregsargent.bsky.social suggestion newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Yes! Dems think they’re being the adults in the room when they confine themselves to inside-voice discussion, stick to “serious” policy issues, don’t post, and generally stay out of the media fracas around the hot issues of the day. But it reads as simply not being the interested in real politics.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Free idea that literally every Democrat in Congress could and should get behind today: Impeach Brendan Carr.

With both news reporting and now late night comics, there's a *lot* of incredible talent out of work right now and a *huge* audience that would gladly pay for both. If @mcuban.bsky.social or some other benevolent billionaire is looking for an opportunity to make an impact, this is it.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

If you're a university president insisting that you need to invite more people like Charlie Kirk to your campus, you should first be required to make a speech to all your students, staff and faculty that reads off all the verbatim quotes from Charlie Kirk in this piece.

Well said

This isn't just a case of them thinking too small. The fix they're proposing will shield their Republican colleagues from facing any blowback in the midterms over the health care cuts they voted for. They've got one card to play and they're using it to bail out the GOP. Unfuckingbelievable.

Government funding is the one card congressional Democrats have to play, and one they could and should use to push back against Trump's authoritarianism. What's their big demand? RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard? NOPE. "Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"

We keep hearing that "the left" as whole is responsible for Kirk's murder. It's ludicrous on its own but even more so when you recall that we've had mass shooters who explicitly cited specific individuals on the right -- even Trump! -- as motivation but the right insisted no one was to blame.

It is genuinely humiliating as an America to have this sour, cowardly, narcissistic lout represent us and to know that so many Americans applaud conduct like this. Just deeply embarrassing.