NEWS: Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The replies write themselves

What's that in dollars?

NBC News Senior Supreme Court Reporter Lawrence Hurley and International Trade Law and Policy Attorney Timothy Brightbill analyze the tariffs case now before the Supreme Court.

Victory coins for attendees at the Federalist Society convention citing major conservatives wins at the Supreme Court:

Weird that the NYT story doesn't note that the letter also mentions NBC News reporting (from more than a month earlier than its own piece) in which judges first expressed their views on this.

I thought TiKTok was banned but whatever

This is how Instagram is trying to sell me on AI generated videos: a hilariously badly coordinated soccer player who leaves the ball behind while dribbling toward goal:

The tension is killing me

If mustard did not spit, you must acquit

Sen. Grassley and Rep. Jordan don't like judges talking to the press, at least about certain things. They just sent a letter to the Chief Justice that includes:

Lots to digest from today's tariffs argument, but the Trump administration faced tough questions from both conservative and liberal justices, suggesting the government could lose. More details: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

That time a group of Catholics took aim at the king. In other news, the Supreme Court hears the tariffs case today.

OK, the election is over, now it's time today for a massive showdown at the Supreme Court on Trump's tariffs: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Can't believe the Stephen Miller endorsement didn't seal it for Cuomo

It's amazing how much money rich people waste on politics

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"Sources say that President Donald Trump has greenlit plans to host one of the first UFC fights under Paramount’s $7.7 billion deal with the MMA league on the lawn of the White House." "The discussed date is June 14, 2026 — which coincides with Trump’s 80th birthday."

Lawyer Adam Unikowsky has an interesting substack post on why SCOTUS should strike down the tariffs, but this aside caught my eye: "Perhaps when Artificial Superintelligence is finally achieved, a computer will figure out once and for all which is the objectively correct judicial philosophy"

amazing

This is gonna be the next Epstein files isn't it..

I keep on wanting to say international economic emergency powers act not international emergency economic powers act

Some snippiness between Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch in court today:

Like a Monty Python skit

NEW: The Trump administration told a judge it will comply with an order to fund US food aid benefits for November during the government shutdown, but only at 50% of the amount eligible households would normally receive, and with a warning it could take weeks or months to implement buff.ly/nNJ5LJA

ask AI to create a generic British high street store and it would come up with this

Trump made the economy one of his top issues on the campaign trail, with his tariffs a signature policy, but 63 percent of respondents in a new NBC News poll say he is falling short.

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao? TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him. TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

Trump has now said he won't attend the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS this week, but he's keeping up the hyperbolic rhetoric based on what experts say is an upside-down argument about the economic impacts of striking them down. Those impacts are laid out in this story from the other week:

Supreme Court back for arguments this week including huge Trump tariffs case on Wednesday.

This sounds a little close to the bone. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

Trump says he probably won't go to Supreme Court tariffs argument this week after previously saying he might: "No, I don't think so, because I don't want to call a lot of attention to me. It's not about me, it's about our country." Via @nbcnews.com

Maybe he's prepping the White House for a sale, although as a local resident I have to note that there are a lot of houses on the market in the DC area right now.

One year my (very thin) son dressed up as a sumo for Halloween with this weird inflatable suit that came with a motorized pump. I think it is my favorite of his costumes, for the comedy value if nothing else.

One thing Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on is that when Democrats are in power it is Democrats' fault and when Republicans are in power it is Democrats' fault.

Don't know why this just came to mind

The following members of the House and Senate think that -- as a legal matter -- the longstanding accepted view that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship to anyone born in the US (with minor exceptions) is wrong:

Like a Zillow listing

This is well done: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump is suddenly all in on nukes

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Unitary executive for me; major questions for thee

Pet peeve is mainstream journalists who performatively go "independent" under a "no BS/no bias" banner and then just do the same stuff they were already doing.

Federal judges have made similar findings that the apocalyptic narrative portrayed by the Trump administration is not reflected on the ground.

Spot the difference: NBC News and Reuters both have new branding campaigns out that open with the following shots:

A children’s pastor filmed girls in a church bathroom. A preacher accused of abusing children was sent to therapy. A worship minister who molested boys got a welcome-home party from his congregation . All remained ministers in the Assemblies of God — all went on to abuse more children.

The Atlantic today: Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers. share.google/XLwOcHh4bkBT...

The Heritage Foundation has launched a kind of MAGA TripAdvisor that rates historic sites based on "historical accuracy" and "ideological bias." historicsites.heritage.org