A year ago, I wrote that state prosecutors can enforce criminal laws against lawless federal "law enforcement" agents when the DOJ refuses to. That is now happening, and it is past time. 1/

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

Order comes nearly one year to the day after Boasberg found probable cause to hold the government in criminal contempt for failure to comply with his order prohibiting the removal of people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador That order was issued by Boasberg on April 16, 2025

Biblical

SEVEN whole law professors?! Here I was thinking that what mattered was every single judge who has ruled on the issue, 125+ years of accepted understanding of the 14th, and centuries of common law on the contours of jus soli. But if Ilan Wurman's side has SEVEN law professors, man, WOW. It's over.

Holy shit this one is extra

another legal fight against the administration has begun

Oh also interesting: students report that they think we use AI to write lectures and books and articles. Some of them already think this is just a dance of meaningless nothing. I find this endlessly heartbreaking.

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

Yes, famously, no country except Israel has ever had to defend its existence, says Israeli media, somehow with absolutely no irony Brb going to go tell, say, Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, Yemen, Syria, and every Indigenous nation that no one is threatening their existence

/2 Second: it’s a travesty this bullshit was treated this seriously — and it did real harm to the nation and democracy that it was indulged. Third: It’s a very bad sign how many absolute amoral shameless hacks are willing to conjure up bullshit to support it.

If the Israeli Knesset members' lapel pins shaped as little nooses isn't where you say peace-out to that fascist state, you're just carrying residual nostalgia for some fantasy version of Israel that exists only in your head.

America, are we ready to reward faithful work in the pursuit of meaning, nature and serenity? Probably not, but I am. Congrats to Shigey Furkawa and the whole Kado No Mise team! mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here. Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

Right, simply entertaining this challenge as if it's remotely legitimate is already discrediting. If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.

No mention of the intense and almost universal pushback they've faced, no mention either that NONE OF THESE PEOPLE IS AN ACTUAL HISTORIAN. Absolute whitewashing. Which goes to my point that it's not really abt these ppl. It's about the STRUCTURES that elevate them.

When the ai bubble pops, I won’t be a gracious winner about it, sorry not sorry. I will be annoyingly giddy and tap dance very badly on its grave and no amount of “be the bigger person” will stop me

It. Is. In. The. Fourteenth. Amendment. It. Is. A. Right.

You really can't exaggerate how squarely contrary this rhetoric is to the basic foundational precepts of this country. These people *hate* the actually existing United States.

does anyone have recs for low cost places to stay on short notice in Minneapolis this weekend :))

I used to live suuuper close to this park. I spent almost every morning in the spring, summer, and fall at the riverbank, writing, playing ukulele (lol) or meditating. The herons kept me company while I rebuilt my life when I moved to Minneapolis. They were some of my first friends in Minnesota.

Just the President of the United States again saying insanely, unapologetically, shamelessly racist shit, and the extremely powerful people around him nodding in agreement. How far back in time would you have to go to find another U.S. president saying something this bigoted in public?

KNEEL. BLEED. DIE.

I could see myself voting for Ms. Rachel, tbh

when you've been struggling with a mental illness long enough it becomes offensive that it still works on you. bitch I know exactly what you are, stop making me sad and tired

It might have been a mistake to put the dumbest motherfucker alive in charge of the most powerful government on earth.

Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?

i am not an expert on geopolitics but “you don’t want to get in a fight with someone who has nothing to lose” is pretty straightforward conventional wisdom, and it is baffling that the strategy seems to be ensuring iranian leadership has nothing to lose

I remember taking a college class where the professor said before the world wars if you asked Americans what made their country unique they would usually talk about freedom, liberty, or the constitution, whereas Germans were likely to say “we have a really good military.”

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

I think this is offensive to every single layer of the pyramid

I'm 55, and I didn't really understand until the past decade that our entire support structure of checks-and-balances was held up by the honor system.

all together now IS THIS GOOD

noem's dog looking down from heaven

They are literally running with “we have always been at war with Eurasia.” Unreal.

"I regret my vote, which at the time I thought was politically expedient but turns out to be politically inexpedient. As someone committed to the principle that I should be elected higher office, I regret my vote."

Thinking of all the military members serving in these operations. Please resign, quit, conscientiously object, walk away, just put your badge/insignias on the ground and walk off. I'm sure you can get MA crowdfunding for a ticket home.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

tapping the sign

Mass deportations aren’t a policy, they’re a Forever War. Years to execute, impossible to finish, and built on prison camps, contractors, and mercenary forces. Once this carceral machine exists, it feeds itself. That’s not border control, it’s a permanent domestic war state.

This is certainly encouraging. Tip of the hat to my Gen Z readers out there! @thedigitalbits.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This is true in rougly the same sense that a guy on the subway reeking of urine, screaming, and waving a knife around is “feared.”

Curiously, there was a memorial service held at the Capitol for ... Charlie Kirk.

we are going to win

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés