You know what is a very effective place for the new kind of black politics: Maryland, which has a multi-racial politics, where robust Black institutions are joined to the different coalitional strategies of immigrant groups. You can compare MD (31%, Black Population) to MS (37%, Black Population).

Again, Sonny Rollins was a democratic titan, and for me, a true role model in how to think about creative process. He took breaks, he failed, he changed his art, again and again. He thought jazz was so important that he wanted to get it right.

Again, the easiest thing for the Democrats to do is to refuse to vote to appropriate ICE or CPB through regular order during the Trump Administration. Let the Republicans own the stinking carcasses of those agencies.

Aw man, Sonny Rollins, always innovating, always moving forward. He was democratic persuasion in artistic form.

Is the Strait of Hormuz open? No? Still losing, huh.

"Her ordeal illustrates how ICE’s aggressive new policies and warrant-less arrests have led to what legal experts say are an alarming pattern of rights violations against both immigrants and U.S. citizens."

I keep noting, if it is anything: democracy is a muscle. You have to practice it everyday. The Civil Rights Movement was the exercises of lots of democratic muscle that had been—despite overwhelming odds—by black communities since Reconstruction.

I have been saying for awhile that that the pardoning of 1500 people, firing any person that prosecuted J6ers and the attempted investigation of 2020 state elections is furtherance of the conspiracy to steal the 2020 election.

1/Very early on in the process, I said that if we were to survive this process, it was not going to be the Supreme Court that would be useful, it was going to be independent Article III district court judges because what they do is find the facts, and they know how to do that very well.

Decoration, Corruption and Retribution: the three priorities of Donald John Trump. I am literally cackling over here at this “threat.” Can you imagine Stephen Miller right now?

I did note (cough, cough) that separating the DHS budget from ICE and CPB was a win for the Democrats. Still winning, LOL.

Infrostructure! The Property Clause is not limited to real property.

One of my favorite Barney Frank moments. RIP to a great member who always brought his A game. youtu.be/2MszfkyOl8w?...

This is giving very Unitary Executive Dune Worm God.

I would be interested to know why the text of bill does not address the IRS audit business as well, but a very good start!

You know a President that actively primaried his own party members used to suffer consequences.

conservatives are being pretty clear that they see anything more than a token black presence as tantamount to "anti-white discrimination," and even then, they view that as suspect

Crockett 🔥: "Some of y'all need to read up on your history books, the same ones Republicans have decided people shouldn't hear about bc you don't want real history taught in schools. You're afraid it's gonna hurt people's feelings to know their ancestors were so savage they would enslave Black folk"

The funny thing is that President Trump goes to like three places: the White House, Mar-A-Lago and Doral. He does not public events anymore. He does not go to rallies. The whole point of the Ballroom Bunker is so he never leaves the White House Grounds. He gets booed into his bubble.

Please read Jamie Raskin and Richard Neal’s letter to Scott Bessent here: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su.... Good start, fellas! Now sue.

Taps the Sign: Whenever I go to check the legal basis of what the Trump Administration, I come across some of the worst lawyering I have ever seen in my life. The attack on this Agreement should be withering and aggressive.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Whatever President Corpse Hands.

Law Professor in 2025: Heeeeyyyyy, this might be anti-constitutional, unlawful and illegal. Law Professor in 2026: Fuck this shit, right here.

Good shop cats of Hong Kong. 😻

I will vote for the Honorable Brian Hagedorn (WI) for the rest of my life, the only Republican judge who voted to uphold the election in Wisconsin.

The news coverage: Donald Trump defenestrates the heads of his enemies and swims in their blood; Democrats elect a black woman. Which is worst?

There have been 14 popes named Leo: hence, the name Leo XIV.

And I was driven slowly nuts during the whole hearing that no-one asked why Todd Blanche refused to open an investigation into Renee Good’s death. He is the one folks: www.yahoo.com/news/article....

And the funny thing is the head lawyer quit Treasury quit b/c they asked him to begin the process of taking the money out of Treasury and he was like, I am not going to hand the keys to Treasury to you.

I fully agree @marklemley.bsky.social here. The term “weaponization” is not even defined in the agreement.

No one ever wants to deal with the fact by the end of April 1865, the Radical Republicans were Radical. They had no time for your shit, Andrew.

There is no downside in making a stink about the Stinking Compensation Commission. This is is literally a government handout to criminals.

The Biden Administration did not “weaponize” investigations into J6: whether trespass, property, assault, menacing, standing around shouting Hang Mike Pence middle of the riot, the message should be clear: don’t try to kill Congress.

I do want to note here, that my views on Congressional standing, have been shaped by Jonathon Nash’s excellent article, scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcont..., in which he argues that Congress has functions beyond voting for a bill, that it should be able to make it in a Court.

And by the way, what the heck is the IRS Chief Executive Officer? Is he the statutorily authorized IRS Commissioner? Did Frank Bisgiano have the legal authority to sign this “settlement” agreement?

Todd Blanche can’t define “weaponization” because it is not a statutory term and the Judgment Fund should only be applied to statutory appropriations.

If the president can "sue himself and then settle with himself...and then spend huge amounts of money outside of that appropriations process, why would any president ever go to Congress for money ever again?” Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

These collusive settlements stink to high heaven.

@gowder.io with an absolute banger working through the definition of tyranny, the Black Intellectual Tradition, and how to conceive of a response to a tyrannical political regime.

Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

It is amazing to me that no-one is asking Todd Blanche why there is no investigation of Renee Good’s death. This was actually his decision and Jeanne Shaheen murmuring about Chapter 13 trustees?

LFG

Someone needs to ask if James Comey or Maureen Comey or Lisa Cook or Leticia James is eligible for a claim. Also, some needs to walk him through the legal authority for the fund because it does not exist.

I said fairly early on that as a senior Trump Administration lawyer that you can have your job or your law license but you can’t have both….

New, from me: The Roberts Court does not want colorblind voting maps. We know that because the easiest way to get such maps would have been to kill partisan gerrymandering. Instead, they upheld it, using it as a means to kill the Voting Rights Act. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-lie-be...

There is no settlement of record, so that piece of paper that Todd Blanche drafted up is a piece of paper. I would treat it as so.

The lawsuit is collusive, meaning there is no jurisdiction in the federal courts: it's just a pretend lawsuit. That means Trump has given up precisely zero in dismissing, plus he has avoided embarrassment. If they try to announce something for him in return, it's an outright theft of taxpyaer $.

And everyone, the reason why the Democrats sue on the settlement is to bring the case right back into Court. You have a plausible challenge to Raine v. Byrd and once you are past the standing challenge, the Settlement Fund stinks to high heaven.

It is a disaster.

Again, all the Law Nerds are waving are hands and shouting: NOT LEGAL.