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really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration

No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum

Great point here from Commissioner Slaughter. The usual way of thinking about settlement breaks down when core institutional values are at stake.

I love how, under our current government, you can never be totally sure if an announcement is an accurate statement of what the government is doing, a statement cooked up by some 24-year old edgelord, or raw ChatGPT output.

He also tried to shut it down because Brett brought his daughters (inappropriate for children) and used dog whistles by calling it a “drive by shooting.”

My most vivid memory of Graham is from Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. Graham was legitimately angry that Dr. Ford's testimony had not been disclosed and vetted earlier. He then pivoted into a conspiratorial, partisan attack on Senators who thought that sexual assault was a serious matter.

We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.

Interesting discussion in the replies to this

Terrific rundown of the Court's dishonesty about the historical record in Slaughter and Cook. This detail in particular stuck out to me.

Doing something gross and exploitative and then being like "oh but you can change this setting via a toggle that's buried in our user control panel" is such a Meta move.

This trend of judges treating blog posts as scholarship is wild.

If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Yale Law School here has never represented an actual client.

In other words, it's Friday

Completely inaccurate. Trump should be trying to eat his own pieces

“Not brain dead” is exactly the standard we want for elected representatives

Hey, is it a good sign when your firm has to deny being involved in drafting executive orders that punish law firms for taking positions the president doesn't like? www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

The administration may have changed its P.R. strategy for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The violence hasn’t changed at all. trib.al/puZ1vsR

I got a pop-up while authenticating asking if I was “enjoying” Cisco’s DuoMobile app. :-/

How many times can a university require two-factor authentication in one day? 60 Minutes investigates.

Just want to point out the slippage between vigilantism and state power here. Per this account, an unmarked car tries to stop Araujo, he tries to get away (as many people would do if a rando tried to stop us), he's shot by state agents, agency officials lie about it, and the Twitter mob takes over.

So good

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There aren't criminal statutes that address the sabotage of administrative agencies but there are many dealing with government data and evidence tampering. We should be looking at statutes of limitations and thinking about responses to mass pardons.

RIP to the artist behind one of the all-time karaoke greats www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/a...

Sounds like Brett Kavanaugh saying he was entitled to a seat on the Supreme Court tbh

What a shame

Ah yes, (((the establishment))) and (((media forces)))

Not dispelling the theory that the administration is a murderous version of the old Bad Legal Takes account

I would be curious to see the AAUP's legal theory--presumably a settlement would infringe faculty members' contractual right to academic freedom and freedom from political oversight in teaching and research.

EXCLUSIVE: Last month, The New York Times reported Yale is in talks to settle with the Trump admin over discrimination claims. Now a faculty group says it’s considering legal action if the settlement goes through. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/educati... #nutmegsky

Shouting from all sides but they're inching toward convergence on an "inclusive" solution where supporters "participate in an open process to select Platner’s replacement." It recognizes that a backroom deal would forfeit the seat. But the process should be developed by now. Everyone get on with it.

The tone is gross but the specific ask is that people fill out a form on Survey Monkey and the powers that be look at the (presumably aggregated) responses.

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I would like to ask this to certain NYT reporters.

when your abusive ex thinks he has some say in who will be your next bf

You should always read Tom, but this is an especially lucid synthesis of where we are at.

Very interesting piece, though I disagree with the assessment that Schumer has shown he's a better candidate picker

A reminder that mere threats of this nature may violate the law of war. "Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.”

Call me a cynic, it I’m starting to get the sense Trump isn’t really sure what he’s doing on Iran.

A man doing relief work for the Egyptian government. A taxi driver. And two children, 8 and 10.

Switzerland vs. Argentina feels like a match of two teams playing on borrowed time

We shouldn't lose sight of how much shame this administration brings to the U.S.

Could someone explain T-Mobile's role in this stunt?

Good on Dean Rodríguez

The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty are trying to stop a settlement between the university and the Trump administration, warning that an agreement could jeopardize Yale’s independence, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.

The perfect Bluesky post doesn't exis--