Are we supposed to believe SCOTUS read 107 pages — 26,000 words — conferred, voted and wrote a dissent in half an hour? The fix was already in. www.al.com/news/2026/05...

Shenna Bellows is running for Governor of Maine. Listen to this great answer during her primary debate tonight when she was asked to talk about her opponents and contrast her governing vision. This is so refreshing. Perfect answer. Follow her: @shennabellows.bsky.social

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

House Republicans reject the DHS funding deal passed by the Senate last night and senators have all gone home and are in recess for the next two weeks. The dysfunctional Republican Congress.

Been thinking about it since I saw JK Rowling posted this yesterday about the IOC's new policy, calling Imane Khelif a man. Imane Khelif was born female. She was raised as a girl. Her original birth certificate says female. She's always been a woman. But sure. "Men punching women."

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Here's a legal question, though. Hostess makes Twinkies; are they harmed by what is ostensibly govt speech? What are their remedies, if any?

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

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Enemy of freedom? Explain your dismissive stance

So anyway, what’s up with the Venezuelan President the U.S. kidnapped? Where’s all our free oil?

Volume up! #Caturday #StevieCat

Prepping for Caturday

Caturday vibes. I

I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

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"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.

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"If this is not stopped, right here, right now, I don't think anyone who is seriously looking at this can have much faith in how our republic is going to go in the future." Brian Carter, Assistant Attorney General MN Thank you attorneys and teams for superb representation of MN and The People.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away. Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.

Important clarification that I wish the media would make.

Gaslighting. Nothing about the posture of China or Russia has changed recently. The only recent change is a deranged POTUS and team suggesting military action to steal Greenland from Denmark if the Temper Tantrum in Chief does not get his way. Also, Release the Epstein Files and Stop Kavanaugh Stops

Gaslighting. Obama advocated for a nutritious diet for children w/ lots of fruits + veggies and minimal processed foods and for physical activity for kids. What $3 Rollins is saying here is an outright lie. The real fat is in her BIG FAT LIES. Also, Release the Epstein Files and Stop Kavanaugh Stops

#NotAI Hate to say Cruz was right about anything but . . .

Targeting by the FDA. Toothpaste investigations. Medicaid changes that threaten to limit access. Even as critics of water fluoridation point to other sources of fluoride as an alternative — usually in the name of individual choice — many are creating barriers to these same products. My new story:

(Bluesky search could reeeeeeeally use an upgrade.)

Because when you give people money to buy boots with straps, they CAN and DO pull themselves up. Great work by my @umaryland.edu colleagues!

This study is very important, and it accords with my own observations: When FDA expanded access to mifepristone, it followed the evidence. If anything, it's the continuing restrictions on access that are out of line with the evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/h...

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this is in no way the point, but as a lesbian, it is harrowing to read so many articles about Renee Good that name drop her late husband before her WIFE who was literally in the car when she was murdered

TECH BROS DID THEIR OWN RESEARCH "But drilling into the science behind nicotine is a conversation that feels exclusive to Silicon Valley. 'The discussion around nicotine in the tech industry is very different than what happens at a truck stop or on Wall Street,' said Coogan." Arrogant twats

it's amazing we can look at this, as a society, seeing that employers are drugging their employees to increase productivity and say "yes, these people are geniuses who should be in charge of things"

This is slavery.

This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.

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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

But he never asks why. And he never even comes close to offering a suggestion of what ought to have happened. What should Harvard had done in 2014 when 63% of the tenured and 43% of the tenure-track positions were filled by white men?

Breastfeeding

I'm just going to say it: I'm sick of leftovers

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.

Melissa Tran came here on a Green Card at age 11. She's since raised 4 kids, started a business, & is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community. Trump is deporting her, despite a judge saying she poses no threat. Is she the "worst of the worst"? Do you feel safer yet?

"There are about a thousand of us." Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.

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