THE Boston city hall. r/brutalism

remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'

For no particular reason, casually thinking about how the federal judiciary has no obligation to defer to the BIA in the post-Chevron world.

Threatening to sue states based on whatever oddball theory Brendan Carr can come up with is not a “ban”.

I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.

One of the obnoxious things about Schumer in particular is that he always thinks he’s being clever

DHS told me their agents keep crashing out so I asked how many agents they have & they said they just go to the job fair & pay a big hiring bonus to new agents so I said it sounds like they're just paying for people to buy drugs & then Kristi Noem started crying.

I’m not actually sure if it is within Democratic strategists’ power to ignore this, even if they want to. As the 2026 (and eventually 2028) primaries become crowded, ambitious candidates will be incentivized to say what voters actually want to hear.

Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”

Lol

This 100% won’t happen, but a fun, roundabout way for SCOTUS to finally give stuff like the War Powers Resolution teeth would be to affirm that the Alien Enemies Act only applies if *Congress* declares war.

Just one poll but it’s not great!

People love to talk about not complying in advance and yet whenever there's bad news about Trump those same people are so quick to do, "Ah well, nevertheless." We'll never get accountability unless we keep fighting for it, no matter how exhausting it may be.

Weird how at some point the ACA subsidies went from meaningless technocrat babble that it was obviously incredibly stupid for Democrats to try protecting to being incredibly important for helping people avoid suffering. And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?

Trump shattering a bunch of norms in a clumsy power grab which winds up causing lots of noise but not actually netting him anything feels pretty on brand

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a messaging pardon before but this might be one.

What do people think is going to happen to the GOP’s standing if the ACA subsidies vote is, as predicted, a meaningless gesture?

Merits of the deal aside, you don’t have to overthink this. If there are no subsidies in 2026 it will rebound on the president and his party. It’s up to Republicans if they want to defuse the issue or not.

To put it more bluntly, if legislation can’t bind Trump, why is the government currently shut down?

Wow RINO RCP has a better generic ballot for Dems than @fiftyplusone.news

They say the filibuster is good because it prevents wild swings in legislative policy after each national election

Before everyone gets mad at the judge for retiring, he's already on senior status, so this doesn't create a vacancy for Trump

this one's funny because a big chunk of what is actually fucking Golden is that his union ties made him support insane tariffs, which falls squarely inside Matt's critique about how concentrated intraparty donor/activist power leads Dems to take unpopular positions, except from the wrong direction

I don’t believe a guy who works in finance can’t afford a house in South Carolina. I *do* believe he can’t afford the house he thinks he deserves.

Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”

No it’s because Trump doesn’t have any brain cells left and none of his viziers know how to do populist nationalism. 2019 Trump would have sent a letter to each SNAP recipient declaring “I have SAVED your benefits from the RADICAL LEFTIST Democrats.” Today he needs a sign to find the Oval Office

It’s always possible that KBJ has gone full stove-touching acceleration, but I think Sacks is right. You control what you can control. Also the First Circuit is basically guaranteed to rule against the administration. It’s just a matter of when.

extremely funny to see guys with names like "JewishWonk" making dark insinuations about rootless cosmopolitans

Haha what

We used to worry that MAGA would use economic populism to distract people from their attacks on democracy

You have an unalienable right to that sub

This is highly related to my main takeaway from my jury duty earlier this year: "beyond a reasonable doubt" for _every element_ of the crime charged is a HIGH STANDARD TO MEET in a jury trial, esp when the gov is doing all this. Every juror should be prepared to hold the government to that standard.

Yeah I’m glad he’s quitting, don’t care if we lose the seat

I must once more emphasize that we have not heard at all that there did not seem to have been any reports of things like ICE at polling places yesterday. If they want to do voter suppression and intimidation, the time to shoot that shot was months ago when they could end the filibuster to do it.

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

Checking in on this

At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

jay jones has a winning message for 2026: [REMOVED FOR VIOLATION OF TOS]

ME: Jesus christ. The Chicken Man? When was this? BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: last night ME: fuck.... well, at least his house is okay BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: *looks concerned*

One day I hope we get answers about the arbitrary way this admin decides whether to make a big show of resisting court orders or quietly complying. Did you guys know that Harvard recently won a court order that got most of its frozen grant money restored? I’m not sure Trump knows.

Every millennial who came of age politically during the ‘00s is cracking their knuckles right now

this is my red beans and rice recipe, which I lived on in college. If you’re vegan, substitute sliced tofu for the sausage (but add at end not during the cooking process). Also can add additional veggies if you like (I like peas & carrots). I just made it for my parents and they asked for da recipe

I always find this story interesting but I think this article downplays the wrangling over FTC funding to make the shutdown concept sound more like a fun academic exercise gone wrong, rather than a weapon in a fight with Congress over agency power (which, uh, also went wrong)

honestly nothing undercuts the "they're just going to steal all the elections" dooming the way that Georgia does. an actually competent aspiring hybrid regime would not be letting Ossoff walk to reelection like this.

Right, at no point could the median American articulate our border policies, even if held at gunpoint. But people in major cities really did start to notice the influx of immigrants. This is 90% of *open borders* discourse

Usually when governments attempt crude price controls they’re trying to make food *cheaper*

I don't feel bad at all for JD Vance's wife, she's a dead-eyed Yale striver who wants this as bad as him and made a conscious choice to put on the populism skinsuit. But I do feel kinda bad for his kids. No matter how insulated, imagine being a brown kid named Vivek and that being your dad.

He’s demanded this of Senate Republicans at least half a dozen times since first taking office. I’ll believe it when I see it.