In dissent as to the stay, Justice Kagan — joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson — lays out the lawlessness of the majority plainly. "Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars." Order/dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor — in a shadow docket order that also allows Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter as an FTC commissioner to take effect while the appeal is considered, which should not be allowed under Humphrey's Executor.

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it. It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019. This is the *23rd* such grant since then.

In December 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked SCOTUS to grant cert before judgement to hear Trump’s immunity appeal. The court rejected that request and didn’t issue its immunity decision until July 2024. Trump’s federal cases never made it to trial before the November 2024 election.

How on earth did I, known asshole, end up with a girl who thinks like this?

Thanks to replies, adding two I somehow forgot: Steven Cheung, 43 Emil Bove, 44

Stephen Miller: 40 Brendan Carr: 46 Alex Jones, with God as my witness: 51 Evil ages you, folks.

Sinclair's affiliate in Portland is KATU channel 2. Just saying.

Apropos of nothing, I once got to tour inside the vault where the Linnean Society keeps its namesake's papers. The photo below is a copy of one of the editions of his work, which he had specially bound with blank pages on the right so he could take notes for the next edition.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

In Naperville, IL on Wednesday, ICE surrounded a group of documented workers replacing a residential roof. ICE agents reportedly kicked over the ladders and forced the workers to jump. The episode involved a chase with guns drawn.

Update, this anti-violence January 6er who celebrated Proud Boys beating up Black protesters in DC has been told by God that he should run for Governor as the candidate of unity, love, and truth.

The most recent FB post from the administration that is manning the barricades of Western Civilization, defending it from the violent and barbaric hordes of radical left librarians, teachers, professors, scientists, and journalists who want to destroy it.

This won’t stop the right from blaming “them”

According to WaPo’s termination letter my post referencing Kirk’s views on Black women was not even brought up. The Post’s stated reasons are *worse*. Read the termination letter for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

Another thing about Lindsey Halligan is that she has never prosecuted a case

Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank. Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall. (Published 2021)

Feds just fired a tremendous amount of pepper balls at Reverend David Black, a regular protester here. A number of them hit him in the face and head.

American protesting in a cloud of tear gas outside a Chicago #ICE facility.

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

Chicago on Saturday from Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.

This is it, essentially. The core of it. The goal of ICE detention in the mass deportation system is to make people give up their case without fighting; to have an officer say “if you want to see a judge and plead your case, you’re going to be jailed for months and months, so why not give up now?”

Note: One reason Trump may be saying "we have to act fast." The comments Jim Comey made to Congress they want to prosecute were made on September 30, 2020. They've got 8 days to charge it.

you’re saying the government has created a public forum?

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

“We’re fine with corruption if comes with terrorizing brown people.” Really sums up the MAGA punditocracy.

this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen

The Vaux’s Swifts have returned to #Portland 🐦‍⬛🪶 #september #autumn #birds

Portland’s Vaux’s Swifts have returned! 🐦‍⬛🪶 @koin6.bsky.social #Portland #Swifts

Amazing Swift show tonight in Portland! Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.

Trump essentially sold off this part of the government to RFK Jr. in exchange for Kennedy’s electoral slice of conspiracy theorists. The GOP Senate could easily have blocked RFK’s confirmation, but would have had to cross Trump. They declined. Now medical flat-earthers run our public health

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

What I mean is that he didn’t remove the post altogether. He briefly deleted and then reposted a substantially similar (i.e., edited) post. On left: The original post On right: The new post, which is still up bsky.app/profile/abtn...

More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."

As a lifetime Democrat, I resent armies of social media bots trying to manipulate me.

If it is "disparaging someone based on their race" to point out that white men are given a pass for their misbehavior -- how can anyone possibly report the news?

The termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social is insane. They’re claiming that white men are a protected marginalized group

If you don’t want to be demonized, you have to stop acting like demons.

I love that the White House’s own renderings don’t include the new flagpoles, Rose Garden remodel, or the ballroom construction, all three of which are on that side of the building.

Note: Chuck Grassley will likely not even hold a hearing for her bc she won't get blue slips (which is what happened to Parking Garage Lawyer Alina Habba). But if she DID get a hearing, she'd be asked about why she doesn't think people should see what the scars of slavery look like.

"Would you say things in this country are heading in the..." Wrong direction: 75% (+13) Right direction: 24% (-13) AP-NORC / Sept 15, 2025 (% change with June 9, 2025)

Who is Lindsey Halligan? - Former Florida insurance lawyer turned Trump defense attorney - Filed the special master lawsuit that delayed Trump’s classified docs case - Convinced Trump to sign an executive order putting her in charge of reviewing Smithsonian bc she didn’t like some of the exhibits

Dear DHS and ICE: We promise to stop calling you guys “Nazis” and “the ICEstapo” if you STOP ACTING LIKE NAZIS AND THE GESTAPO!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I love how they define ‘far left’. as anyone who believes in basic human rights and has a conscience.

7. New Yorkers aren’t taking threats lying down. “Let’s be clear: the mayor has no authority to ban trans students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman told The Gothamist. “Such a move would be illegal under New York State and City laws.