Gorsuch leaning in to "actually, all these agencies are unconstitutional in their entirety" Gorsuch is very much not on board with "sever this and let the executive control it" Folks, we might be walking out of this without any executive agencies at all

Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.

This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.

To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.

NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.

This got largely overlooked, but note that Karoline Leavitt actually praised Trump's vile rant about Somalis as "epic." The cult worship has gotten so bad that his open racism now must be celebrated. On the pod, we dig into this and his threat to denaturalize: newrepublic.com/article/2040...

"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...

wax on wax off

During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind

The FDA commissioner suggests the Montauk Monster (almost certainly a racoon carcass that washed ashore in 2008) was created by "mad scientists."

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Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.” In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.

I'll note that the supposed distinction between clinging to wreckage and floating in the water is meaningless in terms of being "shipwrecked" under LOAC. German personnel who machine gunned the survivors of the Peleus who were clinging to wreckage and in rafts were sentenced to death.

I mean, Cuellar hasn’t even had a chance since the pardon to cast a single vote in the House in opposition to the Trump agenda. So “loyalty” isn’t even measured by how you vote. It’s flat, simple, public personal fealty.

Who has made this 🤣

"you're making it sound like I approve of Krampus's methods. I don't!"

“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”

By maintaining stability and innovating to hold out against Russia, Kyiv has shown that size matters less in conflict than it used to: on.ft.com/48nPvjx

You can't unsee this.

hard pass

After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs. "If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos." By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.

“He has never tried to hide his malice, his lawlessness, or his desire to inflict pain on others. These were on vivid display when he engaged in a multipart conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and stood by as a mob of supporters sought to hang his vice president.” 🤬

if by 'surrender' he means 'took the lead in driving the discussion'

Just imagine standing in that court with that child—baby, really—and listening to his little voice and having to pretend that something lawful and reasonable is going on. It requires you to fully break with reality.

State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”

white collar investment fraud, right?

okay, but what if they were carrying bags of illegal crypto currency?

lately I think about this about five times a day last night I had a whole long involved dream about this

yes, although at this point I think it's basically everyone still working that hive of scum and villainy

ah yes, the party of McCarthyism, against civil rights, and Watergate, and flag burning amendments, and cancel anyone anti-forever wars, and anti-gay, and anti-trans, and destroying universities... surprising us all with this totally unexpected turn of events

do you really want Democrats to win, or do you really just want to be the person complaining that Democrats don't do anything?

"today we own the libs by discussing the great achievements of illustrious Americans such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; also, please note that the word 'liberation' has been banned"

saw 'Oppenheimer' in the theatre. Would have been a totally different experience lounging at home.

selfwondering whether should I doomread this

In Los Angeles, California, a man’s father was abducted and kidnapped by ICE. While attempting to locate him using a GPS tracker in his car, they discovered that his stolen truck was being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter during his off-duty period from December 2nd to December 3rd.

I've been tweeting this for years folks love to complain about "the Democrats" but to go to three meetings and they will put you in charge of something

what I've been saying: blue state officials need to use their power to threaten livelihoods and pensions

prequel to The Postman

"this is a kindness"

There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…

Russian corruption is the gift that keeps on giving

the best moon mission

Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.

unless it's all insiders trading against each other