the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*

high priest of bast: brethren, we are gathered to honor the most sacred animal, slayer of vermin, beloved of the sun, daughters of delight and brings of great prosperity. (pause) high priest of bast: just between us priests though can we admit they're real little shits sometimes

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to realize that we acclimate very quickly to the events which constitute History Unfolding Before Us, so much so that we’re lulled into the useless belief that Nothing Ever Happens. No! We are in the middle of significant change. Take care to pay attention.

I've got way too many unassembled and unpainted minis already (and basically no time to play Warhammer at the moment) but the new Cathay range all looks amazing.

The ability to convince capital markets to hand you a trillion dollars on the strength of obvious bullshit paired with the inability to get a single human to sincerely and spontaneously say they love you is some real punishment of the gods shit.

It only takes a casual familiarity with David French (even as generally a David French hater) to realize this headline is wildly misleading.

really illustrates just how stupid and unnecessary this whole shutdown is that we're almost 40 days in and Dems repeating what they've been asking for the entire time has people howling for blood because it's so unbelievably little that it must be them caving and surrendering

I have some concerns about Gideon if the partisan composition of the court stays the same for another 5-10 years

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

The majority in Congress deliberately abolishing their own power might legitimately be a problem the Founders never considered.

<scratches head> hasn't a big theme in the last few years been people being big mad about immigrants from central american nations? i wonder what the collapse of the venezuelan state would do to impact that. ah probably nothing.

yeah for whatever reason this is a problem that is very present in academic lit about Global South countries but people for whatever reason don't seem to think the problem of paying legislators enough to do their jobs effectively / attract people who won't subsist on bridges and graft generalizes

I didn't have kids when it came out but my three year old is *obsessed*. I am here for this discourse

This Jeanine Pirro video of her gloating about charging Sandwich Man is sooooo amazing in retrospect.

Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani

There's a deep point here: the line between jury nullification and acquittal for other reasons is not always clear. Nullification is just one of many ways a prosecution can go wrong for the government when the jury is skeptical of law enforcement and prosecutors.

Mood.

If you are called for jury duty you have the power to stand up to the government like this on behalf of your fellow citizens. Don't avoid it; do your civic duty like these people did.

Two word verdicts!

You should not be a member of a political party that has pro- and anti-Hitler factions

Matt Walsh’s “As a man, I have never changed a diaper, and if you have you’re spiritually gay” take is a pretty apt summation of the New Right’s stance on men’s duty to take basic care of their family.

I'm sorry but these people are all refusing to understand the way humans communicate. He was not threatening to kill anybody's kids; he was making a point in a way that I've probably seen dozens of people make it over the years.

lol

My take about Ross Douthat and Helen Andrews is that way too many people in media think that an idea can't just be sexism if the person saying it uses a lot of big words.

For those wondering: 1: it is extremely common for the defense in a criminal case to call no witnesses. 2: I would consider a verdict in an hour or less extremely fast. Something like 3-4 hours means they had to work for a while to get unanimity. More than a day of deliberation is on the long side.

But why is it blue text on black paper?

Trump take Thanksgiving

The logical corollary of this argument appears to be that a gerrymander explicitly intended to preserve white political dominance passes constitutional muster, but only if the white vote doesn't command an outright electoral majority.

I love this even more than I loved learning why Lafayette decided it was time to leave France for an extended visit to the US

Holy shit they found the increasingly rare Good Gorsuch

Rucho v Common Cause needs to be in the top five of the modern anti-canon.

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

Dems need to run in every district. Our gerrymander gives Rs very thin margins. And maybe getting thinner. We have A LOT of districts.

There are plenty of concrete good things that will happen because of winning these elections, but the intangible might even be bigger. Trump is going to issue a lot of illegal orders in the coming months and years. Nights like tonight might determine whether those orders get followed.

As the face of the “progressive prosecutor” movement steamrolls to a 3rd term, let me be the millionth person to note that when that movement loses elections it’s billed in national media as a crisis for the left, while the movement’s high points, of which there have been many, are largely ignored.

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

ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges

Trump's goons don't believe that we have freedom of speech in this country and are acting accordingly. It is up to us (defined broadly: the public, the courts, politicians) to decide whether they are right about that.

Now everyone gets to understand how defense attorneys feel about victim impact statements

Cuomo’s final pitch to voters:

There's no way Stephen miller and Elon musk are dumb enough to think their endorsement is useful to a candidate for mayor of NYC, are they?

it just drives me fucking insane to hear wealthy powerful white dudes who are busy pursuing their dream careers blather about how amazing and fulfilling being a homemaker is bitch if it was that awesome why didn't you fucking do it

A Tennessee appeals court had upheld a shaken baby conviction, despite pleas to overturn by the DA’s office and a recantation by the medical examiner who testified for the prosecution. apple.news/ATQRcd8WjTlW...

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

I almost feel like a very problematic, more intentional leveraging of stereotypes might be a better political solution here than trying to swim upstream. “Daddy wants to blow his whole paycheck on beer and crypto and sports betting, and he won’t pay his child support. Mommy will see him in court.”