Good god the kicker:

This is the result of due process being ignored for the Trump/Miller racist bigoted purge. Not good for the US whatsoever.

Republicans loved gerrymandering as long as their opponents were committed to fair maps. Now that Dems are responding in kind, conservatives aren’t having as much fun. But the only thing worse than constitutional hardball is unilateral constitutional hardball. (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Cows and mothers everywhere salute Devin's downfall.

Good luck with that.

Folks really didn’t like it last year when I said this was a (remote but still very real) possibility that we needed to consider in re: January 2027: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Patel using the FBI for media intimidation is no surprise.

Yes, the basic bargain of nuclear rollback for economic relief is likely key to any deal with Iran. But path dependency matters. Trump scrapped the original deal with no replacement and bombed the country twice. The first deal wasn't achieved in the midst of war. This is new territory.

Okay, this:

Lol, this idiot is here to complain about oligarchs and AI, and he is talking to freaking Ezra Klein? What a joke.

The Democratic Gerontocracy Strikes Again www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/the-...

Not just unsettling, but delusional given the people running the show for the US.

So the hardliners are still in charge in Iran, for all we know they could still be enriching uranium, AND a vital waterway that was open and free 6 months ago now costs $$ to pass through AND must be meticulously de-mined. What was this war for again?

First they came for evolution Then they came for climate science Then they came for epidemiology Then they came for, like, really really basic math

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

The Republicans have never had a problem with radical policy after razor thin majorities so this makes the win so good. With any luck Republicans will be fighting amongst themselves for a while over this.

David Marshall resigned from the #azleg last week after being appointed Navajo County recorder. Today, he officially ended his campaign for Corporation Commission. He's still 100% ineligible to serve as recorder under state law.

Guess Dave can jam with Jim Krueger again now.

96 years ago tonight, CBS’s first breaking news broadcast went out from the scene of one of the deadliest fires in US history, in a voice identified only as “Convict X-46812.” For @columjournreview.bsky.social, I wrote about how this forgotten Black prisoner spurred the creation of CBS News. 🗃️

If you haven't read this yet, I recommend it. A lot to think about.

GOOD!

Go read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

lol. Dumb and dumber

Like Trump’s other spurious political proescutions, this is borrowing a page from his private sector penchant for litigation as a weapon to make the target’s life hell. He doesn’t have to win. He gets to publicly smear them & cost them a lot of money & stress even when they ultimately win.

Ugh....

Oh no

This is insane:

It's almost like they don't want people working against hate groups

Is it really that hard to write down a phonetic pronunciation?

LOLOLOLOL

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Fair statement:

One I hope every sports reporter reads, because Stephanie seldom is acknowledged. Because of her, I never doubted there was a place for women in sports media. From @annkillion Stephanie Salter, pioneering sportswriter and S.F. columnist, dies at 76 www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...

As a lawyer and as a woman I’m frustrated because we’re losing SO badly. We’re getting steamrolled by ADF and Liz Murrill bc no one is protecting our interests, and noone’s interested in protecting our interests. Some of these arguments are easy to contest BUT NO PARTY IS PRESENT TO CONTEST THEM.

Seems like Trump’s only path. He walks away. Pretends he won. Tries to change the subject.

The answer is absolutely not, but Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and her ever increasingly asinine goon squad are being ridiculous. Even the court thinks so. A SHOT IN THE DARK: Does this Valley surgeon deserve to go to prison? www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

John Roberts out of the shadows www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/john...

Hell no.

Less than 24 hours after this!

Trump's war in Iran has forced Americans to pay over $8 billion more at the pump. So naturally, his priority is to bail out his family's business partners in a foreign country.

LOL

The Iran war is about oil, but for Donald Trump, it's a war for an even more precious resource, narcissistic supply. He has to best Obama's JCPOA, but he can't because he sends flunkies instead of diplomats. So, we're stuck. My latest for the @editorialboard.bsky.social.

I can't get over the fact that this guy sees himself as a quintessential "merit hire."

Brett Kavanaugh officiated Sarah Isgur's wedding and is helping her promote her book, which is all about how good and noble the Supreme Court is. There is no reason to take seriously anything this person says about her very powerful, life-tenured friends. Seriously, have some respect for yourself.

More than fair:

Why am I not reading columns (and editorials) like this in the U.S. press? Even our pundits are cowards. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

It’s why i call him Mengele. It’s a tough competition but he is the most heinous of the bunch and i hope to live to see him brought to justice.🤬

This seems more than problematic.....

Oh come fucking on. Just how hostile can the Ohio GOP be to women?

Before she rebranded as a Savvy Legal Media Pundit, Sarah Isgur's job was working in the Justice Department, doing PR for Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions during family separation. Now, she is running PR for a different set within the conservative legal movement. It's not more complicated than that.