Deeply obsessed with my parents old dog who has to be tucked in for his naps

This simple cannot be a comfortable sleeping position

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Tariff opinion is out! 6-3 overturning the tariffs with Thomas/Kavanaugh/Alito dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

I'd prefer it not have taken decades but personally I like blows being struck against elite impunity and would like that for us in the US very much

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I have a theory that the reason 2028 primary is already being litigated is that people just desperately want the Trump years to be over and discussing the Democratic primary makes it seem closer to being over than it is

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Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

i simply do not think the "2016 and 2024 prove america will never elect a woman" people in the QTs are expressing a savvy political wisdom as much as they are expressing cope

There's no reason for there to be discourse about the 2028 democratic primary before literally anyone has announced their candidacy

I feel both more hopeful about the future of American democracy than I did in February 2025 and much more scared about what the Trump administration will do as it becomes more obvious they will lose

the statute that Jeanine Pirro reportedly tried to indict congressional Dems under, 18 USC 2387, was originally passed as part of the 1947 Smith Act, a notorious law used to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare

JD Vance getting booed so loudly at the Olympics is hopefully a harbinger for what the reaction will be in the 2028 LA Olympics

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.

Had to drive in DC today because of an emergency and truly this city does not plow their streets for shit

Genuinely don't understand how it's still January

imo of all the formal political institutions in US life, the judiciary has given the best account of itself by a pretty large margin (with the obvious exception of SCOTUS) and a younger me was way more dismissive of the courts than history would prove deserved

the extent to which this administration is out of control is really summed up by the fact that they immediately went with “this was an armed terrorist there to kill law enforcement” knowing that video from multiple angles completely disproving them was out there and would be seen by everyone

It is clear that abuses committed by ICE and other federal agents—including today’s apparent execution of an unarmed man in the street—are so widespread that the country will need to undergo a major truth and reconciliation process, in addition to pursuing justice through prosecutions.

At a Kennedy center performance but in a woke way (whenever I see Trump's name I shake my head and give and thumbs down)

The third lecture in @lawfaremedia.org's lecture series on the intellectual movement that has emerged around Trumpism hosted by @lkatfield.bsky.social is now up! You can watch the series at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Deeply grateful for @jamellebouie.net's video on why trump can't just cancel the midterms - i feel like 1 out of 3 conversations I have IRL about politics include people who are so convinced there won't be 2026 elections

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*

going along with Erik Erikson's "AWFUL" post—white women, if they are not conservative or don't present themselves as sufficiently feminine, are automatically appropriate targets for violence

In a special edition of Lawfare Daily, @annabower.bsky.social spoke to @ericcolumbus.bsky.social and @michael-feinberg.bsky.social about the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, the federal government’s reported investigation of the shooting, and more.

NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

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Ruling is at least partially based on the argument over the definition of the term “regular forces” in used in Section 12406(3) that @martylederman.bsky.social had first identified in his appellate brief. Listen to him discuss his brief in a previous Lawfare Live:

I am biased but the first two videos in @lawfaremedia.org and @situ-research.bsky.social's new investigative video series are incredible. A must watch for understanding the current state of immigration enforcement

🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.

Today, Judge Paula Xinis granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's petition for habeas corpus and ordered Abrego Garcia to be released from ICE custody immediately. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

would give anything to know what was running through Mamdani's head during that press conference

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She's learned how to have just her head poking out of the blanket to menace me for treats

as a d&d nerd, I've been waiting for someone to write this article and @adamserwer.bsky.social killed it–a must read for any fantasy fans

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities. Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.

Over at @lawfaremedia.org, we just launched a new project tracking domestic deployments of the U.S. military. The map includes 2025 data and our table includes data from 2017. Check it out: www.lawfaremedia.org/domesticdepl...

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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.

The closer it gets to Thanksgiving, the likelihood of Republicans nuking the filibuster increases pretty substantially, right?

The Republican 2028 primary is going to be wiiiild

The shuttering of USAID is one of the most morally reprehensible acts of the Trump administration