BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of the Trump admin on Temporary Protected Status, blocking the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, allowing DHS to strip over 350,000 people of legal status even though they utterly failed to follow the required legal procedures.

NEW: @katherinepomps.bsky.social has compiled the most comprehensive study currently available of the crimes alleged against Jan. 6 pardonees in the years since their prosecutions for the insurrection. View the database:

section 2 of the VRA? nullified? the 15th amendment? only applies to intentional discrimination. intentional discrimination? impossible to prove given an unbreakable assumption of good faith for a state legislature. 14th amendment? equal protection clause means the constitution can't even see race.

My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

america's reactionaries would love nothing more to nullify the reconstruction amendments and render them a dead letter of the constitution. this was as true in 1873 as it is today.

USAID's destruction has fallen out of the news, but the impact is ongoing. The conversation includes his reaction to a political appointee accusing USAID civil servants of killing his dog and why, contrary to popular belief, not everything this administration has done was predictable.

Earlier this week, I talked to Nicholas Enrich, former USAID official, about his new book "Into the Woodchipper," which details the agency's dismantling and whether anyone in charge understood what they were destroying. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts! youtu.be/naftZg7waOw?...

On Lawfare Daily, @annahickey.bsky.social talked to Nicholas Enrich, former acting assistant administrator of Global Health at USAID, about his book, “Into the Wood Chipper," where he detailed the agency's dismantling during the early months of the Trump administration. youtu.be/naftZg7waOw

I thought DOGE was fixing this? That's why they destroyed USAID, which will result in the death of millions around the world and left hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, right?

Just a reminder that in Shelby County, Roberts told us not to worry about the loss of VRA preclearance, because we’d still have VRA sec. 2 suits. That was, of course, disingenuous nonsense even at the time. Now, with Brnovich and Calllais, it’s all the more so.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Not to weather post but DC has to update its housing regulations to allow apt buildings to turn heat off before May 1

BREAKING: Before she was fired, Pam Bondi gave Attorney General's Awards to two K-9s www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Thinking about how small USAID's budget was compared to this and how much good it did is just so infuriating

The first two episodes of "Who Blew Up the Guidestones?" — our six-part audio investigation into the strange Georgia monument — are out TODAY. It's a wild ride, with a fair share twists and revelations along the way. So grab your tin foil hat and join me by subscribing below 👇🎧🪦🍑

Currently being 84 degrees but tomorrow having a 75% chance of snow feels vaguely apocalyptic

For the second time since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has gone to war with Iran. @sranderson.bsky.social delves into the international and domestic law surrounding the strikes and what congressional opposition could look like.

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0. Republicans are still stuck at zero. Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found. After Trump officials cut food aid to Kenya, children starved to death in an American-made hunger crisis. (Published Dec. 2025)

It’s crazy that it’s basically just a combination of the single worst most disastrous parts of every administration in history

if only there were some kind of join comprehensive plan of action that could have reduce the likelihood of nuclear iran without military action

"Until circumstances compel the other branches of government to adjust their posture...the executive branch is unlikely to see itself as legally constrained from participating in Israel’s military campaign against Iran, if Trump ultimately opts to do so."

Imo what is happening on x is that the algorithm loves racist and anti semitic content, and the people who are on there marinate in it all day, and the epstein files has offered an excuse for even left identified people to indulge in the trangressive pleasure of public bigotry as a little treat

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

The next president needs to make antitrust & monopoly breaking a priority

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

This simple cannot be a comfortable sleeping position

This conversation is now live! Tune in to hear @petereharrell.bsky.social break down the Supreme Court's tariff opinion: youtube.com/live/w1DRbr-...

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

Lawfare's Litigation Tracker follows legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive actions that deal with national security issues, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them. View it here: www.lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker

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

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)