bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it

What is going on with the officiating of this Titans - Browns game

A high-level Vatican commission votes against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church’s practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to Pope Leo.

Mark Tushnet

Reading after my CLE: Adam E. Davidson, “No Exceptions: The New Movement to Abolish Slavery and Involuntary Servitude” lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...

So wait. Will their theory be (1) this time prosecutors other than Halligan will present to the grand jury so it’s different, or (2) now we’ve done some sort of double secret blessing of Halligan’s position so it’s different, or (3) fuck the law?

The right's now hegemonic argument that cocaine is actually a chemical weapon and that mere suspicion of having it on your boat justifies an order to kill everyone aboard is astoundingly insane

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to | Ranjana Srivastava

A new low, even for someone as utterly self-debased as Megyn Kelly.

I would not want to bring a case involving QI in from of CA6.

Today (December 1), Starbucks agreed to pay over $35 million to more than 15,000 NYC employees to settle claims they had been denied stable schedules. Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking workers outside a store as the settlement was announced. Video below ⬇️

More royal court nosegay twiddling. “Analysis”

Hong Kong begins three days of mourning after deadly apartment fires

Trump pardons foreign cocaine trafficker convicted by a U.S. jury last year. Via NYT

So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.

So the suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting was active in a C.I.A.-backed Afghani murder squad?

Previously, graduate students could borrow federal loans up to the cost of their degree, but under the new proposal, there would be caps on loans based on whether students are enrolled in a program that is considered professional or not. nbcnews.to/4ao1ZZE

General Horta Nta Na Man was sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, an army statement said, one day after army officers announced they had deposed the country’s president.

Jerry Jeudy got peanut punched and fumbled

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.

This is so nutty that I assumed Jerry E. Smith was a Trump appointee, but nope, just a 5th Circuit judge

lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.

New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring. www.theverge.com/report/82231...

reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."

Shedeur is holding the ball slightly too long, but the Ravens are cutting right through the O-line and he doesn’t have much to work with.

Matt Gaetz a child rapist and unrepentant predator.

boston sent vital assistance following the 1917 halifax harbor explosion (so awful it killed 1700 people), and as thanks, nova scotia has sent us a christmas tree every year. it’s a nice little tradition. this is the first time the boston mayor visited to retrieve it in person

Is the senate vote still going on?

Lord, you’ve got like 15-20 minutes to do a little lightning shit in the Senate, just saying.

None can be primaried in the next cycle, Shaheen & Durbin retiring. Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028. Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.

No health care, no deal.

Also to be clear: I do not respect the Senators who voted yes tonight, and their careers in public service should end. They do not understand the stakes of this moment and continue to treat the GOP like a partner in dealmaking and not a fascist threat to the country.

Ohio Senate approves bill requiring that absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/07/o...

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law! That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER

I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis. I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO. Full statement:

TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

I hate Republicans.

HEY DEMS

60 minutes is so right wing it’s actually a comedy

If by greatest, you mean, potentially worst, then I would agree with you