So many men don't think it through when women say that someone is a rapist and that they therefore, as a general policy, should not be trusted with power over others. Hell, too many women don't think it through either, but among GOP senators I think we're good focussing on the men.

The dangers of putting on the court a rapist who has never accepted that he has wronged or violated another person, and who has certainly never grown beyond the narcissistic arrogation of determining when and whether others have consented to intrusions upon their privacy, autonomy, and freedom.

"...as a wealthy white man on the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh has never had to fear immigration stops or racial profiling." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

This is why they have been attacking the Bluesky community so much. It sure matters. @akalhan.bsky.social is a hero for getting the #Kavanaughstop party started

Much easier to issue these kinds of decisions when the Trump administration is down. That's why you got to keep pounding them when they're down. *This* is when you run up the score.

An extremely rare L for Trump from the MAGA SCOTUS he and Mitch packed. Perhaps John Roberts is hearing the chatter of disgust among American majority sick and tired of his court rubber stamping Trump’s actions more than 90% of the time.

this is very big "he admit it" where it = constitutional violations related to federal funds energy.

1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated 2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements 3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program 4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states

I just fully cackled There's a type of soda, Ju-C, manufactured in the motherland, from which my father returned today He just opened this suitcase and revealed a pair of jeans, a pair of socks, and about 20somethin bottles of Ju-C As I took a photo, he said an airport employee took a pic too lol

Let’s not forget that the whole reason this case exists is bc Trump newly politicized post-Election Day counting of valid votes as a bad thing for his own disinformation and destabilization purposes and Republican lawyers went retcon saying that’s how it always should have been because originalism

my niece, chanting: "grinch! grinch! grinch!" my niece once the movie is on:

I know you're not supposed to laugh when kids misbehave bc it encourages them but seeing a 3 year old yell JOHHNN CEENNAA and then whack her mother with a large stuffed unicorn is just too funny

Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit

The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Incredibly detailed and valuable article about the Roberts Court’s attempt to “restore” the antebellum Constitution. This is a stale retread of what happened the first time after these amendments were passed. Also mentions the wonderful @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social. Link in his follow-up comment.

For instance, this report I wrote for @peoplsparity.bsky.social explains why court expansion & jurisdictional reforms wouldn’t have interfered with ANY of the court decisions stopping Trump admin lawlessness—bc those suits seek to enforce the law, not overturn it. 2/2

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

So the sources “risked their lives” to speak with 60 Minutes about this concentration camp we’re sending random people to, and Bari killed the story because the Trump administration refused an interview. Am I missing something??

Bari is not a news editor - she is a right wing MAGA political operator - playing the role of a news person - just like the 6 Republican operatives in black robes play the role of justices on the MAGA scotus.

"effectively unprecedented"

Sooo how's a girl supposed to get one of these Mamdani City Hall Inauguration tickets

minaj is on the verge of having her $20M home forcibly sold by the court to cover a $500K debt, in case you wonder what’s going on here

my brother in law and his partner got me this for christmas lmaoooo

It's an older relic from the last Trump era but it has I believe found its time.

me: “what’s wrong with your food?” 4-year-old: “well. it doesn’t taste good. that’s basically the problem”

i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"

My sister has started asking my three-year-old niece the name of each piece of art she produces, and today's was A SPIDER WHO CRAWLS JUST LIKE A WOMAN

This is the sweetest thing and I hope they keep hanging out periodically

"In retrospect, the Court’s willingness a quarter-century later in Palmer v. Thompson to allow cities to shut down public swimming pools rather than allow Black people to use them makes a lot more sense." whew Lord

“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of

how to handle the what now

I can't believe they put the penny in the clouds with the lil wings lmao

Got them people grocery lined up like keys of dope

Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:

The Lincolns have brought the coffin

yall this is so, so funny to me 😂

"what? you dont think these things while you're driving?" GIRL NO. my mom is a walking intrusive thought

im going to stop getting in the car with my mother. she keeps making these final destination ass observations, i.e. "i hope all the gas tanks that truck is carrying are empty. imagine if it caught fire"; or while at a standstill "if that tower starts tilting over do you think we're safe?" etc etc

@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social I feel as though everything I’ve researched as a medical historian — everything I’ve fought for as a social justice scholar—has been destroyed. My latest book (on rise of Nazi and their perversion of science) isn’t even ‘history’ any more. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

“The Trump administration’s policies work in tandem. It is harder for people of color to enter the workforce. It is harder for them to remain in the workforce. And if they are victimized by illegal discrimination, it is harder for them to do anything about it.” @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social

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any time now

I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

I've never seen a frame of this show, haven't seen a trailer or an ad and just by being on Bluesky I know exactly what Tal is talking about

I love alt text. Not only does it make images accessible, I be having fun with the descriptions. Extra space for my lil jokes

When I was in j-school they always taught us not to be phased by hate mail because if they read the article then we already won. (Which is why you should stop fucking clicking on articles you know are gonna make you mad.)

Headed home for Christmas tomorrow and wanted my nails to feel festive

This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.