The Supreme Court long relied on careful, time-tested procedures to issue decisions. But secret memos by the justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how the court decided to bypass those procedures and create its modern “shadow docket.” See key takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Over the past week, the president posted an image of himself as Jesus, the vice president challenged the pope on Catholic doctrine, and the secretary of defense quoted the speech of a fictional hit man and presented it as scripture.

I’m old enough to remember when everyone added .com to their name and pivoted to be an internet company … also old enough to remember how that ended

Last month in The Onion:

Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?

Republicans have the power to stop this at any moment

movie day or March Madness but also they rolled one in for us to watch when the second tower got hit and we watched both buildings collapse and the teacher left the room crying then class ended and I went home for lunch

If they're smart, they've already commissioned musicians to record a slow acoustic version that's properly respectful.

Request for @theracingline.app to add the Bathhurst 6 Hour race this weekend

Booker's problem isn't the tone. it's that "unity" politics requires a good-faith opposition to unify with. that doesn't exist right now and voters know it. running on vibes-based bipartisanship in 2025 is a category error.

DONALD TRUMP HELP ME I FLIPPED MY CAR AGAIN

it would be so funny if it happened today on April 1st, everyone would want to celebrate but be too worried it was just a joke #politics

At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it.

Guy who made 800 million dollars selling a website named ToodleCo to Yahoo in 1996 and has done nothing since then but now has $100 billion: the concept of “human kindness” was invented by bolshevik psychologists in 1953, no one heard of that term until then Podcast Host: fascinating, I have worms

If people believe a thing, no matter how untrue, that thing must be treated as if it is a possible truth, with the evidence that it is false presented gingerly, without drawing the clear conclusion. False and true both must enjoy equal shares of the sun.

This isn't even an egregious example, and the article does warn of the dangers, but it seems increasingly impossible for a dangerous hoax to be called a dangerous hoax.

It is just insane how tough talking and opinionated Jake Tapper’s bitch ass was a year ago. I guess Jake only acts like Rambo when he is beating up a man he thinks has dementia.

if no one hits the pit entry wall today I’ll be amazed #Indycar

F1 gets another team to increase the grid! The starting grid is smaller and only 15 cars finish races. #Formula1

Related, alarming.

catching up on Arlington practice… this is the track people were saying has raised the bar for Indycar and was F1 quality? did they mean F1 at the start of the previous rules package when drivers were being shaken apart? Happy for a new track, but the praise is a little excessive #Indycar #F1

This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

ROFL. The fleet of Rick Hendrick SUV's got someone fired, and ICE agents refuse to drive them because they have wraps with the agency name on them. A whole ass boondoggle. www.rawstory.com/madison-shea...

See how this works?

Taco Bell is the best value in fast food, $7.58 for enough food for 2 meals. It’s also a great source of fiber if you get black beans instead of beef or chicken.

this is badass

In short, Iran is a land of contrasts.

One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.

Oh, you can't handle moving your clocks one hour forward? I move my clocks one hour forward every week. I'm living in the year 2068. Get on my level.

We used to make things in this country (meth).

I think the racing might be okay enough as teams settle into the new strategy, but for qualifying I’ll just be watching highlights this season. Racing was okay I guess, but I still don’t like watching cars harvest on push laps #Formula1

anyone else having issues with @theracingline.app or just me? i have everything visible but it doesn’t show any sessions

don’t deploy girightshotline.org

I hate the sounds of these cars, the electric motor whine is so oppressive. If they are going to keep the onboard audio so loud they need to add audio filters to block the frequencies of the electric motor whine. It sounds so bad and aggravates tinnitus—same reason I don’t watch FE #Formula1

Platner’s former campaign team know something’s wrong - they all quit. They know he would lose in the general election. Janet Mills needs to make him lose in the primary instead. And she can, just by demanding his records. He won’t show them - he can’t. Confront him with that. 7/

Lawrence Stroll about to pay for some missile strikes to get a long break #Formula1 www.skysports.com/f1/news/1204...

This has nothing to do with the specific content here, but Polymarket adopting the language of news, here with BREAKING, and with Texas election results earlier this week, is BAD. Polymarket is not and will never be a news org or break news. It's a betting app. It's Draft Kings for sociopaths.

the constitution provides so many different ways to stop all of this, Republicans can stop this at any time

Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic