I find this fascinating. I thought the concern with birth right citizenship was with illegal aliens coming here to give birth, not so much with birth tourism

“Congress has the exclusive authority to restrict and set the rules for who can enter the United States.” Following the recent SCOTUS ruling on birth right citizenship, watch for legislation that will attempt to restrict admittance of pregnant women into the US.

@stevevladeck.bsky.social Has the Supreme Court put one of if not *the* final nail into the coffin containing 'precedence'? It certainly feels as if many of their rulings this session and last have ignored precedence, in effect nullifying it.

This ignorant ass clown earned his block

The very first thing the next administration should do upon being sworn in is announce an Accountability Commission to begin immediately repairing all the damage the Trump administration has done to the nation and hold those responsible -- all of them -- accountable

I think a more effective change would be if the states were to do away with "winner-take-all" electors and return it to award by won district.

There ought to be a rule: If you're going to quote a media story and provide a link to the story, the link should be free of the paywall, I.e. a gift link.

🤣🤣🤣

Republicans controlling every branch of government while complaining the elections are rigged.

The vice president being like 'Isn't it wild that Nixon went down for Watergate while we commit a Watergate-level crime every 5.37 minutes of every day?' is something.

Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”

@apple has broken the iPhone, rendering it useless in warm, bright sunshine. People I’m around using their Android phones and older iPhones with no problem. iPhone 16 goes so dark so quickly it’s unusable. Spare me with your settings suggestions and being on latest SW. Tried them all. Doesn’t help

But Steve, they're going to rule very strongly against Trump on birthright citizenship (a case so incredibly easy that they could have simply declined to hear any of the cases in which lower courts unanimously ruled against Trump). That must mean that they're moderates and fair and balanced, no?

My "Hot Take" is I never thought the US Supreme Court would become as politically and ethically corrupt as it's become. I had always assumed that if any branch of government were to take their official oaths seriously, it would be the jurists sitting on the Supreme Court. I could not be more wrong.

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

I think the reason the Reflecting Pool is getting so much reaction is because it's a tangible metaphor for all the failures of this regime. It's a physical manifestation of toxicity, vanity, cost, error, and assigning blame.

For Trump, the Reflecting Pool was supposed to be a totemic success story, demonstrating that his unique approach to problem-solving is fundamentally superior to his predecessors’. This one project would serve as a metaphor for how awesome his awesomeness is. Oops. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Tucker Carlson to split the ticket? 👏👏👏

I did not know about the A-pillar blind spot problem (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This tells you everything you need to know about the members of the Republican Party. They are in a cult and not doing the job they’ve been elected to do. The party needs to be purged top to bottom and some new party needs to take its place

Is that worse than a decade of Trump and Biden?

This DOJ thinks it's job is protecting Trump, and indulging his vengeance. Following the law is not their priority, or even considered necessary if the orange tyrant doesn't happen to like it.

How is it that America not only managed to put so many stupid people into Congress, but they then continued to reelect them to keep them there?

As true as this might be — and lord knows he’s a terrible president — I can’t find any reference online to an “annual ranking of US presidents by a committee of 50 top presidential historians.” If anyone has a link they can provide it would be appreciated; otherwise, this is just wishful nonsense.

Bad news: The Kennedy tarp is still up. Good news: It doubles as an incredible projector screen for showing films of Trump and Epstein.

@kait.bsky.social Just read your story "A ‘DEATH TRAIN’ IS HAUNTING SOUTH FLORIDA" in the Atlantic and it's frustrating to read something like this in which people -- including you -- cannot seem to figure out the reason people are being killed by the train. THEY PUT THEMSELVES ON THE TRACK! 1/x

I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $100

A timeless shade of government deficiency. Reflecting Pool Blue Algae.

Wikipedia now officially lists the result of the 2026 Iran War as an "Iranian victory" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ir...

Why aren’t the Democrats trumpeting far and wide that Donald Trump finally actually did end a war…by surrendering?

Leaning Tower of Trump

What a fucking idiot, and 37% of the voters are okay with this

Link?

I can't read the article, but what I gather from what little I can see is the author had drawn the wrong conclusion. Trump and Whisky Pete performed badly is the only accurate takeaway, and they did do because they knew it was illegal and were afraid of America's response had they gone all in.

Donald Trump is very much Tony Soprano in the White House, except Tony was good at being a mob boss.

Members of the Trump Crime Syndicate (TCS™️) support both insider trading and influence peddling 100%.

They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.

When this scumbag finally leaves office, he should be met at the White House gates by law enforcement bearing handcuffs. None of this shit can even remotely be considered actions within his "core" constitutional powers or "official acts". He’s a mob boss committing crimes

The first order of business should Democrats become the majority party in the House -- the focus, to use Jeffries' language -- should be restoring the rule of law. Affordability would follow from the ensuing good governance. Jeffries isn't really very good at his job and he should not be Speaker.

I grew up in the late-60s and 70s. I thought this had all been sorted out back then. The people who grew up with me during this time and their children appear to be the ones who are unhappy with how everything has turned out. What happened to them? (Maybe they didn't smoke enough pot and mellow out)

Will the United States ever be the same as it once was, the leader of the free world? It would take so much effort. There are 37% of Americans — one third — who want it the way it is. That’s the MAGA wing of America’s politics. They may be the minority but they hold sway over many Midwestern states

America no longer wants its best and brightest running the country. Or maybe they do but its best and brightest want no part of it. Whatever the reason, we are now a failing nation being run into the ground by the worst politicians we can elect to get the job done.

IDK who needs to hear this, but there's a lot more evidence that Trump is a pedophile rapist who's in the Epstein files way more than anyone else than there is of voter fraud in California, or Jan 6 being an FBI set up, or the 2020 election being stolen. A LOT more.

Here's the tell: "Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove." They admit they cannot prove it and can't on their weak-brained cult to just believe them...and so they do.

So what are you saying, exactly?

“…that they already felt the need to ‘balance’ a story…” Who’s ‘they’ here: Pelley and 60 Minutes, or Bari Weiss and her cohorts?