So Pete Hegseth told the generals that we need to hunt and kill the enemies of the US, and then a little bit later Trump told the generals that American citizens are “no different than a foreign enemy” and said the military would be used against the “enemy within”

This is a truly remarkable finding: 17 years after introduction of the HPV vaccine, there was a decreased prevalence of HPV infection (and therefore decreased cancer risk) in both vaccinated AND unvaccinated individuals. Cancer prevention through herd immunity!!!

I don't think so. Obviously, there is an implication that the need for back pay means that Congress anticipates that employees will be rehired. Textually, however, the statute is silent on that issue. 1/4

Whence comes the maxim, "Possession is nine-tenths of the law"?

There is no remotely plausible military strategy for achieving this short of a full-scale, Iraq-style invasion.

I'd have a gas mask with me. And the good kind.

I wonder if Dems have a message ready if there is no CR but Trump keeps lots of the gov't open, anyway.

For those following along at home, we've now reached the "DOJ is losing unopposed motions at the DC Circuit" level.

The full collection: drive.google.com/drive/folder... This copy of the 1992 edition includes the top-secret p. 131, excluded from the ‘official’ online copy. (The second paragraph is 😱.)

The deal Trump's proposed w/ Milei is bizarre. Not for the US, but for Trump. There's no, "Without me, Argentina is dead!" No shakedown terms. No, Trump is almost giddy, like when he's announcing smth that'll make his rich friends richer. For Milei, Trump wants this to be a friends & family deal. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Even if going the grand jury route is a nonstarter, CA legislature could absolutely subpoena Sundar Pichai before a committee to grill him about this and the related corrupt pressure and censorship from Trump & co. What's he going to do, refuse? And then avoid setting foot in the state indefinitely?

There's no supremacy clause problem with state bribery laws encompassing payment of bribes to federal officials, and California's statute does, it's not limited to state government bribes. They can and should open a criminal investigation. Not wait for some future DOJ, do a state one right now.

Now it's time for another edition of ~ RELATED BILLS! ~ HR 4213 – and – HR 2729 🤷🏻‍♂️ #Homeland #Security #CRS #HRules

They have no choice. You gotta play the cards you have been given

Also, the president could have the option of not appointing the conditionally-confirmed nominee. 😳

TODAY'S QUESTION: As the Senate may ratify with reservations a treaty submitted by the president, may it confirm a nomination with reservations? Eg: This nomination to the commission is confirmed subject to the president not firing this other member of the commission. Art II, Sec 2, cl 2 #SRules

Until last week’s Great British Baking we had no idea that “flapjack“ in Britain means something akin to a granola bar made of four ingredients: rolled oats, melted butter, golden syrup and brown sugar. Steve’s first attempt was irregular (no even cuts) but tasted fine. #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky

But this is a "game" Trump plays. (Reminiscent of when Republicans on the Hill, when asked about his latest social media post, they play being oblivious.) And when Trump says something sounds like a good idea? Recall he said that about raising taxes on the wealthy. Was NEVER going to happen. 🤦🏻‍♂️

JUST IN: Google pays $24.5 million to settle lawsuit Trump filed in 2021 over YouTube ban post #Jan6. $22M of that will go to build the new White House ballroom Trump wants to construct. It was 1 of 3 similar suits legal experts found dubious. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson hasn't even brought half the FY2026 funding bills to the House floor, yet Republicans are trying to convince people a shutdown would be the Senate Democrats' fault. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Republicans, trying to pass the buck for their failure to pass the bills. 🧵

Typically, violations result in GAO listing the perp in a report. (Some info for a anybody interested)

If there is no CR by the time it's needed, and so we have a "shutdown" – Why wouldn't Trump keep every gov't function running that he wants to, and even order Treasury to keep sending out paychecks (and checks to contractors)? After all, who's going to stop him?

Many agents are being pulled off their former duties to participate in immigration enforcement. Said one former ATF officer: "A lot of good cases are just going stagnant for some photo-op bullshit." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. This degree of corruption is disgusting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

It's 1938, and FDR is listening to Orson Welles perform War of the Worlds on the radio

Congrats America

“Just flew back from Riyadh and boy are my arms severed”

"China’s move to stop buying US soybeans underscores how Trump’s ambitions to use tariffs as a lever with Beijing have repeatedly backfired... "Agriculture exports to China were down 53% in the first 7 months of 2025, compared with the same period last year" www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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A sure contender for my most niche post ever: A link to the Third (1974) edition of Riddick's Senate Procedure. #SRules (if you have a link to the First (1958) and/or Second (1964) editions, please lemme know) Google Books, from Stanford Law Library books.googleusercontent.com/books/conten...

Will Jim Comey's Prosecution Prove Kash Patel Lied to Senate Judiciary Committee? www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/28/w...

"Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?" Donald Trump is Chauncey Gardiner in "Being There"

You could give this man an existential crisis by showing him the bottom half of a muppet

LOL "I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place... www.kgw.com/article/news...

Why is Trump censoring Weird Al and where can I get one of Weird Al's magic beds?

When some progressives floated theories of "stochastic terrorism," most right-of-center people I know correctly saw it as an effort to end-run First Amendment principles (which tightly define incitement and threat). Congratulations (I suppose) if you didn't change sides of the field at halftime.

About all the Republicans saying "the grand jury" and "Now the court will decide" – it's as if they're saying, "Look, it's not like Trump is putting them directly in jail, because we know that's how he'd like to do it, so give him some credit for that."

More than a decade before Who's on First, who knew the name of the Postmaster General?

I reviewed the court transcript. It’s true that only 14 grand jurors voted in favor of the Comey indictment, but the total number of grand jurors who voted is not specified. The minimum number required for a quorum is 16; the maximum is 23.

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong.

Wait, so AI companies recognize the legitimacy of artistic IP now?

A hyphen would have helped.

"We're always looking to find new markets, expand markets, but China just being the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, you can't replace that," said farmer Josh Gackle. “That China market was built over 40 years. You can't replace it in a month or six weeks." www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

The José Escobar Molina Immigration Enforcement Accountability Act of 2027, authorizing Bivens claims against the now turbo-funded ICE agents, practically writes itself.

Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.

[email protected] Do we know if ICE agents are getting "credit" for an arrest even if they've arrested someone wrongly? If they are getting credit, is this being addressed in the litigation, b/c there'd be upside and no downside for agents making even manifestly bogus arrests.

This is how Trump's Medicaid cuts are designed, not to be cuts at all, but will still result in tons of uninsured people.

This Senate Judiciary hearing scheduled for Tuesday looks interesting. www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

As for the precedence of the resolution, who knows... ⬇️