Actually, being accurate and honest in lieu of being misleading for effect is *in itself* a manifestation of politics and political priorities and if you’re willing to dismiss accuracy in favor of persuasion you’re ceding ground to the fascists.

"It depends on community members going out and saying to those agents, 'you are not welcome here. You must stop doing what you are doing,'" Art said. "We as a collective, as people, are powerful, and perhaps even more powerful than a single court with a single word."

I can't help noticing the Supreme Court conservatives expressing the first doubt of a Trump assertion in oral arguments the day after the election day where every Republican running lost by 20 points. But they would never be swayed by such worldly things in their consideration of The Law, right?

this feels like a pretty clear admission that he intends to keep unapologetically violating the first amendment

well there’s some heavy-handed symbolism for you.

what is this regime’s obsession with Qatari airplanes?

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Judge: Let me ask you, though: a social-media post is the basis of deployment of troops? Is that really the basis? DOJ: Posts reflect Trump's decision-making. Judge: How can I consider post-hoc rationalization of order already issued? DOJ: Nothing in law requires particular form of determination

“These taste like grandma!”

well this meme has a strange new level of significance…

THE “TRANS ARROWS” ARE A HELLDIVERS REFERENCE WTF

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence. Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets. Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe. It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

any argument that trump has fully consolidated authoritarian power has to contend with the fact that the government wants to deport kilmar abrego garcia to uganda but hasn't done so, because a judge told them not to

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Khojasteh: My understanding that Abrego will have opportunity to contact counsel. Xinis: What's that mean? Are you going to pick up the phone and tell his counsel he's in custody, and here's the plan? K: I can take that under advisement...not prepared to make that commitment today

would love to see this testimony compared against what happened in D.V.D. v. DHS

NEW: Newly revealed messages from fired DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni show in real time how DOJ officials handled court orders related to the Alien Enemies Act, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and more — as well as Emil Bove's alleged suggestion to say "fuck you" to the courts. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

my advice to Erez Reuveni is to stay away from any 4th story windows for the next four years.

Every time someone responds to an obviously normative-aspirational claim ("this not who we are", "this is not America", etc) with some I'm-very-radical descriptive rebuttal ("er actually America has always done <similar bad stuff>") an angel dies. Like, no joke, dead. Direct causal result of this.

in the bathroom at work, guy in the stall next to me is making AoE2 villager death sounds as he fights for his life

just gonna leave this here in case any Democratic governors or their staffers follow me (lol) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_d...

Lander is incorrect that a judicial warrant is required (only an administrative warrant), but ICE refuses even to show him that, which is outrageous. If they have a warrant, they should show it. If they don't, they don't have arrest authority. But him holding on to the guy... could be trouble.

This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

US: Evidence was available to the president, he assessed, made declaration. Judge: So there's evidence! You're telling me the pres acted on evidence US: Of course! Judge: Fine. Did he have to? US: No

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

Elon’s actions should be recognizable to anyone who has seen someone be demodded on an Internet forum

at lake and bloomington where ICE were seen. large group of angry people

ordering cocktails is insane, like imagine if you could order eggplant parmesan in absolutely any restaurant you walked into

gf is making me watch Twilight and we got to the part where Bella mentions she’s got a boyfriend, and her mom asks, “Are you being safe?” and immediately I thought of Edward wearing these so he could practice safe biting.

are you actually kidding me

Rossman: All of the government officials have shouted from the rooftops that they won't allow Mr. Abrego Garcia to return to the US. The government is delaying for delay sake at the expense of a person wrongfully removed who sits rotting in a foreign prison.

@annabower.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social any idea if today’s hearing in Abrego Garcia will be open to the public? I would guess not because they’re talking about confidential documents.

literally only men send me stuff like this

@bretdevereaux.bsky.social just had a thought, would you ever consider doing a breakdown of the siege in C.S. Lewis’s The Horse and his Boy? As I recall it was pretty detailed in its description (though it might not necessitate a long series like Helms Deep) and it would be fun to compare to Tolkien

you ever think about how the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything are canonically like 3,000 years old?

i don’t fully understand what happened in canada but happy for you guys

the guy in the snapdragon commercial who uses ai to generate a bedtime story to tell his kids demonstrates that ai is really useful for inventing new and astonishing ways to be a loser

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

NEW: The Trump admin is stonewalling plaintiffs' discovery requests in the Abrego Garcia case, their attys tell Judge Xinis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

for sale. MN Twins. never won.

Jesus and local law enforcement; famously a pairing that went well for everyone involved.

His student visa was suddenly revoked but he wasn’t notified—“they don’t want ICE to lose the advantage of surprise” (!!!)—and four days later he was arrested at the hospital where he works.

so, we’re in a constitutional crisis now, right?

gotta hand it to intrusive thoughts Pearl Jam said "thoughts arrive like butterflies" but sometimes they’re more like a bot fly.