Quaker (I always get Quaker on these)

The president of Cornell hit two students with his car, lied about what happened, and got away with it. The story illustrates an under-reported crisis in higher education: administrators and the trustees they answer to are increasingly hostile to the idea of college itself. I wrote about it here:

South Carolina! Wow.

Federal judge in Tennessee DISMISSES the criminal prosecution against Kilmar Ábrego García as a vindictive prosecution. First time this happens during Trump 2.0. Lays much of the blame at the feet of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yes, I see their names on rulings and despair.

If what happened here isn't met with severe sanctions that you can't walk away from, it will send the worst of possible messages to every Trump lawyer in the country: you might get yelled at, but you can get away with anything

the platonic trumpist candidate. Secret libertine running on a platform of state social control for everyone else bsky.app/profile/sanh...

The way Ron DeSantis has turned Florida’s previously top-notch university system into a lavish slush fund for his friends and co-segregationists needs to be the subject of a withering political campaign. Everyone who touched this process should be made radioactive in polite society.

The 7th Cir has been ruling like the folks who drove me from practice in the Reagan years.

Seeing liberals advocate criminally prosecuting parents for their children's crimes is a strong indicator that we'll never shake our carceral bloodlust.

It's America's "Cultural Revolution", sponsored by billionaire incel sociopaths, rammed down our throats out by Christian theocrats and thieving criminals who are stealing America blind.

I submit to you that these are functionally equivalent.

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

I have no idea if it is criminal and I know nothing about espionage beyond what I read. It also seems to have started because Fetterman himself on his volition started being super into Israel killing people in Gaza. But it at best shows some unfathomably terrible judgement and he should resign.

I am not sure why the author doesn't just bluntly say that someone who is arranging meetings with the Prime Minister of Israel and giving the senator money is his senior advisor.

This is like trying to drill for oil through the ruins of Pompeii. Chaco canyon is one of the most significant native archeological sites in the United States. Absolutely disgusting to even propose it

and in both countries they ignore what the right wing bigots are saying and invent a new storyline for them that sounds less bigoted. "send them all back again" becomes "rally for english values" or whatever

the US and the UK are similar in that if 100 bigoted right wingers show up to a protest it can be top of the hour/front page/rolling cable news coverage. if 50,000 people do a left-coded protest they all ignore it

The human impulse for compassion is so strong that in most cases, to successfully break it, you first have to successfully define a group of humans as not-human to keep it from kicking in. We have, sadly, gotten very good at that over time.

I got yelled at about this on X, the everything app, so I figure I might as well say it here: The DoorDash Discourse is stupid. The number of disabled people who rely on DoorDash (or can use DoorDash) is very small compared to the number of disabled people on SNAP or who just are straight up hungry.

👉 If you haven't been following the saga of the Broadview Six, this thread will tell you all the backstory you need pending the release of today's transcript which may be a doozy

We’re suing the Trump-Vance admin over abrupt delays in implementing website accessibility features. Postponing these deadlines keeps people with disabilities from accessing critical government services online. Disability rights are civil rights. We'll uphold those rights in court.

Just read that Enrique Tarrio is asking for 2-5 million from the Trump slush fund. While Latino babies are sitting in prison eating rotted food waiting to be deported.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

I truly wish people in this country ACTUALLY understood what the criminal punishment system is rather than what they want it to be. The criminal punishment system is FUEL for fascism. People really need to understand this to their core.

Congratulations to @brianstraw.bsky.social and the other Broadview Six.

yes and to make public examples of them to deter others from doing the same.

Outside after Tony Carruthers’ lethal injection was called off, attorney Maria DeLiberato who was in the chamber with him says “they tortured him trying to find a vein.” She says they got a line in right arm, tried left arm, tried feet, tried jugular, tried a central line in chest and then shoulder.

How many Dems will vote for this nomination?

The criminal punishment system destroys people daily.

A few things about this. 1. I did not recognize him. Eek. 2. Fascinating to see him casting about on this issue. 3. Sleight of hand to reduce the issue to transactional - taxing me won’t give poor teacher in queens money! — when taxes are for collective action. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/j...

I’ve covered Chicago’s federal courthouse for 11 years and have never seen a hearing like this one.

"Sanctuary cities" hosting the World Cup this summer: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta

And yet SpaceX is likely to be in the retirement funds of tens (hundreds?) of millions of Americans 'cause indexes are racing to rewrite their rules so they can include it If this happens SpaceX will basically be funded by American's heard-earned savings, whether they want that or not

Also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berea_C...

"Castro Stole My Daddy's Plantation" ass ruling

Ms Rachel and Mychal the librarian are out here trying to shut down a child jail. Let this be inspiration to others to do the same.

there's gotta be a fitness for public office test beyond "fooled a bunch of people once or twice"

That this case had to be considered is an obscenity, that four justices dissented is an obscenity squared.

Folks, a 5-4 DIG is some WILD stuff. Basically, the Republicans wanted to kill a man (as per usual) the Dems didn't. It looks like Brett and Amy also didn't want to kill *this* guy, but wanted to perserve the right to kill similar guys in the future. I cannot imagine the arguments between them all.

He wanders farther from the teachings of the church he professes every day.

No one will be surprised by what I think about the whole Polis clemency thing. He's the chief executive of the state and he can commute any sentence he wants. The "scandal" is that he hasn't commuted hundreds of people's sentences not that he commuted hers. Talk to your mother not me, lol

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

The problem the labs all keep running into is that demand is racing up a cliff edge, and they basically can't keep up with demand

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The idea that Americans pay more taxes than Europeans is catastrophically false, verging on delusional. This is what people on this site mean when we talk about populism killing the future. People just believe shit which is not remotely true, because it makes them feel better?

This is an important lesson for universities and media outlets that nobody is going to learn; the affirmative action conservatives your institution hired have nothing but contempt for you, the second they take charge they will show you precisely none of the respect and deference they demand.

How much more fucked up can this country become?