“Harm to the government only matters for emergency applications when the government is the moving party” is not just a normatively bizarre argument; it’s inconsistent with countless cases in which #SCOTUS has analyzed the harm to governmental respondents—whether finding it to be conclusive or not.

every trump nomination, regardless of position, should have been a unified "no" from the democrats that is literally the bare minimum, and the party not only failed at that in the first few months -- THEY ARE STILL FAILING AT THAT NOW

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"As is so often the case with commentary about the emergency docket, the Court’s defenders make arguments that sound outwardly reasonable, but that depend entirely on cherry-picking their examples and ignoring the counterexamples." Me on the barrage of commentary attacking the Times' #SCOTUS scoop:

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I really want a senator, rather than explaining the math, to just say "We all know what's going on here, Mr. Secretary. Trump said a moronic thing and now everyone in the administration, including you, has to pretend it's real. You know it isn't real. But you can't say that because you're a coward."

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/4….meaning the government will not truly have bought peace with the settlement. Nor will it have resolved a case that, if revived, would require dangerous inquiry into classified intelligence issues. But settling for everyone would benefit Trump enemies. Just nakedly corrupt.

it is difficult to fully grasp the full extent of corruption in this administration but

Below is a statement from the unionized workers of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Totally off-topic, but did y'all the know the Free State of Florida's citrus industry is basically dead?? This is quite a story: slate.com/business/202...

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ICE accidentally published a watchlist of immigration attorneys. We need to know why ICE is tracking them and how it’s going to use that info. We sent FOIA requests for records on how the list was created, criteria for adding people to it, and related communications.

This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.

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It doesn't get worse than this. Trump plots to send Afghans who helped U.S. military to DRCongo. Interpreters, former Afghan Special Ops forces, and family members of American service members, including > 400 children. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Support for impeaching Trump is at 55%, according to a new Strength In Numbers/ @Verasight.io poll, with 37% of adults opposed. Crucially 1 in 5 of Trump’s own voters support impeachment. Read and share: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-22...

i think it is cool that the president of the united states routinely slurs black people as biological inferior

“The idea that donors were defrauded by the existence of one program that’s been known about for 45 years and that had cost the organization just a minuscule portion of its budget in any given year is an unbelievable stretch.”

Thread. When you hear someone claim they’re just enforcing the laws on the books, point out that’s false. They’re exercising their discretion to TURN as many people as possible who are here legally into “illegals” so they can deport as many as possible.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

They think you're stupid.

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I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

GOP - *gerrymanders* DEMS - hey stop that no fair GOP - *gerrymanders even more* DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely* DEMS - *start gerrymandering* GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

They started blowing up fishing boats for the propaganda lulz. It's a heinous reason for blatant murder, but it is at least a reason. Now they "got" Venezuela and the news is full of other atrocities, but somebody forgot to tell SOUTHCOM to stop, so the murder machine just grinds on. Disgusting.

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Conservatives think the state should protect them from the traumatizing experience of encountering people unlike them. For some reason this never came up in the heyday of “snowflake,” “trigger warning” or “safe space” discourse bsky.app/profile/kiss...

This is an elegant, learned explanation of Just War Theory and the Iran war. An important corrective arising out of the Trump administration's responses to the Catholic Church. By the brilliant @mikeschmitt.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/136692/just-...

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NEW: The Commerce Department should be prevented from using funds collected through Trump’s Gold Card program to sidestep carefully negotiated controls on spending. CREW's proposed bill and report language will help ensure that Congress can conduct proper oversight.

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In that case, if Trump continues with his war, he will be violating the War Power Resolution—in addition to usurping Congress's authority under the U.S. Constitution.

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SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Ok “More than 15,500 species and over 500 genera of crane flies have been described, the majority by C.P. Alexander, who published descriptions of 10,890 new species and subspecies, and 256 new genera and subgenera over a period of 71 years from 1910–1981.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

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“At the beginning of April, the conservative-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of equitable education funding in the state.” www.liberalcurrents.com/equal-on-pap...