The Fairness Doctrine did not ban "propaganda networks." It applied to only to over-the-air "broadcast stations" not any "networks" and only required such stations to provide airtime access to opposing viewpoints. Plus, because the FCC has never regulated cable channels (nor could it under ...

Now Trump is hoping to at least get a Daytime Nobel Peace Prize.

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the alleged arrest of “the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa.” 1) it’s not illegal to date someone. 2) antifa is a leaderless and loosely organized ideology, not a group 3) if antifa did have a founder, I’m pretty sure it would be a 150 year old Italian person.

I just saw a reel on another platform claiming that the best enemies to frenemies storyline was Roy Kent and Jamie Tart from Ted Lasso. I mourned for that person that they never witnessed the entertaining, tragic, and provoking pair of G'kar and Londo Mollari.

I don't know. I think this guy was the one to blame.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Remember when the Right was up in arms about the Biden gov't "coercing" Facebook behind closed doors to block peopel based on their statements in violation of 1A? Apparently, if you do the coercion in front over everyone, it's okay.

In light of Pam Bondi's statements today, targeting Dem's speech as "hate speech," this statement is incredibly idiotic. There's a reason why "hate speech" is protected. It's so corrupt govt's like Trump's cannot use it to target his opponents.

The "clear and present danger" standard has been out-of-date for longer than it was ever good law. Brandenburg v. Ohio replaced it in 1968 with the "imminent harm" standard. And yelling fire in a crowded theater ceased to be a danger of panic after the invention of fire alarms and sprinklers; ...

Fetterman: “You’re not an autocrat unless you come from the Prussian region of Aurocratia. Anywhere else and you’re just a sparkling strongman.”

So was Hitler, you utter dumbass @fetterman.senate.gov

It almost never fails. Inform someone that last summer, SCOTUS in Netchoice v Moody, held that social sites have a 1A right against being compelled to display viewpoints they don’t like, and the person will assume that it was a corrupt decision by the MAGA Justices.

Beware anyone who thinks that refusing to celebrate a man’s actions and words in life is a celebration of that man’s murder. That person is telling you that they will celebrate the murder of anyone who they oppose in life.

I don’t think I’m going to have as many opportunities to use this on this site versus Twitter, but I will have this in my toolbox.

"Look!! Trucks and a ballroom!!!! Gotta go!!!"

Um, wouldn't a very Christian person be offended with the suggestion that he was going to a pagan afterlife?

It is hard to think of a more explicit directive to the radical right than “I don’t care what you do, and in fact I agree with your motivation.” He’s already pardoned violent extremists and this is a promise to pardon more.

WSJ just retracted its report that the shooter’s ammo was engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.” It smelled like bullshit from the beginning, and every conservative who ran with it should be shamed into obscurity.

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others? David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC. apnews.com/article/deka...

To mourn Kirk’s horrific killing as a wound to democracy is right. To recast him as democracy’s patron saint is dangerous delusion.

How Charlie Kirk practiced politics

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

If I win Powerball, this is the first thing I’m buying.

White House Downplays Trump Hand Bruise As Least Concerning Part Of Body https://theonion.com/white-house-downplays-trump-hand-bruise-as-least-concerning-part-of-body/

BlueskLaw, who has the better legal argument? Me: The rationale in Red Lion v. FCC, Miami Herald v. Tornillo, and Netchoice v. Moody shows the Fairness Doctrine cannot be applied under 1A to all mediums. Former lawyer: Red Lion supports arg. that Doctrine can be applied to cable and all media.

If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.

There is no greater admission of the lack of merit for one's legal argument than a citation to "common sense" as the main support for the position.

Love this.

Is one of the points of this season of Wednesday to provide justification for Wednesday's canonic habit of trying to kill her brother?

Chuckles here thinks that any time a lawyer makes any type of argument or engages in any debate, they must cite a legal case in support. Even when the topic is whether their opinion that a New York article is ant-semitic is valid.

It's always amusing when a person who is seemingly posting non-stop in an internet argument suddenly has work to do when faced with evidence that their unsupported assertions are wrong.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif ?”hard mode” (no Star Wars, Star Trek Lord of the Rings or Marvel)

Somewhere, a self-proclaimed Section 230 expert is raging and promising future, baseless lawsuits. And I couldn't be happier.

Looks like JD Vance joined Bluesky and was suspended 12 minutes later after a post about transgender youth. Huh, I wonder if this becomes the top story in the conservative outrage machine rather than things happening outside the country. And I wonder if the sun will rise tomorrow.

My favorite interaction of the day and perhaps my entire short time on Bluesky:

No One Sure Why Kristi Noem Wearing Firefighter Helmet, Night-Vision Goggles, High Heels, Wet Suit theonion.com/no-one-...

The photos coming from Trump’s birthday parade are just incredible. No one showed up.

When nobody shows up to your birthday party

Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?