This isn’t the longest shutdown in U.S. history. It isn’t a shutdown at all, in fact. It’s a period in which the executive is gradually usurping control over the federal budget from a Congress filled with legislators who have broken faith with their oaths to support the Constitution.

Amazing how none of these guys ever seem to say, “Most of the people who agree with my very good ideas have turned out to be monsters, perhaps I should rethink my assumptions or my framing.”

I vividly remember the first time I encountered a respected, sought after person arguing against birthright citizenship in a staff meeting, about a decade ago. It stunned people. I was so shocked I cried, more from confusion than anything. Anyway he’s now a senior official at the Pentagon.

Let’s keep this momentum going! Andreaformaine.com

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

He was recruited to run by campaign consultants. A group with a premade plan came knocking on his door looking for an archetype that they could elevate with their vast network of connections. What about that is “grassroots?”

The “very serious” people need to see that impeaching Trump is the *compromise* position. The US cannot honor promises with a faithless President; therefore we can’t negotiate peace. The alternative is what Iran is demanding: we dismantle our bases (restraining ourselves by diminishing our capacity)

States should immediately sue (under the Full Faith & Credit Clause) over any federal policy which proposes to set aside the authority of their state-issued documents (birth certificates are state documents & proof of citizenship) without an Act of Congress. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

There it is, without the SAVE Act even. (If you thought you had this authority vested already Donnie you wouldn't have pushed Congress so hard to give it to you.) They'll attempt to federalize elections by federalizing citizenship records and providing states w/whitelists of eligible voters.

Just so everyone knows, the Solicitor General straight up lied about the 1921 law review article he kept talking about. quick thread:

Don’t let them eke out a victory by changing the way we talk about this issue. Everyone born here holds citizenship by birthright; there’s no special status afforded for ppl born to citizen parents. Don’t project some imagined alternative system. Here is the alternative they explicitly propose:

Listening in to the birthright citizenship oral arguments. I won't be fully live-posting through them, but will highlight some comments. I'll have a quick analysis up after the arguments, later this afternoon.

This is largely by design. If we stop thinking about AI as simply technology and instead as part of a political and economic program, its chief function become easier to see: namely to erode interpersonal trust so that ultimately we give up on forms of agreement & negotiation arbitrated by people.

We’ve gone from “the groups” must be cut out to actually the “coasts” can be ignored and everyday they’re hurtling faster and faster towards “well who else could the minorities vote for” as an explicit argument in this push for white reconciliation.

really can't be said enough that this case was decided by the same court that decided plessy v. ferguson. if they could have found a plausible rationale to limit birthright citizenship they would have done it. but there is none! the text is as clear as constitutional language can be.

Request a meeting with your member of Congress ♥️ it makes a difference. We'll join you citizensimpeachment.com/meet-with-yo...

Levin: This is the largest protest in Minnesota history… The next major national action of this movement is not just gonna be another protest. On May 1st, across the country, we are saying no business as usual. No work, no school, no shopping.

I’d settle for: One SINGLE legislator introducing a resolution to expel the Speaker for breaking his oath to support the Constitution & forcing a vote. One SINGLE legislator forcing a vote on impeachment. ONE PERSON willing to move as if we *are* a serious country. Point the way back. Lead.

“Can you name a question on which your policy preferences diverge from your legal views?” friend how much time you got

USIP is not part of the federal government. It is “an independent nonprofit” separate from the government, according to terms set by Congress. Rubio’s State Department isn’t misappropriating resources from another branch (bad enough). This is looting.

Happening now: a small protest at O'Hare is marching through terminal 1 this evening outside Chicago. ICE agents have been spotted inside the airport all week. Folks chanting, "ICE out of O'Hare! ICE out of everywhere!"

Hm does anyone in the GOP feel like reining in the guy approaching country invasions like a psychopathic toddler getting bored with torturing one small animal before moving on to the next

Isaac Chotiner should interview Ilan Wurman

The Trump Doctrine.

lmao you dumb clowns let him break every single interlock on budgetary authority and now he's just going to print his own trump ameros, great going chuck

as an outsider looking in, what this looks like to me is unscrupulous partisans leveraging norms of academic collegiality to do hack work, and then getting the vapors when people point out, correctly, that theirs is hack work

So are the headlines saying the Democrats won this round, or nah? Cause they did. Funding for TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, no funding for ICE. That’s the deal Dems have been offering over & over. Republicans caved.

If only this Senator had agency, like voting in favor of the War Powers Resolution in the Senate this week.

wtf this? why is a Democratic representative praising the president for ordering an obligation of nonappropriated funds? What am I missing here? is this not a Dem applauding an anti-constitutional raiding of the Treasury?

1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal. It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.

Something worth mentioning in this case: the purpose of the police violence at issue. QI is a court-made doctrine. Legislators could end it. Cops engage in advocacy to ensure legislators don’t. Cops also *use QI* to violently restrict the ability of other groups to engage in legislative advocacy.

Moyn got the timing wrong here. For example, Evan, Paul, and I, only wrote our substantial Cornell piece *after* the executive order, *after* the first district ct decisions, *after* Ilan’s tweets, *after* the Wurman/Barnett op-ed was published in the NYT—and while the gov’t started to rely on them.

I question the accuracy of a poll that only includes two options, when Maine voters actually have four options: myself, David, Janet, and Graham. Maine has ranked choice voting. To ignore all but two candidates does a disservice to our democracy.

Yes! And YET it's also amazing to see what those students got done despite the backlash and intransigence. They went from an America where they were the only people daring to talk about this issue to one where bipartisan support for Israel is cracking, public opinion shifting, AIPAC is shunned, etc.

I don't even know what to say about how bad this is. People have been denied due process by not being able to attend court hearings for fear of being kidnapped; other people HAVE been kidnapped for showing up to do the exact thing we say we want.

The lawsuit challenging the categorical withholding of all evidence from a state for a criminal investigation is unprecedented in American history. A sovereign state is suing for evidence regarding the deaths of two of its residents and the shooting of another by federal agents.

3. The idea that Wurman et al needed my help to get their arguments taken seriously is also wrong. I engaged precisely because I saw that they were being taken seriously and I did not want them to march unopposed to the Supreme Court.

One thought for public policy in SD14: eminent domain. It’s time.

And the US can't bind Israel, which does nor recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran's right to exist. "Trust me, bro" doesn't work a fifth time. The US would have to provide credible third-party guarantees against further attacks.

The most important quote in the Cesar Chavez story is this one: “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Ms. Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

I'm grateful for @beaubaumann.bsky.social 's essay & @samuelmoyn.bsky.social 's response. I don't think I'm well-read enough to contribute in the same register (a scholarly blog), but I've been addressing this q from w/in the popular response to our crisis & have 2 ideas I'd love to kick around: 🧵

the airport really is the ultimate pressure point for senators, huh

If Democrats believe Trump is unfit, put it in writing and introduce articles of impeachment. But, fucking Democrats, mostly just want to stir up outrage to prime the pump for fundraising.

THERE IS NO OUTCOME AT ALL UNTIL THE VOTES ARE COUNTED

As Brandi’s analysis here makes clear, this was a miscalculation from Grammarly, not a non-calculation. They know what they’re doing, they know what their goals are — it’s to treat the collected creative output of the human species as nearly-literal grist for their mill. bsky.app/profile/bben...

Punting his ultimatum 5 days only means the war goes on *at minimum* for another week. The window to minimize or potentially avoid long term economic consequences is closing if not already closed. The market believes he'll slam the brakes before we get to the cliff, ignoring that he's not the driver

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

something this is speaking to is there doesn't seem to be prominent visible leader (s) rn talking to the public about the state of things, from local to national. Feels like people are on their own at the moment in trying to make sense of the war and its implications. panic inducing for ppl