My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

notably his cure is from CAR-T therapy, which is so new I didn’t even learn about it in med school THIS is why we invest in science

Me: I voted for Donald Trump because I had him confused with that other guy. Donald Duck. NYT reporter: Are you sure you want me to print that next to your real name and a drawing of you? Me: Yes.

1. This is big. It was clear before that SPLC was collecting intelligence on the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 because of the threat of violence. Now, a new filing from SPLC cites an “Event Alert” the group provided directly to the FBI. This alert undermines the DOJ’s corrupt case.

Gonna reup a question the lawyer types should address. How is it not a conflict for two intended victims of Cole Allen's alleged crime to investigate it, especially this way?

he thinks he owns the country and rules us as king

Literally we spent the last six months being told private donors were paying for this thing

Why is the first amendment such a problem for this particular dumb asshole president? Why was it working okay for two hundred years and just right now we can't have it with respect to him in particular? Could he be doing something to cause this historically unique situation? Possibly?

The People's Impeachment

'This one (points at an amp that makes outage instead of noise) goes to twelve.'

At a 2013 gathering of Oregon Republicans attended by many OR GOP officials, this Koch funded org set up a punching dummy featuring Obama with a black eye. I suspect more than one attendee took a swing, just in jest of course.

Also, mfer could actually work on the approval rating. When only a a quarter of people approve, that's a lot of disapprovals. If he started doing the things that moved the number the other way (very unlike him) the self created additional threat would diminish proportionally.

The only presidents who will be trapped in the new 'ballroom' will be the autocrats. It is fully within our power to elect both Democrats and Republicans who respect and defend the Constitution. Those who don't are a special edge case.

If they continue that WHCD and Felon Trump still speaks on that open stage after Secret Service shot and killed someone in the hotel lobby, there is something seriously wrong with these people.

tried to figure out what was happening and then decided I didn't need to know anyway I hope those pocket squares helped

Exhibit A: in a recent antitrust filing, Meta argued it isn't a social media monopoly because it isn't really a social media company anymore. Only 7% of Instagram time and 17% of Facebook time is spent on content from friends or followed accounts. The rest is algorithmic video from strangers.

Said it before, will say it again: vehicles fitted with tires above a certain radius, or with a grille that exceeds a certain height, should require a CDL to operate. Don’t want the resulting administrative hassle? Don’t endanger others with your lifted f’ing truck.

Only new free & fair parliamentary elections can stabilize Georgia, which might not be a crisis acute enough to make front pages every day, but long-term regime consolidation is structurally unlikely — Georgia continues to be an unstable limbo & a powder keg in the meantime.

By Trump's own math his approval rating has fallen a couple hundred percent this year.

Amanda Knox is doing a little press tour right now and every thumbnail I see of her I'm certain it's Vic Michaelis. It's like Tina Fey/Sarah Palin uncanny. Do with that what you will, universe.

Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke

I don't care if your murder confession is a bop.

Holy crap, guys. His approval rating is down 300%.

"Republican U.S. Senate candidate Royce White is subject to a no-contact order after a Minnesota judge ruled there was credible evidence of threats of harm toward his ex-wife and one of two children they have together."

DOJ arrested one of the commandos involved in the Maduro raid for insider trading on a predictions market on it. abcnews.com/US/doj-arres...

Bonus: A reader came up with this great idea. Don't just demolish the ballroom, but name and shame the corporations and corporate leaders that financed the White House demolition and demand they make right by financing the restoration of the East Wing. www.offmessage.net/p/gerrymande...

Republicans complete willingness to whine about the injustice of partisan gerrymandering isn't just hilarious. It's a window into a culture of lying, bad faith and hypocrisy as a cherished principle.

"Chief Justice John Roberts mischaracterized more than twenty million dollars in household income from law firms appearing before the Supreme Court... He failed to recuse from more than 500 cases argued at the Supreme Court by law firms that had paid his household millions in commissions"

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

I think trans people should thrive and be happy. I don't think that's a radical concept at all. Any other position is strange and mean.

Cf. the Bezos Post, "Republicans gerrymandering in Texas is fine, actually" b/w "Democrats gerrymandering in Virginia is a threat to democracy"

NEW: In a scathing ruling describing RFK Jr. as an “unserious” and “unsafe” leader, a federal judge in Oregon issued an order that will protect doctors and hospitals, and the transgender kids they treat.

It’s critical to note that this clip should be taken as evidence that Trump is (obviously) taking cuts of the funds being used to build his new white house ballroom, the arc, etc

These fishermen are lucky to be alive. We will probably never know how many of the ~180 people killed in similar US attacks were also just fishermen.

Watching Happy Endings (still great) and realizing that this friend group probably split up over Palestine if they were still a friend group through COVID.

Contrast to how civilians put themselves in true danger for each other within minutes during the ICE raids these past couple months.

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Head of federal law enforcement stages authoritarian crackdown on political enemies in attempt to appease Trump because he's afraid the journalistic exposé of his uncontrolled alcoholism is putting his job in jeopardy

Watching Star Trek TNG and they just casually dropped an episode that's a refutation of fascist rhetoric. Just, a prime time TV slot saying "Witch hunts are bad. Villains dress as patriots. The preservation of the rights of one is the preservation of all rights." TV seriously used to be better.

Someone really ought to write a book about the significance of #SCOTUS doing so many major things through unsigned and unexplained rulings, and how so much of it really is a recent phenomenon.

Pope-lematic.

Trump Sued for Firing Most of the Black Officials in Government newrepublic.com/post/209131/...

That's the kind of update I like to see. Up the Villa.

📌Pope Leo XIV TODAY: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion and the name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” He is NOT backing down.