Well, it’s about damn time.

Well done, John Roberts.

but but I have it on the good authority of Advisory Opinions that it’s NOT a conservative 6-3 court, Steve.

My quick take on Monday afternoon's unexplained #SCOTUS ruling in the Department of Education downsizing case—and how the justices' inconsistent treatment of the (similarly postured) student loan cases during the Biden administration illustrates in technicolor why the Court needs to explain itself:

The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.

I just want these folks to ponder how they would react to some dirtbag claiming that they don't have any sympathy for Sandy Hook because Connecticut consistently votes blue. That's what they're doing.

FFS. Delete this, then put your phone down and go touch some grass.

Respectfully, news orgs should not report that "Harvard can no longer" do xyz -- Trump just saying some shit doesn't make it law. Stop carrying water for him rhetorically.

A TRO seems like a no brainer. I would hope they also ask for an injunction to just stop this until they can get it in front of a judge. This is insane and not the kind of authority over Higher Ed that anyone with a brain wants to give the Federal Government .

I presume we're going to see a lawsuit and request for TRO, maybe even as soon as today? Sucks that Harvard will have to pay for more lawyers, but it must, and at this point it probably knows. No point having its other lawsuit and surrendering on this.

Can’t wait to hear The Dispatch tell me on Advisory Opinions that Alito and Thomas actually have a good point.

I think it is fucking disgusting that this latest SCOTUS order isn’t 9-0.

What the actual fuck is happening? These assholes are even more incompetent than they are malicious.

I think if Trump announced his coronation ceremony as emperor at national cathedral alito and thomas would support it bsky.app/profile/stev...

Can’t wait to read the depraved rantings of Alito later.

Apparently there are no rules and nothing matters. Some judges will just do what they want and make up the reasons later.

Welp: Not so fast, says D.C. Circuit—with two Trump judges siding with Trump and voting to freeze Judge Boasberg’s order until at least next week. (Both Katsas and Rao worked for the first Trump White House, one as deputy White House counsel and the other as OIRA head.) bsky.app/profile/josh...

THIS

Ok y’all … stay here for higher ed and politics and occasional sports. Go to @chattagooner.bsky.social for CFC and LLS stuff.

The White House basically gave Boasberg no choice. And unless they start cooperating very quickly, possibly even if they do, they’re looking at criminal contempt like a freight train. That’s going to raise some tricky issues of penalty, but the underlying finding should be secure. What total jerks.

I enthusiastically aid and abet terrorism.

Bring it, Sebbie.

many of us have turned into champions of USL in the last few years but that doesn’t mean we have to be obtuse enough to not understand why Chattanooga FC is in MLS NP and continue to blame USL actions many years ago for this…

On the Chattanooga derby in the US Open Cup, USL, MLS, and the origins of a distinctly American soccer rivalry. For @nysoccertimes.com nysoccertimes.com/a-chattanoog...

The Chattanooga battle we’ve all been waiting for…years in the making! Red vs blue, MLSNP vs USL1. FILLED with storylines! USL League One in the @opencup.ussoccer.com 7PM ET (4PM PT) YouTube Live Chattanooga FC (MLSNP) vs Chattanooga Red Wolves Who ya got?

True lower league soccer sickos read this as a NISA/New Amsterdam allusion.

I can’t expect folks from the outside to get all the nuances of the situation, especially in a 5 min intro, but an important clarification. The red wolves did not come into Chattanooga to compete against CFC. Bob wanted and was told he would own CFC.

Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.

or, and I’m just spitballing here, he’s lying his ass off.

Skip Orwell and read Huxley or better yet read them both while you can.

Reports that Schumer told his caucus that the GOP do not have the Senate votes to pass the House CR. Senator Whitehouse says he'll be speaking about it shortly on the Senate floor. Suggests the House CR is dead, with Senate Dems focusing on a 30 day short-term CR.

FFS

Gave the gop a big win AND the bat to beat your party over their heads with. You’re so good at the politics.

LOL, protesting Tesla is now “domestic terrorism” I’d love to see the DOJ try to bring that BS to court.

This is a grave and sobering admission: they are not pursuing the “WELL ACTUALLY he broke the law during protests,” they are bragging that they are deporting people for protected speech.

It’s truly insane that the economy is in a free fall and the president, who doesn’t drive, is spending his time giving a PR boost to the car brand of his billionaire buddy.

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WHY IS ANYONE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS?

Most will have very few good tho gs to say about NISA, but: 1) NISA gave CFC a home so the club could survive and grow (FTRW & FCKUSL) 2) I’ve had the opportunity to meet and befriend a bunch of folks from across the country and I even like almost all of them. 3) Larry & Free Pizza Night

Wonder if Sara, David, and the other “never trumpers” think THIS “crosses the Rubicon” #advisoryopinions

What feckless idiots. FFS, will somebody, anybody start to actually lead the Democratic party.

This is what I worried about: The Trump administration would just create an enemies lists of universities on the pretext of battling anti-semitism, and threaten them with financial collapse. As universities fall in line, the administration removes any dissent from higher education.

Tales from the front #SoccerWarz

Yeah, that’s now that works.

Elon Musk on Wednesday acknowledged that the U.S. DOGE Service “accidentally canceled” efforts by the USAID to prevent the spread of Ebola — but Musk insisted that the initiative was quickly restored USAID officials said that Musk was wrong: USAID’s Ebola prevention efforts have been largely halted

"The position we’re in with Putin isn’t toe to toe. It’s tongue to toe. The toes are his, and the tongues belong to Trump, Hegseth, Waltz, Witkoff, Bessent, JD Vance, and the rest of this bootlicking administration."

I’ve really enjoyed the “don’t give a fuck hat” that has blossomed over the last couple of years.

At least it shows they understand how to use gender neutral pronouns. 😂