The mandate of birth gender on passport of someone who presents differently is a hostile act, as Jackson's dissent makes clear. Everyone knows the reason for Trump's EO was hostility to trans people. It's as clear as "hippie" in Moreno. Which is why the Court erases Moreno from its new law. end/

Okay, a thread. (thanks to @mjsdc.bsky.social for posting on this case). The Court is lying through its teeth (precedent) - subtly changing its quote extractions to rewrite animus law and produce essential a new pro-animus "equal protection" doctrine. Here's how...1/

If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.

Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.

Has Tom Garrett ever reimbursed the U.S. Treasury for misusing official resources (having congressional staff to conduct personal errands), as the bipartisan ethics report recommended?

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”

If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)

Don’t mind me, I’ll just be searching the USPTO trademark database every few days to see if someone does the inevitable….

Virginia’s attorney general is also pivotal to enforcing the state’s Voting Rights Act, which is more expansive than the federal version

My point is Dems didn’t just run up the score in White suburbs, although did do that There was much more effort at getting out younger and diverse voters Obviously helps when the environment is better But Dems need to think about all communities if they want blue wave in 2026

Alito slapping the lectern, annoyed. (He had a bad night.)

What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.* Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.

Fun facts Abigail Spanberger got biggest win for a Dem in Virginia Governor election since 1961 Ghazala Hashmi got biggest win for Dem in Virginia Lt. Governor election since 1965 Virginia Dems won most seats in Virginia House of Delegates since 1987

Here’s 3 reasons why last night’s big win in the AG race matters: 1) Instead of rolling over for the MAGA agenda, VA will now fight back in court. 2) AG appoints state universities’ general counsel (see UVA) 3) More likely to redistrict next year by withdrawing AG opinion and lawsuit opposing it

AMAZING. Great night in the commonwealth, powered by THE PEOPLE.

oops here is the gift link

Update: this has happened. Dems on track to win at least 64 (!) VA House of Delegates seats, w/ two races still outstanding. Massive Dem night.

leave trans people alone, don’t fuck with universities, and stop arresting our immigrant neighbors.

*This* is the race I was most closely watching tonight - because Jason Miyares (and Youngkin) played politics with my now-12 y/o child, forcing my family into an impossible choice between his education and protecting his health. We had to sue Miyares in federal court and won. A short 🧵

Jay Jones WINS!!!

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

Love this!

Historical perspective on Virginia election results- Abigail Spanberger is on track to win by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate for Governor since 1961, before the integration-era party realignment. Democrats will win their largest House of Delegates majority since 1987. A BIG night.

To understand what was at stake here: in VA, the AG gets to appoint university counsel. From Jim Ryan’s forced resignation to the (mercifully) reject “Compact” to the odious and bizarre “settlement,” UVA has been hamstrung by counsel chosen by the state’s GOP administration. That’s about to change.

To me, this is the big news out of Virginia: the higher ed institutions are about to find a spine.

***VIRGINA HOD RACE FLIP*** ***THIS IS A BIG ONE!*** VPAP SHOWING HD 41 HAS FLIPPED FRANKLIN DEFEATS OBENSHAIN

The AP has not yet called Virginia's attorney general race, but if you're following at home, here's where we're at: Jay Jones is up by 3.6% with an estimated 83% reporting. Half of Arlington, 10% of Fairfax, two-thirds of Hampton are still out; that's a lot of blue territory.

This is what a blue wave looks like. 🌊

👏 👏 👏

Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim-American woman elected to statewide office in the U.S. with her victory in the state's lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects.

Looks like wipe out for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then Now will be below 40 in second Trump era Will have full break down tomorrow

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.

Major win in Arlington County Public Schools, with pro-trans Moe Bryant dominating the election. Arlington County Public Schools has made headlines for defying the Trump admin on trans kids in bathrooms.

Yeah, it’s because we are sick of cowardly Dems who won’t stand up to Trump.

Abigail Spanberger (D) wins the Virginia governor's race, NBC News projects, defeating Winsome Earle-Sears (R).

Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.

Mike Johnson two days ago: The White House is "heroically" funding SNAP. Trump: No we're fucking not.

I was just really amused by Alito's pearl-clutching about Scalia's intellectual integrity yesterday like pls be serious ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week

do you recognize that sandwich

Yeah, that’s not a thing.

Happy Election Eve, Virginia! Get out the vote tomorrow!

Also: localities with large colleges/universities = more same-day voter registrations = higher provisional ballot totals. So, to use our least-populated locality as an example again: Highland won't have many provisional ballots to process. Montgomery County (Virginia Tech) likely will have a lot.

As a general (not absolute) rule, the larger a locality's population, the more likely there are more provisional ballots and "post-election" mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrived by noon Friday to count. So, Fairfax County might take a bit while Highland County should be quick.

Around the same time, you'll start seeing the final category: "Provisional." Some will be from people who checked in to vote but needed to cast a provisional ballot so their citizenship and residency could be verified for whatever reason. The bulk though will be from same-day voter registration.

The votes will first be broken down by five categories, three of which should report on Tuesday night: Early Voting Election Day Mailed Absentee Then, on Friday, you'll see "Post-Election" tallies. Those are mail-in absentee ballots postmarked by Tuesday that have until noon Friday to arrive.

Insightful review of Barrett’s book by @mgraber1.bsky.social I was reminded throughout of Barrett’s eye roll when asked by Bari Weiss whether we are in a constitutional crisis. Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...