I'm very serious about this. Who knows when sanity will return to the federal government. But when it does, I would sure like every victim of ICE, CBP, and the rest to be able sue their attackers into personal bankruptcy. Let that be known, and who knows--it might change at least some behavior.

"Mom is Catholic. She talks about hell a lot. Mostly about people who should rot in it." - kid #1, rude but honest

Morning ☕️ The Senate HELP committee is holding a hearing this AM on the "dangers" of mifepristone. Mife has been safely & effectively used by millions since the FDA approved it in 2000, but we likely won't hear about that today. Follow along for updates below.

College students across the street are starting a Tuesday night party. They gave us 6 small cookies with a note to warn us. Beginning to suspect we need more cookies

Oh no. I kind of want to read this and hate review it

Block: If they're right about the facts, we should lose. This is a great point: IF trans women are actually men who are bad at mens sports, than they should lose. CAN THE BIGOTS PROVE THAT? NO? THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE FUCK OUT.

Further, the conservative justices give a lot of weight to what they call "uncertainty" over the efficacy of puberty blockers and hormone therapy (notably, only when used for trans youth) but little to no weight to the lack of scientific support showing athletic advantages pre-puberty. 4/

Sam Alito, showing his Fox News grandpa as usual. Suggests women overwhelming oppose trans athletes playing with them. Asks counsel "are you calling them bigots?" STRONGLY suggests that trans athletes are overwhelmingly successful and strong when they participate in women's sports

Thread from a top-notch scholar on LGBTQ law

This morning (9CT/10ET), the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two trans rights cases. Do bans on trans girls playing girls sports violate Title IX of the Education Amendments? Do they violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment? (Or are trans people protected by the EP at all?)

NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE. They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event. If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...

JD Vance is an apostate.

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

Wokeness means the bar won't let your 9 yo bring back your beer with his diet coke. This is happening in ken paxton's texas Call out the rangers

“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

This is one of my fave stories. The traitor's battle flag was captured by the First Minnesota Infantry at Gettysburg. 3/4 of the regiment died that day. Va has repeatedly requested its return. MN gov Jesse Ventura notoriously responded, “Why? I mean, we won. We took it, that makes it our heritage.”

A colleague who had been at #AALS asked me today, "how was your weekend?" On a friday

Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026

The Ninth Circuit today holds that religious organizations have a First Amendment right to discriminate based on religion in hiring/firing non-ministers. The panel grounds its decision in the “church autonomy doctrine,” which the Supreme Court recognized for the first time in 2020. /1

The one thing that I wish reporters from outside Texas/Dallas would include when they do stories about the mayor: Being mayor in Dallas is not analogous to being mayor in New York or other cities. We have a weak mayor system, which means the mayor is basically an at-large councilmember with a few...

With everything going on, I needed to be able to write this story: He feeds thousands at the State Fair. But Abel Gonzalez’s most meaningful effort comes at Christmas Eve, when he feeds hundreds of people "who could use a hand." www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

What a thread

Folks say it is healthier to cook and eat at home. But I beg to differ after throwing hot oil all over my shirt and cutting off part of my knuckle And I'm not done yet

Early 80s babies, we have survived so much. The only. Literally only good song here is Criminal. We endured this 👇. We can prevail

My spouse tells me it is the 49ers who are great, actually

Guys, I'm beginning to think this will not be a happy new year

Kid: why are they giving us so many soda refills without your permission? Me: i dunno Kid: i LOVE THIS PLACE

I am convinced our tour guide at St Louis cemetery today just had it in for the Daytona FL and North MS tourists and it was glorious. Him: i'm from MI and Southern hospitality is bar none Them: mhmmm Him: because west african women raised all white and black kids

You can happen across a gas station selling adulterated gasoline in the 2020s. Ask me how I know. ($1600 in engine repairs later)

Got worried when my 9 yo kid belatedly asked about how much he was supposed to tip at the food truck. Ladies and gents, he tipped 100%. Feel much better about this than the alternative

Tonight i want Ole Miss and all who proudly claim to be "a Reb" - a racist traitor - to be so soundly defeated that they think Sherman has possessed the Georgia team to stomp their faces This post brought to you by the drunkest Reb fans chanting thru my am flight and reminding me ole miss exists

There is no universe in which I can imagine sitting outside in 20-degree weather for speechifying. We invented indoors, heating, and the South so as to not do that

And, then there's this embarassing detail about "Hoosier." Props to @merriam-webster.com.

Happy new year! Y'all are good people. May 2026 bring you all the best. And for your enemies, let it bring all the worst

I've seen this thing going around and, well, this is where I am right now

And the exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid These state efforts also complicate political accountability. Will people think "oh the fed gov cuts werent that bad"? Will they know to credit the dem states?

The Adam Project is the perfect family movie. And just generally good Ryan Reynolds, a decent script, and a good kid actor is gold (director/producers of IF absolutely flushing so much potential down the toilet)

I'd admit to having a parasocial relationship to the Longhorns basketball team. But that's a weird thing to say about your friends

I once asked Karen Decrow, president of NOW (1974-77), what she thought of STOP ERA President, 3x congressional candidate, author, lawyer, and avowed anti-Feminist Phyllis Schlafly. Karen laughed and said: “I always said if I had a daughter, I’d want her to be a housewife just like Phyllis.”

The funniest thing about this thread is the British all up in it with the woke opinion of maybe getting rid of royalty. Woke for 1776

Sports should not be sex segregated

Cats of Bluesky inflicting revenge for abandonment at Christmas. These clean clothes are now Brisket's.

All I want from Netflix is a Sylvie in Europe show. She is the coolest, hottest, smartest, most fashionable and she speaks English, French, and Italian. I really don't understand how we have been stuck with Emily for all these seasons

Emily in Paris in Rome is an upgrade. The eternal city is the star. Mi manca sempre

If universities were like police departments, faculty would be unfireable.

Some of you are posting silly revisionist nonsense about Notre Dame. This is how serious law professors talk about football (from 12/7)

So many Xmas movies. Jingle Bell Heist is a miss. Boring, badly done, hilariously bizarre background music. Christmas Contract, by contrast, is a solid 8/10: Peyton from One Tree Hill; the very hot boyfriend from I, Zombie; lawyer best friend; a very fake Louisiana set. Chemistry abounds.

Going to end my bank of america accounts and tell them why. Feminism gonna fail BOA

Now this 👇is how to write an obituary for a racist. "A man would carry such a prejudice to his grave has undoubtedly gone to hell, if there is such a place and if not, a hell should be made for his especial benefit."

If you like civil rights history, you'll love Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912. A reminder that the civil rights struggle started well before the 1960s and that the North was not innocent. Green brings to life Fredrick McGhee and other less known MN race men