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stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.
Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.
July 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.
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They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
newrepublic.com
July 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
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really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
![During the ratification debates, Senator Cowan took aim
at the Roma people too, characterizing them as undeserving
of birthright citizenship because they “wander[ed] in
gangs,” “infest[ed] society,” and “impos[ed] upon the simple
and weak everywhere.”49 And again, Senator Conness dismissed Senator Cowan’s prejudices: “The only invasion of
Pennsylvania within my recollection was an invasion very
much worse and more disastrous to the State, and more to
be feared and more feared, than that of Gypsies. It was an
invasion of rebels [at Gettysburg].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihrli2ghfantwmdgc4pk4rr4ddt4ajq4xgnggxhs4qv4hojeppmpi)
June 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
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lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer?
The Supreme Court sided with the maker of the Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. https://to.pbs.org/43VOkVA
Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller
The decision Thursday is a victory for the Trump administration but could complicate relations with allies who want to limit pesticide use.
to.pbs.org
June 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer?
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If he were a Columbia student and said this his citizenship would be revoked
Vance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”
June 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
If he were a Columbia student and said this his citizenship would be revoked
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He has dyed the reflecting pool green in honor of Islam per Iran's demands.
Donald Trump is obsessed with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool being "American flag blue" before July 4th.
Unfortunately it's full of algae making it a sickening shade of green instead:
Unfortunately it's full of algae making it a sickening shade of green instead:
Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's Renovation
Warm weather has fueled a bloom that National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.
www.wired.com
June 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
He has dyed the reflecting pool green in honor of Islam per Iran's demands.
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REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Democrats want you to believe that sending FIVE MILLION DOLLARS of YOUR tax money to MEXICO to “manage” the “Dick Exploding Spider” population is “normal”
SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,
SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,
June 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Democrats want you to believe that sending FIVE MILLION DOLLARS of YOUR tax money to MEXICO to “manage” the “Dick Exploding Spider” population is “normal”
SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,
SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,
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“so what’s your take?”
“the city of New York must pay me $1 million cash in the next hour and I will kill one person for every minute they are late”
“100% disagree”
“the city of New York must pay me $1 million cash in the next hour and I will kill one person for every minute they are late”
“100% disagree”
May 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“so what’s your take?”
“the city of New York must pay me $1 million cash in the next hour and I will kill one person for every minute they are late”
“100% disagree”
“the city of New York must pay me $1 million cash in the next hour and I will kill one person for every minute they are late”
“100% disagree”
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I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
Trump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits ft.trib.al/ePJ9DiF
Trump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits
Justice department deal comes day after government set up $1.8bn fund to pay president’s allies hit by alleged ‘lawfare’
ft.trib.al
May 19, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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The largest ever settlement or jury award for government violations of constitutional rights to a single person is $100 million, or 1 percent of what Trump demanding for the leak of his tax returns.
That case -- a killing by police -- was reduced to $1 million on appeal.
That case -- a killing by police -- was reduced to $1 million on appeal.
The president is negotiating against his own administration to shake down taxpayers for $10 billion.
The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm.
ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...
The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm.
ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...
DOJ considers settling Trump’s IRS lawsuit which could send taxpayer money directly to the president’s pockets: report
Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion in January, accusing the agency of failing to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information
ca.news.yahoo.com
May 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The largest ever settlement or jury award for government violations of constitutional rights to a single person is $100 million, or 1 percent of what Trump demanding for the leak of his tax returns.
That case -- a killing by police -- was reduced to $1 million on appeal.
That case -- a killing by police -- was reduced to $1 million on appeal.
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This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS issues “GVRs” in the Alabama cases—vacating district court injunctions & remanding for further proceedings in light of Callais.
In practice, this means Alabama can now redraw its congressional districts in time for the midterms:
In practice, this means Alabama can now redraw its congressional districts in time for the midterms:
www.supremecourt.gov
May 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters
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A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children.
That is his legacy in this world.
That is his legacy in this world.
May 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children.
That is his legacy in this world.
That is his legacy in this world.
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This is interesting because it challenges two widely held political assumptions: 1) that people love it when everything at the supermarket is at least $8.99 and 2) that the easiest way to win voters over is to go on TV every day and say that you need to build a big event space or you'll die.
April 30, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This is interesting because it challenges two widely held political assumptions: 1) that people love it when everything at the supermarket is at least $8.99 and 2) that the easiest way to win voters over is to go on TV every day and say that you need to build a big event space or you'll die.
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The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.
April 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.
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the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais.
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
www.supremecourt.gov
April 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
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*Spins wheel* ex Mormon...
*shakes magic 8 ball* pornstar doula
*throws dart* former Tulsi staffer
Motivated by
*spins larger wheel* his Qatari data center getting bombed
*shakes magic 8 ball* pornstar doula
*throws dart* former Tulsi staffer
Motivated by
*spins larger wheel* his Qatari data center getting bombed
I can't wait to find out what kind of Trump voter tried to kill him now
April 26, 2026 at 1:18 AM
*Spins wheel* ex Mormon...
*shakes magic 8 ball* pornstar doula
*throws dart* former Tulsi staffer
Motivated by
*spins larger wheel* his Qatari data center getting bombed
*shakes magic 8 ball* pornstar doula
*throws dart* former Tulsi staffer
Motivated by
*spins larger wheel* his Qatari data center getting bombed
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![Screenshot from the NYT
1m ago
Shawn McCreesh White House reporter
I'm one of the small number of journalists traveling with the White House press pool tonight. We were in a hall just outside the ballroom when the commotion first rang out.
Several things happened in quick succession.
Tuxedoed agents pulled out guns and began running toward the ballroom. White-jacketed caterers screamed and bolted for stairwells.
Pandemonium reigned as top cabinet officials were evacuated.
Robert Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Hines, came out and were ushered into an elevator. Then Jeanine Piro emerged. The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, came tearing across the hallway with two men in tow; [begin highlight] his girlfriend was hiding in a room with another man who was holding her hand. [end highlight]
Reporters are about to be taken back into the ballroom. The show will go on, apparently.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:syjzh3hskz57iv2vejzgsxzz/bafkreidjucmsa6o2rfdeyzz46zqesmw7je7se4get26xo6qb7z37ww2gfi)
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We’ve become way too inured to the constant violence because of all of the people in power who revel in it. What a joyless, artless, sexless, rudderless country we became so fast.
April 26, 2026 at 2:10 AM
We’ve become way too inured to the constant violence because of all of the people in power who revel in it. What a joyless, artless, sexless, rudderless country we became so fast.