@simpsonbluesky.bsky.social
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And the cult still believe him...smdh 🙄
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
And the cult still believe him...smdh 🙄
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Also: A federal judge accused the Trump administration of abusing the discovery process for political ends in a case over Trump’s “anti-DEI” efforts.
www.lawdork.com/i/216061703/...
www.lawdork.com/i/216061703/...
![District Judge Angel Kelley: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered DENYING Defendants' request for jurisdictional discovery.
On the Court's review, the timing and breadth of Defendants' discovery requests raise substantial concerns about abuse of the discovery process. [E.g., Dkt. 70-2 1 8 (requesting "All documents and communications related to any expenditure or donation to any federal or state political candidate or committee"); 1 14 (requesting "All documents and communications related to President Trump, the Trump Administration, or any of the Defendants")]. Jurisdictional discovery is not a "fishing expedition," nor may it be used to impose undue burdens or unnecessarily delay proceedings. Cf.Ryan v. Newark Grp., Inc., 814 F. Supp. 3d 7 (D. Mass. 2025). Nevertheless, Plaintiffs bear the burden of establishing that this Court has jurisdiction at the summary judgment stage. To the extent necessary and appropriate, Defendants will have the opportunity to raise specific evidentiary challenges in their summary judgment briefing, including by seeking relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d). Any such requests under Rule 56(d) must be limited to jurisdictional facts about which Defendants have a specific, evidentiary basis for questioning their accuracy. Revised scheduling order to follow. (CEH) (Entered: 09/15/2026)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibj4xo2usych6elpin4lqzqsjqu4v5v3rkmvm2yvedmraqywswbki)
September 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Also: A federal judge accused the Trump administration of abusing the discovery process for political ends in a case over Trump’s “anti-DEI” efforts.
www.lawdork.com/i/216061703/...
www.lawdork.com/i/216061703/...
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Doctors: you better show up 15 minutes before your appointment to sit in a room for 45 minutes until I’m ready.
September 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Doctors: you better show up 15 minutes before your appointment to sit in a room for 45 minutes until I’m ready.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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The Kennedy Center was locked & fenced off today, because a court told Trump he can't put his name on it
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
Lawmaker requests emergency hearing as Kennedy Center remains closed
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge’s instructions hours earlier th...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The Kennedy Center was locked & fenced off today, because a court told Trump he can't put his name on it
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
He'd rather shut the doors on the American people than follow the law
@democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll get into it w/ @allinwithchris.bsky.social at 8:30👇 -TN
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🎯🎯 This!! And so much more...
September 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
🎯🎯 This!! And so much more...
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8 years ago I was in NYC and bought a bottle of water for $4 at a little bodega. I can only imagine what it would cost now.
Local retailers have told Business Insider that they won't be able to compete with the lower prices offered at the city-run stores.
www.businessinsider.com/nyc-federal-...
Local retailers have told Business Insider that they won't be able to compete with the lower prices offered at the city-run stores.
www.businessinsider.com/nyc-federal-...
September 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
8 years ago I was in NYC and bought a bottle of water for $4 at a little bodega. I can only imagine what it would cost now.
Local retailers have told Business Insider that they won't be able to compete with the lower prices offered at the city-run stores.
www.businessinsider.com/nyc-federal-...
Local retailers have told Business Insider that they won't be able to compete with the lower prices offered at the city-run stores.
www.businessinsider.com/nyc-federal-...
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Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
September 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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Whatever is happening to Mitch McConnell is
1) non-consensual
2) Creepy AF
1) non-consensual
2) Creepy AF
September 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Whatever is happening to Mitch McConnell is
1) non-consensual
2) Creepy AF
1) non-consensual
2) Creepy AF
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Indeed, We The People Should Be
Getting The Same Healthcare And
Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢
Getting The Same Healthcare And
Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢
September 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Indeed, We The People Should Be
Getting The Same Healthcare And
Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢
Getting The Same Healthcare And
Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢
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The President of the United States is a rapist, traitor and extortionist.
September 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The President of the United States is a rapist, traitor and extortionist.
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Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
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In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time.
In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care.
In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up.
Unimaginable cruelty.
In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care.
In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up.
Unimaginable cruelty.
September 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time.
In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care.
In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up.
Unimaginable cruelty.
In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care.
In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up.
Unimaginable cruelty.
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I think the only real lesson I’ve learned about American politics is that rich people will vote in their own interests and poor people won’t
September 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I think the only real lesson I’ve learned about American politics is that rich people will vote in their own interests and poor people won’t
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Mike Rogers is just trying to take another swing at the revolving door of politics. 🚪
But if you want somebody who’s never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, then I’m your guy.
But if you want somebody who’s never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, then I’m your guy.
September 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Mike Rogers is just trying to take another swing at the revolving door of politics. 🚪
But if you want somebody who’s never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, then I’m your guy.
But if you want somebody who’s never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, then I’m your guy.
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Mike Johnson's decision to send the House home early — again — is fueling an increasingly bitter feud with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie over whether the speaker is using the calendar to dodge politically painful votes.
Johnson-Massie feud boils over: "Why are we taking days off our calendar?"
"Speaker Johnson has vacated Congress. Like I don't need to vacate Speaker Johnson," Massie told Axios.
www.axios.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Mike Johnson's decision to send the House home early — again — is fueling an increasingly bitter feud with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie over whether the speaker is using the calendar to dodge politically painful votes.
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Hey, we asked first! I wrote this in the LA Times in 2002.
"In truth, it is time for California to become a member of the European Union... California is far more politically and culturally similar to members of the EU than to many other parts of the U.S."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
"In truth, it is time for California to become a member of the European Union... California is far more politically and culturally similar to members of the EU than to many other parts of the U.S."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
September 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Hey, we asked first! I wrote this in the LA Times in 2002.
"In truth, it is time for California to become a member of the European Union... California is far more politically and culturally similar to members of the EU than to many other parts of the U.S."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
"In truth, it is time for California to become a member of the European Union... California is far more politically and culturally similar to members of the EU than to many other parts of the U.S."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
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Unless I’m missing something the bare minimum now is to stop being a Patriots fan + demand a refund for season tickets, no?
Kraft is an active genocide supporter. The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are creeps but Kraft is occupying a dark, dark place.
And oh yeah, he’s in the Epstein files.
Kraft is an active genocide supporter. The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are creeps but Kraft is occupying a dark, dark place.
And oh yeah, he’s in the Epstein files.
I am glad to welcome folks who have never been NFL fans to the "we hate Robert Kraft" club.
September 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Unless I’m missing something the bare minimum now is to stop being a Patriots fan + demand a refund for season tickets, no?
Kraft is an active genocide supporter. The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are creeps but Kraft is occupying a dark, dark place.
And oh yeah, he’s in the Epstein files.
Kraft is an active genocide supporter. The overwhelming majority of NFL owners are creeps but Kraft is occupying a dark, dark place.
And oh yeah, he’s in the Epstein files.
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JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
September 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Ed Sheeran is a crappy little coward.
Robert Kraft is a horrendous monster who deserves more notoriety for his shitty behavior. The New England Patriots can fuck right off.
Robert Kraft is a horrendous monster who deserves more notoriety for his shitty behavior. The New England Patriots can fuck right off.
September 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Ed Sheeran is a crappy little coward.
Robert Kraft is a horrendous monster who deserves more notoriety for his shitty behavior. The New England Patriots can fuck right off.
Robert Kraft is a horrendous monster who deserves more notoriety for his shitty behavior. The New England Patriots can fuck right off.