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Justice Alito lamented yesterday that Citizens United has been “unfairly maligned”
If so, it's only bc the Court's other cases haven’t been maligned enough
NRSC v. FEC is the Court's latest potential campaign finance disaster, and it can’t be viewed in isolation
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If so, it's only bc the Court's other cases haven’t been maligned enough
NRSC v. FEC is the Court's latest potential campaign finance disaster, and it can’t be viewed in isolation
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nrsc-...
Republicans Are Counting On the Supreme Court to Help Them Buy Elections
The GOP’s strategy for winning political power isn’t persuading voters. It’s controlling the Court.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Justice Alito lamented yesterday that Citizens United has been “unfairly maligned”
If so, it's only bc the Court's other cases haven’t been maligned enough
NRSC v. FEC is the Court's latest potential campaign finance disaster, and it can’t be viewed in isolation
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nrsc-...
If so, it's only bc the Court's other cases haven’t been maligned enough
NRSC v. FEC is the Court's latest potential campaign finance disaster, and it can’t be viewed in isolation
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nrsc-...
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the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination
worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination
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December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination
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now I also can’t do a pull-up, and I don’t believe doing a pull-up is a universal measure of health, and I certainly don’t believe your job or rights or how you are treated in society should be tied to how many push-ups you can do; but the hypocrisy of this still makes me want to scream
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
now I also can’t do a pull-up, and I don’t believe doing a pull-up is a universal measure of health, and I certainly don’t believe your job or rights or how you are treated in society should be tied to how many push-ups you can do; but the hypocrisy of this still makes me want to scream
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this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
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December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I know being hopeful is a fool's errand sometimes when you are a Democrat, but in my heart I do believe that a lot of progressives all over the country smell blood in the water (in a good way) and feel HUGE momentum behind not just flipping R seats, but knocking out weak Dem establishment dinosaurs
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I know being hopeful is a fool's errand sometimes when you are a Democrat, but in my heart I do believe that a lot of progressives all over the country smell blood in the water (in a good way) and feel HUGE momentum behind not just flipping R seats, but knocking out weak Dem establishment dinosaurs
“The question is not whether the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey’s Executor is going down, but how much of the administrative state’s ability to make decisions based on the public’s best interests rather than President Trump’s interests will go down with it.”
During today's oral argument, the Trump admin and the Court’s conservatives treated agencies as some kind of headless, out-of-control fourth branch of government, accountable to no one
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
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But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
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The Supreme Court Wants You to Believe Congress Does Not Exist
The conservative justices aren’t concerned about unaccountable federal agency heads. They are concerned about federal agency heads who aren’t accountable to their favorite president.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“The question is not whether the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey’s Executor is going down, but how much of the administrative state’s ability to make decisions based on the public’s best interests rather than President Trump’s interests will go down with it.”
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
“Rather than […] respecting both the lower court’s conclusions and voters of color as equal members of the political process, the Court opted to perform its own made-up analysis of its own made-up facts.”
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
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The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Rather than […] respecting both the lower court’s conclusions and voters of color as equal members of the political process, the Court opted to perform its own made-up analysis of its own made-up facts.”
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December 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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Hegseth should not get to resign. he should be impeached and fired. this is horrifying. and every officer who followed his orders should be marched out the door right behind him, or what the fuck do we even have a Congressional Armed Services Committee for
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hegseth should not get to resign. he should be impeached and fired. this is horrifying. and every officer who followed his orders should be marched out the door right behind him, or what the fuck do we even have a Congressional Armed Services Committee for
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‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
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the centrist Dems are so mad at the progressives they’re punishing us by just pointedly and passive-aggressively becoming more Republican
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
the centrist Dems are so mad at the progressives they’re punishing us by just pointedly and passive-aggressively becoming more Republican
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As of Monday, Trump has fired over 100 immigration judges, essentially on suspicion of them being judges, as opposed to sure-thing compliant cogs in the mass deportation machine
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Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As of Monday, Trump has fired over 100 immigration judges, essentially on suspicion of them being judges, as opposed to sure-thing compliant cogs in the mass deportation machine
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this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
JD Vance: "Why did homes get so unaffordable? Because we had 20 million illegal aliens in this country taking homes that ought by right go to American citizens."
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
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As the Trump administration clumsily moves toward an unnecessary and irresponsible and narcissistic war with Venezuela, I want to take a brief moment to offer this sentiment to those who voted for him over VP Harris because they believed it would keep us out of unnecessary wars:
FUCK. YOU.
FUCK. YOU.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As the Trump administration clumsily moves toward an unnecessary and irresponsible and narcissistic war with Venezuela, I want to take a brief moment to offer this sentiment to those who voted for him over VP Harris because they believed it would keep us out of unnecessary wars:
FUCK. YOU.
FUCK. YOU.
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT BRIGHT THING IN THE SKY I CANT EVEN LOOK AT IT
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT BRIGHT THING IN THE SKY I CANT EVEN LOOK AT IT