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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1m

I just want to be very clear here. This is the Vice President of the United States saying it’s a regular practice among white people to enthusiastically endorse slavery, Hitler, and rape.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 33m

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · 15h

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

Also it’s going to be, like, moms

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2h

The case is submitted.

My prediction is that Section 2 is overturned, 6-3 Kav majority, saying that the Section 2 still *exists* but isn't allowed to do anything.

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 2h

No Kings protests are good. It's good to show again and again that this regime lacks popular support and the public isn't afraid to say it. It might be the only way out.

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 3h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2h

Yeah the culture of quoting them with fire emojis is kindof lame but people should realize that, like, all of our current First Amendment law started with a handful of well-done dissents.

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Aphrodite Void @aphroditevoid.bsky.social · 3h

If going forward we ever fulfill the actual promise of our Constitution, the dissents from this era of #SCOTUS are going to be very important and influential.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 3h

KBJ characterizes the white plaintiffs’ arg: “if the problem of no access is about trace it’s just too bad because you can’t have a remedy that relates to race”

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3h

this argument is so bleak

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 3h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

I think that they wouldn't mind a little stochastic violence as a treat, but what they are hopefully insuring is unlike the previous days millions of people hit the streets to protest a criminal administration, this time made the New York Times will put it above the fold.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 3h

President Donald Trump, Republican officials, and their right-wing media allies have laid the groundwork for a broadbased attack on core progressive and Democratic Party institutions in response to Saturday’s planned nationwide “No Kings” protests. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

The Trump administration is positioning the upcoming No Kings protests as an excuse for crushing dissent

www.mediamatters.org

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SAM @samierens.bsky.social · 22h

🐸 Portland Frog has spoken! 🐸

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

They are of course wrong. Understanding how race works in something like, voting, doesn't mean you *must* discriminate against one group or another. But Gorsuch and Brett can't see it that way. Because when *they* "use" race, it's always to discriminate.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

I don’t know how to approach “Republicans weren’t racist in the early aughts” as someone who went to Texas during the early aughts and had to debate whether or not Black students were “stealing” people’s spots in class.

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 4h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Nelson: "Section 2 requires neither a confession, nor an accusation of racism. It looks only at results."

This should be the winning point, but it won't, because Republicans.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Nelson: "Every Congressional member who is Black (in louisiana) was elected from a VRA opportunity district."

Kagan asked her about the results if the Court takes away Section 2. I'm sure that fact excites and titilliaites the white wing of the Court. :(

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

this is today's Supreme Court oral argument on the Voting Rights Act in a nutshell

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 6h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 4h

Call me crazy, but I'm not certain Trump's treasury secretary repeating "No kings means no paychecks!" like a mantra plays the way he thinks it does

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4h

GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 5h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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