Jay Willis
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I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
I gotta say, when a Republican governor suddenly comes out in support of state supreme court expansion *right* after that court implements an electoral map preserving a blue-leaning district in a deep-red state, but says it’s not “court-packing,” I am…skeptical www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I gotta say, when a Republican governor suddenly comes out in support of state supreme court expansion *right* after that court implements an electoral map preserving a blue-leaning district in a deep-red state, but says it’s not “court-packing,” I am…skeptical www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Are you a Utah politics knower and/or a Utah legal profession knower? DM me please
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Are you a Utah politics knower and/or a Utah legal profession knower? DM me please
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At this point it would be simpler to talk about the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T personally involved
Report: Trump’s Most Corrupt, Least Qualified Judge Was Also an Enthusiastic Proponent of Extrajudicial Killings
Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
At this point it would be simpler to talk about the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T personally involved
I find OU's actions throughout this story to be very concerning, not only because the university caved to a bad-faith reactionary smear campaign but also because it appears to be enrolling students who are borderline illiterate
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I find OU's actions throughout this story to be very concerning, not only because the university caved to a bad-faith reactionary smear campaign but also because it appears to be enrolling students who are borderline illiterate
Man this is wild
Why didn't the Seattle Times identify this op/ed writer as Republican Reagan Dunn's former chief of staff and a longtime Republican operative? Do they not want people to know that this audit was a partisan endeavor?
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/new-...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/new-...
New King County executive must guard against risky grantmaking | Op-Ed
As the summer's audit showed, King County needs to make accountability and transparency the driving forces behind grant distribution. It's not there yet.
www.seattletimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Man this is wild
seriously what the fuck
Is Davante Adams the first-ever combination wide receiver and goal line back
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
seriously what the fuck
From one generation of dipshit Cal frat bros to another, solidarity with my guys who mobbed the JKS interview and wouldn’t stop screaming throughout. I’ll meet you at Kip’s in 30.
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
From one generation of dipshit Cal frat bros to another, solidarity with my guys who mobbed the JKS interview and wouldn’t stop screaming throughout. I’ll meet you at Kip’s in 30.
If Cal wins we should get to go to the ACC championship instead of Duke. Only the most obnoxious people on earth would be upset by this
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
If Cal wins we should get to go to the ACC championship instead of Duke. Only the most obnoxious people on earth would be upset by this
ENCANTO is the most fucked up Disney movie because for the first 90 minutes it’s a whimsical tale about a magical house with no discernible setting or period or any real-world context, and then the emotional climax reveals that the magic’s origin story is refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
ENCANTO is the most fucked up Disney movie because for the first 90 minutes it’s a whimsical tale about a magical house with no discernible setting or period or any real-world context, and then the emotional climax reveals that the magic’s origin story is refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing
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The touchback fumble rule is the best rule in football. If anything, it could be stronger. Life imprisonment or a family member is sacrificed
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The touchback fumble rule is the best rule in football. If anything, it could be stronger. Life imprisonment or a family member is sacrificed
We’ve reached the “should I start a Grand Theft Auto San Andreas playthrough” period of fall weather
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We’ve reached the “should I start a Grand Theft Auto San Andreas playthrough” period of fall weather
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
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the stadium DJ hitting Knuck if You Buck mid-fight is incredible work. you spend all season working to be prepared for that moment
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the stadium DJ hitting Knuck if You Buck mid-fight is incredible work. you spend all season working to be prepared for that moment
So are we dropping Lamar Jackson in fantasy or what
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So are we dropping Lamar Jackson in fantasy or what
The beckoning sounds of the Thanksgiving touch football game at the park down the block vs. my paper mache knees and creaky spine that will immediately implode if I try and cut at anything less than 170 degrees
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The beckoning sounds of the Thanksgiving touch football game at the park down the block vs. my paper mache knees and creaky spine that will immediately implode if I try and cut at anything less than 170 degrees
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NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
www.lawdork.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Imagine being, like, a sales manager from Wheeling, and you got shipped off to DC by your dipshit governor to fulfill Trump’s troops-in-the-streets fantasy, and then you spent two months wandering the Mall picking up trash, and then two days before Thanksgiving you got shot outside a Metro station
NEW: DC's Metropolitan Police Dept says it has one suspect in custody after a shooting at 17th and I, near the White House.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being, like, a sales manager from Wheeling, and you got shipped off to DC by your dipshit governor to fulfill Trump’s troops-in-the-streets fantasy, and then you spent two months wandering the Mall picking up trash, and then two days before Thanksgiving you got shot outside a Metro station
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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Wild that the guy who comes off as the biggest loser in all of this is trying to get jokes off. It’s one thing to be involved in a scandal, especially when you were dating a 21 year old while in your 50s, but it’s even more embarrassing that you’re just a footnote in the more interesting story.
Well if YOU'd been fired nine years ago by the New Yorker for unethical stuff, you would never ask yourself the question
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Wild that the guy who comes off as the biggest loser in all of this is trying to get jokes off. It’s one thing to be involved in a scandal, especially when you were dating a 21 year old while in your 50s, but it’s even more embarrassing that you’re just a footnote in the more interesting story.
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you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
Who has the group telos login
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Who has the group telos login
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The last thing your civil rights see:
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The last thing your civil rights see:
Pretty alarming that Republican lawmakers in Montana are no longer even pretending to respect the state supreme court as part of a co-equal branch of government
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Pretty alarming that Republican lawmakers in Montana are no longer even pretending to respect the state supreme court as part of a co-equal branch of government
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I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says: