Brian
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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Not sure why there's so much focus on the bogus rationale for the second strike when it's pretty clear they were just eliminating the witnesses.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Not sure why there's so much focus on the bogus rationale for the second strike when it's pretty clear they were just eliminating the witnesses.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![Texas is not on “the eve of an election,” as was true in the
case the majority cites. Republican National Committee v.
Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (2020)
(per curiam); see ante, at 2. The election there was five days
after the injunction. Similarly, the election in Purcell was
“just weeks” away. 549 U. S., at 4. Here, Election Day is
eleven months from now. Even the primary election (which
Texas could change) is in March. The District Court care-
fully listed the various “election preparations” underway to
switch to the 2025 map. App. 144. On the other hand, the
court noted how the 2021 map—which the injunction rein-
stated—was, in a real sense, the status quo. See id., at 145.
Officials, candidates, and voters are all familiar with it from
the last two election cycles. Until late last summer, every-
one expected that map to govern 2026 too. And indeed, it
will be used in a special runoff election in the State’s largest
county on January 31, 2026. So, the District Court properly
concluded, “[a]n injunction in this case would not cause sig-
nificant disruption.” Id., at 144. Except to the extent all of
us live in election season all the time, the 2026 congres-
sional election is not well underway.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreifzzrhpyftoam4b4eqcpdcegf2hksn4ula6rwbtv6fqwviqfgikte@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
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What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
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Politicians and their billionaire buddies are making millions while your family struggles to pay for healthcare and groceries.
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Politicians and their billionaire buddies are making millions while your family struggles to pay for healthcare and groceries.
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
Our rights are not worth the paper they’re written on anymore.
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our rights are not worth the paper they’re written on anymore.
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it is very, very important that the kind of institutionalists who would stand in the way of this absolutely get their shit rocked in the next two primary cycles
So this kind of thing is genuinely extremely useful for building public support for court reform.
You just have to look up Judge Jeffrey Brown’s resume and then wonder what it must be like for him to have the Roberts Court basically go, “You fool. You idiot.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
it is very, very important that the kind of institutionalists who would stand in the way of this absolutely get their shit rocked in the next two primary cycles
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
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The main institutions of the Federal Government—White House, Supreme Court and Congress—are in complete shambles.
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The main institutions of the Federal Government—White House, Supreme Court and Congress—are in complete shambles.
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Depending on how the 2026 elections go and whether voters approve potential ballot measures in certain states, Democrats could also pass retaliatory gerrymanders for 2028 to target up to a dozen seats Republicans currently hold in Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Washington
Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia.
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Depending on how the 2026 elections go and whether voters approve potential ballot measures in certain states, Democrats could also pass retaliatory gerrymanders for 2028 to target up to a dozen seats Republicans currently hold in Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Washington
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Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia.
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia.
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.
Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
the democratic response to this must be, in the words of @dennycarter.bsky.social, to go goblin mode on redistricting in the states where they have a trifecta. eliminate every republican district in those states.
This isn't a Supreme Court, it's just six Republican operatives imposing law on the rest of us in order to help Trump and MAGA destroy the Constitution and impose authoritarian rule.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
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oh my god
Solid lane kiffin/trump edit from
[checks notes, squints hard]
the official Democrats account on tiktok
[checks notes, squints hard]
the official Democrats account on tiktok
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
oh my god
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In nine years of conservative judicial power, the Supreme Court has, once again, read the 14th Amendment out of the Constitution
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In nine years of conservative judicial power, the Supreme Court has, once again, read the 14th Amendment out of the Constitution
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An ambiguous ending isn’t the same as an unsatisfying one.
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An ambiguous ending isn’t the same as an unsatisfying one.
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
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NYT: “.. It is possible that defense lawyers will try to argue that the placing of the pipe bombs should also be covered by Mr. Trump’s [clemency] proclamation .. covering all defendants .. related to events that occurred at or near the .. Capitol on Jan. 6 ..’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NYT: “.. It is possible that defense lawyers will try to argue that the placing of the pipe bombs should also be covered by Mr. Trump’s [clemency] proclamation .. covering all defendants .. related to events that occurred at or near the .. Capitol on Jan. 6 ..’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Tom Cotton’s endorsement today of the military shooting unarmed airstrike victims floating at sea may shed some light on the debate over what it meant when he called for troops to pacify disorder in U.S. cities in 2020
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tom Cotton’s endorsement today of the military shooting unarmed airstrike victims floating at sea may shed some light on the debate over what it meant when he called for troops to pacify disorder in U.S. cities in 2020
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Elise Stefanik just humiliated Mike Johnson so hard his son’s phone got an alert
Elise Stefanik is going after Mike Johnson — calling him an ineffective leader who's losing control over the GOP conference headed into the midterms.
"He certainly wouldn't have the votes to be speaker if there was a roll-call vote tomorrow." www.wsj.com/politics/eli...
"He certainly wouldn't have the votes to be speaker if there was a roll-call vote tomorrow." www.wsj.com/politics/eli...
Exclusive | Trump Ally Elise Stefanik Attacks Speaker Johnson’s Leadership
In interview, New York lawmaker says Johnson is losing control of House Republicans
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Elise Stefanik just humiliated Mike Johnson so hard his son’s phone got an alert
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Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?
Bari Weiss has a CBS town hall set with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk.
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?