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I think others have given better answers, but I did want to speculate that if you're one of the SCOTUS 6, you're effectively immune from punishment; i.e., impeachment.
Lower court judges prob more susceptible to punishment. Plus, they have to think long-term, about advancement. Won't be Trump4eva.
Lower court judges prob more susceptible to punishment. Plus, they have to think long-term, about advancement. Won't be Trump4eva.
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think others have given better answers, but I did want to speculate that if you're one of the SCOTUS 6, you're effectively immune from punishment; i.e., impeachment.
Lower court judges prob more susceptible to punishment. Plus, they have to think long-term, about advancement. Won't be Trump4eva.
Lower court judges prob more susceptible to punishment. Plus, they have to think long-term, about advancement. Won't be Trump4eva.
The disdain for free childcare -- note the use of smart-ass quotes -- is frustrating because just five years ago, right-wingers suddenly realized that public schools played a critical child care role that was necessary to the functioning of society.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The disdain for free childcare -- note the use of smart-ass quotes -- is frustrating because just five years ago, right-wingers suddenly realized that public schools played a critical child care role that was necessary to the functioning of society.
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These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
Katie Wilson not owning a car is somehow used as "exhibit A" against her in this Washington Post hit piece op-ed. Note also that the op-ed sneers at her modest lifestyle while dinging her for receiving help from her parents. It's not as if the parents are paying the mortgage for a Queen Anne mansion
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Katie Wilson not owning a car is somehow used as "exhibit A" against her in this Washington Post hit piece op-ed. Note also that the op-ed sneers at her modest lifestyle while dinging her for receiving help from her parents. It's not as if the parents are paying the mortgage for a Queen Anne mansion
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2/2: Any 25yo raised in a GOP family might join FedSoc in law school & possibly even keep up membership payments not bc they worship Trump, but just bc they were relatively young & that's what GOP law students did to enhance their careers.
There are a lot of (low-tier) non-true believers in FedSoc.
There are a lot of (low-tier) non-true believers in FedSoc.
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
2/2: Any 25yo raised in a GOP family might join FedSoc in law school & possibly even keep up membership payments not bc they worship Trump, but just bc they were relatively young & that's what GOP law students did to enhance their careers.
There are a lot of (low-tier) non-true believers in FedSoc.
There are a lot of (low-tier) non-true believers in FedSoc.
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1/2: Altho the fear of exposure of any "crookedness" on appellate review (noted below) is likely part of it, remember trial judges in Article3 courts are kinda common actually. They are nom'd w/o the same thought or review as SCOTUS noms, mostly by looking at FedSoc members who lives in the area.
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1/2: Altho the fear of exposure of any "crookedness" on appellate review (noted below) is likely part of it, remember trial judges in Article3 courts are kinda common actually. They are nom'd w/o the same thought or review as SCOTUS noms, mostly by looking at FedSoc members who lives in the area.
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The possibility of peer review probably contributes to honesty and rigor, judges below SCOTUS level will potentially have their work upheld or rejected by other professionals, while SCOTUS justices have no such constraint
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The possibility of peer review probably contributes to honesty and rigor, judges below SCOTUS level will potentially have their work upheld or rejected by other professionals, while SCOTUS justices have no such constraint
Serious question: Is there a reasonable theory for why so many Trump-appointed federal judges seem more intellectually honest and less -- what's the word? -- "crooked" than the Trump-appointed judges on the Supreme Court?
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Serious question: Is there a reasonable theory for why so many Trump-appointed federal judges seem more intellectually honest and less -- what's the word? -- "crooked" than the Trump-appointed judges on the Supreme Court?
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I didn't think anything could be worse than her assuring little white churen that they could rest easy because Santa and Jesus are definitely white. Even though Aisha Harris suggested that Santa be a penguin to better represent all children and not just the white ones.
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I didn't think anything could be worse than her assuring little white churen that they could rest easy because Santa and Jesus are definitely white. Even though Aisha Harris suggested that Santa be a penguin to better represent all children and not just the white ones.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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"Framing it just like this makes me want Israel to annex it" uh
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Framing it just like this makes me want Israel to annex it" uh
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
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Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
Genuinely curious as to why Wu and others who argue along these lines are surprised that pro-Israel politics are on the back-foot in the United States.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
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oh here's that discussion with jane friedman: janefriedman.com/how-do-freel...
How Do Freelancers Survive Today? An Interview with a 20-Year Veteran | Jane Friedman
The landscape is very different today: publications have folded, arts coverage has dried up, and most opinion writing is on Substack.
janefriedman.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
oh here's that discussion with jane friedman: janefriedman.com/how-do-freel...
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meanwhile on fox news:
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
meanwhile on fox news:
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It gave me acid flashbacks to the show portraying kellyanne conway as hating her boss and being racked with guilt for helping elect him in 2016
MadTV would never make this mistake, it would have been so mean to this wh
MadTV would never make this mistake, it would have been so mean to this wh
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It gave me acid flashbacks to the show portraying kellyanne conway as hating her boss and being racked with guilt for helping elect him in 2016
MadTV would never make this mistake, it would have been so mean to this wh
MadTV would never make this mistake, it would have been so mean to this wh
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i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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She should have known that once you throw in with “I will take Trump’s side on everything” that’s going to pull you into dark places.
After “grown men having sex with teenagers girls is ok”, what does she think it’s going to be next? Because there will be a next.
After “grown men having sex with teenagers girls is ok”, what does she think it’s going to be next? Because there will be a next.
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
She should have known that once you throw in with “I will take Trump’s side on everything” that’s going to pull you into dark places.
After “grown men having sex with teenagers girls is ok”, what does she think it’s going to be next? Because there will be a next.
After “grown men having sex with teenagers girls is ok”, what does she think it’s going to be next? Because there will be a next.
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Which is self defeating in the worst way—certainly makes it harder to nominate a woman or POC in the future. And prevents Dems from addressing why so many people they assume should support them are instead repelled.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Which is self defeating in the worst way—certainly makes it harder to nominate a woman or POC in the future. And prevents Dems from addressing why so many people they assume should support them are instead repelled.
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Probably the worst cope is “these women are just tools of make sexism” and “POCs bought into white supremacy”—yep, gotta be that. Sounds almost like the guy who thinks women should date him because he’s the nice guy, and never asks whether he could adjust.
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Probably the worst cope is “these women are just tools of make sexism” and “POCs bought into white supremacy”—yep, gotta be that. Sounds almost like the guy who thinks women should date him because he’s the nice guy, and never asks whether he could adjust.
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My "her life is not in danger" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
Trump: "Marjorie Traitor Greene -- I don't think her life is in danger. Frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her."
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My "her life is not in danger" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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Many presidents would consider exposing a powerful ring of sex offenders a political win, but I guess this one’s just different for some reason
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Many presidents would consider exposing a powerful ring of sex offenders a political win, but I guess this one’s just different for some reason
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why would releasing the pedophile club files make him a lame duck president, what are you implying here John
Republican Sen. John Barrasso, the majority whip, doesn’t commit to holding a Senate vote on the bill to release the Epstein files if it passes the House. “We’ll have a discussion about it and make a decision from there.”
On @meetthepress.com:
On @meetthepress.com:
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
why would releasing the pedophile club files make him a lame duck president, what are you implying here John
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.