Meli ✨
@wayofthelotus.bsky.social
Backyard Gardener, Botanist, Native Planter in Zone 8b/9a, Collector of Tarot, Witch, Amateur Artist, Mother of Teens, Surviving in the Southeastern US 🌈
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Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
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The Supreme Court's Republican appointees should think long and hard about the way in which they encouraged this behavior on the shadow docket — despite Justice Kavanaugh's belated attempt to clean it up months later.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The Supreme Court's Republican appointees should think long and hard about the way in which they encouraged this behavior on the shadow docket — despite Justice Kavanaugh's belated attempt to clean it up months later.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
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The right-wingers at SCOTUS today argue that merely allowing a trans girl to compete in sports is a great harm because we must "protect women."
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The right-wingers at SCOTUS today argue that merely allowing a trans girl to compete in sports is a great harm because we must "protect women."
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
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just. brutal.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
just. brutal.
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This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/age-verific...
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.
techpolicy.press
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/age-verific...
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and now the D.C. appeals court has "upheld" the transgender troops ban. not sure it's breaking through how horrific this particular moment has been www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
and now the D.C. appeals court has "upheld" the transgender troops ban. not sure it's breaking through how horrific this particular moment has been www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
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You can mock people for thinking the leopards would dine elsewhere but it is unequivocally good that the demo that reeeeeally helped put trump back in the wh is seeing what is happening and apparently reacting accordingly
For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You can mock people for thinking the leopards would dine elsewhere but it is unequivocally good that the demo that reeeeeally helped put trump back in the wh is seeing what is happening and apparently reacting accordingly
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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We've known that It's The Supreme Court, Stupid for many years, but enough people didn't listen, so here we are. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social of Law Dork chrisgeidner.substack.com join me today to talk SCOTUS & more 3ET/12PT youtu.be/SQYHKknx-PA, nicolesandler.com, nicolesandler.substack.com, pod too
It's the Supreme Court, Stupid with Law Dork's Chris Geidener - Nicole Sandler Show - 12-9-25
YouTube video by Nicole Sandler
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December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We've known that It's The Supreme Court, Stupid for many years, but enough people didn't listen, so here we are. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social of Law Dork chrisgeidner.substack.com join me today to talk SCOTUS & more 3ET/12PT youtu.be/SQYHKknx-PA, nicolesandler.com, nicolesandler.substack.com, pod too
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Donald Trump’s presidency has been great for rich people and corporations – but not the small business owners who are facing rising costs and are forced to lay off their workers to try to keep their doors open.
For small businesses hit by soaring costs, layoffs are painful and personal
Lacie Carroll-Marsh had to lay off 17 of her 31 employees this year: “We have Christmases together. And it hurts. There’s tears on both sides.”
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Donald Trump’s presidency has been great for rich people and corporations – but not the small business owners who are facing rising costs and are forced to lay off their workers to try to keep their doors open.
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New Jersey legislators moved Monday to put state health officials in charge of vaccine guidance, after the CDC's controversial reversal on hepatitis B shots.
via @newjerseymonitor.com
via @newjerseymonitor.com
CDC vaccine reversal spurs NJ legislators to act
A panel of New Jersey lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that would give state health officials — instead of the feds — the final word on immunization schedules and recommendations in the Garden…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New Jersey legislators moved Monday to put state health officials in charge of vaccine guidance, after the CDC's controversial reversal on hepatitis B shots.
via @newjerseymonitor.com
via @newjerseymonitor.com
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage—and months after federal officials said construction on a new facility would begin—no work has started at the site.
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Poplarville Delivered False Promises on Post Office Plans, Residents Say
Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage, no work has started to build a new site despite a federal commitment.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage—and months after federal officials said construction on a new facility would begin—no work has started at the site.
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Soybean farmer: This is a Band-Aid on an open wound. I've been farming 21 years now, and this is by far the most serious economic situation that I've experienced. The American farmer is the best in the world. We simply need a level playing field and opportunity moving forward
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Soybean farmer: This is a Band-Aid on an open wound. I've been farming 21 years now, and this is by far the most serious economic situation that I've experienced. The American farmer is the best in the world. We simply need a level playing field and opportunity moving forward
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#BREAKING A Chicago-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is facing federal charges tied to the alleged sexual assault and robbery of multiple women in the suburbs in 2022.
Luis Uribe is appearing in court now.
Luis Uribe is appearing in court now.
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#BREAKING A Chicago-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is facing federal charges tied to the alleged sexual assault and robbery of multiple women in the suburbs in 2022.
Luis Uribe is appearing in court now.
Luis Uribe is appearing in court now.
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Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
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CBP *still* claims that it has no deal with Meta and that these are personal glasses owned by the agents. If they're personal glasses, though, then it is illegal for the agent to record
![CBP’s policy on recording devices states that “no personally owned devices may be used in lieu of IDVRS [Incident Driven Video Recording Systems] to record law enforcement encounters.” It adds that “recorded data shall not be downloaded or recorded for personal use or posted onto a personally owned device.” The broader DHS policy says that “the use of personally owned [Body Worn Cameras] or other video, audio, or digital recording devices to record official law enforcement activities is prohibited.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo/bafkreihrg6bpndw5yhgmljaty44vx4b2bhwrzsehbtafxkzhgb5hbltwme@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
CBP *still* claims that it has no deal with Meta and that these are personal glasses owned by the agents. If they're personal glasses, though, then it is illegal for the agent to record
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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man what the fuck is going on with the economy that this is where we're at
Incredible scenes here: Boom Supersonic is raising $300mm and pivoting to AI by signing a contract to supply its turbines as electrical power for data centers. They're even talking about converting turbines from simple to combined cycle via a "field upgrade". This is all deranged.
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers | TechCrunch
Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
man what the fuck is going on with the economy that this is where we're at
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Texas really said “double or nothing,” and our RFS alums took that personally. Now we’ve got two of them in the U.S. Senate race, showing exactly why building the bench matters. Tough moments don’t scare this crew. They dig in. They lead. They rise.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Texas really said “double or nothing,” and our RFS alums took that personally. Now we’ve got two of them in the U.S. Senate race, showing exactly why building the bench matters. Tough moments don’t scare this crew. They dig in. They lead. They rise.