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Has someone pieced together the Elon/Trump saga as a single thread for those of us to read who only want the sequential popcorn highlights? Someone do the hard work for me! 🍿🤭
June 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Has someone pieced together the Elon/Trump saga as a single thread for those of us to read who only want the sequential popcorn highlights? Someone do the hard work for me! 🍿🤭
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"The death of Pope Francis silences a powerful — and increasingly solitary — voice for peace, equality, and disenfranchised people in the face of a growing threat from authoritarianism and climate change," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board.
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April 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"The death of Pope Francis silences a powerful — and increasingly solitary — voice for peace, equality, and disenfranchised people in the face of a growing threat from authoritarianism and climate change," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board.
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Bill King on Substack
Now you’ve done it. You’ve kicked the hornet’s nest in Harvard Yard, poked the somber portraits of Adams, Roosevelt, and Kennedy straight in the eye. This isn’t just a breach of decorum—it’s a declara...
substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Is it too unrealistic to hope the next person he attempts to inseminate is a black widow type?
Elon Musk will head to Wisconsin days before the pivotal state Supreme Court election there, into which he's sunk millions of dollars on behalf of the conservative candidate and become a central figure in the race.
Wisconsin AG seeks to block Elon Musk's million-dollar giveaways ahead of state Supreme Court race
Musk’s heavy political involvement in the battle for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has made him a central figure in the race.
nbcnews.to
March 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Is it too unrealistic to hope the next person he attempts to inseminate is a black widow type?
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"If this many different judges in this many different courts appointed by this many different presidents are blocking this many policies promulgated by the same president, we ought to be able to agree that the problem is the policies—not the judges."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
136. Setting the Record Straight on the Anti-Trump Injunctions
President Trump and his supporters are mounting increasingly noisy attacks on lower-court judges. But their claims combine shameless hypocrisy with shameful distortions of the facts.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"If this many different judges in this many different courts appointed by this many different presidents are blocking this many policies promulgated by the same president, we ought to be able to agree that the problem is the policies—not the judges."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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Tim Walz nailed it!
Dear Democrats: hear the primal scream and DO SOMETHING!
And rest assured, we will have your back.
Dear Democrats: hear the primal scream and DO SOMETHING!
And rest assured, we will have your back.
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tim Walz nailed it!
Dear Democrats: hear the primal scream and DO SOMETHING!
And rest assured, we will have your back.
Dear Democrats: hear the primal scream and DO SOMETHING!
And rest assured, we will have your back.
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Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
www.nybooks.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
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This is so bleak
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is so bleak
**looks around for wildly popular President**
(1) If it’s a statutory challenge: convince Congress to pass a law.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
March 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
**looks around for wildly popular President**
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(1) If it’s a statutory challenge: convince Congress to pass a law.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
March 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
(1) If it’s a statutory challenge: convince Congress to pass a law.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.
(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).
(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.
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For more, read the full story:
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
propub.li
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
BREAKING: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support, according to leaked memo, despite the Trump admin repeatedly saying it doesn't plan change the program beyond addressing fraud and waste.
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trib.al/FGerC2d
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
trib.al
March 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
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Cartoonists stepping up.
Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cartoonists stepping up.
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What. Is. This. Garbage.
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What. Is. This. Garbage.
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
Proud to be a Kia owner when I see this.
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Proud to be a Kia owner when I see this.
Oh for eff’s sake.
NEW: CISA, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity, officially cut funding to support state and local election offices. A CISA spokesperson told Democracy Docket the slashed program "no longer effectuates department priorities.”
Cybersecurity Agency Ends Support to Election Security Program
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oh for eff’s sake.
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X engineers clocking in this morning
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a room with a sign that says " warning "
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a room with a sign that says " warning "
media.tenor.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
X engineers clocking in this morning
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Bribes. They’re known as bribes.
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Bribes. They’re known as bribes.
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NEW -- Trump today mused whether, if the US were attacked, NATO would really come to our aid.
Except it already has.
In fact, the ONLY time the alliance's mutual assistance clause has been invoked was after Sept. 11 -- on behalf of the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Except it already has.
In fact, the ONLY time the alliance's mutual assistance clause has been invoked was after Sept. 11 -- on behalf of the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Still Doesn’t Understand How NATO Works Or That It Fought On America’s Behalf
He threatened not to support others if they haven’t “paid” enough, but did not seem to know that the only time the alliance was triggered was to help the U.S. after 9/11.
www.huffpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
NEW -- Trump today mused whether, if the US were attacked, NATO would really come to our aid.
Except it already has.
In fact, the ONLY time the alliance's mutual assistance clause has been invoked was after Sept. 11 -- on behalf of the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Except it already has.
In fact, the ONLY time the alliance's mutual assistance clause has been invoked was after Sept. 11 -- on behalf of the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...