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Why did nobody argue this yesterday? Seems important.
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 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why did nobody argue this yesterday? Seems important.
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Navigating the complex maze of paperwork and information during Medicare Open Enrollment can feel overwhelming.
SHIP counselors offer free, unbiased insurance counseling that can help you or your clients make informed decisions about your health coverage.
SHIP counselors offer free, unbiased insurance counseling that can help you or your clients make informed decisions about your health coverage.
Open Enrollment for 2026 Coverage through Medicare & the Marketplace—Basics for Advocates - Justice in Aging
Learn about the Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollment Periods (OEPs) for the 2026 plan year and get tips for choosing affordable coverage options for older adults.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Navigating the complex maze of paperwork and information during Medicare Open Enrollment can feel overwhelming.
SHIP counselors offer free, unbiased insurance counseling that can help you or your clients make informed decisions about your health coverage.
SHIP counselors offer free, unbiased insurance counseling that can help you or your clients make informed decisions about your health coverage.
Someone’s going to sue 60 minutes for editing the interview right? The precedent is just sitting there…
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Someone’s going to sue 60 minutes for editing the interview right? The precedent is just sitting there…
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“60 Minutes paid me a lot of money”
In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.
(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS
In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.
(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“60 Minutes paid me a lot of money”
In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.
(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS
In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.
(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS
This is the “highest and best use of our military” according to the Vice President. colombiareports.com/us-assassina...
US assassinated fisherman in Colombian waters, family says - Colombia News
The US military assassinated at least one fisherman from Colombia’s Caribbean coast and falsely accused him of being a drug trafficker, the alleged victim’s family told public television network RTVC....
colombiareports.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is the “highest and best use of our military” according to the Vice President. colombiareports.com/us-assassina...
Among other things, more mentally ill people *are* homeless in public because these fuckers cut the Social Security staff by 7,000 and are depriving people in need of basic income.
among other things, it is not actually illegal to be homeless or mentally ill in public
REPORTER: Why are troops stationed here at Union Station and at the National Mall instead of areas where crime is higher?
JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.
JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.
August 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Among other things, more mentally ill people *are* homeless in public because these fuckers cut the Social Security staff by 7,000 and are depriving people in need of basic income.
Seems like an easy lawsuit on originalist, and History & Tradition grounds @aclu.org
Did you know that the Founders were so vehemently against having a standing army that might do what Comer is calling for that they explicitly wrote into the Constitution that Congress has to reauthorize the existence of the Army every two years or the entire thing has to disband?
August 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Seems like an easy lawsuit on originalist, and History & Tradition grounds @aclu.org
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Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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July 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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This policy will discourage lawfully present immigrants who are eligible for Medicaid from signing up, or signing their kids up, leaving them without health insurance. That, of course, is a feature, not a bug.
BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreement obtained by the AP.
Trump administration hands over nation's Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This policy will discourage lawfully present immigrants who are eligible for Medicaid from signing up, or signing their kids up, leaving them without health insurance. That, of course, is a feature, not a bug.
Reason #7,305 this was a terrible bill. No Medicaid = less medical treatment = Social Security more likely to deprive you of basic income while sick.
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reason #7,305 this was a terrible bill. No Medicaid = less medical treatment = Social Security more likely to deprive you of basic income while sick.
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That’s a long list. We can’t provide support for the MySSA accounts in any real way. We can’t contact Direct Express anymore. We can’t track money we’ve requested back from Direct Express anymore. There’s more but imma need more coffee for this question. 🥴
July 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That’s a long list. We can’t provide support for the MySSA accounts in any real way. We can’t contact Direct Express anymore. We can’t track money we’ve requested back from Direct Express anymore. There’s more but imma need more coffee for this question. 🥴
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Some 💩 went down at SSA today, and it’s not great so let’s talk about it 🫠 TLDR version: effective 7/3, 40-50% of the CSR (customer service rep) staff will be reassigned to answering the national 1800#. This decision was made without input from any regional, area, or teleservice center leadership.
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Some 💩 went down at SSA today, and it’s not great so let’s talk about it 🫠 TLDR version: effective 7/3, 40-50% of the CSR (customer service rep) staff will be reassigned to answering the national 1800#. This decision was made without input from any regional, area, or teleservice center leadership.
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One year ago, SCOTUS overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo — limiting federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws they implement and risking our health, wealth, and safety in the process.
We tracked the impact of this decision and the results may surprise you. 🤔⬇️
We tracked the impact of this decision and the results may surprise you. 🤔⬇️
June 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One year ago, SCOTUS overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo — limiting federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws they implement and risking our health, wealth, and safety in the process.
We tracked the impact of this decision and the results may surprise you. 🤔⬇️
We tracked the impact of this decision and the results may surprise you. 🤔⬇️
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In the strongest terms: if lawyer, or if lawyer-shaped, or if you want to know why the lawyers on here are EXERCISED about this outrage: read this.
What the majority did, with zero justification or explanation, is contemptible. It is lawless and it rewards lawlessness. SCOTUS must be reformed.
What the majority did, with zero justification or explanation, is contemptible. It is lawless and it rewards lawlessness. SCOTUS must be reformed.
I encourage everyone to actually read the dissent. The description of what this government is doing should shock anyone with a conscience. It is unfathomably cruel, indeed sadistic. And yes, *this* is being enabled by the highest court in the nation.
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In the strongest terms: if lawyer, or if lawyer-shaped, or if you want to know why the lawyers on here are EXERCISED about this outrage: read this.
What the majority did, with zero justification or explanation, is contemptible. It is lawless and it rewards lawlessness. SCOTUS must be reformed.
What the majority did, with zero justification or explanation, is contemptible. It is lawless and it rewards lawlessness. SCOTUS must be reformed.
Bring ‘em laptops! While they stand around waiting for a riot to not happen, maybe they can help Social Security clear the years-long claims backlog FFS.
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
June 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Bring ‘em laptops! While they stand around waiting for a riot to not happen, maybe they can help Social Security clear the years-long claims backlog FFS.
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WCK trucks loaded with food and cooking fuel have been ready at the Gaza border since early March. Additional food and equipment are ready to be shipped to the border from Jordan and Egypt. Our vital work cannot continue without permission from Israel for this aid to enter. #ChefsForGaza (3/5)
May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
WCK trucks loaded with food and cooking fuel have been ready at the Gaza border since early March. Additional food and equipment are ready to be shipped to the border from Jordan and Egypt. Our vital work cannot continue without permission from Israel for this aid to enter. #ChefsForGaza (3/5)
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BREAKING: this is the big one!
We @sddaction.bsky.social are proud to be part of a coalition of labor orgs, non-profits, & cities & counties suing to challenge the Trump admin’s reorganization of the entire federal gov.
It's against the law!
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/massive...
We @sddaction.bsky.social are proud to be part of a coalition of labor orgs, non-profits, & cities & counties suing to challenge the Trump admin’s reorganization of the entire federal gov.
It's against the law!
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/massive...
Massive Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments File Omnibus Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government - State Democracy Defenders Action
Press ReleaseApril 28, 2025 Reorganization and Massive Reductions in Force Across Federal Agencies Violate Core Constitutional Concepts of Separation of Powers WASHINGTON – A coalition that includes n...
statedemocracydefenders.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
BREAKING: this is the big one!
We @sddaction.bsky.social are proud to be part of a coalition of labor orgs, non-profits, & cities & counties suing to challenge the Trump admin’s reorganization of the entire federal gov.
It's against the law!
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/massive...
We @sddaction.bsky.social are proud to be part of a coalition of labor orgs, non-profits, & cities & counties suing to challenge the Trump admin’s reorganization of the entire federal gov.
It's against the law!
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/massive...
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Fellow immigration lawyers will recognize the theme of this case as “ERO goes into big boy court and quickly figures out that it can’t get away with the lax evidentiary standards it’s used to in court.”
/ERO = ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the “cops” of internal enforcement.
/ERO = ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the “cops” of internal enforcement.
NEW: In a SCATHING decision, Judge Briones of the Western District of Texas absolutely SAVAGED the government over this case, tearing to shreds ICE’s hearsay “evidence” that this husband and wife were in Tren de Aragua as “completely and wholly unsubstantiated” — and ordered their immediate release!
April 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Fellow immigration lawyers will recognize the theme of this case as “ERO goes into big boy court and quickly figures out that it can’t get away with the lax evidentiary standards it’s used to in court.”
/ERO = ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the “cops” of internal enforcement.
/ERO = ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the “cops” of internal enforcement.
Have always been troubled by the hyperbole and cognitive dissonance in how some lefties describe their name, role and mission. Not so with the ACLU - hard to think of a group that has earned the right to their name to a greater extent right now. Congratulations on a big, if interim, win.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Have always been troubled by the hyperbole and cognitive dissonance in how some lefties describe their name, role and mission. Not so with the ACLU - hard to think of a group that has earned the right to their name to a greater extent right now. Congratulations on a big, if interim, win.
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Crime/fraud exception still applies. And there was definitely some crime/fraud going on
April 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Crime/fraud exception still applies. And there was definitely some crime/fraud going on
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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
They’re about to cut off at least a month’s worth of benefits to poor, disabled children with rep payees who are immigrants.
NEW: @nytimes.com reports that the Trump admin is moving to strip hundreds of thousands of immigrants of Social Security Numbers they got when they were granted work authorization, repurposing a "death master file" to try to erase their previous legal presence in the United States.
April 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
They’re about to cut off at least a month’s worth of benefits to poor, disabled children with rep payees who are immigrants.
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Social Security and Medicare trustees literally build tax payments from undocumented workers into projections of the programs' fiscal health (~40% of those $). We could fix a big part of the shortfall by just ⬆️ immigration. It's not so easy to ⬆️ fertility! www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/2024...
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Social Security and Medicare trustees literally build tax payments from undocumented workers into projections of the programs' fiscal health (~40% of those $). We could fix a big part of the shortfall by just ⬆️ immigration. It's not so easy to ⬆️ fertility! www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/2024...
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This is such a betrayal.
The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration admits he retaliated against the entire population of Maine—mostly newborn babies and their parents—because he thought the state’s governor had been rude to Trump in a White House meeting. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is such a betrayal.
I’m probably a fool, but I really want to believe this guy Bisignano will be committed to getting phone wait times down and disability decisions made faster.
March 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m probably a fool, but I really want to believe this guy Bisignano will be committed to getting phone wait times down and disability decisions made faster.