Diana Hunt (she/her)
@dkathunt.bsky.social
Scientist, photographer, runner, hiker, lover of books, film, musicals/plays, New Zealand and the great outdoors.
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this is the same SCOTUS that's poised to soon drop a bomb of the Voting Rights Act, and likely greenlight more suppressive schemes boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
this is the same SCOTUS that's poised to soon drop a bomb of the Voting Rights Act, and likely greenlight more suppressive schemes boltsmag.org/voting-right...
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The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
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Wow the Supreme Court intervened to help Republican electoral prospects? That’s crazy. I bet it’s never happened before.
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Wow the Supreme Court intervened to help Republican electoral prospects? That’s crazy. I bet it’s never happened before.
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worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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She should sue them
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
She should sue them
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Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
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Everyday they have to find a way to coddle the old man but we were told a woman is too emotional to be president.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Everyday they have to find a way to coddle the old man but we were told a woman is too emotional to be president.
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Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
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I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says
Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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Credit to Rand Paul. He hated extrajudicial drone strike killings under Obama and he HATES them under Trump where Congress has given no authorization.
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Credit to Rand Paul. He hated extrajudicial drone strike killings under Obama and he HATES them under Trump where Congress has given no authorization.
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If there was one thing I would have thought the current Supreme Court majority was against, it would be assigning voters to districts based on race. But today's Texas decision seems to veer into a "eh, it happens" mode. /1
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If there was one thing I would have thought the current Supreme Court majority was against, it would be assigning voters to districts based on race. But today's Texas decision seems to veer into a "eh, it happens" mode. /1
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Actually the poorest countries in the world could also do this easily if “rich countries” weren’t extracting wealth and resources and shackling them with debt for the most ridiculous shit. Also if they compensated for colonization theft.
The richest country in the world could easily house, feed, & care for everyone who needs it
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Actually the poorest countries in the world could also do this easily if “rich countries” weren’t extracting wealth and resources and shackling them with debt for the most ridiculous shit. Also if they compensated for colonization theft.
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There is no moderate position against rampant bigoted attacks on minorities, about banning their mention in education, barring them from medical treatment and attempting to legislate them out of sports, clubs, even using the fucking toilet. There's no middle ground when they're sowing it with salt.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
There is no moderate position against rampant bigoted attacks on minorities, about banning their mention in education, barring them from medical treatment and attempting to legislate them out of sports, clubs, even using the fucking toilet. There's no middle ground when they're sowing it with salt.
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It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
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 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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It is simply impossible to believe on this record that this would have been the lineup (or a stay issued at all) if the district court had found a racial gerrymander in a large blue state.
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB
You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress]
electionlawblog.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is simply impossible to believe on this record that this would have been the lineup (or a stay issued at all) if the district court had found a racial gerrymander in a large blue state.
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is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.
“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 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.