Reposted by Heather McCoy
Another mess, but Alaska is still part of the United States, America is still in NATO, and Kyiv remains free—and in this second Trump presidency, perhaps that counts as a good-enough day.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Buys More Time for Putin
The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Another mess, but Alaska is still part of the United States, America is still in NATO, and Kyiv remains free—and in this second Trump presidency, perhaps that counts as a good-enough day.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by Heather McCoy
BREAKING: Convicted sex trafficker who taught young girls how to blow old men says sole person on earth who can pardon her did nothing wrong.
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
BREAKING: Convicted sex trafficker who taught young girls how to blow old men says sole person on earth who can pardon her did nothing wrong.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Reposted by Heather McCoy
“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.
May 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.
April 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Here is how WaPo handled Dem's 10-day long effort to count every vote in PA vs. GOP's 5-month long effort to throw out thousands of votes in NC.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
April 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Here is how WaPo handled Dem's 10-day long effort to count every vote in PA vs. GOP's 5-month long effort to throw out thousands of votes in NC.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
GREENBELT, MD—Decrying the deportation as “wholly lawless,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that the Trump administration had three days to return her to the United States from a Salvador...
theonion.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
Reposted by Heather McCoy
spotted in the toronto star
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
spotted in the toronto star
Reposted by Heather McCoy
America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security?
We need answers. Right now.
We need answers. Right now.
March 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security?
We need answers. Right now.
We need answers. Right now.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Pete Hegseth is a danger to this country and our men and women in uniform.
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pete Hegseth is a danger to this country and our men and women in uniform.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
Reposted by Heather McCoy
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Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Reposted by Heather McCoy
So the Trump administration’s argument is that this dude, not a court, should have the final say on who ends up in an El Salvadoran prison.
Does that make you feel safer in America?
Does that make you feel safer in America?
Presented with evidence that innocent people who are not members of any gang were wrongly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador, Homan flatly insists that all of them were in fact gang members (but he's unwilling to detail any evidence showing it)
March 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
So the Trump administration’s argument is that this dude, not a court, should have the final say on who ends up in an El Salvadoran prison.
Does that make you feel safer in America?
Does that make you feel safer in America?
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Also, historical note: When President Lincoln *actually suspended* habeas corpus under the Suspension Act of 1863, he was required to provide lists of all people detained who were not POWs to the circuit court. He complied. While prosecuting an *actual war*. (This is Milligan)
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Also, historical note: When President Lincoln *actually suspended* habeas corpus under the Suspension Act of 1863, he was required to provide lists of all people detained who were not POWs to the circuit court. He complied. While prosecuting an *actual war*. (This is Milligan)
Reposted by Heather McCoy
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Welcome to the Resistance, Mr. Chief Justice.
BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts issues a rare statement:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Welcome to the Resistance, Mr. Chief Justice.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
Trump is dismantling democracy right in front of us. He operates on the principle that people will think that if he does it openly and in public, there can't be anything wrong with it. Do not be deceived.
March 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump is dismantling democracy right in front of us. He operates on the principle that people will think that if he does it openly and in public, there can't be anything wrong with it. Do not be deceived.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
Defiantly,
ME
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
Defiantly,
ME
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
Defiantly,
ME
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
Defiantly,
ME
Reposted by Heather McCoy
I see tomorrow is Friday.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I see tomorrow is Friday.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
Reposted by Heather McCoy
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is doing Ontarians a favor by taking Jack off their shelves.
Jack tastes like turpentine, and I’ve never understood why people drink it.
But they’re also dumping Makers (and everything else)—which tells you that Canadians really mean it!
Jack tastes like turpentine, and I’ve never understood why people drink it.
But they’re also dumping Makers (and everything else)—which tells you that Canadians really mean it!
Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling U.S. alcohol off store shelves is ‘worse than a tariff’
Brown Forman CEO Lawson Whiting said the move is a ‘disproportionate response’ to levies imposed by the Trump administration
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is doing Ontarians a favor by taking Jack off their shelves.
Jack tastes like turpentine, and I’ve never understood why people drink it.
But they’re also dumping Makers (and everything else)—which tells you that Canadians really mean it!
Jack tastes like turpentine, and I’ve never understood why people drink it.
But they’re also dumping Makers (and everything else)—which tells you that Canadians really mean it!