For future reverence

Retreating from heightened judicial scrutiny for gender-based discrimination to mere rationality when the context is medical care would retroactively rationalize Dobbs and have devastating implications going forward
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Trump's Energy Secretary pick, oil executive Chris Wright, has cited scientific research to contend that the world does not actually face a climate crisis.

There’s just one problem: The authors of those studies say Wright is misrepresenting their findings. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

As we head towards January, it is our turn to use this period productively. Hoping that Trump fails is not a plan. We must develop and foster new movements, structures, tactics, platforms and leaders to oppose Trump and articulate a positive vision. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.

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Who were the 15?

“The main question I was looking to answer when I started reading Hegseth’s collected works was whether he would follow a Trump command to shoot peaceful protesters. After having read them, I don’t think he would even wait for the order.”

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Mathematicians have described a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature: shapes with rounded corners and pointed tips that fit together on a plane — featuring in onions, molluscs and more.

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Like others, I fear the threat of government retribution, political vengeance and an angry right-wing mob. But I know that giving into it will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy. Trump wants us to be scared. He wants us to give up — gradually and then suddenly.

Hrs 9495 passed in Congress on Thursday. This legislation would grant the secretary of the Treasury the unilateral power to investigate and effectively shut down any tax-exempt organization by stripping them of their tax-exempt status based on an unilateral accusation of wrongdoing.

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Citizens for Ethics filed criminal bribery complaints against Trump and Bondi with the DOJ and called for a criminal investigation into whether the Trump Foundation broke federal criminal law by making numerous false reports to the IRS on its tax forms. www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-po...

Everyone wish a happy one-year Adoption Day to these two 🐱🐱

While Trump was announcing Pam Bondi as his new AG nominee, Steve Bannon was pushing Ken Paxton, further demonstrating that Trump no longer cares what he has to say. Paxton is on here groveling and begging for the job he isn’t getting, but doesn’t realize yet.

Former Florida AG Pam Bondi received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation and four days later, she announced that the state of Florida wouldn’t pursue a legal case about Trump University.

And that’s who Trump wants for our AG now. Fucking delightful.