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rmbillings.bsky.social
@rmbillings.bsky.social
Boston ↠ Austin ↠ PNW↟
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Utah is the third state in the past decade where Republicans have packed their supreme court.

Arizona and Georgia Rs did it in 2016 to secure right-wing majorities.

North Carolina Rs tried it in 2018 to prevent the Dem court from overturning their gerrymanders, but voters rejected their power grab
This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:

Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.

Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms
Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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It's so surreal to view a website for a concentration camp.
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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This article is superb, it lays out so many counters against doing this for most, if not any reason.

1. If you care about kids, you wouldn’t support this.
2. If you care about basic human dignity, you wouldn’t support this.
3. If you care solely about cost, you wouldn’t support this.
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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Another ruling just yesterday in Minnesota: A federal judge calls it "particularly craven" that ICE transfered "a nursing refugee mother" out of state. Ta Eh Doh Lah was admitted as a refugee from Myanmar in 2024, has no criminal history and a 5-month-old. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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He won’t be bright and cheerful after that much trauma. Fuckin’ ICE just robbed the world of this smile
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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My mind goes back to that 2018 Douglas Rushkoff reporting about how the billionaire preppers were starting to ask questions like “should I attach lethal shock collars to my security detail” and “should I murder the pilots after they drop me off at the compound”. They seem to be fine with it!
How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM