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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
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December 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
If Cheryl Hines has a pet rabbit, she needs to keep an eye on it.
It needs to be emphasized that this paragraph is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If Cheryl Hines has a pet rabbit, she needs to keep an eye on it.
This is correct, except I think Democrats should go even further. Not just talk more, but talk incessantly about Trump's dementia. There is a decent % of the public that doesn't care about his lies, but they might care that he can't tell the difference between fact and fiction.
Dems need to start talking more about how Trump’s dementia means that he can’t distinguish his fantasies from reality. He has completely lost touch with the real world and only knows what his sycophantic courtiers are telling him.
Trump: "If you look at affordability, which they campaigned on, they lied. Because they talked about 'Oh, prices are up' -- no, prices are down under the Trump administration and they're down substantially."
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is correct, except I think Democrats should go even further. Not just talk more, but talk incessantly about Trump's dementia. There is a decent % of the public that doesn't care about his lies, but they might care that he can't tell the difference between fact and fiction.
You know that saying: "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity?" It doesn't apply here.
JUST IN: Judge Currie orders DOJ to submit a more compete transcript of the Comey grand jury proceedings, noting that the transcript she was provided — of the lone witness — does not include Lindsey Halligan's remarks or presentation.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You know that saying: "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity?" It doesn't apply here.
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If Democrats control Congress in 2027, they should defund the Supreme Court. Pay them their salaries and zero out the rest.
September 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If Democrats control Congress in 2027, they should defund the Supreme Court. Pay them their salaries and zero out the rest.
Makes me wonder if Melania is up in the Mauve Boudoir. Does that make Stephen Miller the Rasputin of the Trump administration?
Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Makes me wonder if Melania is up in the Mauve Boudoir. Does that make Stephen Miller the Rasputin of the Trump administration?
I respectfully dissent.
Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues ‘not age harassment’, tribunal rules
Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues ‘not age harassment’, tribunal rules
Workers in their 20s and 30s that may annoy by socialising found not to be breaking workplace equality rules
Older employees who are disturbed by younger, more boisterous colleagues in the workplace are not victims of age harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Employees in their 20s and 30s may annoy more mature co-workers by chatting, socialising and looking at their phones but they are not breaking workplace equality rules, the tribunal said. Continue reading...
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August 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I respectfully dissent.
The moment when Trump discovers his new BLS Commissioner.
August 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The moment when Trump discovers his new BLS Commissioner.
I think McConnell meant they will get over the rainbow bridge.
Mitch McConnell is 100% wrong.
People won't simply "get over it" when Medicaid is destroyed by the Big Beautiful Bill.
In fact, 51,000 Americans will needlessly die every year because of this senseless betrayal.
People won't simply "get over it" when Medicaid is destroyed by the Big Beautiful Bill.
In fact, 51,000 Americans will needlessly die every year because of this senseless betrayal.
June 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I think McConnell meant they will get over the rainbow bridge.
It is unfortunate that the liberal dissenters continue to use legalese or polite analogies in response to these decisions. The court and the public would be much better served if they described what is happening as plainly as this post.
Our Constitution is seen by them as a mere set of suggestions. Other courts are seen by them as irrelevant. They are corrupt. They are partisan. They are doing irreparable damage to the country. The majority of six are the ones holding the daggers being buried into American democracy.
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It is unfortunate that the liberal dissenters continue to use legalese or polite analogies in response to these decisions. The court and the public would be much better served if they described what is happening as plainly as this post.
Where are Fafnir, Giblets, and the Medium Lobster when we need them? Seems the GOP has been playing the same song for 20 years.
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Fafblog! the whole world's only source for Fafblog.
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June 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Where are Fafnir, Giblets, and the Medium Lobster when we need them? Seems the GOP has been playing the same song for 20 years.
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They should rename the group “Moms for Libertines.”
June 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
They should rename the group “Moms for Libertines.”
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May 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If the Democrats cannot (1) make Elon Musk the most despised person in the US and (2) hang him around the neck of every Republican officeholder, they should fold up shop.
Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If the Democrats cannot (1) make Elon Musk the most despised person in the US and (2) hang him around the neck of every Republican officeholder, they should fold up shop.
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
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doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
It is beyond time for the Biden DOJ to tell Cannon (and other DCT judges and some of the circuits): GFY; received your order; not going to follow it; good luck with enforcement.
She's back! Cannon blocks the release of Smith's report pending resolution of argument by Trump co-defendants that Smith lacks power to act -- i.e the very cockamamie argument that she adopted to dismiss the case.
January 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It is beyond time for the Biden DOJ to tell Cannon (and other DCT judges and some of the circuits): GFY; received your order; not going to follow it; good luck with enforcement.
Maybe the true Cybertruck owner purchased Tesla insurance and Elmo is just describing the coverage Tesla provides when a thief shoots himself in the head in the front seat just before a bomb detonates in the way back.
Elon Musk wants to fix the Tesla Cybertruck that blew up with a man inside of it in front of Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel and get it back on the road.
Gross.
Gross.
January 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Maybe the true Cybertruck owner purchased Tesla insurance and Elmo is just describing the coverage Tesla provides when a thief shoots himself in the head in the front seat just before a bomb detonates in the way back.
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
Bill Barr demonstrating a dishonesty of purpose and motive? Sounds about right.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
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Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust
A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Bill Barr demonstrating a dishonesty of purpose and motive? Sounds about right.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law, accusing the opposition of plotting “insurgency.” It was the first time a South Korean president had declared martial law since the military dictatorship ended in the country.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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When Trump tariffs crater the economy, when grocery prices skyrocket, when your home value plummets, I hope you still remember how mad you were at Joe for pardoning Hunter.
December 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
When Trump tariffs crater the economy, when grocery prices skyrocket, when your home value plummets, I hope you still remember how mad you were at Joe for pardoning Hunter.
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Yes, "flawed" in that the entire basis for the film was straight fiction.
December 2, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Yes, "flawed" in that the entire basis for the film was straight fiction.
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Ignorant, indolent, and indifferent is no way to run a country.
Ignorant, indolent, and indifferent is no way to run a country.
December 2, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Ignorant, indolent, and indifferent is no way to run a country.
Ignorant, indolent, and indifferent is no way to run a country.