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a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
It is far past time for state authorities to start arresting and prosecuting ICE agents for this shit. Maybe they are in fact ultimately immune, but put the burden on them to convince a judge of that. Don’t just concede it without a fight.
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is far past time for state authorities to start arresting and prosecuting ICE agents for this shit. Maybe they are in fact ultimately immune, but put the burden on them to convince a judge of that. Don’t just concede it without a fight.
It seems to me that there is (or at least should be) a difference between 1) the judge dismissing the indictment and 2) the judge finding that the "indictment" is void ab initio because it was never actually voted on by the grand jury. You can't dismiss what never existed in the first place.
/2 There’s a statute that revives and extends the statute of limitations if an indictment is dismissed.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It seems to me that there is (or at least should be) a difference between 1) the judge dismissing the indictment and 2) the judge finding that the "indictment" is void ab initio because it was never actually voted on by the grand jury. You can't dismiss what never existed in the first place.
“Write every email as if it will one day be produced in discovery” remains one of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten (and one more people need drilled into their brains).
Do enough litigation and you realize that most people are positively moronic about what they put in their emails.
of all the atrocities these emails likely allude to, it's still amazing that 'elites' write awful things *in emails*. so above the law, so convinced of their rectitude, so conditioned to impunity.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Write every email as if it will one day be produced in discovery” remains one of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten (and one more people need drilled into their brains).
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we are on cycle 2 of Trump narrowly winning an election, governing horribly, destroying Republican electoral viability, and doubling down on everything everyone hates
the narrative the entire decade this has been happening is that Trump embodies the will of the people and Dems must move right
the narrative the entire decade this has been happening is that Trump embodies the will of the people and Dems must move right
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
we are on cycle 2 of Trump narrowly winning an election, governing horribly, destroying Republican electoral viability, and doubling down on everything everyone hates
the narrative the entire decade this has been happening is that Trump embodies the will of the people and Dems must move right
the narrative the entire decade this has been happening is that Trump embodies the will of the people and Dems must move right
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real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)
Opinion | Trump Is an Albatross
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)
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Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
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I’ve got a take I bet many won’t like: Dem handwringing is mostly pointless. Next elections will be dominated by “do you like all this or not?”
Anti-Trump wasn’t enough in 2024 because he wasn’t in office and a chunk of the electorate blamed problems on the party in the White House. That’s changed.
Anti-Trump wasn’t enough in 2024 because he wasn’t in office and a chunk of the electorate blamed problems on the party in the White House. That’s changed.
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’ve got a take I bet many won’t like: Dem handwringing is mostly pointless. Next elections will be dominated by “do you like all this or not?”
Anti-Trump wasn’t enough in 2024 because he wasn’t in office and a chunk of the electorate blamed problems on the party in the White House. That’s changed.
Anti-Trump wasn’t enough in 2024 because he wasn’t in office and a chunk of the electorate blamed problems on the party in the White House. That’s changed.
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Need people to understand the difference between "this is a social construct" and "this is not real"
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Need people to understand the difference between "this is a social construct" and "this is not real"
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“Coverage of this mass sports gambling arrest is brought to you by DraftKings“
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Coverage of this mass sports gambling arrest is brought to you by DraftKings“
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Also someone needs to explain to, not just Rappoport (who is an idiot), but a lot of other people too, that the premise of democratic socialism is not that everyone is poor but that everyone can have nice things and afford an occasional date night out
i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Also someone needs to explain to, not just Rappoport (who is an idiot), but a lot of other people too, that the premise of democratic socialism is not that everyone is poor but that everyone can have nice things and afford an occasional date night out
This is really only tangentially related to the OP, but an idea I‘ve had brewing for a few weeks is that blue states should start passing laws banning taxpayer funds from being used to buy goods or services from companies that do business with the federal government.
Shaming businesses who do business with the Trump regime is righteous work. www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...
Silver Spring company demolishing White House wing faces online firestorm
ACECO, a Silver Spring construction company, is taking flak for its role in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.
www.thebanner.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is really only tangentially related to the OP, but an idea I‘ve had brewing for a few weeks is that blue states should start passing laws banning taxpayer funds from being used to buy goods or services from companies that do business with the federal government.
Look, I am all for this kind of solidarity, but it is deeply funny that a solid HALF of these countries are currently actual monarchies ruled by a real, honest to god King (or, in Japan’s case, Emperor).
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Look, I am all for this kind of solidarity, but it is deeply funny that a solid HALF of these countries are currently actual monarchies ruled by a real, honest to god King (or, in Japan’s case, Emperor).
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vought justifies all of this as a vision of "separation of powers" — an idea that i'm more and more convinced doesn't actually exist, at least not in any strong form, in the constitution — but the thing that comes across is his basic contempt for representative government
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
vought justifies all of this as a vision of "separation of powers" — an idea that i'm more and more convinced doesn't actually exist, at least not in any strong form, in the constitution — but the thing that comes across is his basic contempt for representative government
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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the phenomenon that’s been going on for 20 years is more stark than ever: the court tells the conservative legal apparatus what it wants and they go manufacture it.
as true with Heller as it is with birthright citizenship. it’s less balls and strikes and more calling the pitches.
as true with Heller as it is with birthright citizenship. it’s less balls and strikes and more calling the pitches.
Look at what the United States Government is citing in the birthright citizenship case.
Non-expert legal scholarship and work done hastily in service of their political goals.
Non-expert legal scholarship and work done hastily in service of their political goals.
September 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the phenomenon that’s been going on for 20 years is more stark than ever: the court tells the conservative legal apparatus what it wants and they go manufacture it.
as true with Heller as it is with birthright citizenship. it’s less balls and strikes and more calling the pitches.
as true with Heller as it is with birthright citizenship. it’s less balls and strikes and more calling the pitches.
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Genuinely looks like a still from a lost Arrested Development episode with a Tobias does steroids B-plot
Can't stop thinking about the Anthony Fantano-ass ICE agent who dropped his gun and then pointed it at bystanders. Really replicating the Nazis' oaf-little weiner dichotomy
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Genuinely looks like a still from a lost Arrested Development episode with a Tobias does steroids B-plot
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Tick, tock.
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tick, tock.
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Brendan Carr is limiting free speech the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Brendan Carr is limiting free speech the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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PSA: A "Major Terrorist Organization" (MTO) is not a thing. The Immigration and Nationality Act *delegates* power to the State Department to designate *FOREIGN* terrorist organizations (FTOs) based on certain criteria. It doesn't apply to domestic orgs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
September 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
PSA: A "Major Terrorist Organization" (MTO) is not a thing. The Immigration and Nationality Act *delegates* power to the State Department to designate *FOREIGN* terrorist organizations (FTOs) based on certain criteria. It doesn't apply to domestic orgs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…