Brian Clymer
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99% retired lawyer living in Tucson who loves baseball and tries to follow Micah 6:8. As I like to say, "Hindsight is a privileged critic." No DM's unless I know you because my mother taught me not to talk to strangers.
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To those who say that fighting to preserve our democratic institutions in the U.S. is a lost cause, I reply that I agree with what Jimmy Stewart said in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington": "A lost cause is the only cause worth fighting for."
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This would have been unthinkable under any other modern President. Trump sets new lows every day.
The federal government should support the development of fusion energy, but the President of the United States should not personally benefit from it.
Ethics watchdogs are alarmed by $6 billion marriage of Trump’s social media platform and nuclear fusion company | CNN Business
The Trump business empire’s expansion into nuclear fusion is alarming ethics experts who warn it poses glaring conflicts of interest and risks the federal government playing favorites in what has been...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This would have been unthinkable under any other modern President. Trump sets new lows every day.
Better late than never.
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Better late than never.
Let's make it the lowest rated TV ever.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Let's make it the lowest rated TV ever.
This is indeed a huge loss.
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is indeed a huge loss.
Trump loses big at Supreme Court. We win. WSJ just reported that the Supreme Court upheld a dist ct and ct of appeals ruling temporary ruling that it was illegal for Trump to call the National Guard into IL. This good news and a cause for hope.
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump loses big at Supreme Court. We win. WSJ just reported that the Supreme Court upheld a dist ct and ct of appeals ruling temporary ruling that it was illegal for Trump to call the National Guard into IL. This good news and a cause for hope.
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This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
Liars got to lie.
The $1,776 Checks for Troops Trump Claimed Were ‘Because of Tariffs’ Are Actually Congressionally-Allocated Housing Allowances
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Liars got to lie.
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Incompetent, politicized justice comes at a cost.
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Incompetent, politicized justice comes at a cost.
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But I thought they didn't believe in gender affirming care...
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Testosterone levels have declined in men. Here's what the FDA wants to do about it — NPR
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with FDA Commissioner Martin Makary about the decline in testosterone in men in the U.S. and what his agency wants to do about it.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
But I thought they didn't believe in gender affirming care...
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Despicable.
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Despicable.
To those who say that fighting to preserve our democratic institutions in the U.S. is a lost cause, I reply that I agree with what Jimmy Stewart said in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington": "A lost cause is the only cause worth fighting for."
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December 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
To those who say that fighting to preserve our democratic institutions in the U.S. is a lost cause, I reply that I agree with what Jimmy Stewart said in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington": "A lost cause is the only cause worth fighting for."
Conservative Harvard Prof. of Economics Roland Fryer says Trump's misguided deportation policies: mistakenly sees immigration as an economic threat, increases the chances of immigrant crime & falsely assumes deportation will solve cultural anxiety about immigration. WSJ 12/10/25, p.A15.
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Conservative Harvard Prof. of Economics Roland Fryer says Trump's misguided deportation policies: mistakenly sees immigration as an economic threat, increases the chances of immigrant crime & falsely assumes deportation will solve cultural anxiety about immigration. WSJ 12/10/25, p.A15.
WSJ reports today that WH aides are trying to get Trump to focus on public concerns about inflation, but Trump is "at times" more focused on his "peacemaking" efforts abroad and his plans to build a "sprawling" WH ballroom than on the high costs consumers are facing. WSJ, A4, 12/8/25. Out of touch.
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
WSJ reports today that WH aides are trying to get Trump to focus on public concerns about inflation, but Trump is "at times" more focused on his "peacemaking" efforts abroad and his plans to build a "sprawling" WH ballroom than on the high costs consumers are facing. WSJ, A4, 12/8/25. Out of touch.
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Hello. The FIFA grift prize simply isn’t worth a news spot
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hello. The FIFA grift prize simply isn’t worth a news spot
WSJ reports today that Trump administration issued a national security report which criticized Europe as a threat to freedom but never mentions Russia as a threat. However, every Western European Country has ranked higher on freedom & democracy than the US per Freedom House rankings. WSJ A1, 12/6/25
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
WSJ reports today that Trump administration issued a national security report which criticized Europe as a threat to freedom but never mentions Russia as a threat. However, every Western European Country has ranked higher on freedom & democracy than the US per Freedom House rankings. WSJ A1, 12/6/25
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In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Doesn't the fog of war require a war
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Doesn't the fog of war require a war
Glad that he's my Senator.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Glad that he's my Senator.
I. F. Stone would be proud.
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I. F. Stone would be proud.
What a liar.
Trump said he was going to reduce the federal deficit, analysts say his policies will increase it by $4.1 Trillion. We knew this was going to happen since before he was elected. Send tweet.
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What a liar.