Gallifrey Stands
@drgallifreystands.bsky.social
Scientist, policy wonk, member of the Rebel Alliance. Expecting to need this forum to outwit the Visigoths, oligarchs, & authoritarians for the next few years. Can't believe we are going to have to do this again. #WaitingforTheDoctor
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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Breaking: 2021 Pipe Bombing suspect was a Trumpist election denier: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Breaking: 2021 Pipe Bombing suspect was a Trumpist election denier: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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just to drive home the point. Texas created this map in August. the lower court rendered its decision November. So three months later, a year before the election in question.
The word "eve" is doing a lot of work here in the Court's 'decision'
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
just to drive home the point. Texas created this map in August. the lower court rendered its decision November. So three months later, a year before the election in question.
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Are law professors just drinking themselves stupid every night now?
How do they teach law in an environment like this?
As this continues what is even the purpose of the field anymore and why would anyone go into it?
I understand the desire to do good, but that’s not happening here.
How do they teach law in an environment like this?
As this continues what is even the purpose of the field anymore and why would anyone go into it?
I understand the desire to do good, but that’s not happening here.
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Are law professors just drinking themselves stupid every night now?
How do they teach law in an environment like this?
As this continues what is even the purpose of the field anymore and why would anyone go into it?
I understand the desire to do good, but that’s not happening here.
How do they teach law in an environment like this?
As this continues what is even the purpose of the field anymore and why would anyone go into it?
I understand the desire to do good, but that’s not happening here.
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As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
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Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
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Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power www.justsecurity.org/125639/us-ab...
When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
Americans' refusals to accept apparent abuses of power by the federal government indicate that the political winds may be starting to shift.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power www.justsecurity.org/125639/us-ab...
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The whole point of the FTC is to be insulated from political pressure.
Yet Trump is asking his MAGA Justices to re-write the rules for him so he can pick loyalists.
He says he should be able to fire anyone, anytime, for any reason.
If they let him, there’s no going back.
Yet Trump is asking his MAGA Justices to re-write the rules for him so he can pick loyalists.
He says he should be able to fire anyone, anytime, for any reason.
If they let him, there’s no going back.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The whole point of the FTC is to be insulated from political pressure.
Yet Trump is asking his MAGA Justices to re-write the rules for him so he can pick loyalists.
He says he should be able to fire anyone, anytime, for any reason.
If they let him, there’s no going back.
Yet Trump is asking his MAGA Justices to re-write the rules for him so he can pick loyalists.
He says he should be able to fire anyone, anytime, for any reason.
If they let him, there’s no going back.
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"We take for granted the degree of peace that we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world that we’re now moving into."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"We take for granted the degree of peace that we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world that we’re now moving into."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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European reaction to the new American national strategy document
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
European reaction to the new American national strategy document
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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a lot of people have elaborate ideas about how house districting could be reformed, up to and including proportional representation, but it would be interesting to see the fallout if congress just passed a very short law saying that partisan gerrymanders are illegal
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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This will raise how much you pay to drive your car for the next ten years. Every time you fill up at the pump, the price should've been lower, but it won't be, because of this. Also more kids and elderly people will get sick from air pollution. Analysis: Seems bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This will raise how much you pay to drive your car for the next ten years. Every time you fill up at the pump, the price should've been lower, but it won't be, because of this. Also more kids and elderly people will get sick from air pollution. Analysis: Seems bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
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“U.S. Diplomats Report Broken Morale and Abandoned Careers:
A new survey found that 98 percent of Foreign Service officers felt lower morale. Only 1 percent reported an increased ability to carry out U.S. foreign policy.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
A new survey found that 98 percent of Foreign Service officers felt lower morale. Only 1 percent reported an increased ability to carry out U.S. foreign policy.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U.S. Diplomats Report Broken Morale and Abandoned Careers
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“U.S. Diplomats Report Broken Morale and Abandoned Careers:
A new survey found that 98 percent of Foreign Service officers felt lower morale. Only 1 percent reported an increased ability to carry out U.S. foreign policy.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
A new survey found that 98 percent of Foreign Service officers felt lower morale. Only 1 percent reported an increased ability to carry out U.S. foreign policy.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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At least six states have implemented new congressional maps this year in an effort to swing or improve the Republican majority in the House.
DeSantis Says Florida Will Redraw Congressional Lines In Spring, Report Says
At least six states have implemented new congressional maps this year in an effort to swing or improve the Republican majority in the House.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
At least six states have implemented new congressional maps this year in an effort to swing or improve the Republican majority in the House.
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How about this for a new amendment?
"No person shall be eligible for any office under the United States if previously convicted of a felony by the United States or any State."
"No person shall be eligible for any office under the United States if previously convicted of a felony by the United States or any State."
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How about this for a new amendment?
"No person shall be eligible for any office under the United States if previously convicted of a felony by the United States or any State."
"No person shall be eligible for any office under the United States if previously convicted of a felony by the United States or any State."
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Republicans won 58% of the vote across Indiana’s US House elections in 2024, granting them an already over-representative seven of the state’s nine congressional seats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
Indiana House Unveils New Map Rigged for GOP After Months of Trump Threats | Common Dreams
After abruptly changing course following months of bullying by Trump, Indiana's State House has released a newly drawn congressional map that hands the GOP control of all nine districts in the state. ...
www.commondreams.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Republicans won 58% of the vote across Indiana’s US House elections in 2024, granting them an already over-representative seven of the state’s nine congressional seats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
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Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Billions of revenue is lost. Many billions. We are trying so hard to fund our government. We work so hard.
IRS is out here fighting the good fight with no backup.
I feel defeated.
#DOJ
IRS is out here fighting the good fight with no backup.
I feel defeated.
#DOJ
What’s Next After Justice Department Dissolved Its Tax Division
The Justice Department officially dissolved the almost century-old tax division, a controversial move that comes after a year of attorney departures.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Billions of revenue is lost. Many billions. We are trying so hard to fund our government. We work so hard.
IRS is out here fighting the good fight with no backup.
I feel defeated.
#DOJ
IRS is out here fighting the good fight with no backup.
I feel defeated.
#DOJ
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The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
Trump to halt some food aid support for Democratic-led states over data fight
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will halt federal payments that help administer the food stamp program to Democratic-led states next week if they do not turn over aid recipient data,...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
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BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.