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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to compete with this.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Just like in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine—the mifepristone case—ADF used anonymous complaints of harm they found on an anti-abortion forum online.

Again, it's a fucking joke.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

The only thing you really need to remember about Chiles v. Salazar is that ADF couldn't find any children harmed by not being able to find counselors who will practice conversion therapy—

so they rely on anonymous complaints on Reddit.

It's a fucking joke.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court is back and -- I regret to inform you-- already on their nonsense. Here's a preview of a trifecta of Alliance Defending Freedom cases on the docket so far this term

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Supreme Court Could Gut Abortion, LGBTQ Protections With These 3 Cases—Analysis

SCOTUS will hear three cases on anti-abortion centers and LGBTQ+ rights—all from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but how does this person have standing to challenge Colorado's ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy when she has explicitly disclaimed any desire to change a patient's sexual orientation or gender identity? How is this a real case? slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7d

The Saudis didn’t pay big money for famous American comedians because they were super eager for comedy, they paid for PR like this.

Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”

The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 5d

This is key to understanding the FedSoc Supreme Court: the facts do not matter. They will invent their own reality and substitute it for the reality we're actually living in.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you

That is not, in fact, what ICE does

He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine

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Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day

Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 5d

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

OPB @opb.org · 5d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

www.opb.org

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Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social · 5d

And SCOTUS. Furlough the entire lot of them

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Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social · 5d

This is the whole point. Newsome ain’t it and also blue state economies are real and Governors should start acting accordingly

Doctor Memory @blank.org · 5d

Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:

This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5d

extremely recent history

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller told police they are now “unleashed.”

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 5d

I’m no Newsom fanboy, but figuring out how to change the incentives of institutions considering capitulation is one of the big tasks of our moment.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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Abortion Access Front @abortionfront.bsky.social · 5d

The FDA just approved a NEW generic abortion pill and anti-abortion leaders are LOSING it.
This approval means MORE PEOPLE GET MORE OPTIONS for abortion care. Conception Cops want to yank access entirely, but the agency gave the green light to ANOTHER generic version of the abortion pill.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 5d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6d

This week on Boom! Lawyered, @hegemommy.bsky.social and I get into the anti-trans cases the Supreme Court is going to fuck up this term. The challenge to Colorado's conversion therapy ban in Chiles v. Salazar and the trans girls in sports case: Ms. Becky Pepper-Jackson v. W. Va. Dept. of Education.

The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term

Why the justices will soon be back to work wreaking havoc on democracy.

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: On Tuesday, FDA approved a new generic for mifepristone from Evita Solutions. The FDA also modified the shared REMS for mifepristone to include the new generic. You can see the company's announcement here: www.evitasolutionsllc.com

Evita Solutions - Generic Mifepristone Available Today

Evita Solutions LLC's FDA-approved generic Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg for safe, effective medical abortion up to 70 days.

www.evitasolutionsllc.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 6d

“‘My building is shaking. So, I'm like, “What is that?” Then I look out the window, it's a Blackhawk helicopter,’ said witness Dr. Alii Muhammad.”

Raiding a Chicago apartment building from above as if they were on a mission to capture Osama bin Laden. Absolutely demented.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6d

Bloomington, Indiana -- home to Indiana University -- has been "without consistently fluoridated tap water for nearly six years, a fact that’s not been publicized despite impacts to public health."

Bloomington goes over five years without fluoridated water – and doesn't tell residents

The CBU said it withheld on sending out an alert about fluoride as it didn't affect the safety of the drinking water.

www.tmnews.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7d

This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 7d

Christian nationalism at work destroying the economy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Rollins: "It's Biblical - we've got to produce our own food. The president has talked significantly about the importance of onshoring our manufacturing. We also have to onshore our food. We have over the last decade begun to import more than we export, whether it's citrus or berries or even meat."

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Jennie Wetter @jennieindc.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New Episode 🚨

This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to the amazing @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social with the @nwlc.org about abortion access in the U.S. Y'all I had so much fun talking to her. You really don't want to miss this conversation. #podcast

rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 8d

Polls & ballots resoundingly show that abortion access is popular in the U.S. Yet extremists are waging a coordinated attack to dismantle reproductive freedom. Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of @nwlc.org, joins us to discuss the status of abortion access, what’s ahead, & what brings her hope.

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back

Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7d

This is a thundering ruling by Judge William Young (a Reagan appointee).

He says that it's "perhaps the most important case" in his district and writes more than a dozen pages on "JUSTICE IN THE TRUMP ERA," focused on Trump's "bullying" and "retribution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7d

BREAKING

A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.

His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.

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