the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality

dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.

In a world that is turning shittier every day, the fight, vigor and optimism of the Ukrainian people now fills me with hope. I went into being a NAFO fella to support Ukraine but now they show me how to see positivity in a shitfull world. Slava Ukraini.

Well Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson are both exiting as evening news anchors within the next few weeks, so they'll have an opening for her. You may be right.

Anyway, that person was just responding to my tweet yesterday. As I only muted them rather than blocked them, I do hope they take the opportunity to read my full thoughts about Jeffries in today's newsletter, which is free for all to read. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

the worst outcome is, to be clear, Larry Ellison owning CBS, Paramount, CNN, HBO, Warner Brothers, and a part of TikTok, using the infotainment arm to fund another right wing bogus news propaganda empire that rivals Fox

on the plus side, these folks are all incompetent nepopbabies and brunchlords

I already see the Trump administration and Paramount planting seeds in right wing media outlets implying that Netflix (and only Netflix) would pose "antitrust concerns," but not, you know, Larry Ellison