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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

Yes I listened to the SCOTUS argument in the conversion therapy case. Yes I have thoughts. Sign up for my newsletter The Gavel to hear ‘em tomorrow (link in my pinned post)

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

And you know who loves this “heritage” American stuff? The Trump administration.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

I knew there must be a hitch if “heritage Americans” are defined as those whose ancestors fought in the Civil War (as mine did). And here it is from the term’s lead proponent: “the majority of blacks have demonstrated that they cannot function within the old European cultural standards.” Nice.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

The nativist right keeps talking about “heritage Americans.” It's a buzzword engineered to move the goalposts on immigration even further, argues @alibreland.bsky.social.

Are You a ‘Heritage American’?

Why the far right wants to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 2d

It's Boo-kayyy

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 2d

I was away last week, so I'm late, but this is and will forever be a Hyacinth Bucket stan account
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Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 2d

The road from now to the end of June is gonna be a trip

a black and white photo of a woman saying fasten your seat belts it 's going to be bumpy night

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman saying fasten your seat belts it 's going to be bumpy night

media.tenor.com

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 2d

Not even a government shutdown stops today’s opening of the Supreme Court’s new term. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Tests Limits of His Powers as Supreme Court Reconvenes

The US Supreme Court so far has largely accommodated Donald Trump’s assertions of sweeping presidential power. The term that starts Monday will determine just how far the court is willing to go.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 11d

Been a minute since I listened to this album but I needed it today
🗣️🎼People are we giving love, love all the time? People are we giving love we need to survive?🎶
open.spotify.com/album/1H37u4...

Brother Sister

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 12d

I miss when the Onion did satire

The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 12d

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14d

This is the wildest month EDVA has had since its inception

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14d

See also carrot cake

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14d

But how else can I claim that what I eat is "healthy"?

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14d

Wow! Thanks to everyone who sent me questions about the Supreme Court! I will be answering as many as I can in this week's issue of my newsletter The Gavel. It drops later today, so sign up no if you haven't already. It's freeeeeeeeeee! bostonglobe.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 14d

Really looking forward to talking to Keisha Blain about her fabulous new book Without Fear TONIGHT at Harvard Book Store. Join us! www.harvard.com/event/keisha...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15d

In times of economic insecurity, young adults usually opt for college (or grad school), but with all of the cuts across the country, especially grad programs, paired with student loan cuts, I think we are creating an unusual storm of uncertainty for the next generation.

Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 15d

Not a good time to be looking for entry-level work.

finance.yahoo.com/news/top-eco...

Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs

"The U.S. labor market experience is peculiar," UBS' Paul Donovan wrote in a UBS note asking, "the kids are alright?"

finance.yahoo.com

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 15d

As you can see I have SCOTUS takes. Enough to fill a whole newsletter, The Gavel, each week. But this week I’m taking questions from YOU! Reply here to ask me anything about the justices, the docket, the shadow docket, how Trumpy this upcoming term will be… anything! I’ll answer in tomorrow’s Gavel.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

It’s looking more and more like this will be the term that the SCOTUS effectively coronates Trump.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Shout out to the pediatricians and family docs too

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Be nice to the OB/GYNs in your lives cuz they’re gonna have a helluva week

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Pregnant women: please do not inject disinfectant

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Oh that’ll happen this term too

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Correct. Even if she wins on the merits in the end, the damage will have been done.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

It’s on a temporary hiatus.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

Kagan in dissent: “(The president) may now remove — so says the majority, though Congress said differently — any (agency) member he wishes, for any reason or no reason at all. And he may thereby extinguish the agencies’ bipartisanship and independence.”

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 16d

It’s looking more and more like this will be the term that the SCOTUS effectively coronates Trump.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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