Philip Shropshire
@pshropshire.bsky.social
#Progressive #popculture #comics #sciencefiction #politics Longtime writer/malcontent. If you like my posts please donate to my paypal link at Three Rivers. Home site is www.threeriversonline.com
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Something I wrote. #prochoice #election2024 And no Rahm isn't the answer.
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I make a small monthly donation to Wikipedia. If you can afford it, l would encourage you to do the same.
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I make a small monthly donation to Wikipedia. If you can afford it, l would encourage you to do the same.
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I love old magazine banners. This one from Astonishing Stories, ed. Frederik Pohl (April 1941)
#scifi #sciencefiction
#scifi #sciencefiction
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I love old magazine banners. This one from Astonishing Stories, ed. Frederik Pohl (April 1941)
#scifi #sciencefiction
#scifi #sciencefiction
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"There are three key strategic lessons that those puzzling over how to litigate in the face of the shadow docket might glean from litigants’ efforts."
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
Litigating in the Shadows: Federal Funding and the Supreme Court
Even the shadow docket holds important lessons for litigants challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions and others.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"There are three key strategic lessons that those puzzling over how to litigate in the face of the shadow docket might glean from litigants’ efforts."
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
We started a civil war over this.
Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship reut.rs/4aiLRZN
Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th century constitutional provision has long been understood.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We started a civil war over this.
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BREAKING: DOJ submits threadbare declarations from DHS Sec Kristi Noem and two senior lawyers in response to Chief Judge Boasberg’s ongoing contempt inquiry.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declarations:
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declarations:
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
BREAKING: DOJ submits threadbare declarations from DHS Sec Kristi Noem and two senior lawyers in response to Chief Judge Boasberg’s ongoing contempt inquiry.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declarations:
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declarations:
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New: Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and two senior Trump admin. lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March after a judge’s directive
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New: Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and two senior Trump admin. lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March after a judge’s directive
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate judicial ethics rules, a chief federal appellate judge has concluded @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4rGUPG8
US judges cleared of ethics breach for halting retirements after Trump election
Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after President Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate j...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate judicial ethics rules, a chief federal appellate judge has concluded @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4rGUPG8
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“The road to autocracy”: A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump can fire independent agency officials without cause. Retired judges are also sounding the alarm, including former U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, who joins The Weeknight to discuss the ruling.
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“The road to autocracy”: A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump can fire independent agency officials without cause. Retired judges are also sounding the alarm, including former U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, who joins The Weeknight to discuss the ruling.
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While the GOP won the Texas redistricting fight, the fate of maps nationwide remains uncertain.
Supreme Court Upheld New Texas Map, Could Trump Plan Still Backfire?
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
While the GOP won the Texas redistricting fight, the fate of maps nationwide remains uncertain.
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Nicholas Konrad
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nicholas Konrad
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“An infant would be a United States citizen and full member of society if born in New Jersey, but a deportable noncitizen if born in Tennessee.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship is a Trump power grab
The implications for citizenship are complex. But when it comes to Trump’s ability to implement his policies, the result is dangerous.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“An infant would be a United States citizen and full member of society if born in New Jersey, but a deportable noncitizen if born in Tennessee.”
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A Texas House Democrat has announced he will not seek re-election just a day after the Supreme Court gave the state the green light to use congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump that aim to delete up to five Democratic seats.
House lawmaker bows out of Congress after Supreme Court greenlights Trump-backed maps
A Texas House Democrat has announced he will not seek re-election just a day after the Supreme Court gave the state the green light to use congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump that aim to delete up to five Democratic seats.Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced his decision Friday afternoon on ...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A Texas House Democrat has announced he will not seek re-election just a day after the Supreme Court gave the state the green light to use congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump that aim to delete up to five Democratic seats.
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I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
I don’t necessarily disagree with this prediction, but I do think it would be helpful for people if litigators and legal scholars wrote about what happens if they’re wrong and the court does rule in the administration’s favor
To give some sense of why I am so confident about this, I have talked to MANY other litigators on these issues, some of the top people in the country, and my views are almost universally held. The broad consensus among pretty much everyone I know is that the Court will rule against him on this.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
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Colin Johnson
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Colin Johnson
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Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24 after winning a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election. Though the special election was nonpartisan, Pope is expected to serve as a Democrat in the Senate.
Justin Pope Wins Mississippi Senate District 24 Runoff, Replacing Sen. David Jordan After 33 Years
Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24, located in Panola, Leflore and Tallahatchie counties.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Justin Pope will be the new state senator for Mississippi Senate District 24 after winning a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election. Though the special election was nonpartisan, Pope is expected to serve as a Democrat in the Senate.
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Siri, play "Where's Your Head At" by Basement Jaxx
The exhibit at Art Basel Miami Beach is called “Regular Animals.” Created by digital designer and artist Mike Winkelmann, who goes by Beeple, it features robot dog versions of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso, according to Storyful.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Siri, play "Where's Your Head At" by Basement Jaxx
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The New York Post and Manhattan Institute teaming up to publish literally the same op-ed every three months for a decade encapsulates these folks perfectly.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The New York Post and Manhattan Institute teaming up to publish literally the same op-ed every three months for a decade encapsulates these folks perfectly.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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RFK Jr. just pushed our public health system off a cliff.
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
RFK Jr. just pushed our public health system off a cliff.
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Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
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FIFA made up a prize for Trump-a first! The FIFA Peace Prize.
Everyone is doing whatever possible to keep Trump happy
Everyone is doing whatever possible to keep Trump happy
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
FIFA made up a prize for Trump-a first! The FIFA Peace Prize.
Everyone is doing whatever possible to keep Trump happy
Everyone is doing whatever possible to keep Trump happy
Do you get that for threatening to invade both Venezuela and Nigerial? Killing people in boats without due process?
It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Do you get that for threatening to invade both Venezuela and Nigerial? Killing people in boats without due process?
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It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
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I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes