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Ten years ago today, #SCOTUS issued five unsigned and unexplained 5-4 rulings granting emergency applications to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan—a completely unprecedented move that helped to usher in the Court’s modern … (mis)adventures … with its shadow docket.
Me in today’s “One First”:
Me in today’s “One First”:
209. The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten
The February 2016 rulings blocking the Clean Power Plan were unprecedented; in retrospect, they were harbingers of a paradigm shift in the Supreme Court's role.
www.stevevladeck.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Ten years ago today, #SCOTUS issued five unsigned and unexplained 5-4 rulings granting emergency applications to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan—a completely unprecedented move that helped to usher in the Court’s modern … (mis)adventures … with its shadow docket.
Me in today’s “One First”:
Me in today’s “One First”:
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Here, you can have the link while I consider putting some effort into a thumbnail.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJDW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJDW...
This defunct EPCOT attraction is why I'm like this
YouTube video by Technology Connextras
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Here, you can have the link while I consider putting some effort into a thumbnail.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJDW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJDW...
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There are no “illegal people”…
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
There are no “illegal people”…
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Oh the irony 🫤 A comment signed "REAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE DO NOT WANT THE SOLAR SCAM!" appears to be from someone who doesn't actually live there. When you remove the fakes 78% of real people SUPPORT Crossroads Solar.
https://bit.ly/4quNN5S
https://bit.ly/4quNN5S
Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm?
Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway.
www.canarymedia.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Oh the irony 🫤 A comment signed "REAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE DO NOT WANT THE SOLAR SCAM!" appears to be from someone who doesn't actually live there. When you remove the fakes 78% of real people SUPPORT Crossroads Solar.
https://bit.ly/4quNN5S
https://bit.ly/4quNN5S
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
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Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
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NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
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The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
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Solar power is liberating--if Gandhi were alive today, he'd be showing people how to set up panels
billmckibben.substack.com/p/solar-as-s...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/solar-as-s...
Solar as Solidarity
It's not just for saving planets any more
billmckibben.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Solar power is liberating--if Gandhi were alive today, he'd be showing people how to set up panels
billmckibben.substack.com/p/solar-as-s...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/solar-as-s...
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
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A constant stream of populist-sounding ideas can be a fog machine. Behind it, the hard levers—tax cuts, tariffs, enforcement—shift income from workers to the well-off.
What he says sounds populist, but he never follows through. What he does is takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
What he says sounds populist, but he never follows through. What he does is takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A constant stream of populist-sounding ideas can be a fog machine. Behind it, the hard levers—tax cuts, tariffs, enforcement—shift income from workers to the well-off.
What he says sounds populist, but he never follows through. What he does is takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
What he says sounds populist, but he never follows through. What he does is takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures …
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures …
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
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Siri, please summarize the Republican Party in one headline
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Siri, please summarize the Republican Party in one headline
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Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"