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Supreme Court decisions giving you heartburn? Please take a moment and read this outstanding essay for an intense and educational assessment of the last year's work by SCOTUS.
I've posted to @ssrn.bsky.social a revised version of "The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating Supremacy"—my holistic assessment of #SCOTUS's behavior on Trump-related emergency applications during the October 2024 Term, which is forthcoming in the Supreme Court Review:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating) Supremacy
This essay, prepared for the 2025 volume of <i>The Supreme Court Review</i>, seeks to provide a holistic account of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency ap
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January 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Supreme Court decisions giving you heartburn? Please take a moment and read this outstanding essay for an intense and educational assessment of the last year's work by SCOTUS.
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A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
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Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
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I’m trying to think what would have happened if, during the Mississippi welfare fraud scandal between 2020 and 2023, the Biden administration had halted *all* federal welfare funding to Mississippi.
The right would have lost it; Fox & GOP would have called for an armed revolt.
The right would have lost it; Fox & GOP would have called for an armed revolt.
HHS freezes all child care funding for Minnesota
HHS freezes all child care funding for Minnesota
The move comes as the Trump administration has accused the state’s leaders of complicity in a wide-ranging fraud scandal.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m trying to think what would have happened if, during the Mississippi welfare fraud scandal between 2020 and 2023, the Biden administration had halted *all* federal welfare funding to Mississippi.
The right would have lost it; Fox & GOP would have called for an armed revolt.
The right would have lost it; Fox & GOP would have called for an armed revolt.
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Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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It’s not our duty to just smile and nod when a man with this much power demonstrates that he’s a pathological liar and an imbecile. Quite the contrary. Real patriots say out loud this is just plain nuts and he’s unfit to hold office.
Trump: "It's funny, I settled 8 wars. Some were going on for 35 years. And we got them settled in a couple of days. Some of them -- one was going on for 37 years. I settled it in one day. But this is a very complex one."
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s not our duty to just smile and nod when a man with this much power demonstrates that he’s a pathological liar and an imbecile. Quite the contrary. Real patriots say out loud this is just plain nuts and he’s unfit to hold office.
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Seems like fraud, waste, and abuse to us
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Seems like fraud, waste, and abuse to us
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In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
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Contrast this with how this same administration has revoked visas for researchers studying how information ecosystems are manipulated (including by foreign actors like Russia). Seems strange that they welcome back the manipulators and attack those working to identify and call them out.
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Contrast this with how this same administration has revoked visas for researchers studying how information ecosystems are manipulated (including by foreign actors like Russia). Seems strange that they welcome back the manipulators and attack those working to identify and call them out.
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Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
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Donald Trump targets his political enemies in order to keep power. In 2026, that won't just mean going after people like James Comey and Tish James. It will require him to target voters who he needs to disenfranchise to keep control of Congress. The fight for democracy is more urgent than ever.
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Donald Trump targets his political enemies in order to keep power. In 2026, that won't just mean going after people like James Comey and Tish James. It will require him to target voters who he needs to disenfranchise to keep control of Congress. The fight for democracy is more urgent than ever.
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ICE goons tackle man in violent street kidnapping.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
December 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
ICE goons tackle man in violent street kidnapping.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
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Pam Bondi, you can fuck off. I have a First Amendment right to film ICE. In fact, we’ve built an app for immigrants to lawfully fight back against ICE. We’re raising $ to get the “know your rights” app to those who most need it. Hey Pam, make a contribution. Here’s the GoFundMe link: PAXIS.app.
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pam Bondi, you can fuck off. I have a First Amendment right to film ICE. In fact, we’ve built an app for immigrants to lawfully fight back against ICE. We’re raising $ to get the “know your rights” app to those who most need it. Hey Pam, make a contribution. Here’s the GoFundMe link: PAXIS.app.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
He is objectively pro-crime.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.
He is objectively pro-crime.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
He is objectively pro-crime.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.
He is objectively pro-crime.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.
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I mentioned this before...it makes me LIVID....Me, my organization, & many other organizations worked hard for these commutations and this is just disgusting behavior from the Trump Administration
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
“I can’t see a rational reason to move inmates that have been compliant in an environment to a more restrictive environment,” says the former president of the American Correctional Association.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I mentioned this before...it makes me LIVID....Me, my organization, & many other organizations worked hard for these commutations and this is just disgusting behavior from the Trump Administration
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
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I hope everyone has at least one surprisingly amazing and wonderfully good thing happen to them today.
December 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I hope everyone has at least one surprisingly amazing and wonderfully good thing happen to them today.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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The regime’s desire for authoritarian domination is infinite, but its capacity is not.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Important lesson here is always make them go through every step. One person may not be able to stop the fascist train alone. But everytime everyone of us does something to slow it down, it adds up, and gives more opportunities for others.
Serious credit to Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and a bunch of people in and around Chicago who stood up to illegal, unjust, un-American, rights-violating anti-immigrant (or sometimes just anti-brown-people) federal operations.
If they weakly acquiesce like some others did, courts don’t take it up.
If they weakly acquiesce like some others did, courts don’t take it up.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The regime’s desire for authoritarian domination is infinite, but its capacity is not.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
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People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
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The United States was ready to run with the big dogs in the clean energy tech race, lots of good funding from Biden era. A whole industry with jobs and clean power, ready at the starting block. Then Trump cut the wires, raided the vault and sold us out to the AI tech lords. What a year. #EnergySky 🧪
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The United States was ready to run with the big dogs in the clean energy tech race, lots of good funding from Biden era. A whole industry with jobs and clean power, ready at the starting block. Then Trump cut the wires, raided the vault and sold us out to the AI tech lords. What a year. #EnergySky 🧪
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Republicans want to give ICE the power to strip-search immigrant children to look for so-called “gang tattoos” and send them to prison-like facilities.
Yes, the same ICE that sent men to El Salvador for soccer and autism awareness tattoos.
Yes, the same ICE that sent men to El Salvador for soccer and autism awareness tattoos.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Republicans want to give ICE the power to strip-search immigrant children to look for so-called “gang tattoos” and send them to prison-like facilities.
Yes, the same ICE that sent men to El Salvador for soccer and autism awareness tattoos.
Yes, the same ICE that sent men to El Salvador for soccer and autism awareness tattoos.