SheltieDad
@sheltiedad.bsky.social
Balcony gardener and birder.
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Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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It is important to note that no religion actually prohibits vaccination. People who say that do not actually know that religion’s doctrines.
The Supreme Court just set aside a 2nd Circuit decision upholding New York's requirement that all school students, public and private, obtain certain vaccinations, without any religious exemptions. It orders the 2nd Circuit to reconsider the ruling in light of SCOTUS' LGBTQ school books decision.
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It is important to note that no religion actually prohibits vaccination. People who say that do not actually know that religion’s doctrines.
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“They’re pulling all the starter homes off of the market in low-income, high-minority-density neighborhoods.” #Boston www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Private Equity Is Changing Housing
In some communities, corporations control more than 20 percent of properties.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“They’re pulling all the starter homes off of the market in low-income, high-minority-density neighborhoods.” #Boston www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
Blockchain analysis estimates that stablecoins were involved in up to $25 billion in illicit transactions last year. The speed and anonymity of these transfers threaten to undermine the effectiveness of global sanctions.
Blockchain analysis estimates that stablecoins were involved in up to $25 billion in illicit transactions last year. The speed and anonymity of these transfers threaten to undermine the effectiveness of global sanctions.
How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
Blockchain analysis estimates that stablecoins were involved in up to $25 billion in illicit transactions last year. The speed and anonymity of these transfers threaten to undermine the effectiveness of global sanctions.
Blockchain analysis estimates that stablecoins were involved in up to $25 billion in illicit transactions last year. The speed and anonymity of these transfers threaten to undermine the effectiveness of global sanctions.
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The US has officially surrendered to Russia and China, abandoning 250 years as the global defender of - and advocate for - democracy over authoritarianism. All on the whim of a sick and demented maniac, with no input from Congress or the American people. Tragic.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says Europe Risks Being Wiped Away Unless It Changes
The fracture between the US and Europe in a relationship that has defined global politics since the second World War was crystallized in a White House national security release, which also lambasted E...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The US has officially surrendered to Russia and China, abandoning 250 years as the global defender of - and advocate for - democracy over authoritarianism. All on the whim of a sick and demented maniac, with no input from Congress or the American people. Tragic.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
www.ft.com/content/680a... The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
www.ft.com/content/680a... The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
Behind the high prices and higher decibels is the quest to hear music as vividly as youth once allowed
www.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
www.ft.com/content/680a... The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
www.ft.com/content/680a... The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
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Nothing is stopping any news outlet from using the term "He's Lying" in any news headline about Trump.
It's factual to say so. www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
It's factual to say so. www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
Trump claims Minnesota lost billions to fraud. The evidence to date isn’t close.
The fraud allegations have been used as a justification for federal immigration enforcement against Minnesota’s Somali population.
www.startribune.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Nothing is stopping any news outlet from using the term "He's Lying" in any news headline about Trump.
It's factual to say so. www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
It's factual to say so. www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
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Trump views Putin as a friend and the EU as an enemy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump views Putin as a friend and the EU as an enemy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Just a forked-up culture:
Self-defense shootings leave a deadly toll on innocent bystanders, “turning public places into crossfire zones.” Grieving families learn how laws protect people who miss their targets. @kagrox.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
Self-defense shootings leave a deadly toll on innocent bystanders, “turning public places into crossfire zones.” Grieving families learn how laws protect people who miss their targets. @kagrox.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings
Massachusetts is the latest state to give shooters legal protection if they accidentally kill someone while lawfully defending themselves.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just a forked-up culture:
Self-defense shootings leave a deadly toll on innocent bystanders, “turning public places into crossfire zones.” Grieving families learn how laws protect people who miss their targets. @kagrox.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
Self-defense shootings leave a deadly toll on innocent bystanders, “turning public places into crossfire zones.” Grieving families learn how laws protect people who miss their targets. @kagrox.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
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🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
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Mass deportation is decimating the segment of the health care workforce that cares for our older population, just as the number of Baby Boomers with high-acuity needs grows. wapo.st/4rPxlyX
The business of caring for older Americans is in a deepening crisis
Government funding cuts, caregiver shortages and immigration limits are adding new strains to an industry that’s already hard-pressed to meet demand.
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Mass deportation is decimating the segment of the health care workforce that cares for our older population, just as the number of Baby Boomers with high-acuity needs grows. wapo.st/4rPxlyX
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I'd rather have an Italian mafioso in the White House than Trump. He'd be making side deals, but his mother would never let him do the ICE raids.
The Mafia Believed in a Leviathan. American Moguls Believe They Are Leviathan
A meditation on moral codes
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'd rather have an Italian mafioso in the White House than Trump. He'd be making side deals, but his mother would never let him do the ICE raids.
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
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Affordability concerns are real because:
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Affordability concerns are real because:
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
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The lengths to which Hegseth is going to continue withholding that second tap boat strike should tell us all it's truly horrific. I can only think perhaps those two survivors were waving copies of the Epstein files.
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The lengths to which Hegseth is going to continue withholding that second tap boat strike should tell us all it's truly horrific. I can only think perhaps those two survivors were waving copies of the Epstein files.
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Emerging evidence finds that some vaccines have broader or even unrelated health benefits in addition to the sicknesses they target
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
The Unexpected Ways Vaccines Could Boost Your Health
As political leaders question vaccine safety, scientists point to studies that show the shots might have unrelated benefits.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Emerging evidence finds that some vaccines have broader or even unrelated health benefits in addition to the sicknesses they target
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
The fact that there's barely a president is in fact a major national crisis - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As Jason Linkins observes, in addition to the absurdly obvious double standard the relative lack of coverage that Trump’s very obvious physical and mental decline is receiving is particularly indefens...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
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The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that