Caleb Scoville

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

ok here is Tucker's analysis

Right now UK is pretty much running the electrical grid on renewables and Nuclear.

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I went to check in on Tucker. still no commentary on the attack on Iran, but (tellingly) X’s nazi algorithm showed me this (I don’t follow Fu*ntes).

There is some dark poetry in Iran catalyzing American neoliberalism via oil-crisis-induced inflation, and the USA toppling that same regime after an inflation-induced election.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Yes but we have the best politics.

must be working things out with his sponsors

still his most recent post btw.

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A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

Fulfilling John Bolton’s wildest dreams while also trying to jail John Bolton pretty much sums it up.

Fulfilling John Bolton’s wildest dreams while also trying to jail John Bolton pretty much sums it up.

Oh I guess that was yesterday. Anyway…

Two things seem clear. If we want out of this hell, not only do we have to get rid of Trump, we have to get rid of fossil fuels. Second, nuclear power is not going to play a primary role in the energy transition (for now), not for environmental or economic reasons but for geopolitical ones.

Something legitimately funny about the promo links after that post.

I was curious how Tucker Carlson was handling all of this and these are his only posts from today.

The Rules-Based Order Is Dead. Good. The rules-based order was a polite fiction based in a fundamental misunderstanding of contemporary geopolitics.

Interesting piece. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-delusion...

I am not the first one to say this, but winning the Cold War was the worst thing to happen to America.

I think this is important:

In 2020 and in 2024, it was nowhere near "half" of Americans who voted for Trump - in fact, less than 1 in 3 did.

In 2020, 34% of those eligible to vote stayed home - and not all Americans (even adults, even citizens) are eligible. In 2024, 36% stayed home.

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New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?

Today's @gelliottmorris.com post is really eye-opening with respect to Dems' optimal midterm strategy ... www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Opinion | I’m an Immunologist. I Grew Up Unvaccinated.

This resonates www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

The Biden Admin directed hundreds of billions to clean energy/manufacturing.

Did these investments shift public opinion?

We find that these projects are visible but not traceable: People notice nearby investments, but connect them to Governors, not Biden.

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underrated skeet

I think the issue is that whatever they say, most people don't actually want lower home prices, because if that happened, homeowners would lose equity, and there are more homeowners than renters in the USA. The PE fixation is a way to find a villain other than the system of "mortgage Keynesianism."

let me know when sleepmaxxing is in

wild choice of example

Colleen Lanier-Christensen has some great work on this.