Zack Ford

Every day the news is like “the US government announces that meat can be sold without saying what animal it is & they are also mandating a return to mercury thermometers,” followed by “RFK Jr. has removed the coloring from Twizzlers in a major win for everyday Americans & their health & pocketbooks”

If you don't help them corrupt democracy, they'll corrupt democracy!

I was pretty disappointed in how @petebuttigieg.bsky.social talked about the transgender sports issue, so I recorded a TikTok offering what I think is a better approach to winning people over on full inclusion and countering the right's fear: www.tiktok.com/@zackfordblo...

The lawsuit, filed by attorneys general for 15 states and the governor of Pennsylvania, asks the federal court to declare that the government policies that prompted the investigations into pediatric transgender care were unlawful and must not be enforced. The lawsuit argues that the Justice Department's actions "reflect an unconstitutional attempt to infringe on the states' pewer to regthate medicine. The lawsuit places transgender care for children alongside other health services that have been engulfed in legal controversy amid federal efforts to restrict those services, even as some states are trying to allow them. This has happened in fights over abortion, medical marijuana and physician-assisted suicide. More than half of U.S. states have passed laws restricting gen-der-transition treatments for mi-nors. In some other states, those treatments have some protections

Another in a recurring series: NYT reports on lawsuit challenging Trump admin over subpoenaing patient data for youth gender-affirming care; blames lawsuit for care being “engulfed in legal controversy,” of course doesn’t mention themselves—just a cacophony of passive/exonerative voice in one graf

Two Trump judges, but the Obama judge didn't dissent...

This is such a wild position to take in 2025.

CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 24-109 24-110 ORDER IN PENDING CASES LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State's intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.

If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

A damn shame and a huge bellwether of our descent into fascism.

Sen. Ron Wyden, top Dem on the Senate Finance Committee, on Trump firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because he got a bad jobs report:

“This is the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy."

More than a dozen states sue to protect gender-affirming care from federal investigations A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting state laws.

🚨 Breaking: A group of state attorneys general, led by New York, has filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of mounting an unconstitutional pressure campaign against gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

I can't help but draw a mental connection to "cancel culture" as well, in that people feel like if they aren't being catered to then they're the victim. It's a very similar refusal of personal accountability for their actions and unwillingness to receive feedback and consider any adjustment.

You ever notice this kind of "just asking questions" sorta analysis always seems to land on asking everyone else to feel sorry for men who aren't laid and never about asking men who aren't getting laid to be less shittier and entitled assholes that women might find a bit more attractive?

It seems worth noting that not only does being critical of the current government leadership of Israel not make you antisemitic, but being supportive of Israel does not make you *not* antisemitic.

This is such a poignant response from Harris. It's not just that Trump has done terrible things; it's how many people have LET him that's so disturbing.

Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court's handling of emergency Trump cases The conservative justice pushed back against criticism that the court isn't explaining its decisions in cases that arise on the "shadow docket."

Justice Kavanaugh's "trust us" plea on the shadow docket has me trusting the conservative majority even less...

Because, you know, I can see what they're doing.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.

Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.

​Nancy Mace declares herself a ‘proud transphobe.' The internet had some thoughts Her transformation from LGBTQ+ ally to enemy is complete.

Declaring yourself a proud bigot in response to a story I wrote is pretty wild. Nancy Mace did just that.
www.advocate.com/news/nancy-m...

Opinion | Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump

This is the kind of bullshit you write when you support fascism. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

Everything's stupid. Of all the things Republicans would push back on Trump about, this was not on my list at all.

Former Trump lawyer Emil Bove confirmed to appeals court despite whistleblower claims Several dozen former judges and more than 900 former DOJ lawyers pleaded with senators to oppose Bove's nomination. Republicans didn't care.

ICYMI, Senate Republicans ignored several dozen former judges, more than 900 former Justice Department lawyers, multiple whistleblowers, and an avalanche of evidence:

They confirmed Emil Bove, arguably the worst judicial nominee in recent history. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

reupping this piece, since the seat that Emil Bove just filled could have been filled by Adeel Mangi last year

I am kinda fascinated by the emerging joint deployment of “Mamdani would take away the NYPD’s ability to effectively deal with shootings like the one that happened on Monday” and “It’s impossible to prevent shootings like the one that happened on Monday”, sometimes on the same page of the newspaper.

Alliance for Justice President Rachel Rossi issued the following statement: “Senate Republicans just declared that loyalty to Trump is their first and only priority for judicial nominees — not protecting the rule of law. Emil Bove’s confirmation undermines the foundational principle of our legal system: an independent judiciary that provides essential checks and balances against abuses of power and that applies equal and fair justice under the law. By voting to confirm Emil Bove to a powerful circuit court, Republican senators have betrayed their obligation to provide advice and consent. They rushed this confirmation in hopes of hiding Bove’s egregious activity because they didn’t want to be held accountable for their vote. But his confirmation is a tragedy for our nation, and he will do untold harm during this lifetime appointment. As we look to the courts to protect us from Trump’s unlawful behavior, we must steel ourselves for the dark turn our courts will take if the bench is stacked with extremists like Bove.”

Senate Republicans just confirmed Trump loyalist Emil Bove to the Third Circuit. Here is @afj.org's statement from @rachelrossi.bsky.social:

afj.org/article/with...

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

Me on the factually misleading and analytically ridiculous misconduct complaint DOJ has filed against Chief Judge Boasberg—and the dangerousness of DOJ so openly trying to undermine public confidence in the only institution that has been even partially effective at checking the Trump administration:

We warned Senate Democrats not to trust Republicans to keep it and to just get rid of it last administration to get through more judges. But once again, they punted and held onto a system that Republicans benefited more from anyway.

Pete Buttigieg Says Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Raise “Serious Fairness Issues” The former transportation secretary joins a list of Democrats who are conceding to the right on the issue.

Welp. That's a no on Pete moving forward. www.them.us/story/pete-b...

The lower-right chyron showing the extreme-heat temperature is a real chef's-kiss touch.

dear mamdani, etc, you are pissing off the worst people in the world. keep it up.

You wear it well, fwiw