Garrett Fitzgerald

NEW: A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that the Trump administration's bid to shut off public access to crucial government spending data was an affront to Congress' power of the purse — and a law requiring disclosure.

w/ @joshgerstein

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Judge Henderson, joined by Judge Wilkins, does not mince words — even as she treads carefully.

“[N]o Congress should be made to wait while the Executive intrudes on its plenary power over appropriations and disclosure thereof.”

In a non sexual way I want to prop a camera above my bed and to commission four portraits of the most absurd positions we sleep in. This is probably a thing already for sale on Etsy?

a tux cat looking at the camera cluelessly with a streak of bbq sauce running down her nose

lunch criminal apprehended

The dice tell a story and the story is WILDLY EMOTIONAL

I think it was the second night of our move from RI to WA that we started asking the hotels we were calling if their doors had separate deadbolts and handles....

raising a baby into a toddler is just a series of moments exactly like that scene in jurassic park where she's like well unless they somehow learn how to open doors and then the raptor starts turning the doorknob

A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year. The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive. threads.com/@unapologeticallyzae

If you cannot go to the bathroom at work, you cannot go to work. If you cannot go to the bathroom at school, you cannot go to school. This effectively bans transgender people from a broad swath of public life in the UK

Sister-in-law, seeing the name of Yankees’ young pitcher: ‘How do you even pronounce Schlittler?’
Our niece: ‘With extremely careful enunciation.’

The kid starts tonight vs Evil Astros, with Yankees still floundering like a … flounder.

(In L.A. it is Kershaw vs Scherzer, btw. Two 3000 K pitchers.)

Kyiv holds farewell for journalist tortured, killed in Russian captivity Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna's death has become a stark symbol of Russia's systemic abuse of Ukrainian civilians and the brutal risks faced by journalists in occupied territories.

Kyiv holds farewell for journalist tortured, killed in Russian captivity
Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna's death has become a stark symbol of Russia's systemic abuse of Ukrainian civilians and the brutal risks faced by journalists in occupied territories.

My son lived for a number of months in the NICU of a *very* well-funded blue state children’s hospital. I’d donate to them annually out of gratitude for the work they did keeping him alive. I was horrified that they recently agreed to suspend gender-affirming surgeries for trans children.

U.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service members The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.

I wish every image of Gaza bombed and razed into smithereens included a “before” shot, when Gaza — even after decades of brutal occupation, of crushing blockade, of periodic bombings — was so lush, so green, covered in palm trees and beautiful buildings.

Thread! (Including @tkingfisher.com ‘s usual fabulous museum-tourism commentary.) 😄

"It is unclear why the Trump administration seeks to end the missions." no it isn't? it's quite clear and everyone who wrote or is reading this article knows what the reason is?

Thread. This is about as clear as any language in the Constitution gets.

....I could go for that. *rummages in pantry for can of Manwich*

I am incandescent with fury and disgust

Layer of fried ground beef, layer of shredded cheese, a little chicken broth for moisture, layer of green beans, layer of creamed corn, layer of peas, mashed potatoes up to the rim of the 2-quart dish, top with paprika, 30 minutes at 350, done. :)

Medium income

We visited Locke, in California, which could have been a lovely tourist town, celebrating Chinese history. Instead, the little town had cars parked along its historical main street.

A thing not often mentioned here is one of the things OpenAI is trying to take away is community. Having experts beyond yourself — and professionals and friends and family and and and — means interacting with them, enforcing community. This attempts (poorly, thankfully) to diminish and destroy that.

DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants A little-noted lawsuit in Oklahoma could block a state law with no actual adversarial litigation. Also: My Thursday reading, as I started catching up from vacation.

NEW: DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. A little-noted lawsuit in Oklahoma could block a state law with no actual adversarial litigation.

Today, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-manufa...

NEW: Florida has filed its response, saying all people held at the Everglades detention camp are being held under a 287(g) agreement with ICE — but the documents they filed in court DO NOT include any such agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is operating the facility.

Listening to Popehat here, or ElieNYC, or Barred and Boujee, will give you vastly clearer and more accurate insight on American law today and tomorrow than listening to the median Harvard law school constitutional law professor. That may sound like hyperbole but I promise you it is not meant to be.

/14 This is not, however, a reason to stop identifying the truth and calling liars liars. Nor is it a reason to stop trying.

Related thread.

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You have to almost admire the sheer dedication to incompetence this administration has, to go from accusing 643 counties and cities of having "sanctuary policies" to... 22.

A casual 97% drop between lists; indicative of seriously rigorous vetting and careful, fact-based policy-making.