Fargo Pentameter

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

'When the frost is on the pumpkin' made me snort.

Upending Precedent, Thune Bows To Realities of a Polarized Senate

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Is Hole In the Wall still around?

is no reporter in the Trump cabinet meeting going to ask about this report or…?

One of the strengths of the dems, traditionally, is that they have multiple bases. And I think the idea that we have a two headed uni-party system has some legs with parts of these bases. We've seen how frustration can drive people towards candidates that they don't sport idologically.

The big question is if it is a nuisance only to Republicans

Which box, exactly, could this high schooler have checked that you would not have considered newsworthy? Or was he damned to be a scoop no matter what he chose?

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies

Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies
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“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

Bon voyage, my distant toothy cousin.

Immigrants rights' advocates — including the ACLU and Democracy Defenders Fund — have filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging Trump's birthright citizenship order.

The lawsuit is in direct response to the Supreme Court ruling.

By "inner city rats," I think he means crypto bros in downtown Miami.

The mere threat of expanding the Court brought an end to the Lochner era. I hope the next President remembers that. This time around, it might make sense to actually expand the number of justices. I think there would be poetic symmetry to having 13 justices over 13 circuits.

And while the dissent speculates that the Gov ernment would disregard an unfavorable opinion from this Court, the Solicitor General represented that the Government will respect both the judgments and the opinions of this Court. See id., at 62–63.

Prediction: Footnote 18 from the universal injunction opinion will not stand the test of time

"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor

This decision is bad enough on the merits. But it also gives the government relief in a case in which it defied the district court at least *twice.* That’s quite a message to send to the government with respect to the costs of its litigation behavior in other cases—or the complete lack thereof.

I'm wondering why people think Bill Clinton still moves votes.

www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...

Can we say that Trump has adopted the Bill Clinton doctrine?

T'bark Allah alaikoum

How quaint. #Iran #InternationalLaw

La mayoría de los salvadoreños teme criticar a Bukele El 70,6% apoya que Bukele se reelija para un tercer periodo, prohibido por la Constitución, pese a que el miedo está muy instalado en la sociedad

Seis de cada diez salvadoreños consideran que criticar a Nayib Bukele o a su Gobierno a través de las redes sociales u otro medio de difusión puede traerle “consecuencias negativas” como ir a la cárcel elpais.com/america/2025-06...

Imagine if this had happened to NASA

No One Sure Why Kristi Noem Wearing Firefighter Helmet, Night-Vision Goggles, High Heels, Wet Suit

No One Sure Why Kristi Noem Wearing Firefighter Helmet, Night-Vision Goggles, High Heels, Wet Suit theonion.com/no-one-...

Live Updates: Minnesota Man Charged With Lawmaker’s Murder Faces Death Penalty

State trial before federal, please.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Will the state enforce it against federal officers?

We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info.

The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵