Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.

Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.

and the administration hasn’t shown legal authority to use the military to “execute the laws” in Chicago. Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented. 2/2

JUST IN: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump’s request for a stay to allow the deployment of a federalized National Guard force in Illinois. The Court said “regular forces” in 10 U.S.C. §12406(3) likely means the U.S. military, 1/

Transit is a wonderful public space that frees the mind of the stress of driving. The attitude sheltered suburbanites have toward transit really shows how separated from humanity they are. Just floating about in their personal pods without interaction until they reach their strip mall or garage.

New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew The documents show that U.S. authorities sought to interview the former prince in connection with two separate criminal investigations.

The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files have cast renewed scrutiny on the links between former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein — a relationship that has already sent Mountbatten-Windsor into what is widely seen as royal exile.

‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival

‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.

Wow, this is a must watch.

This is bizarre, an abuse of power by the Trump administration based on lies to set an example so that people would refrain from immigration.

They were tortured, sexual abused and more.

Everyone involved needs to be prosecuted. Period.
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Meet the guy who reportedly told Trump to buy Greenland Manifest Destiny met luxury cosmetics when makeup billionaire and Republican donor Ronald Lauder mentioned buying Greenland to the president.

Trump is clearly still on his quest to nab Greenland.

And for that, you can thank Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder, the $29 billion makeup brand, who reportedly told Trump to buy the country in 2019.

Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas - Inside Climate News Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.

Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point in Texas may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.

Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 | Nils Pratley Gold is up 70% while the cryptocurrency is down 6% after it failed to bounce back from a rapid October sell-off

Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 | Nils Pratley

Lessons from Trump’s “war” on Chicago ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorized the city, and locals fought back.

Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration’s deportation tour, with ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorizing the city.

Locals fought back.

Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”

Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like buff.ly/7SfgoUZ

‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos

Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.

Department of Justice: "We have intentionally released documents that are misleading and untrue. Unless they make anyone other than Donald J. Trump look bad. In that case, they are 100% reliable. Trust us. But ignore anything that makes Trump look guilty, OK? Don't believe your lying eyes."

Accordingly, and in line with DeShaney, we hold that when the state exercises sufficient control over a voluntarily committed resident’s life and such control renders that individual incapable of helping themselves, due process protections apply. The degree of control the state exercises over a resident, including limitations on a resident’s absolute right to leave, the availability of recourse to self-help, and the custody’s overall similarity to court-ordered involuntary commitment are all relevant to this determination. See DeShaney, 489 U.S. at 200 (recognizing due process rights in the context of “incarceration, institutionalization, or other similar restraint of personal liberty” (emphasis added)).

2d Cir. holds that a resident of a state facility for the care of developmentally disabled persons had a clearly established substantive due process right to adequate medical care notwithstanding that the resident voluntarily admitted himself to the facility.

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Trump: "Send us some nice (white) people"

when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship

Epstein wrote that he was “the one able to take [Trump] down.” Months later, he died in federal custody amid major jail failures; some outside experts have questioned the official suicide ruling.
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Even though Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, key parts of the files could remain out of the public eye thanks to a little-known loophole. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on… The LOOPHOLE In The Epstein Files Bill NOBODY Is Reporting On

Even though Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, key parts of the files could remain out of the public eye thanks to a little-known loophole.

The disinvestment in transit goes back several generations. One of America’s greatest problems is a system that focuses on right now/tomorrow’s news cycle instead of the future. We’re already doomed to suffer the consequences of climate change due to this mass dissociation.

Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.

A new documentary goes inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic... in the absence of meaningful gun reform.

I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:

Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms Section 230 is facing a new kind of attack.

There's a new bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, and it uses a tactic that's very similar to KOSA in hopes of holding social media platforms responsible for their recommendation algorithms. www.theverge.com/policy/82405...

How Donald Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Spin Cycle Donald Trump has spent years benefiting from the QAnon's Jeffrey Epstein obsession. That’s all changing.

It is hard to overstate just how fringe QAnon was when Marjorie Taylor Greene began posting videos about it (it wasn't even called QAnon yet).

Now, eight years later, her anger at Trump over Epstein can be linked directly to her QAnon beliefs...

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Israeli figures warn state has ‘lost control’ as West Bank settlers attack A former general and an Israeli opposition leader both blamed the government for helping foster what they described as “Jewish terrorism.”

Israeli political and military leaders are scrambling to contain a recent wave of settler attacks across the West Bank as vigilantes have rampaged through villages, beat local residents and torched a mosque.

Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’ A Reform UK councillor has been suspended for participating in a WhatsApp group where members allegedly called for a “mass Islam genocide”. Tom Pickup, who was elected to Lancashire county council in May, confirmed to the Guardian he was a member of the group set up by a rightwing activist. Continue reading...

Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts

Trump’s Clemency Choices Face Scrutiny as Multiple Recipients Reoffend, Some Violently Court filings and news reports show multiple Trump clemency beneficiaries later charged with violent assaults, sexual offenses, weapons violations, or major frauds.

🚨Court filings and news reports show multiple Trump clemency beneficiaries later charged with violent assaults, sexual offenses, weapons violations, or major frauds.

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This is all John Roberts’ fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

Since helping Trump return to power, the Supreme Court’s GOP majority has permitted a long list of his lawless actions, using its shadow docket to back him roughly 90 percent of the time.

Donald Trump Jr., Elon Musk and dozens of prominent tech, media and sports figures gathered in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who previously had been labeled a “pariah” over his role in the killing of a Washington Post columnist.

The Police in El Salvador Kill(ed) Leer en español

A police death squad in El Salvador murdered at least 97 people. One of them claims they killed many of their victims on behalf of a sitting mayor. Almost all remain free and have kept their badges.
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