Alex Akselrod

The principal function of this amicus brief, by contrast, is to explain why it is unnecessary for the Court to address those questions because the applicants are not likely to succeed on the merits for an independent reason—namely, that both the President and the Solicitor General have mistakenly assumed that the term “the regular forces” in § 12406(3) refers to civilian law enforcement personnel (in this case, to actors in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers). That is incorrect. “[T]he regular forces” to which § 12406(3) refers are the regular, or “standing,” military personnel serving in the United States Armed Services. Even assuming arguendo that the President has the legal authority to deploy those regular military forces to help execute federal laws in Illinois—an uncertain question that this Court need not and should not address, see infra at 19-24—there is no basis for concluding that the President would be “unable” to enforce such laws with the assistance of those forces if it were legal for him to direct such a deployment. Accordingly, a necessary precondition for the President’s order to deploy the National Guard to Illinois pursuant to § 12406(3) has not been met.

Read the @martylederman.bsky.social amicus that almost certainly explains why SCOTUS is asking for more briefing on the Guard invasion of Illinois.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

I know it’s overwhelming right now, but kick in your rational brain and risk measures and then evaluate if things are the same or as good as they were a year ago, ten years ago, etc. Is this something you would have considered normal or noteworthy? Is this what you’d expect from the gov or media?

This is a natural reaction of your brain to repeatedly seeing horrific things. It will pay less and less attention to those images and have less of a visceral reaction. You can accept horrors.

This is what the fascists want. They want you to accept things continually getting worse and more violent.

Hey, so as a veteran and incident responder I need to warn you to pay attention to something in America.

The human brain is resilient. While you’re watching kids get dragged away from the parents and people being beaten in the streets, you’re accumulating trauma but also being desensitized.

Trump has raked in 1.8 billion dollars during his second term—and we’re all paying for it.
Trump can't keep getting away with shady crypto deals or getting gifts like $400M planes.

That's "Mechahitler" installed as part of your Tesla, folks.

NPR: Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'

July 9, 20253:12 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content

#tesla #hate #grok #ai

This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says

CBC: This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/tesla-grok-mom-9.6956930

#AI #chatbot #grok

I am incredibly delighted and impressed to see the domain access subscription feature in #GoToSocial - allowing admins to subscribe to a domain list for allowing or denying domains, and - more importantly - processing retractions when those lists remove an entry 💯

If you are building federated […]

This and the Chicago indictments make it abundantly clear that the rule of law is dead at DOJ. The agency has been fully weaponized to smite Trump’s enemies and shield his friends.

Threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, 33, was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday.
The arrest comes as antisemitic sentiment and attacks have surged globally.
A car […]

your Tesla supports a man who is openly fomenting a race war from one of the largest social media platforms on earth

#TeslaTakedown

someday people will stop trusting azure

but it wont be today

I reject the notion that we must coddle and support people who don’t want to live near people who speak other languages, and it’s not clear to me how this is significantly different than “it’s fine not to want to live next door to someone of a different ethnicity or religion.”

[And, in fact, people on my block speak Korean, Armenian, and Spanish, and I am fine with that.]

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.

Example 5 Million of why we should never accept claims from law enforcement without intense skepticism.

They do not provide “just the facts” (fun, relevant side-note: know who was a big proponent of and advisor to Dragnet? The LAPD).

Their claims OFTEN crumble, esp when self-serving.

When you boycott and sanction the UAE not only are you helping Sudan but also cutting off one of the many tentacles propping up Trump and MAGA.

After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.

Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”

Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.

New: me, for @forbes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility The progressive Democratic congressional candidate's videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest.

New: Progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility after videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Federal conspiracy charges because an ICE goon had to drive a little slower.

What an absolute joke.

Workers replaced by AI have a dire warning for the world https://therealnews.com/workers-replaced-by-ai-have-a-dire-warning?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

Trump's America means storm troopers randomly trying to kill old people in front of young kids.

A Border Patrol agent breaks a 67-year-old US citizen's ribs when they pulled him out of his car, smashed him to the ground, and jammed a knee into his back as kids going to a Halloween parade looked […]

Hi everyone — a quick reintroduction! 👋
I study how people form beliefs, how media literacy can be taught, and how science can be communicated to foster trust and understanding. I often share research about these topics, and a goal of mine is to help bridge the gap between science and the public.

“The [Harvard Salient] article also urged a return to values ‘rooted in blood, soil, language, and love of one’s own.’ The phrase ‘blood and soil’ was a Nazi slogan used to promote the importance of ethnic purity and territorial expansion.”

Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire I watched the Fuentes interview It was benign, which is the op Take an extremist, 10x his platform, but with a new moderate version of himself Now his credibility extends "| watched that Fuentes guy, he's not that bad" Then he's normalized The same has happened w/ Mamdani

Hodgetwins @hodgetwins Look at everybody that is mad about Tucker interviewing Fuentes They all got one thing in common 11:24 AM - Oct 28, 2025 - 281.1K Views

Madeline Schultz @madelinefry my mentions rn (picture of an inquisitive man in a yellow shirt saying "you jewish?")

tucker carlson interviewed nick fuentes and the #MAGA coalition is in absolute meltdown.

- on one side you have the pro-israel, pro-netanyahu neoneocons who are shocked - shocked! - that there is grotesque antisemitism going on in this establishment.

- on […]

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You know who else built extravagant ballrooms and monuments to themselves while their people suffered?

Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Putin
Saddam Hussein
King Jong-un

“…the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding.” […]

[Fascism, ICE]

TNR: “You’re Dead, Liberal”: Federal Agent Threatens to Shoot Veteran

"...A federal agent blatantly violated a court order against using excessive force against journalists and protesters last Thursday by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead […]

Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa

This is what we pay taxes for, folks. 😡 #politics #NOAA #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa