Julie Sevig

this week in stupid: November 15 edition John Voight panics, Donny gets manic, and so much more...

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: November 15 edition" — Jon Voight panics, Donny gets manic, and so much more...
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I. Can’t. Even. 🙄 #thesemorons

Q. What's the difference between Pam Bondi and Meg Ryan?

A. No one wants to have what Bondi's having.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Way to go, Norm!

Wow. Judge Immergut just issued a second TRO from the bench blocking the deployment of out of state National Guard troops to Portland. This analysis is holding up well👇

This represents a major escalation.

President Trump effort to mobilize TEXAS National Guard for deployment in Portland and Chicago.

Court filing just entered in Oregon v. Trump⬇️

Multiple videos from this weekend show ICE tear-gassing Chicago police officers.

Things feel like they’re spiraling fast across the city.

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode

Fascinated by how the people who lost their minds over student loan forgiveness are currently running ads on my TV every 10 min promising that they'll forgive your student loans if you join ICE

This passage nearly broke me.

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up. Cardinal Dolan joins the Catholic right's ever growing quest to lionize the late Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr.

Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.

For quite a while, our stand-up comics and talk-show hosts were just our court jesters. Then about 10 years ago, they became our truth-tellers and prophets, a curious role for them and one I think they felt obliged to take on because few others were. And now they are becoming virtual martyrs.

So after the Epstein survivors themselves said this matter wasn't a hoax and told their stories, the President told them they were lying. That's the headline every reputable media outlet should be running.

Lisa Cook's path to Fed governor prepared her for a fight in the spotlight Cook weathered racist attacks as a child and became a pioneer as a Black woman economist. Her latest fight is to keep her position on the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve.

Wishing everyone, but especially Lisa Cook, a lovely day

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The hard-won hope of the long defeat A mindset for a dark time

Thanks @ianbassin.bsky.social
"To “fight the long defeat” is not to surrender to futility but to locate dignity and meaning in the struggle itself — and to recognize that what feels like defeat in one moment may seed the victories of another." What @sifill.bsky.social refers to as a time to plant

Only Monday Armed National Guardsmen have been deployed in the District of Columbia to keep American citizens in line.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.

Of course there will be an appeal and possibly a stay, but hopefully this decision sticks www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election.

Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.

🇺🇸 @atrupar.com & @nberlat.bsky.social : “Newsom’s threat to retaliate is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is the only hope for democracy— Dems cannot hide behind neutrality & fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic.” www.publicnotice.co/p/gavin-news...

“This is a group of people who have been very intentional about trying to drive fear in order to control power of people of color” @maya4rights.bsky.social explains what is at the root of Stephen Miller’s assertion that D.C. is more violent than Baghdad.

This makes me so mad...

Mike Johnson hit with new accusation showing ‘clear-cut violation’ of federal law House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign ...

Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no.

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.

This rocks. Love this.

NO!!!!!

Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight for their jobs.

My friend Jenna Peyton is one if the immigration judges the regime is firing so that it’s that much easier to just disappear people. She continues to speak out, here in an AP interview.

apnews.com/article/cour...