Cathy Gellis

Annnnd another one.
Who'd of thought......

NOTABLY the Paxton opinion that Abbott cites doesn’t actually say lawmakers who break quorum are removable — in fact it says this is a fact-specific question only resolvable by a court.

The opinion also does not say it’s unconstitutional to break quorum.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/defaul...

JUST IN: Abbott says he may treat fleeing lawmakers as having “forfeited” their offices and move to replace them. He also suggests they could be subject to felony charges if they accept payments to cover impending fines gov.texas.gov/uploads/file...

who’s he gonna fire to fix this, and/or what on earth is he actually referencing

So the White House leaked this maybe misinformation to pressure other universities? And it maybe worked on Cornell and Brown? Cool system of mafia government we've got going here.

"And pursue him for all the public money he's stolen."

Absolutely agree. FWIW, one of our bathroom faucets broke last year, and my wife mentioned "I think that one had a lifetime guarantee" so I emailed the mfgr, and they said "yup, but we don't make that model any more: just pick one from the following list and we'll send you two."

“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I think throwing Bibi to the ICC is Israel’s best play after or in conjunction with whatever deal gets reached, and maybe only play

go get em, champ

Must read

YEONSOO GO: 20-YEAR-OLD KOREAN AMERICAN PASTOR'S DAUGHTER AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WITH LEGAL VISA- ABDUCTED AND DETAINED BY ICE

TAE HEUNG "WILL" KIM: KOREAN AMERICAN PH.D. STUDENT & MEDICAL RESEARCHER AT TEXAS A&M, LAWFUL PERMANENT U.S. RESIDENT - ABDUCTED AND DETAINED BY ICE

A growing number of the new victims of Trump’s cruel, illegal ICE terror are young Asian Americans with LEGAL STATUS who have grown up their entire lives in this country and are being swept up for minor infractions or technicalities.

The increasing intermittency of….nuclear power stations:

Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS

Yesterday I was with some people out in the hills, when I saw something move in a field. At first I thought it was a deer, and went to point it out, but then I realized it was something else, and for the first time in my life heard myself yell, "BIG RABBIT BIG RABBIT BIG RABBIT!!" as it ran away...

Absolute madness. The entire concept of this is chilling.

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

(Clarification: I will subscribe to free Substacks, just not pay, because I understand it's become an easy default. In this case though it was a free newsletter already on another platform that still went out of its way chose Substack, which raises a judgment issue.)

Also, I'd like to support more indy journalism but I will not let my $ help underwrite the Nazi amplification. So pick another platform if you'd like me to pay to subscribe, or have an alternate fundraising mechanism.

Was subscribed to a newsletter. Just got alerted that it had migrated from Ghost *TO* Substack!

Hard nope to that and a quick unsubscribe.

If you're not going to be bothered by the Nazi amplification then I'm not going to be bothered by what you have to say.

Trump likes to push the lie that wind turbines cause cancer, but the only way that would happen is if you grounded them down to a powder and snorted it, probably; kind of like inhaling air pollution from burning fossil fuels.

Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

I wonder how far this ruling could go. Can it work where other 1983 claims are failing? Or Bivens? It has always seemed weird that the Constitution says no to a whole lot of government abuse, but then lets the government get away with it anyway.

China welcomes 183 Brazil coffee sellers in wake of US tariffs China has approved 183 new Brazilian coffee companies to export products to the Chinese market, according to a social media post of the Chinese embassy in Brazil on Saturday.

China welcomes 183 Brazil coffee sellers in wake of US tariffs reut.rs/4mp1Ise

How the Trump Administration Uses the “Hidden Weapons” of Immigration Law Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, the policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, talks about Trump’s increasing success in reshaping American immigration policy, from the travel bans to the crackdown o...

You’re completely right about that, because immigration law is just littered with weapons sitting around gathering dust. I still sometimes can’t believe I did this piece like a month before they dug up Title 42. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Ugh ugh ugh... I just wrote my dad's, and took some pride in it.

But also: it took some talking to other family members to remember things he had done, and when, to even have the info to include in the obituary. AI seems unlikely to be able to do that when so much of that info is non-public...

I don't understand what is meant by a "Democratic Stephen Miller." Miller is motivated by contempt and hatred and his most successful tool has been his willingness to lie. "Hatians eating dogs and cats" and "invasion," etc.

Not even the truth beat those lie. So what is it they're asking for?

More on Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith:

➡️ He said that the descendants of slaves should pay reparations to the descendants of slave owners

➡️ He urged Congress to make J6 a national holiday

➡️ He called for Trump’s birthday to be made a national holiday (“MAGA Day”)

Conservative DEI is orders of magnitude worse than anything any of them have ever accused liberals of doing.

Paul Ingrassia—a 30-year-old former right-wing blogger and newly minted lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 2024—is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.