The Long History of Supreme Court Reform Americans have tinkered with the high court since the founding.

Jesse Wegman's first piece for the Brennan Center breaks down the history of near-constant reforms to the Supreme Court, dating back to the founding. He reminds us of Congress’s power to change the Court and urges reformers to think boldly and act accordingly. bit.ly/4atgYkQ

Thats interesting. I thought it was just semi-literate pedantry. People love to argue with strangers on the internet.

So, not quite most of them?

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I wish we had more crossover between the international communities here, it’s so much fun every time it happens

I have Brazilians complaining about Rise of Skywalker in Portuguese in my mentions and it’s delightful

Just one national embarrassment after another

Tweet from @Propublica: We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

This is where Minnesota toddlers are still being held. Even with parents who did nothing wrong.

Nobody should be under illusion that this regime only wants to deport illegal immigrants.

I've been seeing a lot of people disparaging democracy as a failure. It has not failed us. We however as a nation have been failing it.

For it to succeed, it needs an engaged and informed populace. Which is why those who want power but not responsibility, attack Free speech and public education

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.

All of this from the fucking rooftops!

tonight: mark hamill calls it "the epstein administration", germany agrees, CBS censors a colbert interview under MAGA pressure, and feds raid a kids detention camp to take the letters they were writing home

the letters. from imprisoned children.

past the "you couldnt make this up" event horizon

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

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Apparently we have decided to officially do doomer fantasy football today as " worst ticket imaginable" to blow off steam. What you all got? Schumer/Fetterman?

Jesus. Newsom living rent free in y'alls heads years before a primary is insane. Some people just wanna get worked up about hypothetical futures rather than working on today.

Clinton is incredibly, incredibly smart. Fetterman is not. But this is all, like, doomer fantasy football.

Or Romney the R, at this point.

What now? I'm no longer over there...

Jared Kushner’s “Plan” for Gaza Is an Abomination Kushner is pitching a “new,” gleaming resort hub. But scratch the surface, and you find nothing less than a blueprint for ethnic cleansing.

Don’t be fooled by Kushner’s Gaza fantasy. The plan is to confine Palestinians to hyper-surveilled prison camps and exploit them as cheap labor for luxury developments they’ll never live in, all built atop mass graves. My latest for @thenation.com

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Incidentally, if you haven't read "This is an uprising" or "Waging a good war", I think you'd like them both. I suspect you may have, though.

Ironically, all they'd have to do is say " Newsom, here's what I want for you to earn my vote in the primaries", and I'd be a fuck yeah, welcome to the team. Pull him to the left. But they're not interested in messy persuasion of democracy.

"every single election the same people find an excuse to bow out, then blame the candidate." Yeah. Fuck em. Not persuadable. amplifying them validates them. They're angry, hopeless, & fundamentally not interested in democracy.

Yes. I'm saying arguing w/ these attention vampires is a waste of time & energy. Esp re: Newsom. Not persuadable. My POV is mock, dismiss and block is more effective to persuade and enlist observers here than engaging and amplifying someone like this. IE "they're weird"

It is basically "caring is gay, bro" but for the left."

Some friend you are, pal.

Not interested in helping or supporting those of us fighting. Lumping everyone in the US under "MAGAstan", which is also, I think, not so subtly anti-Muslim? "I used to love that place, visited everywhere, but you're doomed, sucks to be you." Fuck this guy and anyone like them.

Ignore the doomers. There is nothing helpful about them.

Maybe I'm using populist incorrectly? I do mean representing the working class & IDing the central issue of our probs correctly, & that they exist. Pointing to real problems was why Trump I caught fire. He just blamed brown ppl rather than the rich, obvs.

February 16, 2026 NR26026kt Los Angeles Police Department Encourages School Attendance Amid Recent Downtown Activity Los Angeles: In light of recent activity in the downtown area, the Los Angeles Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students of the importance of staying in school. School attendance is mandatory in the City of Los Angeles and there may be legal consequences for parents and students for: • Day time Curfew violations - It is unlawful for any minors under 18 to be in public places, streets, or amusement spots during school hours (typically 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. The only exception includes being with a parent, authorized school activities, or emergencies. • California Education Code violations: • Mandates that all children between the ages of six and eighteen, unless exempted, must attend a full-time public day school for the full designated school day. • Middle and high school students are legally permitted one excused absence per calendar year to participate in a "civic or political event," provided advance school notification (emphasis added). • Additionally, Los Angeles Unified School District policy states that three or more unexcused absences or tardies of 30 minutes or more, can trigger a School Attendance Review Board (SARB) intervention for disciplinary action. Parents and students are also reminded that presence at school promotes intellectual growth. It becomes more difficult to fill knowledge gaps with student absences. Attendance builds good habits and healthy routines; and provides structure and stability. Lastly, school attendance also increases student safety, which includes safety resources provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District. (Page 1 of 2) X Follow @LAPDHQ

Any adult that collects or picks up a child and transports them to participate in any illegal activities may be responsible for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and is subject to arrest and prosecution. This law applies to actions like providing drugs/alcohol to minors, promoting truancy, and for parents failing to exercise reasonable supervision. Community members, parents, and students may contact their local Community Police Station of the Los Angeles Police Department for additional guidance specific to their community.

The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.