Victoria Woeste

Bass: We just heard that the administration’s experiment failed. The raids that were happening in Los Angeles—the random pulling and snatching of people off the streets based on the language they spoke, their appearance, where they work—the court has said that can no longer happen.

I gave my pbs station a huge donation after the recission bill passed and am loving Passport! So many great British crime/cop shows!

Judge Thompson begins:
"The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is
all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and
purify their blood. The Court disagrees."

Possibly, but make it 2022, and compare with other midterm swings. I have difficulty drawing much of an inference from so little data. But do not get me wrong: if true, yay!

It won’t get restored until he’s no longer in office.

You’re joking, right?? Have you been listening to these self-deluded non-expert quacks?

My husband took administrative leave in April from a job he loved—long-term planning for genetics research (including biodiversity) in the Forest Service. It’s such a terrible loss of expertise. It’ll take generations to rebuild the administrative capacity for this sort of resource management.

That’s barely (or not even) 2 years ago. Not much of a measure of change over time.

Tetanus booster really is a pain. 3 days later and I still can’t raise my arm or sleep on my right side.

Ryne Sandberg passed away this evening at the age of 65.

One year older than I.

He was a central engine of my love for the Cubs when we moved to Chicago in 1994.

And rescue pets

Never thought we’d see the day …

Kristi Noem must resign now.

Thank you, Congressman. I’m so grateful you continue to fight the good fight.

The process of creating the film based on my book “Henry Ford’s War” is moving in a good direction. The screenwriter (Robert Rodat of “Saving Private Ryan”) is on his second draft and soon a director will be hired.

Headline: Trump uses term viewed as antisemitic slur to refer to unscrupulous bankers "term viewed as" and "to refer to unscrupulous bankers" crossed out

Fixed it

It’s all of a piece with the administration’s hypocritical campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian rallies on campuses.

a man stands in front of a group of men and says " sit down john " Alt: John Adams stands in front of a group of delegates to the Continental Congress, who all sing, "Sit down, John!"

It’s the annual feast of watching “1776” on repeat all day long, amirite?

🎯🧵The New Deal made America great. Even Eisenhower tax rates kept it going. It's the McCarthy/Trump paranoid worldview that's radically opposed to what made America great. Mamdani just wants to make sure everyone's included. EVERY Democrat should be on board with that. Every AMERICAN should.

He is such a child.

And since Jan. 1 Indiana has been the best team in the NBA.

This is happening because Stephen Miller demanded 3,000 deportations PER DAY.

We feel seen.

Chicago rocks!!

Chicago rules!!!

The Yale con law faculty must be self-head-slapping every time this yutz says something stupid like this.

OK, now for the good news. It’s not just that Trump is losing catastrophically in the courts, again and again, badly and unequivocally, although that actually matters a great deal. It’s not just that Trump has the lowest approval ratings in modern history, although that actually matters a great deal as well. It’s not just that the tariffs are an unmitigated train wreck and his Cabinet cannot stay on message, because the message is incoherent. It’s not just that Trump has helped the Canadian Conservative Party lose an election that was all but unlosable a few months ago. All of that matters. But what really matters—what is measurable and knowable now in a way that was not a few weeks ago—is that standing up to Trump is going to be worth it. Propping up the law and the courts and the Constitution is suddenly proving to be a good bet.

Fantastic piece from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on the tide finally starting to turn: "But what really matters—what is measurable and knowable now in a way that was not a few weeks ago—is that standing up to Trump is going to be worth it." slate.com/news-and-pol...

Rep. Don Bacon, a key GOP moderate, is drawing a red line on Medicaid cuts. The Nebraska Republican has privately told the White House he won't accept more than $500 billion in reductions to the program, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. That could complicate the GOP's effort to pass a domestic policy bill that is set to include an extension of President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts.

losing my mind here! $500 billion would still be by far the largest medicaid cuts in us history!

“moderate” don bacon says he’s okay with the largest medicaid cuts ever. they just can’t be an even bigger version of the largest medicaid cuts ever

the entire democratic party needs to bury every clinton consultant at sea and just go pritzker mode. how much bigger a softball can they give you than a suit saying “we want your entire lineage in factories forever”