Norman

The most striking thing here to me is the use of the Trump v US (immunity) decision to justify expanded presidential power in a completely different realm.

That decision will go down in infamy. It has destroyed the legitimacy of the Court and threatens the foundation of Constitutional government.

Suppose you had told Congress: "Actually you can't do that. All you can do is, in effect, hand over these legislative powers wholesale to the personal discretion of the president." It seems likely that in many cases they would not have done so! Or at least done so far more narrowly.

For a century, Congress has been delegating power to executive agencies *on the premise*, supported by longstanding Supreme Court precedent, that it could bundle that delegation with restrictions meant to confer a degree of independence on those agencies. The power and the restraint were a PACKAGE.

Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.

Of course. Of course.

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The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?

Huh.

This is great news! We have the coalition of Democratic AGs to thank for this reversal of an illegal decision that overrode Congress’s direction.

bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it

During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind

Oh. It was a cash transaction and someone decided Trump wasn't getting a cut and they'd tell him he's doing the pardon because Cuellar wants to switch parties so he's do the pardon for free.

She should accuse Deep Twitter of rigging her numbers

> they were “identified terrorist targets”
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat

> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES

“And that’s why we spent 40 minutes debating whether to launch an additional strike!”

An internal list of military targets? Naming everyone on board, fulfilling wartime rules of engagement, ready in time for a covert boat trip, but requiring 40 minutes to justify a second strike?

May we see it?

If he’s still alive this time next year, there will be neon signs here

Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.

Trump says that price of beef is down. The receipt from my last trip to the grocery store says it is up. For busy shoppers, it can be hard to know who to trust.

What they should be doing is getting a primary challenger to file Monday (the deadline). But guess we're just going to give the seat to the GOP

OK yeah he's gonna switch parties.

Great job, Hakeem.

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How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes

It turns out that Dollar General and Family Dollar routinely overcharge people—their advertised price tags are fictions. These are the only stores in many small towns.

Scam culture. It's all scam culture. On this matter, Democrats should run on audits and serious fines for overcharging.

If it's what you say I love it

The only legitimate judicial response to challenges to birthright citizenship is “what, are you kidding, it’s in the Constitution.”

Though that also was the only possible legitimate response to claims that the president is above the law and cannot face punishment for crimes he definitely committed.

This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.

JUST NOW: "This is like Alice in Wonderland", Judge Breyer says when trying to get the DOJ to explain to him why what happened in CA is a "rebellion" justifying the deployment of the National Guard. "Words just mean what you want them to mean?"

It's awkward when both the bomber and the president believe the same conspiracy theories.

Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.

In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.

What a confession.

The boat was split in half.

They were clinging to a capsized PORTION

Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"

Think the thirteen most reactionary state legislatures will tell you to pound sand if you give them that ultimatum.

Brought to you by the guys who pardoned all the other guys

So unserious

We almost don’t even need to intercut this with all the guys they pardoned because it just happens in your head automatically as you watch this absurd performance