Lord Guardian of Gastown

Trump has done that twice with ZM now

Some theorizing ahead of their first meeting:

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Yeah good find. I remember this

So damning

Screenshot of excerpt from opinion that reads: "Despite this, the New York courts refused to stay the trial court’s order. After that highly questionable injunction was issued, the applicants filed appeals in both the Appellate Division (the State’s intermediate appellate court) and the Court of Appeals (its highest court) challenging the trial court’s order on federal constitutional grounds. At the same time, applicants asked both courts to stay the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division refused to issue a stay, and by order issued on February 11, the Court of Appeals sent the appeal filed in that court to the Appellate Division and dismissed applicants’ motions for a stay."

With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls within that category.

1/9: In the New York redistricting case, Justice Alito's justification for why #SCOTUS even had *jurisdiction* to issue a stay is based upon a remarkably misleading portrayal of the state court proceedings.

I realize this is technical, but I wanted to write a short thread to explain the shadiness:

Primary voters (me included) love a fighter. But in a general election, I suspect a lot of voters will want someone who reads as upbeat, steady, and broadly unifying (a la Mamdani)

Anyhow, some inexpert thoughts for my personal BlueSky diary

Chances are much of this will be incorrect

+ Trump-like instincts that can be positive, but also cut the other way:

like attacking journalists, and sometimes playing loose with the facts

TX: Crockett argues she can win the general w/out pulling any GOP votes. Experts say you can’t win TX that way

I liked Crockett, but the more I’ve learned, the more concerned I am:

+ Pro crypto posture
+ Some rough rhetoric toward parts of the Latino electorate
+ PAC money (at odds with the brand)

It’d be pretty disheartening if we get a blue tsunami but still miss the Senate because of candidate quality

Maine: we’re looking at either an uncharismatic geriatric, or an unproven failson with real baggage

Americans Stranded in the Middle East Aren’t Getting Help from the State Department “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it.

We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

meanwhile not even a SINGLE standalone story on the main page of the NYT website right now about the deaths of the six soldiers--or the fact that Trump has made it very clear, he is indifferent to any military deaths.
impossible standard for Biden. no standard for Trump

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

Trump Administration, in Apparent Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

FLAG NYT:

The Trump admin just indicated that it plans to renew its defense of executive orders it had leveled against law firms that refused to capitulate to Trump — a sharp reversal a day after indicating that it would drop that fight in court. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:

I do not think the US is quite prepared for the level of shit that it's unleashed.

MAGA Already Hates Trump’s Iran War Although die-hard sycophants are pretzeling to support him.

MAGA stars like Megyn Kelly already hate Trump's Iran war—and it's only getting less popular.

My latest False Flag newsletter on right-wing pundits in full-on revolt against Trump - @thebulwark.com : www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-alrea...

To the extant that this isn't true, it's *wild* that the US government keeps asserting that it is.

they didn’t do it with CA, but are now toying with the idea that the constitution means “Republicans get to gerrymander but Democrats can’t”

From the perspective of a year later, there have been countless nasty shocks since then. But, for me, that first surrender by Paul Weiss remains the nastiest shock of them all. Staggering. Tectonic.

And I heartily share Chris's appreciation for the firms that stood up.

Sanders pitches $4.4 trillion tax on billionaires, in 2028 marker The measure comes as Democrats began to jostle ahead of the upcoming presidential primary.

New: Bernie Sanders to unveil $4.4 trillion tax on America's ~1,000 billionaires, saying it would pay for:
— Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing
— Teacher pay at $60K/yr min.
— $3K/person checks (under $150K/yr)
— Universal childcare
— Housing expansion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Rubio and now Johnson both said that Netanyahu maneuvered Trump to attack Iran as well

(Aka baited, bullied)

And Netanyahu is saying the Kurds are going to rise up? Is he trying to start a region wide war?

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Hold up. Trump officials are saying Israel went something like “we’re totally gonna attack on our own, but then Iran might shoot back at you, so really you’re under imminent threat and should start the war with a big attack,” and the White House bought it, and this is supposed to be a *defense*?!?

Good thing to remember online right now is that everyone here is very emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting

Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

WHOA: WSJ reporting that DOJ is dropping its appeals of the four law firm executive order rulings as soon as today. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Really appreciate the response, TY

That makes sense

Man, no guarantee and maybe not even likely, but the best case scenario - Kulich green light, is back and takes another step forward with his play - is tantalizing

He showed such exciting flashes last season

Hey Joe. Any chance you know if they are clearing him re the blood clot? Or is that resolved, and they are instead clearing him for fitness?

I presume the former but I'm a little confused by Lindy's wording

RHODES: “.. This was a decision made by one man with no legal basis, little public support and no coherent explanation of an endgame.”

@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

Why?

Not doubting, would just love to understand!

By Tesla's own math, it reveals that its robotaxis are 4x worse at driving than humans, with redactions hiding even more details | Fortune By NHTSA standards, the Tesla Robotaxis are 8x worse than human drivers.

About every 57k miles driven by Musk’s robotaxis one gets into a wreck. That’s four times the rate of humans.

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity