Lawrence Hurley

HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

What kind of people does Amazon think we are?

I remember, trust me

"Remember when we told journalists to write more explainers? Yeah, sorry about that." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sorr...

I am glad though that England are not drawn against the US (again) or Scotland, as the build up to those games is always tedious and they always end up 0-0.

The latter decision is usually blocking the former

This was despite VF hiring her after already knowing some of this stuff

Not a proper group of death but Norway makes Group I a little tasty.

Not the easiest draw for England. Pretty nice for US though.

My head spins from the contradictory policies embraced by the current administration

One notable point is that the court only took up one of two petitions. The one they took involves individual plaintiffs, the one they didn't take involves states.

Supreme Court to decide if Trump can limit the constitutional right to citizenship at birth The Trump administration is seeking to roll back the historical understanding that birthright citizenship extends to almost anyone born in the United States.

NEW: Supreme Court will decide whether to allow Trump to limit birthright citizenship
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Gianni getting a selfie on stage with Trump et al might be one of the most cringe things ever

You'll never guess who won the FIFA "peace prize"

Personally would have gone for Andrea Bocelli doing YMCA and Village People doing Nessun Dorma but that's just me

So much for that streak freeze

Ahead of SCOTUS arguments on the same issue next week, DC Circuit panel with Trump appointees Katsas & Walker in the majority rules in favor of Trump over his firing of independent agency members:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I thought the deal doesn't include CNN?

Netflix deal does not include cable assets like CNN. What happens to them now?

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max If approved by Trump administration regulators, the deal would lead to a new entertainment and technology behemoth.

Big:
www.nbcnews.com/business/med...

What does "majority non-European" mean?

To what extent is this decision a preview of what the court is likely to rule in the separate redistricting case from Louisiana that could further gut the Voting Rights Act? Plenty of overlap on whether states can use partisanship as a defense against racial gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:

In the weeds a bit but interesting that the court does not cite the Purcell precedent (barring meddling in election law too close to an election), as @rickhasen.bsky.social points out, but nevertheless seems to invoke it while citing a different case (left).

Kagan (right) responds:

Justice Kagan in dissent says the majority "dissrespects" the lower court and "disserves" millions of Texans who were put into new districts based on race.

Order/dissents: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Supreme Court allows Texas to use new congressional district map drawn to favor Republicans Texas officials drew the new congressional map to help Republicans gain up to five additional seats in the House in next year's midterm elections.

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Texas to use its new gerrymandered congressional districts map in next year's mid-term elections:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

In Mega City One, the all-powerful Judges are "judge, jury and executioner."

Another example of the far-right embracing dystopian narratives.

Still nothing on this

I'd be interested in what Dems plan for the future of entities like the Institute for Peace would be when they are in office. Just taking a sign off doesn't bring back the concept of independent government agencies once SCOTUS drives in the final stake.