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I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along.

Really scary stuff.

a man is wearing a yellow raincoat with a hood and smiling . ALT: a man is wearing a yellow raincoat with a hood and smiling .

A reminder:

Law Professors: The Constitution still exists and the Courts will protect us.

Historians:

We feed you.
They hunt us.

Don’t blame me, I voted for the first black President, the decent man from Scranton and the two highly intelligent successful talented supremely qualified women.

Just a reminder going forward...

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A picture of the Hormuz Strait with Iran at the top and the slim entrance to the Gulf to its south between UAE and Oman

BREAKING: Iran’s Parliament approves the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Decision needs ratified by Iran’s Security Council.

It would trap 20% of the world’s oil supply and send a catastrophic shock through the global economy.

Why push for impeachment?

Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.

The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.

Performative public investigations matter

LGBTQ Flags: The History and Symbolism of 23 Flags There’s a flag for every identity under the rainbow!

Much like the communities they represent, these flags are in a constant state of evolution, expanding to better and more inclusively encompass every queer identity under the rainbow.

Read about the history and symbolism below ⤵️

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.

Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

Thanks for the wonderful characters and worlds @carissabroadbent.bsky.social @sarahjmaas.bsky.social and @rebeccayarros.bsky.social ❤️

Finally got back into reading after a long time of not feeling inspired to read.

I’ve now read through ACOTAR series, Throne of Glass, Empyrean Series, Crown of Nyaxis, and am currently reading The War of Lost Hearts series.

As a writer myself, it’s been so good to feel inspired again too.

Very much! Loved the cliffhanger. Way to keep us engaged.

Just read all 3 books. Loooove! Anxious for the next one.

BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.

Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.

This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.

"Chef says purchasing ingredients rather than stealing them from suppliers would 'kill' the restaurant industry"

On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

The Memorial Day Message from the President of the United States of America, in memory of those who have given their lives defending America, the Constitution, and the freedoms that we Americans enjoy on this Memorial Day 2025.

There's nothing "beautiful" about taking food away from hungry children to appease the bottomless g**damn lust of the wealthy! 📣

Enough already!!!

We have the 💰💰💰 to feed the hungry, care for the sick, AND pave the way for prosperity... But the rich want it all for themselves!

#SaveOurMedicaid

Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

This is some authoritarian shit. Noem said since Harvard won’t give her disciplinary records on students, she’s terminating their foreign exchange student program immediately, and ordered that foreign students must transfer to other schools or have visas revoked.

I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign.

We are sick of it. He must go!

This part

BREAKING: ICE agents assaulted Members of Congress during legal oversight. Now DHS wants them arrested—Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez.

This is fascism.

Oversight isn’t a crime. Assaulting Congress is.
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Putin and the rest of the world continuing to laugh at these bumbling fools.

AOC Warns Republicans Are 'Robbing People' to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Donald Trump and Republicans are “robbing” Americans “to hand it over to the rich.”

@aoc.bsky.social tells Rolling Stone that Donald Trump and Republicans are “robbing” America and gutting “what is left of the health care and social safety net in the United States” to give it to the rich.

Read @lorenaoneil.com's exclusive ⤵️

Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

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“A new woke pope.”