Cary Waxler, NBCT

Read this @stevevladeck.bsky.social post on how today’s order looks really bad when compared w the Court’s handling of Biden‘s student-loan relief

The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/

Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.

Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.

It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.

Episode 140: American Mythmaking on Film: The Patriot with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 07/03/2025 · 1h 31m

This week we return to @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social and @robgreeneii.bsky.social to talk about the role of mythmaking in the construction of an American national identity.

THE PATRIOT drops NOW on Reckoning with Jason Herbert

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The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insufficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And, indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A methodology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that— and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own preferences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insufficiently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexible enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.

Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

I don’t really know. I’d imagine they’ve built quite a list of places they’d like to see IRGC capacity reduced but I only know what I read. At some point I’d have to think they need to worry about weapons consumption, right?

I suppose they could have some squirreled away. Supposedly the IRGC keeps things forever like the Russians but even if they could get one up in the air I think it would be down in minutes. Doesn’t seem like there’s any meaningful Iranian antiair support for them left.

Iranian F-14 'Persian Tomcats' Obliterated In Israeli Airstrike Regardless of how this conflict ends, if an Iranian Air Force of any relevancy exists after it, it is very unlikely to include the F-14.

I saw on the other place that the last of the F-14s were hit. This is from @twz.com. Tyler Rogoway wrote it and I believe him. He’s awesome. www.twz.com/air/irans-f-...

DOJ under Trump is dismantling guardrails designed to stop political interference in criminal investigations involving politicians, federal judges and other public figures.

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President Trump's new pardon attorney, Ed Martin, described the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer as "victims just like January 6" and said that "on the pardon front, we can't leave these guys behind."

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One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena Col...

Connection between internal efficacy and presidential approval ratings.

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Mazel Tov!

Can you imagine what a district IT person would say if an employee accepted a maxed out and incredibly valuable laptop with preloaded software from a private community member, conducted district business on it, then it became personal property of the employee after a few years?

The corruption here isn’t even my biggest concern. The security risk!?! The security risk is astronomical and totally unfixable. Listening devices? Tracking devices!? Software backdoors!? Intentional AND unintentional!? Unmeasurable risk.

“No big deal”

When you see someone in an institution and with agency actively missing the moment in real time.

It’s a life dream of mine to attend an SNL dress or show!

Remove a letter, ruin a movie

The Hunt for Ed October.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, ^ KEITH SONDERLING, Acting Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, et al., Defendants. Civil Case No. 25-1050 (RJL) MEMORANDUM ORDER May 1, 2025 [Dkt. #13] This matter initially came before the Court on plaintiff American Library Association's ("ALA") and plaintiff American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO's ("AFSCME") motion for a preliminary injunction ("PT"). See Pls.' PI Mot. [Dkt, #13]; Pls.' Mem. in Supp. of PI Mot. ("Pls.' PI Mem.") [Dkt. #13-11. Plaintiffs sought a decision on the PI by May 4, 2025, as defendants intend to execute a "mass termination of [Institute of Museum and Library Services] staff' on that day. Pls PI Mot. at 1.

I. CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, the Court will GRANT IN PART plaintiffs' motion for a TRO. The Court will not, at this time, issue a TRO providing all of the relief sought by plaintiffs. Instead, the Court will issue a narrow TRO preserving the status quo as of this Order. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that defendants Keith Sonderling, Institute of Museum and Library Services ("IMLS"), Amy Gleason, U.S. DOGE Service, U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, Russel Vought, and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (together, the 5 Case 1:25-cv-01050-RJL Document 36 Filed 05/01/25 Page 6 of 6 "agency defendants") shall not take any further actions to dissolve IMLS or its operations; it is further

ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not place any additional IMLS staff on administrative leave; it is further ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not terminate the employment of any IMLS staff; it is further ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not further pause, cancel, or otherwise terminate IMLS grants or contracts or fail to fund such grants or contracts for reasons other than grantees' or contractors' non-compliance with applicable grant or contract terms; and it is further ORDERED that by May 6, 2025, the parties shall submit a joint status report (1) informing the Court whether the parties require any supplemental briefing on the preliminary injunction and, if so, proposing a briefing schedule; and (2) stating whether the parties consent to the Court extending this temporary restraining order until the Court issues a ruling on the preliminary injunction or the case is otherwise resolved. SO ORDERED. RICHARD J. LEON United States District Judge

BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.

This week Historians At The Movies talks about Pope Francis and the history of the papacy. Join us on Prime Video at 8pm Eastern this Sunday, April 27 for CONCLAVE.

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I had a great time speaking with students at Barrington High School this week! These talented students demonstrated a great passion for civics and public service, and I know they all have bright futures ahead of them.

Thank you for coming to BHS and discussing public service, policy, and Harper Lee!

USDA withdraws a Biden-era effort to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed to help prevent salmonella poisoning from contaminated poultry.

No one (except corporations) benefit from more Salmonella.

10 million food poisonings a year from it.

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AP U.S. Government and Politics Below you will find C-SPAN Classroom resources relating to the topics and categories listed above. Click on each title to expand the section and view the featured resources.

Glad to see @rwerenka.bsky.social doing the @cspanwj.bsky.social #Cram4TheExam on Saturday, 5/3 at 9 am EST (that’s 8 am for us IL folks!).

Hope all my #apgov students set those alarms!

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Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Here's Justice Alito's dissent to the order preventing the summary removals without due process of scores of Venezuelans to a terrorist prison from which there appears to be no mechanism for return. He cites procedural irregularities.
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Let me guess - it has something to do with personal hygiene? #hatm

If you look carefully his character’s arc is foreshadowed during the Mexican wedding shootout at the beginning. He is clearly pretty grossed out by the Cowboys’ actions there. #HATM

With interesting, differentiated readings at the core of this.