Joshua B. Hoe

You've got to really F up to have 59% of Americans disapprove of a military action against Iran.

This from Alito feels rather hypocritical given how long redistricting lawsuits typically last, with lawmakers routinely in office for many cycles before courts finally decide that they were elected on illegal maps.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: “This Is About Reinventing the Business” HBO Max and Paramount+ will be merged when the deal closes, the mogul told Wall Street early Monday morning.

Yeah, HBO will likely have "independence" like CBS has "independence" under Weiss

FFS...HBO deserved better than these last two buffoons

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Part of that is structural. European cities are organized differently from US cities. In the US, there tends to be a core central business district with deep poverty close by. The deep poverty is within the city limits. In Europe, the deep poverty tends to be in the suburbs; the core suburban ring is where poverty lives, not in the city itself. This is obviously a generalization, but it is true enough for expositional purposes. The upshot is that if you walk around a European city, you can walk for miles without encountering social disorder that emanates from deep poverty. In the US, elements of deep poverty can easily be found in the center city. That’s really the point. Much of what we label as social disorder is just proximity to deep poverty. One reality of deep poverty is that it forces people to do in public things that wealthier people can do in private. Privacy is a casualty of poverty. Think about the last time you had a heated argument—did you have a quiet place for that fight, away from prying eyes? What if that wasn’t an option? So maybe what Americans are really complaining about when they talk about disorder is social class more than it is crime.

Interesting point by @johnkroman.bsky.social

Most "disorder" has always been public discomfort with poverty, addiction, and mental health problems

It is a marker of majoritarian discomfort with the dispossessed & struggling

johnkroman.substack.com/p/crime-diso...

What we need to understand is why people are okay with unlimited "safety" dollars in the form of incarceration, but also opposed to spending dollars on prevention, treatment, and housing

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The ongoing problem seems to be that the majority culture is fine with spending billions incarcerating or banishing people who create "disorder" but are not committing crimes...but have little to no desire to invest in mental health care, health care, addiction treatment, affordable housing, etc.

The "rally-around-the-flag" effect is not some law of physics that works automatically. It largely seems to happen because 1) the opposition party stops criticizing the president or the military operation, 2) partially as a consequence, the mass media is flooded with pro-government messages. /1

Part of that is structural. European cities are organized differently from US cities. In the US, there tends to be a core central business district with deep poverty close by. The deep poverty is within the city limits. In Europe, the deep poverty tends to be in the suburbs; the core suburban ring is where poverty lives, not in the city itself. This is obviously a generalization, but it is true enough for expositional purposes. The upshot is that if you walk around a European city, you can walk for miles without encountering social disorder that emanates from deep poverty. In the US, elements of deep poverty can easily be found in the center city. That’s really the point. Much of what we label as social disorder is just proximity to deep poverty. One reality of deep poverty is that it forces people to do in public things that wealthier people can do in private. Privacy is a casualty of poverty. Think about the last time you had a heated argument—did you have a quiet place for that fight, away from prying eyes? What if that wasn’t an option? So maybe what Americans are really complaining about when they talk about disorder is social class more than it is crime.

Interesting point by @johnkroman.bsky.social

Most "disorder" has always been public discomfort with poverty, addiction, and mental health problems

It is a marker of majoritarian discomfort with the dispossessed & struggling

johnkroman.substack.com/p/crime-diso...

To reconsider a fundamental of American history, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not an act of war, but merely a strategic strike. It needs to no longer live in infamy, perhaps.

When you mix up your endless wars.

Maybe give them a title...maybe, a "Shah?"

....maybe they should create a Shah

sigh

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files “None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one intelligence official said of plans to share criminal case information with intelligence agencies. “There are a lot of privacy concerns out there, and nobody really wants to deal with them.”

It is also full-on gaslighting, what Anthropic did was say they didn't think the government should be able to use their AI without guardrails, to do things like AI surveillance of the domestic population of the United States

I guess...I think they just think we are all idiots (or at least that the majority are), and they might be right...just total condescension and gaslighting

Hold on: It is not a "regime change" war...but you targeted all of the leadership of the regime to start the war?

Who is writing your speeches, a nine-year-old?

FFS people

Hold on: It is not a "regime change" war...but you targeted all of the leadership of the regime to start the war?

Who is writing your speeches, a nine-year-old?

FFS people

Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families Federal judges say criticism from President Trump can put their safety at risk. The White House says the president "understands the dangers of political violence."

Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families
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I suspect this war is going to make AIPAC as popular as the NRA among Democratic primary voters.

The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.

How it started How it’s going

@NikkiHaley edition

In St. Paul, Minnesota, Hennepin County deputies brutally assaulted peaceful anti-ICE protesters.

Shouting out the late great Billy Tubbs (longtime OU coach) was awesome

@mfollowill.bsky.social

#MFFL

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Mavs announcers' moment of the night?

"Dwight Powell is a bundle of joy" - Daniel Gafford (according to Leslie M.)

@mfollowill.bsky.social

#MFFL

Exactly. Blindly hooting for the Buffoon-in-Chief as he unlawfully orders airstrikes without a coherent plan isn't a foreign policy, and isn't patriotic; it's just stupid, and dangerous.

Romulus City Council unanimously approves resolution against planned ICE facility The Romulus City Council unanimously approved a resolution that opposes the operation of an ICE facility in the city limits.

"For all of these reasons, the City of Romulus objects to the existence of an ICE Detention Center and respectfully requests that an ICE Detention Center not be located in the City..."

www.fox2detroit.com/news/romulus...

Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense The Trump administration’s effort to construct a case for war after shots started flying has few historical parallels.

Cool, cool.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...