Yes, the Constitution is pretty clear about only arming volunteer military. And strict constructionists note the Constitution grants no right to ammunition. It was reported at the time that Scalia died in a hotel in San Antonio and was transported quite a ways to the Cibolo shooting ranch.

Long live the spirit of liberty.

Texas Republicans Scramble to Punish Quorum-Breaking Democrats Read more here.

With Texas Democrats using the most powerful tool available to the minority party – a quorum break – Republicans are furious they don’t have enough members present to hold a vote on their gerrymandered map that could add five more GOP seats in Congress in 2026.

Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’ "Her detainment is not only legally questionable — it is morally wrong," a petition demanding her release reads.

In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...

Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’ Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’

Whatever his intention, Trump lacks the authority to order changes to the Census. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Please read this excellent, point by point refutation of the claim that there was a "Russia hoax"
From @noupside.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from...

Trey Parker and Matt Stone really, really, really fucking hate Kristi Noem. My god, what an episode.

The government can’t deny you the right to vote based on your race or zip code.

When do they just cut straight to Arbeit Macht Frei?

We need a name for drawing new maps in blue states to counter what Republicans are doing in red states. THEY are gerrymandering. We are responding. Know what I mean? Like how self defense isn't assault.

Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...

The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Oh, so the Dinner for Schmucks wasn't canceled after all? They just DITCHED JD VANCE? That is verrrrrry interesting. @gtconway.bsky.social

The Supreme Court Doesn't Need Trump to Dismantle Democracy, But He Helps Read more here.

NEW: As the Supreme Court continues to enable Trump, we can’t pretend it will spare us from the authoritarian hill we’re tumbling down. While the Court’s brazen partisanship continues to damage our democracy, the work of lower courts becomes even more vital, @rachelrossi.bsky.social writes.

These States Responded to DOJ’s Requests For Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: The DOJ is seeking sensitive voting data from states, an unprecedented move that has raised concerns among election officials. Some states have complied, while others have outright refused to provide the information.

From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

Trump is building himself a golden ballroom, and has already built himself a golden Oval Office and paved over the Rose Garden. He hates dogs. He hired a woman who shoots puppies to head ICE. He is a disgusting, vile person to his very core.

Reminder that the reason none of them are at work is because they are trying to prevent the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly an Israeli asset or spy.

Mike Johnson begging for money

Israeli assets in the US government meet with their boss

US politicians use their summer recess to visit Israel and beg war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu for more money, pledge fealty, and openly support the genocide in Gaza.

Funny how this was one of the parts of the constitution that went missing today.

The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it And they don't want you to notice.

Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down.

That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.

New York Times, Jan. 10, 1939:

"BERLIN, Jan. 9.-In his first public appearance since New Year, Chancellor Adolf Hitler today dedicated the monumental extension of the Reich Chancellery, which now becomes the political center of the Third Reich."

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www.nytimes.com/1939/01/10/a...

1/DOJ is investigating whether Obama officials violated fed’l law while investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Revisiting 10-year-old events, thoroughly investigated by a special counsel appt’d by Trump & a GOP-led Senate Cmte w/out any prosecutions smacks of political interference.

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4/But there are still guardrails in place in both the criminal justice system, and the political process that can prevent injustice. This administration is hoping we will give in & accept their success as inevitable. That is what we can’t do being well informed is essential to keeping democracy.

Not to mention, full control isn't full control...submarine commanders can launch on their own, a crazy guy in a silo can launch if he gets the key from his buddy, etc. Some nukes are small enough to carry in a backpack, steal, leave somewhere like a train station and detonate from around the world.

And isn't that terrifying. The worst and most horrible humans in control of the world's safety.

We recall the more progressive forces of Catholicism in the US clarifying "It is a sin to build a nuclear weapon."

Lest we forget.
Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb today in 1945.
Countless civilian lives were taken.
The world plunged into the terror of nuclear warfare.
For shame, forever.

Seriously? Trump walks around the West Wing roof and no one goes Article 25 on him? What does it take? Should he have thrown his clothes over the edge?

Fly in some drones.

There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...

Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...