Jamison Foser

The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.

The country is faced with a lawless and corrupt administration that threatens our rights, our health care, and our ability to provide for our families.

As a student of history, I want to be able to look back and say I did everything I could and so I am giving serious consideration to run in #CA14.

save everyone a little time, you know?

"Look we've really stretched the air safety system to the breaking point so if you're going to get on a plane you should dress in the suit you want to be buried in."

I started doing the same thing a couple hours ago and six minutes in I was like "nah there's too much" and decided to try to fix the furnace instead (I didn't get that done either)

I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?

“I told everybody: ‘I’m retired, I sit home all day. If we get any reports of ICE in the neighborhood, somebody text me, and I’ll run over on my scooter and go yell at them.’”

Is Safari-for-Mac crashing all the damn time for anyone else lately or just me?

This is a *great* piece, which I have been touting for weeks, by wonderful (lawyer/writer) Lincoln Caplan, on why John Roberts deserves at least as much focus as Trump himself (or Alito, Thomas, Miller, JDV, etc) for war on US institutions.

He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.

wow, pretty biased

I am *begging* someone in the Harvard alumni relations office to call John Roberts today with a reminder to make his end-of-year donation

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yes I very much agree with that

they're so mad they put their own name on it instead of calling it "University Just Outside Boston Magazine"

Taney is infamous for inflaming America's bloody division over slavery and for making the Civil War inevitable. As Ehrlich wrote, "Even though he saw nothing positive about the institution of slavery itself, Taney withal was a southern gentleman imbued with southern values, and here was an opportunity to settle the issue." In the Dred Scott case of 1857, Ehrlich summarized, the "southern and proslavery" majority of the Court, with Taney writing its notorious opinion, ruled that Black people couldn't be American citizens; that the Constitution regarded slaves as property; and that each state where slavery was lawful could decide if an emancipated person could be made a slave again. The decision and the opinion made Taney a pariah and gutted the authority of the Court.

Imagine flipping through your alma matter's alumni magazine and coming across a passage that compares you to Roger Taney.

John Roberts won't give a damn, but this is all very funny anyway.

the cover of Harvard Magazine featuring an illustration of a robed arm holding the scales of justice titled catastrophically in favor of Donald Trump's White House, along with the words "JUSTICE John Robert's legacy might not be the one he intends."

"Hi, honey, the new Harvard alumni magazine just arrived. The good news is you're on the cover!"

"Oh, cool! What's the bad news?

"Um ... you're on the cover."

What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy | Harvard Magazine Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

Harvard Magazine on Harvard alum John Roberts:

"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

yeah as a general matter that's the right approach. but there are also some times when the thing is so clear cut I'd just go with an incredulous "are you saying you need talking points to know if you agree with [HORRIBLE THING]"

"ha ha bitches, I got a new scooter" is a Top 20 line of the 21st century

You do not need a phone to know it is wrong to call for the execution of members of congress who urge people to follow the law.

Some questions do not require talking points!
"Senator, what's your position on rape?"
"Gosh, I haven't had a chance to look at my phone, I just don't know."

anyway fuck these nazis

imagine parading around in a fucking swastika only to be told that you are merely *potentially* divisive. it must be such a bummer.

this seems like the kind of thing that will come as a disappointment to the pro-swastika crowd as well as the anti-swastika majority

swastikas downgraded to "potentially divisive"

“Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up.”

something something "autopen" something "not valid"

I'm no law-talking guy but I don't think "SOROS DID IT!!1!1!!!" is sound jurisprudence
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I would prefer not to

before I get to the substance of my dissent I should acknowledge that I am completely unhinged

Members of congress releasing a video message to members of the United States military telling them "you must refuse illegal orders" might be the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen.

This is all John Roberts’ fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

In @motherjones.com, @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social have an essential rundown of the ways John Roberts & the MAGA court have empowered and protected Donald Trump’s autocratic regime. The Roberts Court’s decades-long assault on democracy got us here www.motherjones.com/politics/202...