JD Vance's convert energy is off the charts. No one who grew up Catholic would have the audacity to invite the Pope to their holiday party.

One thing to understand is that jackasses like me graduated from law school basically believing that, while nothing like <all this> was realistic in our lifetimes, if it did happen, then our Supreme Court with all its flaws would respond roughly like this judge did, maybe 9-0.

Why the ruling is a complicated mess:

Kagan/Soto/KBJ - Lol obviously unconstitutional.

The two dipshits - Obviously he can do what he wants, buy me another RV

Kav - Those dipshits seem cool and have a neat camper

Roberts/Gor/ACB - Awkward 15 page breakup letter still trying to be friends.

*No* system is compatible with persistent and pervasive bad faith; liberal proceduralism is no exception.

Playing whack-a-mole judging each distinct misdeed on the merits can't fix the problem because it isn't the appropriate tool--impeachments and criminal prosecutions are.

hey what if all conservatives have always been evil and we shouldn't ever listen to them or hear their moronic thoughts or opinions on anything, what if the polarity in this country is wholly correct and necessary and not a phenomenon unto itself or fodder for the one-thousandth brain-numbing op-ed

The shutdown helps Democrats by changing what "immigration" means to voters Trump's approval on immigration varies by nearly 20 points depending on whether respondents are asked about border security, deportations, ICE, or immigration in general

New piece:
The shutdown helps Democrats by changing what "immigration" means to voters. "Border security" is much better territory for Trump than "deportations," or "maked federal agents have been deployed to your community to disappear long-term residents"
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-shutdo...

send me the results of the message test "donald trump unilaterally imposed tariffs that cost the average family thousands of dollars in 2025. the supreme court ruled they were illegal all along"

Personally never understood this concern. Who cares if it is a mess? The tariffs were straight-up theft. Do we look the other way on robberies because the criminal was too successful?

I hope it *is* tremendously painful and makes the government never want to try this again.

Has anyone, preferably with meaningful credentials, modeled what would happen if more teams tried to spend more money in current baseball free agency?

To wit: Would bottom-half markets actually get really good players? Or would really good players go to the same places, and just be paid even more?

Did an interview for this and I really appreciate NPR for continuing to cover the surreal situation facing observers and commuters here in Minneapolis, even as the attention of the world moves on.

Good for Murph and the Brewers. He fits the org well, the players love him, and he’s been very successful.

There is no reason that the Pirates, Reds, Marlins, Rockies, Nats, A’s (and ESPECIALLY the White Sox) can’t be the Brewers or Guardians

This is extremely reasonable for the most part. The differences in revenue being as large as they are and growing is an issue he doesn’t really deal with, but that also isn’t his problem. Owners have to get their own house in order on that one.

Olympic highlight in this house.

One of the things that bums me out the most about 2026 baseball is how few spring training games are streamed. All fans want in late February is to flip on meaningfully meaningless baseball and they can’t. All while MLB prints cash.

Guess I’m posting as many game clips as I can capture 🤷

Tomorrow you may see James David Vance or some other purported Catholic from this administration with ashes on their forehead, it’s important to remember that it’s all just for show.

Meet America’s new swing voter: The anti-system voter. (Or: Why Democrats should think through nominating AOC in 2028) A new paper finds anti-system sentiment — not left-right ideology — decided the 2016 and 2024 elections

this article will publish tomorrow at 7:00 am (and i'm sure everyone will agree and no one will have anything negative to say about it!) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...

@matrueblood.bsky.social Really enjoyed your piece today about Brewers/Cubs.

I am arguing for pushing back the age of international agreements to line up with roughly the age of the youngest Rule 4 draftees *as the rules are supposed to already* because I do not believe the adults surrounding 11-year-olds should be entering into shady side deals, yes

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop

And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)

RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

The FCC has given the gift of incredibly good free PR to the Talarico campaign

The fact that it’s gone on this long and some national dem responses does not give me hope. Maddening and deeply sad.

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

'Same story every year': Yelich, Crew out to prove naysayers wrong, as usual PHOENIX – One popular model gives the Brewers a 20.4% chance of winning a fourth straight National League Central title and projects them going 82-80. Another widely cited projection is even more pess...

The projection models don't like the Brewers' chances of an NL Central four-peat. That's déjà vu for Milwaukee mainstays like Christian Yelich.

“It’s the same story every year.” www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

There are a lot of people out there using polling data to shroud their punditry about politics/electoral strategy in empiricism. I think it’s important to point out that the vast majority of them have never worked as pollsters or for a campaign. They have little domain knowledge

Where is the vandalism? Is it behind the helpful description?

bsky.app/profile/iwil...

wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...

ICE has completely broken our social contract.

They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations

Oregon Trail was a great game even though the graphics were a little buggy