Pat H

The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

Spot-on framing, excellent headline.

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Consider getting a passport card for your ID. It costs $30.00 and is good for 10 years. The only information on the card is your name, picture and date of birth. Undeniable identifies you as an American citizen. No weight, height, eye color, hair color. Most importantly NO ADDRESS.

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

A photo of a cat in a little superhero costume with the caption, "If you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed today, I just want you to know that David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat that approached him during the Suicide Squad shoot in Panama. Then the costume designer made her a little Polka dot Man suit."

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This picture makes him look like a Team America puppet

Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal.

I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t.

Watch all the way through.

The Pete Principle. Newsday.com/matt

With a coordinated social media push I genuinely believe we could get the president to publicly pledge to deploy troops to Shermer, Illinois.

Glad they got a Trump micro-penis shot into the episode. Love that legal loophole.

Can't blame them. Odd times right now, and even though they're billionaires, you get a little too crazy and God knows what might happen with this administration.

Huh. Gotta say. South Park this week felt like they pulled a punch and just had Carr shit himself so bad he ended up in the hospital and could lose his freedom of speech. Vance being a little weirdo who wants the crown was a good touch. To me it felt like they held back a bit.

"Glazed ham with deep vein thrombosis" Nice.

Loved DeNiro with the Epstein hit. "So fat he needs 2 seats on the Epstein jet."

Jimmy rose to the moment IMO with his monologue. If we can't critique and satirize the people in power, what's left of this country. Fuck Carr and fuck Trump.

Looking for those who believe the Rapture is tomorrow to Venmo me their filthy worldly money. Thank you in advance.

The University Democrats at UT-Austin, a longstanding student group, has been told that no guests, candidates, or speakers can speak at their meetings unless the administration approves them. Submitted speakers' lists have been ignored or summarily denied. Please HMU if you know a good 1A attorney

Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?

“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”

Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.

"What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!"

it took the president more than 12 hours to come up with this

(Me, a Bears fan) Booooooooo. But yea, so right. Bummer of a game.

the fact that they’re going with an attempted denial rather than “oh, it was just a silly joke, you have TDS, grow up you hysterical lib”

goes to show how bad they know this is

"This bear currently eating one of my legs promised that he was not a man-eating bear. Here's a suggestion for the bear: try to come up with alternative things to eat other than the rest of my body, and maybe we can find common ground."

- Hakeem Jeffries being eaten by a bear

Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.