I FOUND FLYING SQUIRRELS IN *DOWNTOWN TAMPA* TONIGHT
I FOUND FLYING SQUIRRELS IN *DOWNTOWN TAMPA* TONIGHT
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though itβs quite literally the original incarnation.
There have been MULTIPLE early leaks of scientific discoveries via DECORATED CAKE. Scientists are good at many things, but shutting up is definitely not one of them.
Because she was working with a federal task force, she was considered a federal officer, and thus protected by SCOTUS rulings making it all but impossible to sue federal cops, even for egregious abuse.
Now consider what this means for Trump's immigration thugs.
Democrats had two years to fix this.
DOJ: *quietly pulls dick out of the toaster*
Trump admin: YOU PUT THAT BACK RIGHT NOW.
AIs canβt stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
Thinking about how
1) Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women
2) Many women have come forward to say he sexually assaulted them
3) Trump bragged about entering pageant dressing rooms
4) Five women say he entered the dressing room for their *teen* pageant
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
So the Courtβs decision is not likely to greatly restrict Presidential tariff authority going forward. But the Courtβs decision is likely to generate other serious practical consequences in the near term. One issue will be refunds. Refunds of billions of dollars would have significant consequences for the U. S. Treasury. The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers. But that process is likely to be a βmess,β as was acknowledged at oral argument. Tr. of Oral Arg. 153β155. A second issue is the decisionβs effect on the current trade deals. Because IEEPA tariffs have helped facilitate trade deals worth trillions of dollarsβincluding with foreign nations from China to the United Kingdom to Japan, the Courtβs decision could generate uncertainty regarding various trade agreements. That process, too, could be difficult.
In dissent, Kavanaugh specifically faults the majority for failing to explain whether the government must refund tariffs that it has unlawfully collected. Says the process may be a "mess." I am surprised the majority didn't address this! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.
Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.
As well as everyone else who stepped up.
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
the weird perp walk stuff they've tried to pull is a good example of this. it is *far* more important to them to produce those posts than it is to successfully go through a legal process (or say, be legally appointed to the job they claim to have).
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by nameβciting facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
Tweet screengrab from Ben Rosen:" REPUBLICANS: We're having the military thrown protesters in unmarked vans DEMOCRATS: mark the vans (with hand clap emoji between words)
Screenshot of TruthSocial post by President Trump complaining that Mayor Frey won't enforce federal immigration law, and calling it a "very serious violation of the Law."
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
I donβt think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I donβt think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
Verge headline: I grew up with Alex Pretti by Kristen Radtke Photo: An old picture of a boy and a girl at a birthday party
"I didnβt realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
Everyone I know who called themselves Social Liberal but Economically Republican all magically stopped this year itβs been nice
gee whiz it would be really great if the opposition party smelled blood in the water right now and went on a full offensive to harness this spark of momentum
While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really donβt have any higher opinion of Homanβa cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat whoβs devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. Heβs the architect of child separation.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
"Fascism fills the power void left by liberalism's inability to deal with the crises of capitalism" is factually and historically correct, short, direct, and not hard to understand
But people are still getting mad at us because we've been saying for a hundred years and now they have to listen
Here is the GoFundMe for his longtime ran awesome comic book store.
Being up since renovations were needed, and you can still donate, directly to him via it.
www.gofundme.com/f/dreamhaven...
Heβs correct, itβs not, the partyβs end game is also deporting a ton of U.S. citizens too