Glad he now agrees that considering consequences of an interpretive position is ok.
But his route to that conclusion is very odd. Apparently it's ok to consider results because (and only because?) founders commonly did?
How about because producing tolerable consequences is the point of law.
He thinks this is some architectural masterwork.
Begod. It's mid-size midwestern city convention center with crown molding.
The weaseling toward acquiesence is bad.
But fundamental tell on how far Dem politicians have been coopted is use of word "warfighters." That's Hegseth-speak. Phony baloney macho propaganda talk.
US doesn't have "warfighters." It has a military composed of soldiers, sailors & airmen. Words matter.
This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.
PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?
COLBY: Defer to you
R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'
C: Defer to you
R: That was actually you
NEW: Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein (R) who prosecuted Tina Peters says Gov Jared Polis (D) giving Peters clemency "would be a gross injustice." Rubenstein points out that separate case cited by Polis to justify clemency misses the purpose of sentencing ranges.
At Global Academy in Spartanburg, SC, only 21% of students were vaccinated against measles. Now Spartanburg is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000, when the virus was declared eliminated in the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
If indeed he hopes to have further political career based in Colorado, pardoning Peters would end those hopes.
And effort to compare Peters to other non-violent offenders is lame. She got long sentence because she consciously betrayed her oath & attacked democratic process. She deserves every day.
"For generations, whatever one thought of DOJ’s arguments, the baseline assumption held: the Department acted in good faith and would follow the courts’ rulings. That assumption has given way, displaced by a sustained pattern of noncompliance and escalating confrontation with the courts."
Wait, wait, wait. This is a joke, right?
Right?
Optics.
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
This one hits hard.
Inclusion of Gen Donovan's name in this official announcement is chilling. Because he is knowingly putting himself in the dock for war crimes prosecution if US govt changes hands. Which means he is either confident of Trump pardon or will be likely to do what it takes to keep Dems from power.
Cover of The Lancet:
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
CBS taken over. Goes MAGA-lite. Ratings tank.
CNN maybe about to follow.
In print/digital space, NYT maintains standards and grows exponentially.
Doesn't market logic suggest that effective death of CBS & CNN will open a market niche for serious, honest broadcast/cable journalism?
There's some of that already in there. :-)
Volume 2, if any, will be devoted not to first millennium but second half of second term.
With a mixture of exhaustion, relief and modest exhilaration, I can announce that today I sent off to Cambridge Univ Press the completed manuscript of my new book, "PARDONS: Executive Clemency and the Rule of Law in Britain and America 1066-2026."
Due out later this year.
Jonathan Brown - jbcartoonist on Instagram.
Impending war with Iran?
What?
Why?
Cartoon
Wow.
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
While this is true, nobody in the Trump admin or MAGA movement believes this.
NO MORE CELEBRITIES
Given the current effort to impeach DHS Secy Noem & Trump's stated fear that if Dems win in 2026 he'll be impeached again, this may be of interest to some.
OMG. WaPo op-ed really, truly has nestled into the pockets of the plutocrats.
Wow.
h/t @dwallick.bsky.social
It's becoming clear to me that we need a Glass Steagall for news and information delivery platforms.
No combination with other products or business lines.
For French-speaking readers, I include this piece on the effort to impeach Kristi Noem from Canada's La Presse in which Janie Gosselin is kind enough to quote me.
www.lapresse.ca/internationa...
