Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

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Ukrainian drones have struck targets in Novocherkassk, with explosions reported in the city. #Russia

From Roberts' memo, 2/6/16 "I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical"

Memo from Breyer: "It is unusual for this Court to issue a stay of an agency order during the time that the Court of Appeals is considering its lawfulness"

Feb 7 memo from Kagan "It would be unprecedented for us to second-guess the DC Circuits decision thst a stay is not warranted "

🧵Bombshell reporting on leaked SCOTUS memos that reveal how the "shadow docket" began with Chief Justice Roberts' rush to halt Obama's efforts to regulate power plant emissions of greenhouse gases - he feared the harm to industry.

No one feared the harm to the Earth, apparently.

Amen.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

In between yelling at his aides and fretting about looking like Carter, Trump still found time during all this to obsess over his ballroom and consider giving himself the Medal of Honor.

Trump: "What’s a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. Who the hell wrote this?"

On this day in 2019, I witnessed one of the coolest things ever. A lenticular cloud lit-up by a setting sun over the Perito Morena Glacier in Argentina.

Canadian PM says close economic ties with US have become a ‘weakness’

Canadian PM says close economic ties with US have become a ‘weakness’ https://aje.news/ztplts

I'm pleasantly surprised that you're putting a "D" next to your name. So many never-Trumpers never question the usual thoughtless Republican disdain for Democrats.

Robert Reich 29K likes, 2.2K comments. "Could This Actually End Citizens United?"

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.

No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed.

Here's how it works. https://youtu.be/p1fPbGHe3xE?si=QZRQImV8KYD5Y90r

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury...

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50501 BREAKING NEWS CONGRESS TEMPORARILY EXTENDS SECTION 702, WHICH THE FBI HAS USED TO SPY ON U.S. CITIZENS, FOR 10 DAYS AS REFORM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH PARTIES COME TOGETHER AND REJECT TRUMP'S PROPOSED LONG-TERM EXTENSION WITHOUT REFORM. No Kings

Congress temporarily extended Section 702, which the FBI has used to spy on U.S. Citizens, for 10 Days.

As reform discussions continue, representatives from both parties came together to reject Trump’s proposed 18 month “clean reauthorization” (an extension without reform).

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

This is valuable @wired.com reporting on prominent DOGE operatives and their fates. Where are they now? Some still inside our government, sadly for us. www.wired.com/story/where-...

Fuck this guy indeed. As HCR says, they're grabbing at whatever they can get before the regime crumbles. We have to keep hacking back at them.

Beautiful! If Allbirds shoes can convert to an AI company, then The Onion ought to spin off a judicial consulting business.

I agree, and yet under JPII it was always emphasized to me that the primary thing that makes a Christian a Catholic is fealty to the pope. Otherwise, you're the definition of a Protestant.

Stephen Colbert reference

OMG you're spot on!

This won't phase my devoutly Catholic family. They say "Abortion is a fundamental issue." And: Our society is crumbling because we allow abortion. Any bad Trump does is a punishment for our original sin of abortion, not Trump's responsibility. It's abortion that's bringing on the End Times.

Congratulations! Now sue them for unlawful arrest or whatever applies. They violated the Constitution of the United States of America.

Meh. More hysterics from the old dingbat.

Why only homes in the city? Some people also have second homes elsewhere in the state. It should be statewide. It should also be in every state.

I remember this.

Ukrainian forces hit a Russian UAV operator deployment site on the eastern front using two French AASM-250 guided bombs. #Ukraine

Trump is so sick, drawing a naked little girl on a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.

Fair point, also true of Tusk in Poland in 2023, and good recommendation!