"Is there downside risk to expanding the Court? Yes. But there’s at least as much downside risk to doing nothing."

Trvmp is the egg that came out of the chicken that is the United States and chickens lay eggs

A federal judge today blocked Republicans from enforcing their series of permitting policies meant to stop wind and solar energy new energy generation projects.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/permitting-bo...

On April 21st, A New Directive
NSPM-7, Represents An All Of
Government Effort To Dismantle
Left Wing Terrorism,Which Means
They Don't Like Us Anymore.....😭

Homeland Security klogo: More Third World Violence: ICE Requests Texas Not Release Illegal Alien Who Murdered His Co-Worker with a Sledgehammer Release Date: April 20, 2026 If you import the third world, you become the third world WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting local authorities not release Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who is charged with murdering his co-worker to death with a sledgehammer.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is using official press releases to message that Westerners (they mean white people) are superior to people from the Global South (they mean non-white people). This is a dangerous, backwards position for our government to take.

/also, "murdered .. to death"?

HJ Res 140 passes in the Senate - here's what you need to know.

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed HJ Res 140, a devastating bill that will undo protections for the Boundary Waters. In our recent blog, we discuss what it means for the BWCAW and what comes next in the fight to defend this extraordinary Wilderness.
www.savetheboundarywaters.org/hjr140-update

She's leaving Congress to, uh, spend more time with her family, her ambassadorial dreams are ashes, her career is over, and maybe it's okay to stop asking her stuff

It can't be faked. The most important candidates will be from rising generations, speak in clear uncanned language, use new media in new ways, embrace new language and imagery, and most importantly be for big, bold, clear new ideas--and be believable when they say they can make change happen.

Bad news for Dems in the presidential hunt: This rules out almost all of the candidates you're hearing about today as the "first tier." Rules them out, that is, unless and until they understand this absolute truth, until they stop listening to the advisors who also work for the corporations...

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Note to my fellow Dems: The 2026 and 2028 elections will be "change" elections. But mere promises to change or talking points about change won't do the trick. Candidates need to embody change. They need to be the change we want to see. It's not about a position. It's about who they are.

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Contact Congress today!

Boom! We just crossed 2,600 letters sent from constituents to their representatives on our brand new campaign to save the US Forest Service. This is huge! 💥

Have you sent yours yet? If not, do it here!

The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.

“What most distinguishes the present Supreme Court is not merely its conservatism, or even its willingness to roll back settled rights. It is the degree to which the conservative majority appears severed from shared facts altogether.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...

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best makeout scene in cinema

I declined to write one for the NYTBR many years ago because I didn't want to trash a Vietnam novel by an indigenous vet. I had done half a dozen reviews for them by then but they never used me again and declined to review my own first book when it came out from Norton.

more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out

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I suppose we should be used to this by now, but boy...

Breaking: Trump orders the dismantling of the US Forest Service.

All regional offices are being shut down and the research program destroyed.

JD Vance in Hungary highlights the importance of eliminating racial discrimination "especially against middle class white kids" in the American education system

I’m glad there is a reported ceasefire deal with Iran. But we shouldn’t be in this illegal war in the first place. And Donald Trump can’t simply threaten war crimes with impunity. Congress needs to get back in session now to stop this war and remove Donald Trump.

Cap of Trump TS post

Trump: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for two weeks”

All of that said, I do think gathering matters. Protest matters. Being among people who believe as you do and want this to stop matters. The best way to hold onto our humanity is to hold onto each other. So, if you can march or even light a candle in the company of others, I would do so.

As White House threatens midterms, states are working to Trump-proof the vote From defending against the administration’s threats to send law enforcement agents to the polls to shoring up voting rights, these states are passing legislation to help ensure that voters — not Trump...

NEW: At least 11 Democratic-led states are ready to fight against White House election meddling.

From defending against Trump’s threats to send troops to the polls to shoring up voting rights, we break down the states passing legislation to help ensure that voters — not Trump — have the final say.

We don't know what's going to happen. History shows things can flip over in a second.

This is how to do it. Sen Chris Murphy also tells me:

"Everybody in that chain of command has to think hard about whether they want to be part of the execution of that order."

He predicts bombing Iran's power plants/bridges will kill thousands at the outset. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2087...