President of Piss

Combine the Dakotas, Iowa, Idaho, and Wyoming into one state🤪

republicans will yowl and piss and moan and that to my mind is all the reason to do it

The key phrase—“an establishment of religion”—was readily understandable to founding-era citizens. See District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 576–77 (2008) (relying on a phrase’s “[n]ormal meaning . . . known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation”). The reason is simple. At the time, establishments were “a familiar institution.” McConnell, Establishment, supra note 12, at 2107.13 Someone on the streets of 1789 Boston, reading that phrase, would have instantly thought of the Church of England, the colonial established churches, or the current state establishments—in other words, a polity’s official church or religion. Ibid.

Although the colonial establishments became more tolerant of dissenters as independence approached, their essence remained unchanged. The original state constitutions reflect as much. Far from rejecting establishments, many states preserved the core components of their establishments, such as public financial support for the official church, regulation of religious institutions, and religious qualifications for civic participation.36 Most explicit was South Carolina, whose 1778 Constitution declared that “the Christian Protestant religion” was “the established religion,” requiring religious societies to subscribe to enumerated articles of faith to receive legal recognition. S.C. Const. of 1778, art. XXXVIII, reprinted in Poore, State Constitutions, supra note 36, at 1626.

The Fifth Circuit flatly states that when the First Amendment says Congress may not create an "establishment of religion," it means the Church of England. They then argue the Founders intended states to have their own churches unaffected by the First Amendment (!!!).

Imagine saying this about a position where the first guy held it for 48 years

Chadwick Boseman was supposed to be president someday.

There's a great sci-fi story that I can't remember the title of where a time-traveler is confessing to police all the bad people he found and killed before they could become themselves: Hitler, Stalin, Mao.

Sometimes I feel like someone did that to all the future leaders for good in this timeline.

a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is asking the woman to stop talking . ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is asking the woman to stop talking .

Kash's attorney, somewhere right now:

This is quite the bold legal strategy

Incredible thread. The level of in person community-building and mutual aid that came out Minneapolis is unprecedented in modern American times.

They Chose Careers in the Trades and Still Wound Up With Debt As community colleges and union apprenticeships fill up, more students are turning to pricier training options for blue-collar careers.

Here's an important read for today: policymakers are encouraging students to learn trades that are costly to teach, but community colleges and apprenticeships don't have the capacity to meet demand. This sends students to the more expensive for-profit sector, where they take on debt.

Someone tell the QAnon folks the mystery is solved.

That's a centrist, but people often get them confused. They're as baffling as original AD&D True Neutral rules.

"no you see this is a reasonable neutral reform on its own merits it's totally fair and a good idea"

vs.

"eat shit, motherfuckers"

Hot take: the open fuck you energy of 10-1 did better than 9-2 would have. L. Louise Lucas was right. Soft-pedaling it wouldn't have sold, "you're goddamn right we are" did.

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Punisher is obviously the Janitor in this metaphor

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Jessica Jones is clearly the Carla here (extremely complimentary)

a man is holding another man in his arms with the words eagleeeee written on the bottom Alt: a man is holding another man in his arms with the words eagleeeee written on the bottom

Danny Rand and Luke Cage are the JD & Turk of the Marvel Universe. I will be taking no questions.

The truth is we're going to Vegas to croak a skag baron named Savage Henry. We've known him for years but he ripped us off. You know what that means? Savage Henry... has cashed his check.

The Truth...

That's right, man. Don't take any guff from these fucking swine.

I was sure we'd get into that rotten stuff soon enough

That's right, man. Don't take any guff from these fucking swine.

As your attorney, I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top. And we'll need the cocaine.

How long could we maintain, I wondered? How long until one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy?

One toke, you poor fool. Wait'll you see those god-damned bats.

No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. The poor bastard would see them soon enough.

Also Variable Time fuzes on artillery shells, a critical advantage in flak gunnery

Aragorn tells Frodo "Then we must do without hope. There is always vengeance." In the Ralph Bakshi LOTR animated film.

Congratulations Virginia! You voted for the best reason: vengeance

My dad won't go to a Nationals home game for some reason? Have they even existed long enough to have a rivalry with the Rangers yet?