The war against the Southern Poverty Law Center Hate groups claim SPLC is the one actually inciting violence.

The war against the Southern Poverty Law Center has been ongoing for more than a decade. My 2017 reporting on similar efforts: archive.thinkprogress.org/splc-hate-gr...

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John Roberts Is Always a Republican First In public, the chief justice loves talking about how the Supreme Court’s work is not political. His leaked memos reveal just how political the Supreme Court’s work actually is.

In my view, John Roberts's most impressive PR accomplishment is persuading an entire generation of Supreme Court commentators that he is anything other than a Republican politician who uses legalese to implement policies that Republican voters want

"Senator, have any of us ever truly won an election? What is an election anyway, in the context of human experience, in the sense of there being both winners and losers? As Derrida told us in his seminal wo

ah yes, personal freedom, that thing that is always present IN THE MILITARY

THIS VIRGINIA VOTER NAILS IT 💥
#VoteYesVirginiaToday

“…as Democrats, we simply can’t come to a boxing match when the person brings a knife. We’re just not going to be able to survive that. So that’s the position we’ve been forced into.”

You may have noticed: American politicians are really old. You, and everyone else who follows American politics.

But you may not know that American politicians are exceptionally old compared to other democracies.

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One can hope!

This Would-Be Trump Judge Actually Tried to Overturn the 2020 Election - Alliance for Justice

Great piece from @zackford.bsky.social @afj.org describing how 8th Circuit nominee Justin Smith — along with now-Senator Eric Schmitt and now-SG John Sauer — "advocated for some odious policies, including joining the effort to invalidate Biden’s 2020 win in four states." afj.org/article/this...

Never been more convinced that House Alito was behind the Dobbs leak. Getting it out there locked in Kavanaugh's vote amid Roberts and Breyer efforts to flip him, then Alito argued that the dissenters needed to hurry up because of security threats. How incredibly convenient

"accomplishments"

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care.

The judge also blocked "any similar policy."

Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws.

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These schools want to get public funding while also REJECTING 4-YEAR OLDS because their parents are gay or transgender, just to be clear

Our elections are incredibly safe. Don't believe Trump's lies about voter fraud.

For everyone laughing about how discovery will be "fun" should understand: 1) this suit will likely never make it that far; 2) when it's dismissed, The Atlantic will still be out hundreds of thousands of dollars; 3) like being charged by the FBI, you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.

Any opportunity to allow discrimination against LGBTQ+ people!

And Justin Smith literally tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. He's a true believer! afj.org/article/this...

Did an 'ER' star make a cameo in 'The Pitt' season 2 finale? Wait, was that...

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Boots on the Groundhog Day

Weird how they never do this in areas where Trump won!

DOJ Office of Civil Rights seem very focused on districts with a lot of Black voters.

You simply can't be pro-gun and pro-children or pro-life. You just can't. You either want innocent children to die or you want to rein in guns — those are the choices.

There does need to be some voter education on our winner-takes-all system and why it matters in *general* elections. You do have to look at the DIFFERENCES between the candidates and pick the *viable* one closest to your views. But I don't think this approach gets him through a primary.

Psst... this is Patel trying to pass a Trump loyalty test so he doesn't get fired like Noem and Bondi.

A key aspect of defamation is it has to be provably false.

This is a particularly gross thing to read right after Congressional Republicans introduced legislation that rolls back terminology in an important federal workforce law from "justice-involved" to "ex-offender."

Look, it's clunky. We can do better. But other folks are ACTIVELY INTRODUCING STIGMA.

People first: Changing the way we talk about those touched by the criminal justice system Researchers can influence how the field and the public think and talk about the populations affected by the policies and programs they study.

"justice involved" (either justice involved individual(s) or justice involved population) has been used in the public health literature since at least the 1990s and was not coined by Andy Beshear.

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Note to Democrats: Stop punching left. The left is fighting mad and the words we use are "Fuck ICE" and "IMPEACH" and "SHUT IT ALL DOWN." Maybe you'd get somewhere if you used those words, too.

Students in the Texas Tech system (64k, give or take) are now PROHIBITED from researching or writing anything "centered on" sexual orientation or gender identity as part of an undergrad honors or graduate thesis. Not faculty, mind you. Students.

In a blatant 1st Amendment violation, students in the Texas Tech University system are completely banned from researching or writing anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity as part of their thesis.

Former law clerk at the Supreme Court here:

Can confirm.

Enough of this shit. It's not "advocacy speak," it's basic respect for others. Stop trying to moderate on basic equality and justice to appeal to people. HUMANIZE them so they aren't put off by it.