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More evidence that the newest justice is bringing all the weapons to the fight or playing four-dimensional chess or whatever metaphor you want.

If she had let the whole court vote, the result probably would have been an indefinite stay that would have benefits withheld from hungry people until SCOTUS resolved the issue weeks or months from now.

to starve the poor to go forward while the case makes its way through the courts. But as Vladeck explains, she was likely choosing the lesser of two evils by placing a 7-day stay and basically telling the lower court to issue its opinion before that expires.

At first glance it's shocking that KBJ, who opposes both needless and illegal cruelty as well as the court's excessive reliance on shadow docket orders and its abandonment of the traditional equitable framework for how those orders should be decided, would allow the Republican Administration's plan

190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

This is an excellent explanation of Justice Jackson's order of an administrative stay in the SNAP case last night.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘A House of Dynamite,’ and more • Oregon ArtsWatch Filmmaker Raoul Peck's portrait of the author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm" draws comparisons between Orwell's prescient social criticism and today's political climate.

There's a whole list of folks I wish were alive to chronicle the current moment but who I'm also glad didn't live to see how much we failed to listen to them. Carlin, Hicks, Vonnegut, etc. But Raoul Peck's new doc, ORWELL 2+2=5 adds another name. That and more at @orartswatch.org this week.

FilmWatch Weekly: Dwayne Johnson in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Anemone,’ and a whole lot more • Oregon ArtsWatch Also this week: a dog's-eye view in "Good Boy," June Squibb in "Eleanor the Great," plus "Plainclothes" and the Venezuelan "Zafari."

If you were wondering why I wasn't out at the clubs last weekend, it was because I was busy devouring a slew of new movies about to descend onto screens this weekend. THE ROCK vs DANIEL DAY-LEWIS is the main event but there's plenty more goodness at the link so let me know if I'm wrong.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Sovereign’ and Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ explore American divisions • Oregon ArtsWatch Also this week: memories of the Rhodesian Bush War in "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," the struggles of Palestinian refugees in "To a Land Unknown," and a hot spring shark attack in "Hot Spring S...

Two movies about the victims of right-wing misinformation, the confused EDDINGTON and the empathetic SOVEREIGN, in this week's FilmWatch. Also a tale from 1980s Rhodesia and the story of Palestinian migrants stuck in Athens. www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-we...

Trump, citing confusion amidst expansion of ICE amidst climate change, rebrands ICE to "Security Services" or "SS."

#Satire

Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress

Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops

FilmWatch Weekly: Iranian sports drama ‘Tatami,’ mother-daughter drama ‘Hot Milk,’ and more • Oregon ArtsWatch Also this week: the bizarre road comedy "Sunlight" at Salem Cinema, plus Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney in "Everything's Going to be Great."

I was barely able to see TATAMI, a film about a female Iranian judoka, in time to write about it for this week's FilmWatch column at @orartswatch.org. I'm glad I did, it's a powerful political thriller wrapped inside a sports movie. That and more at the link. www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-we...

"Just write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control."
Roger Ebert, born on this day in 1942

One of my least favorite baseball phrases is “meat of the order.”

Screenshot taken by me just now. It’s almost as if the AI is…learning.

Just incredible

I Think Neil Gorsuch Is Lying About a “Religious Freedom” Case Again Why did Gorsuch claim that ‘Pride Puppy’, an alphabet book about a lost dog, introduces kids to bondage and sex workers? Let’s find out!

Grateful to @jaywillis.net for investigating ANOTHER children’s book slandered by the Supreme Court to find that—surprise, surprise—Neil Gorsuch is lying about what’s in it. ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/pride...

First they came for the alleged Venezuelan gang members, but I remained silent because no one had yet alleged I was a Venezuelan gang member or a danger to society but they could at any moment.

We laugh to keep from crying or shutting our pants in fear

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Your Republican Party, stalwarts of national defense, keeping your safety always top of mind.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,’ ‘Magazine Dreams,’ and more • Oregon ArtsWatch Also this week: a strange dystopia in "The Assessment," plus the sci-fi flick "Ash" and the baseball film "Eephus."

I'm gonna start posting my film writing here, in a belated half-assed effort to bid an Irish goodbye to Facebook. Here's this week's roundup at @orartswatch.org:

Oregon GOP leader cites false examples of government waste from parody X account • Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s Senate Republican leader shared debunked claims from a social media parody account about federal government spending.

Oregon GOP leader cites false examples of government waste from parody X account oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/12/o...

Just when I solidified my willingness to try to live long enough that I could cackle at Trump’s demise, now you’re telling me I need to outlast Musk? I’m gonna have to think about that one.

I would feel better about this if there was a native iPad app that didn’t make feel like I was posting in 2016.