A group of 37 Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with a March 31 executive order issued by President Donald Trump tightening rules on mail‑in voting.
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there are nearly 13 million lawful permanent residents in the United States, and they generally have the right to leave and return to the U.S. as they please
on Wednesday, the Trump admin will ask the Supreme Court to change that
read up about Blanche v. Lau 👇🏾
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/blanc...
The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in the next few years, according to sources. https://cnn.it/4e1Y7zv
The Court finds the decision to proceed with the 15th Street Cycle Track Removal to be arbitrary and capricious because the record does not reflect that the defendants examined the relevant data and articulated a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made. It further finds that the defendants’ invocation of the highway modernization categorical exclusion, and their conclusion that the Removal Project would not have a significant impact on public health and safety, to be arbitrary and capricious as well. Therefore, the decision to proceed with the Removal Project as described in the March 31, 2026 NPS Decision Memorandum and the March 31, 2026 NPS and FHWA Categorial Exclusion documents, as well as in the February 23 NPS and February 27 FHWA Categorical Exclusion documents to the extent they were not rescinded or nullified but only elaborated upon on March 31, is hereby VACATED and REMANDED to the National Park Service and the Federal Highway Administration
A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration's effort to rip out the 15th Street bike lane on the national mall—which substantially reduced crashes and injuries—holding that the move was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the law: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Jack Smith/Aileen Cannon classified documents case.
SCOTUS gave him immunity, plus all those shadow docket wins.
NEW: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that key actions Trump took to delay solar and wind projects across the U.S. were illegal (me for @heatmap.news)
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
Simple, but varies.
Pequod’s pepperoni pan
Vito & Nick’s sausage & pepperoni (tavern cut thin)
Giordano’s sausage deep dish
Len’s Pizza sausage & pepperoni tavern cut (RIP)
Pizza Hut pepperoni or sausage pan (in a pinch) lol
Love pizza.
Weed isn’t legal for recreational use in Texas.
Graphic describing the parts of Chicago’s flag. 3 white stripes signify the North Side, West Side and South Side 2 blue stripes signify the North and South branches of the Chicago River. The 4 red stars signify Fort Dearborn, Great Chicago Fire of 1871, World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and Century of Progress Exposition of 1933
Here’s a graphic:
He didn’t lose his job like she did.
We can't list everything wrong with this lawsuit but here's one: Patel says The Atlantic should have filed FOIAs before reporting.
The FBI’s average FOIA response time is two years.
Airfares are going to go through the roof.
Always interesting to see these lying clowns with the word “Honorable” in front of their name.
Byeeeeee
FFS
“Their appearances on Fox Business, however, continued for a few more weeks — until diGenova used one to utter a widely condemned antisemitic screed, at which point the couple stopped appearing there as well.” @mattgertz.bsky.social
“What are you in for?”
“Felony bralessness”
there you go…
A reminder that Don Jr.’s brother, Eric Trump, invoked the Fifth Amendment over 500 times in 2020 during his testimony in the New York Attorney General’s civil fraud investigation into Trump Org’s finances.
His dad, Donald Trump, invoked the 5th more than 400 times during his deposition.
Happy to share this wide-ranging conversation with Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." We discuss Mass, confession, the Liturgy of the Hours, prayer and church leaders speaking up on political matters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtCz...
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
When he dies, throw his corpse into a goddamn coal mine, he loves it so much.
Whiskey Pete really is a dumb motherfucker.
And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records
DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated"
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
many of our problems would have been solved if, in the 80s and 90s, democrats/liberals had responded to gop ideas with a lot more "that's the fucking stupidest thing ive ever heard, shut the fuck up" instead of "that's an interesting idea, i have a different take..."
A rather unusual series of events over the past 48 hours has exposed the extent of the CIA’s involvement in counternarcotics operations in Mexico.
A brief timeline to catch you up:
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Here's a link to the latest filing in the special prosecutor debate (a few pages are out of order in the official court filing — Page 2 actually begins on Page 12 of the PDF): cst.brightspotcdn.com/dd/a5/4eb73f...
And here's the email in question from Eileen O'Neill Burke's staff:
Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."
They’re not even having a comedian roast him. They’re having some guy who’s a “mentalist.”