Republicans have stopped regular committee hearings. And, instead are holding roundtables where official motions (like contempt) cannot be made. And they control the committee and the chamber. (2/3)

LOL, what in the hAIl is this, now?

Cover of Mother Jones with an image of fingers pointing at John Roberts and the coverline "Blame John Roberts for Everything"

The NYT big expose on SCOTUS today pairs well with @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social's cover story on how ~everything wrong with this country today can be laid at the feet of John Roberts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I have known two folks in their 40s who were diagnosed and died of pancreatic cancer during these trials (both fid not have operable tumors as required for the trials). It's a brutal cancer, may this just be the beginning of a rapid path for vaccines.

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I don't think I've seen Temptation Island.

But more het than Wife Swap?

If they relaunched that show today but with similar het couples but paired with a WLW couple it would end up being reverse conversion therapy.

Here's your carabiner, chapstick, self agency, and lawyer, Susan 🏳️‍🌈

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

All right, this piece has triggered me so I have to yell a bit (though this is bluesky, so I realize I'm just preaching at the choir):

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As also shown in the bald inaction by this Congress, as an addled malignant narcissist burns the economy, US power, laws, other nations, our people... while he and his family loot EVERYTHING.

We're at the payoff period of decades of work by Leonard Leo, et. al. to reshape the courts and Congress.

Steroids and bath salts....

Stephen Miller : Immigrants
As
Russ Vought : Money

I’d argue these two are the most dangerously men in the Administration. And no, I have not forgotten about Hegseth, RFK Jr., McMahon, Blanche, etc. - without Vought they, and Trump, would not have been able to do much of what has happened.

It has taken far too long to drag this Christian nationalist pro-authoritarian back in front of Congress. He is the architect behind billions in funding not getting out because he believes Trump should be unencumbered by law and the constitution for spending. #StopVought.

I talk about Russ Vought a lot, because he is the central villain in efforts to destroy choke federal grant making, upend it as a concept, practice, and broad activity. He’s also a Christian Nationalist and Project 2025 architect. He controls the flow of tax payer dollars. Important read.

HHS employee: “There exists a clear throughline of transgressive delight in violating the separation of church and state, of a similar corruptive mindset as the joy they take in forcing our agency to reduce services to the public whose mission it is for us to serve.”

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I know it’s a long shot but we deserve…

Crapture: The envisioned rise, and rapid rupture of Trump support among Evangelicals

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I’ve been cynical about any loss in his support floor. But the concurrent inflation, brazen corruption, monuments, war, crazy rants, Pope attack, and blaspheming is rippling “antichrist?” on the right in a way that could tilt fast under a ✝️ lens of False Prophet/Profit. Not likely but not zero.

New Mexico DOJ tipline:

nmdoj.gov/get-help/eps...

#Epstein #ZorroRanch

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Awful and predictable and nationally self-defeating.

Weird they’re also lamenting low teen pregnancy rates. Quiverfull nonsense on young (white) women pumping out babies 👶 👶 👶 is the next push to “save” the country (plus making divorce harder, birth control limited, and abortion impossible).

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When the news hit, I assumed pension and employer contribution side of retirement were why they both resigned today rather than risk expulsion.

LOL, carrying water—I mean local restaurant food—for MAGA electeds in like four states… that we know of so far.

Sharon Simmons is part of the Trump grift economy, which pays better than the gig economy I’d wager (but won’t, because politics betting is another whole rotting trunk).

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Where did they get these words? And how long until “Ladies, if you are on the dating market and a guy brings you flowers early on or opens doors for you… beware that’s a tell that ‘he’ might be a biological woman. Real Men (tm) are unlikely to do any of that.“

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Sure seems to be, with the “Secretary of War” having a freaking crusades tattoo. And dudes wanting to reenact the Holy Wars banding with freaky Christian end timers to push mid-east wars. Plus domestics Christian Nationalists running full steam in government layers. And a new Era of Indulgences.

This thread. I have been doing this kind of work for a very long time and I know a lot about exactly this. If you want to do misconduct reporting with scared sources going up against very powerful people, and also keep your soul, it takes time. So much time. It’s very difficult. Brain meltingly so.

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"Innuendo"

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I bet he calls it “real classy.”

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And there will likely be other credible accusers now that the dam has broken.

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences.

Steps to counter this are in motion.

If you
- have an SBE proposal under review
- serve on an SBE grant panel

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Breaking News Exclusive: The U.S. Attorney Who Should Have Investigated Jeffrey Epstein for Sexually Abusing 16-Year-Old Annie Farmer in 1996 in New Mexico Was Epstein's Personal POA for Zorro Ranch. Former U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico John J. Kelly was Epstein's personal Power of Attorney on Zorro Ranch matters. This has never been publicly disclosed until now.

Alisa Valdes with another big drop on Zorro Ranch. “The U.S. Attorney Who Should Have Investigated Jeffrey Epstein for Sexually Abusing 16-Year-Old Annie Farmer in 1996 in New Mexico [ABQ atty John Kelly] Was Epstein's Personal POA for Zorro Ranch.” investigated. alisav.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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They mean it. White replacement theory and mild loss of power of straight, white, men has brought MANY on the right to conclude young tradwifedom as the word and the way. But no social supports so she probably needs to work too. Voting rights, divorce reform, reproductive freedom, gender policing.

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The article shows a lot of contemporaneous confirmation, behavior patterns, etc. It’s politics so, yes, these things tend to come out at critical times in elections and may have oppo influence (like with *Trump* and others). But yeah, staff quitting, multiple women, confirming details…

And Al Franken is definitely not the flex this person thinks it is…

It’s fucking exhausting. Every damn week if not every day we have to stand up to the most corrupt president in modern history as he and the greediest m-fers on earth try and grab more public goods to get even richer.