Not sure that falls outside LOAC. Lawful use of force is premised on self defense or UN Security Council auth, if my memory of the JAG Deskbook is correct.

horseshoe theory is real. leftists almost got kat abughazaleh elected into congress and now it comes out that her boyfriend owns infowars…

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

First Amendment Stands Firm for Penis Protester

Imagine if the US government forbid the sale of Huawei phones…

Mug of great Supreme Court cases

Nothing gets me out of bed in the morning like Dred Scott

SMH nobody wants to work anymore.

How much of climate change is attributable to the 5 shit-for-brains that decided corporate profits were more important than maintaining any semblance of impartiality in the judiciary?

The TL;DR is that recently-leaked internal memos from 2016 reveal that John Roberts and the court's conservatives invented the shadow docket because of nakedly ideological opposition to Obama's Clean Power Plan.

the United States’ duty to safeguard tax return information under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 and the Privacy Act. The case remains in its early stages. Good cause exists to grant an extension in this matter while the Parties engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation. This limited pause will neither prejudice the Parties nor delay ultimate resolution. Rather, the extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently. II. Argument A. Good Cause Supports a 90-day Extension. Courts routinely grant extensions motions where, as here, an extension serves the interests of justice and efficiency without harming any party. The Parties are engaging in discussions and need time to work through how to ensure those discussions can take place productively to avoid protracted litigation. This brief period will allow the Parties to initiate and structure those discussions in a manner that best serves the interests of all Parties and the Court

BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.

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I can’t believe the only post on bsky that worked today was this invidious personal attack.

Yep. If the budget deficit / debt is a real problem, there is quite literally no other option than ruthless extraction of wealth from the rich. It's not like we can impose 70% taxes on households making $100k, the whole economy will fail. The one and only source of money is the top.

We couldn't afford beef before, either. We just pushed a lot of the costs associated with cheap beef into the future.

FWIW, the Emoluments Clause says this (pending Congressional approval) because the Pope is a title for the head of state of the Vatican.

Good material conditions not being good enough makes progressive policy more important. The Biden era investments in the American economy didn’t save him, we need even more progressive policies. The aims for the next Democrat should be universal health care, then the 32 hour work week.

I think another reason many Americans Feel Bad About the Economy:

There is a constant barrage of information indicating to the casual observer that people who run scams and lie and refuse to play by the rules aren't just going unpunished, they're *making way more money than you are* as a result.

Unbelievable that Microsoft has four different applications in the Office suite where you routinely enter text, but the Tab and Enter keys do different things in all four.

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The issue is that “harm to the government” isn’t a standard in practice.

In the RIF cases the government won emergency motions to RIF during litigation even though the only harm was “paying the salaries from appropriated funds.”

not to do a race science but this makes me angry in a way that can only be genetic

This was a bullshit policy against innocent Afghans, but it is even worse against an enemy with uniformed armed forces. This was just a full-on war crime.

Whoever wrote “long sought and desperately needed ballroom” should be buried under the reconstructed East Wing.

DC already does this and when MPD sees that you have a camera they will bully you to get footage, whether or not it was bought with the DC camera program.

With Voyager we sent art and greeting messages and examples of Earth’s nature and culture into space.

With Artemis we sent Microsoft Outlook (classic).

In space no one can hear you Teams.

Who could have possibly predicted….

Almost like there is an incentive for the extreme right wing SCOTUS to grant cert in stupid cases so the media gives them headlines like “Trump’s grip on the Supreme Court may be slipping.

Why no follow up when RE falsely says “The Olympics just made that decision?” The IOC and NCAA made the opposite decision ~a decade ago.

Same with “EM had an innovative technology…” as if that were true. The hyperloop is vaporware and RE is treating it as reality.

Why nod along with no pushback?