Abnormal Wrench

President trump issued a new Executive Order to rename May 4th "National Emperor Palpatine day"

I stopped teaching Constitutional Law 15 years ago because what's the point.

I went to SCOTUS oral argument last week. I sat ~15 feet from the dais. I can confirm it has room for 4+ more chairs.

It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government. by Elon Musk

When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho

"Fascists strive impotently for a bigness the shrunken aspirations of their soul can never reach. Fascism is the banal dream of tiny men and deserves its place in the sewage of history." Good @mattpolprof.bsky.social on fascism's hatred of left, relevant now: www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...

Come on Kohl, make it $100. It is the least you could do

Q-anon for the left

It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres

Blowing Bubba

90% chance we're bombing Venezuela tomorrow.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Husbands with Grindr profiles?

"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?" "Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."

New rule: a president cannot bomb a country if they cannot find it on an unlabeled map

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Why are blue states paying federal taxes? If they want to weaponize federal funds, then there is no reason to pay into it

While records reportedly show Elon Musk was scheduled to visit Epstein's island, maybe he was just trying to see his dad

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

I’m worried it can still get stupider

So it turns out democracy also dies in broad daylight.

From Feb 4th 1939

This has been me every week for the last 9 months

Kavanaugh, J., concurring. www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-tru...

I hit 1000 miles on the Stark Varg EX today, after 5 months of owning it. I've had a couple minor issues with it, but nothing major. Still happy with it and still worried I'm going to lose my license if i keep riding it on the street #motorcycle #dirtbike

Liberals: “We could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; ‘thoughts and prayers’ isn’t enough.” Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.” There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.

Can we make this a thing? I was watching "101 Dalmatians" with my 4 y/o child, and they asked why would someone want to murder puppies? Why was I forced to explain to my child that some people are immoral capitalist POS? How dare you Disney??

Hey Bluesky, here's a suggestion. People that block replies, put a red border around their skeet, so I don't bother reading it before discovering it was completely pointless.

Many people are *relieved* after their abortions. Some have lingering emotions, but reams of research show the overwhelming majority say it was the right decision. "Nobody wants to live through that"? Nobody wants to live through a forced pregnancy, Matt.

David Roberts Someone once said, “Fascism is a counterrevolution against a revolution that never happened.” What fascists do is try to convince this reactionary base that they’re in danger, that they’re under dire threat from the liberals and the queers and the professors.

We need a phalanx of tuba players to individually follow all the federal agents that are randomly walking around DC, playing the StarWars imperial march song

I got an air fryer

This will have to count as my Supreme Court term review. I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway. My latest in @thenation.com

Sometimes you meet someone and you know from the first moment that you want to spend your whole life without them

Breaking News (2030) | The Supreme Court's swing vote Emil Bove broke with the court's left flank, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, and concurred with Justices Aileen Cannon and Dana White that Mecha President Trump could reallocate all remaining Medicaid funds for more torture drones for Alligator Alcatraz.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

In a surprise announcement Thursday, CBS and Late Show host Stephen Colbert said the show will come to an end in May 2026. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/c...

If you’d told me a decade ago that the NYT and WaPo would roll over for a Republican president going full fascist while the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal went on the attack — and that Bill Kristol was pressing the attack harder than Nancy Pelosi — well, I’d have had you committed.

Wyoming is now requiring would-be voters prove their citizenship by showing physical documents. That could prove most complicated for some married women who have changed their names and don't have the required documents with the right name — and won't have time to get it:

People are always saying rude things about cancer. Often with expletives. Do better. #AllBiologyMatters