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If, like Justice Kagan, you think the whole project of originalism is misconceived, have we got the litigation guide for you. Countering Originalism will show you how to neutralize originalist arguments: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The “Tommy” shown in this viral video from Abdul El-Sayed is a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley and the son of a GOP strategist. For nearly five minutes, El-Sayed questioned the man about his understanding of the Constitution and the religious freedom it affords all Americans. Simply brilliant.

Hint: It's not only because California counts slowly. n.pr/4yRuKHG

Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.5 percent in September and are now back to where they were in January, 2025. That means that Americans, on average, have experienced zero real wage growth since Trump returned to office.

If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

It’s often easier to talk about problems than solutions. Here are four concrete things we can do to regulate AI: 1. Require AI companies to disclose safety incidents 2. Require monitoring to be turned on for all deployments 3. Require data retention 4. Verify chips are in authorized locations

Of course it was 6-3. People are going to have to vote in numbers too big to challenge. That's just how it is, unless states can block this somehow.

If nothing else, he intends to leave at the end of this year—Lord I hope the midterms are a complete reckoning. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...

BREAKING: A federal prosecutor in Minnesota was planning to bring serious civil rights charges against an ICE agent for shooting a Venezuelan immigrant. Charges that could've meant serious jail time. Then the Trump DOJ said nah, don't do that. New, @propublica.org

Yeah, we know but tell that to Google. Buncha bitches.

BREAKING: Trump's DHS took a step back from seizing Fentanyl so that ICE could terrorize our streets. In just one year at HSI: - Fentanyl investigations down 24% - Fentanyl seizures down 39% - Hours spent countering fentanyl down approx. 30%

Remember, it's virtually impossible to sue federal agents, so it will be basically impossible to hold ICE officers who shock people without justification accountable. We should not be giving new weapons like this to a law enforcement agency that enjoys near-total impunity.

I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci …because I value EVIDENCE over conspiracy, DATA over rumors, and SCIENCE over politics. No public official is beyond criticism, but there’s a difference between honest scientific guidance and misinformation. I’ll choose evidence EVERY time. #medsky #publichealth

David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........

Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Other states must get on board.

The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.

“Federal law enforcement is protecting one party and prosecuting its opposition…They are confident they can avoid consequences. If they can break the law with impunity, elections are the only consequence they face, [so] they have every incentive to steal them.” open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Real American heroes

just incredible to watch the US president take Iran's side when my state's water systems are under cyberattack

The Trump administration is severely limiting U.S. humanitarian refugee and asylum programs that were established by law and embody American values that date back to our nation’s earliest days. bit.ly/4fkmS8Y

Trump is pursuing this war in the HOPE that Iran carries out an act of terror in the US. And even if it doesn’t, which I doubt it will, consider the possibility that Trump's people would fake one. Please consider this essay, written back in March. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

When Trump launched his first trade war with Beijing, China, a major buyer of US crops, turned elsewhere — and never returned. Brazil is now the world’s biggest supplier of soybeans, beef and poultry. Meanwhile, farmers in the US are in worsening trouble. #TradeGenius www.ft.com/content/8aa8...

Democratic senator proposes expanding Medicare to cover children This is the way! Gift link

Really good.

If you're 60, 69% of the job growth in your lifetime came under Democratic presidents. If you're 45: 75%. If you're under 28: 100%. Not a typo. The Republican column since 1998 nets out below zero. (Source: BLS)

BREAKING States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount Warner Merger If accurate, 1 of the most important developments yet in the fight to stop authoritarianism in the US We @democracydefendersaction.org have been proud to work with AMAZING partners to help lead the #BlockTheMerger movement. Kvelling!

HMM…THIS INTERVIEW WITH HUNTER BIDEN @jimacosta.bsky.social IS POWERFUL AND I NEED FOLXS TO WAKE THE SMURF UP AND REALIZE THEY WERE MANIPULATED BY THE MEDIA AND THE MSM ARE JUST PAID OPERATIVES, REPORTING FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER…SIGH… #PINKS youtu.be/Ho4lK5lwbKM?...

Deporting Haitian immigrants over the pet-eating hoax is the domestic corollary of gutting USAID over massively inflated accusations of fraud. The common thread is racism and an aggressive disregard for the truth.

It’s time to hold Chief Justice Roberts accountable for a Court that prioritizes Trump over the people. Call on your representatives to begin impeachment proceedings.

“A slow, heavy desert lizard called the Gila monster can go months between meals. In the early 1990s, a physician-scientist named John Eng grew curious about how it keeps its blood sugar steady across those long fasts… Years later, a synthetic version of that molecule became the first GLP-1 drugs”

Back in February, I asked a Trump nominee about this EXACT possibility & he dodged my questions. Just as I said back then, this whole process is corrupt to its core. Trump's admin is effectively trying to boost his own family's tainted crypto company. Unprecedented corruption.

Congress reasserted itself after Watergate and Vietnam, transforming its own operations to give rank-and-file lawmakers more say over policy. Now those reforms have been eroded or smashed to bits. bit.ly/4vCq2eR

Thursday Musing.

The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II were all times of crisis in which America held regular elections.

Gift Article: A great read!

The researchers were handing out copies of the editorial, recently published in the association’s flagship journal, which detailed the effects of NIH cuts and other Trump admin actions on diabetes research and outcomes, when security staff asked them to step outside and tried to take away the papers

Here's the article. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

The criticism of Trump, Kennedy, and Bhattacharya that was so subversive that the ADA had to eject the Editor-in-Chief of their flagship journal from their annual meeting for sharing it? Prior today it had fewer than 1000 views. Do your thing.

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