jackjones23.bsky.social

jackjones23.bsky.social

@jackjones23.bsky.social

"A woman in a bikini holding a Bible and pushing American flag clothing. That's MAGA in a nutshell."

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Just thought of this. If Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley passes away while in office when Rob Sand is governor, then Sand could appoint a Democrat as Senator. If I were a Republican in the state legislature, I would change the law to prevent that. Thankfully no Iowa Republican is reading this.

Pretty sad that the Democratic candidate for Iowa governor is to the left of the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor on data centers. This is what happens when you start listening to "centrists" who care little about what voters want.

Fox News article about Royce White's declaration to be a transgender woman continues to use "he" to refer to White. 😑 "Former NBA player Royce White told OutKick/Fox News Digital that he apparently plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, as he now claims to be transgender."

High level Republicans anonymously admits Thomas J Smith won due to racism. a GOP "strategist added that Hassan had “clear flaws as a candidate” and the "GOP base was reluctant to support a dude named Amir Hassan."" www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

politico.comTrump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped outAmir Hassan lost to Tom Smith, who had suspended his campaign but is now jumping back into the race for the purple 8th District.
The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

Latest antisemitism allegation against Mamdani is none of the 18 members of the NYC Judiciary Advisory Committee (MAJC) are Jewish. But only 10 MAJC members are chosen by the mayor. So it's antisemitic for Mamdani not to appoint Jews but not antisemitic for the other 8 appointments to be not Jewish.

So far as I can tell, the WNBA fandom is made up of homers, stans, and trolls. Pretty sad really.

jackjones23.bsky.social@jackjones23.bsky.social

I remember back in the old days, the anti-trans used to say they were defending lesbians/gays from trans but now they don't even say that anymore. I have no doubt there are many anti-trans normies who aren't anti-gay, but it's hard to find them among the anti-trans activists like Cunningham.

I remember back in the old days, the anti-trans used to say they were defending lesbians/gays from trans but now they don't even say that anymore. I have no doubt there are many anti-trans normies who aren't anti-gay, but it's hard to find them among the anti-trans activists like Cunningham.

jackjones23.bsky.social@jackjones23.bsky.social

Sophie Cunningham is not good enough to say things like this and last in the WNBA. Owners and other players have already concluded she's more trouble than she's worth, especially with the international players coming to the WNBA. Look what happened to Chennedy Carter who's a lot better than her.

if the supreme court says 2+2=5, then is it a legal truth that 2+2=5? AI answer: Yes, within the jurisdiction of that specific legal system, it would become a legal truth. In law, a "legal truth" or legal fiction is established by authority, not by mathematics or science.

Cristian Farias@cristianfarias.com

In a footnote in a labor case, a senior Republican-appointed judge on the D.C. Circuit blasts the Supreme Court about an embarrassing error in its landmark ruling overturning the Chevron case, which unsettled four decades of administrative law precedent. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...

One of the great things about Google's AI overview is it makes conservatives look ridiculous "conservatives strongly support testosterone screening for soldiers" "Proponents argue that tracking hormone levels ensures "war fighters" operate at their absolute best and maintain peak physical condition"

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Hegseth now wants taxpayers to pay to give testosterone injections to troops to make them better warfighters.

Next from the White House: The Japanese internment camps were not racially motivated.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

I asked Google's AI. Unsurprisingly, it gives a stupid response. "Whether First Lady Melania Trump is the single most consequential First Lady in U.S. history remains a subject of intense debate among historians and political analysts..."

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Edith Wilson was basically the shadow president after her husband had a stroke. Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR's eyes and ears and a force in politics decades after his death. Jackie Kennedy was a cultural icon. But to the cult, none of that measures up to ... MELANIA

One of truly odd views of the birthright citizenship dissenters: we all know the 14th amendment granted birthright citizenship. But the dissenters say the 14th amendment actually took away birthright citizenship from certain people like the children in the NY case Lynch v. Clarke.

Brett Kavanaugh said birthright citizenship is determined by ordinary congressional laws while the other dissenters said birthright citizenship is determined by the Supreme Court. Of course nothing in the Constitution gives the Supreme Court or Congress this power.

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Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.

"he essentially transforms the citizenship clause into an Article 1 legislative power" He also did this in the Trump vs Colorado case - the insurrection clause that banned certain people from holding office was turned into the power to (maybe) ban certain people.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

On closer inspection, it might be the most dangerous and extreme view of U.S. citizenship to be articulated by the justices this week. trib.al/KHYSiul

These 2 cases implicitly overruled City of Boerne v. Flores which denies Congress the power to define the substance of the 14th amendment. Ironically, the Supreme Court Republicans consistently pretend they're upholding the case when they're doing the exact opposite over and over again.

Gorusch's view is to overrule the Insular Cases and the Constitution applies everywhere, including unincorporated territories. But the people born in the Insular Case unincorporated territories are not citizens because no birthright citizenship.

Kavanaugh's opinion is nutty because (according to him) since only children born of citizens are granted birthright citizenship by the 14th amendment, then freed slaves didn't become citizens by the 14th amendment.

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social

Kavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"

The Original Constitution literally used the word "jurisdiction" 5 times, but the dissenters now say it means something different in the 14th amendment.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

Justice Roberts writes: children born to parents who are in the United States unlawfully or temporarily are "born in the United States" and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." "Under the Constitution, they are citizens at birth."

Kavanaugh will be saying the same thing when he rules Trump can run for a third term.

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social

Kavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"

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With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

Google's AI admits the Supreme Court is racist against black and other minorities.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Trump once again benefits from a Supreme Court that is too cowardly to call the president a racist. Alito won't even print a single one of his statements (because he knows how bad they are) and instead tries to frame them as not "overtly racial," which, to be blunt, is BS.

Google gets it. "When corporate "success" is stripped of traditional business metrics like audience growth, user satisfaction, or revenue, it transforms entirely into a measurement of internal loyalty and political execution."

Google's AI got it right. "Media scholars and legal experts warn that a "soft autocracy" model—similar to Viktor Orbán’s control over Hungary—is already being built in the United States through selective regulatory approvals, license threats, and targeted corporate intimidation "