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Insane brawl between LG Twins 1B Austin Dean and the pitcher here. Pitcher knew it was coming, throwing their hat and glove. Just such a violent sport sometimes.

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💢 World Central Kitchen said Israeli forces killed Ahmad Nasser Saleem, a driver working for one of its partner logistics companies, while he was transporting aid from the Kerem Shalom crossing to a WCK warehouse in Gaza on on Wednesday, July 8. WCK called for a full accounting of the killing.

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"Originalism has never meant being chained to the original words. That is a childish misunderstanding... Real originalism means asking what the Founders would have wanted if they had lived long enough to become furious about anchor babies."

buff.lyThe US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning“Every serious legal mind must inevitably face a fundamental choice: Read the Constitution and apply its words as the bedrock laws of the land, or transcend ...

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In a full suit, Mayor Zohran Mamdani jumped into one of the city’s public pools on opening day. Our City Hall reporter, Katie Honan, asked the mayor in April whether he would commit to the dip — a tradition that former Mayors Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams skipped.

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When Biden made necessary withdrew from Afghanistan NYT ran 20 straight days of banner headlines & pictures trashing Biden, completely crucifying him as leading worst military disaster in US history. When Trump surrendered to Iran NYT ran talked about optimism, falling prices, and open water ways.

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ZELDA GAMES IN THE MARKETING: Embark on a grand and stately adventure. ZELDA GAMES WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY PLAYING THEM: Check out this annoying little clown guy. Your mission is to put up with his bullshit.

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The Garden is GOING WILD 🤯🗣️ The Knicks are heading home to New York with a 2-0 series lead!

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Replying to @atherton.bsky.social

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

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Would like to draw attention to this very perceptive comment on my recent blog post about SCOTUS; the way in which the Court now treats the entire judicial system as its own private playground is really unprecedented, I don't think anyone anticipated them seizing total control of their own docket.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants stay of district court injunction in Alabama redistricting cases, clearing the way for Alabama to use its 2023 map.

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this is the type of shit that was kinda cute back in 2012 but absolutely does not fly anymore. stop treating the fascists like they’re your besties!

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Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

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"I hardly ever do this. I have not, nor would I ever, wander this cavernous warehouse in search of free handouts. No, my breath stinks of chicken pot stickers, which are being handed out in the next aisle over, for a different reason."

buff.lyI’ll Take This Costco Sample, but Only So I Can Make an Informed Purchasing Decision“I hardly ever do this. I have not, nor would I ever, wander this cavernous warehouse in search of free handouts. No, my breath stinks of chicken pot sticker...

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NY POST: Mamdani attends Knicks game and sits in $700 seat! MAMDANI’S SEAT AT THE KNICKS GAME:

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Trump: "Chinese restaurants in America today outnumber the five largest fast foods in the United States all combined. That's a pretty big statement."

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Juristocracy is bad

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com

BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.

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This headline from Justice Roberts and the red banner of what Tennessee just did to Memphis after the SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act..

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Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social

NEW: Chief Justice John Roberts bemoans that Americans don't understand how the Supreme Court operates and see justices as "political actors". The court at times simply has to make "unpopular" decisions, he adds: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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banner morning for team Someone Else’s Problem

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

* HORMUZ CAN OPEN WITHOUT CLEARING ALL MINES, US ENERGY CHIEF SAYS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS @reuters.com

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Panicked posters: Trump is going to use this as a pretext to crack down on anyone to his left! Trump: I simply must be able to build the gaudiest ballroom anyone has ever seen. It is now a matter of national security.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

DOJ sends letter urging dismissal of lawsuit against Trump’s White House ballroom, citing last night’s events.

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What the fuck are we doing here

Backers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.

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Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social

The addled president fired the secretary of the Navy for failing to deliver an impossible supership he made up in three years

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What do people actually think Nelson Mandela and Gandhi were demanding, vis-a-vis the South African and British governments, respectively? Because it wasn't demilitarized quasi-autonomous economic enterprise zones under foreign security supervision.

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

MLK had a 63% *unfavorable* rating with Americans in a 1966 Gallup poll. Nelson Mandela was legally considered a terrorist by the U.S. government until 2008 (!!). People saying this shit almost certainly would have hated both and found a way to delegitimize their causes at the time!