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I tend to agree with @akivamcohen.bsky.social on this one — it’s far past time for radical reformation of the Court. But I repost it also because it’s a lovely example of the smart, informed, dare-I-say polite discourse/disagreement that is so very possible On Here. And I love #lawsky for it.

My goodness Slow Horses stresses me out.

When your legal research is done by an intern and ChatGPT.

The most popular person at the dog park? The one who brings the best dried fish treats.

This seems like a great story for @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @washingtonsun.com

This is one of his best ones. Finding bleak humor in a national travesty.

Bravo to this. Stop scapegoating cities for the failures of all parts of our nation.

There are so many ways Jeff Bezos has ruined the once-great @washingtonpost.com, but my god it is the Arlington MEMORIAL Bridge. You’d think the DC paper of record could get the names of major bridges right. Or did Trump change the name and I missed it?

Pre-gaming for dinner party, Gen X version. Also chocolate cake with caramel meringue buttercream from Magnolia Bakery cookbook. #bakingsky

Anti trans hatred is the same as any other anti-gay, religious, or racial hatred we have ever known. This includes the efforts to dress it up, hide it, and make it about protecting women or children. That's exactly what bigots did to Black and gay people.

Another day in beautiful Washington DC. #statehoodnow

New signs dropped in DC.

If you were born in the 1970s, get a measles titer. Turned out that I needed a new MMR because I only got one shot when I was a kid and my measles and mumps levels were too low to be effective.

It’s possible Trump’s approval ratings go UP if there’s no coverage of him. Maybe the press ban is a masterful plan by WH insiders who see what is happening in polls around the country but can’t get their boss to stop doing stupid things on camera.

Drug trafficking is not a death penalty offense. No one should get the death penalty without due process. (This is not war. No one’s life was in immediate danger here.)

Case assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly who ruled in favor of CNN in 2018 when the White House tried to ban Jim Acosta. (He’s a Trump I appointee.)

This is an excellent piece — worth reading on a Sunday morning.

Gentle reminder: It is time to go for a walk.

Maybe greed will act as a limiter plate here if we can’t get real campaign finance reform: (1) Billionaires put a lot of money into candidates, (2) those candidates lose, and (3) billionaires decide not to “waste” money on political donations in the future.

At least they can’t pass any terrible legislation when they aren’t in session.

Best dog walk sign. Ruby took today so we will need to be back to leave one.

Finally someone willing to cover local DC news, politics, and sports. Excited about this new news source.

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

Monday thoughts

Admin law is one of those sleeper law school courses (esp if you practice in DC). It comes up ALL the time in real life and across many practice areas. What I learned in 1998 is outdated but then again so is what I learned in con law, crim pro … everything except property? TAKE THIS CLASS PEOPLE!

DCA is the best airport for many reasons — and this is one of them. I can get from my office to the airport in 30 minutes for a few bucks. And with a view of the Potomac (via yellow line not the blue line)!

Between the catering cart and the Natalie Harp letters, we really need Saturday Night Live to come back from summer break.

“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” @skyeperryman.bsky.social

This is low on the list of things to be mad about … but it’s enraging to hear them talk about DC like it was a cesspool 18 months ago. It is a lovely city to live in, and I’m so happy we raised our kids here. And FWIW I’ve been walking around DC “after sunset” since I moved here in 1991.

Out of all the sentences in this heartbreaking story, this one stands out to me: “As the losses mounted, she was stunned to see soldiers so quickly dismiss other soldiers who, just like them, had spent years in uniform.” [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Heartbreaking and beautiful.

This is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks deliberately destroying churches www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

not really surprised to learn that terminal stupidity and racism is the reason i can’t walk into a CVS and just buy a toothbrush without flagging down the one person who might be in the store dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...

He was the speaker at my son’s USC graduation in May and he is truly filled with joy.

What sadly passes for “normal” in DC these days. Armed soldiers standing around doing nothing but wasting your tax dollars. This is in Metro Center — safe, quiet on a Friday evening at 7 pm. This shouldn’t be normal. At all.

Bye Bryce.

Me when I won’t stand up for God Bless America in the middle of a baseball game. It’s not the national anthem! Why are you standing up and taking off your hat? I am confused.

If I were representing Dave Hearn, I would ask the court for leave to inspect (or have an expert inspect) the “crime scene” - the bottom of the Reflecting Pool. If the judge granted that motion, I would guess the govt would dismiss the charges asap.

For those of you complaining about the Swift-Kelce shutdown of a few blocks …. And he didn’t even donate to charity!

Ruby remains unbothered by local fireworks. She plans to sleep through the rest of the flyovers too.

Hey Siri is this weather forecast good or bad for the Great American State Fair?

I love this so much.

Ruby and I did that democracy thing today.

If I had a dollar for every client who said, “I didn’t have anything to hide” or “I just wanted to help” after they talked to the feds and dig a massive whole for themselves….

Ah, “instinctive” evidence. Much better than silly old-fashioned hard evidence.

This is really good, by @meganwachspress.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...