TxDede and Minka

One of the major problems with originalism is that lawyers are not historians, and real history is not designed to provide the types of arguments desired by legal reasoning.

i did a triple take at this line. the university of michigan apparently jeopardized a grad student's status and got him detained by ICE for almost a month on this basis, which i can only convey to non-academic folks as "absolute horse shit"

The Trump administration has approved the use of cancer-linked pesticides diflufenican and epyrifenacil, both PFAS forever chemicals. Neither pesticide has ever been used in the United States before.

this isn't criticism of people "on the left" or saying that you shouldn't expect the democrats to fight. those are things you imagined. what it is is a statement that we are the only people who are going to get the things that we want

here is what i wrote, in restated form: "responding to claims of necessity with 'that's not possible' just tells me that you do not see yourself as a political actor"

Same thing about positivism. It's not ignoring problems and saying they'll go away; it's inspecting the problems and trying to think up solutions to them.

Cynicism is laziness masquerading as wisdom.

because if the answer is no i have to ask why you are wasting your time on politics, get a better hobby.

the question isn't "do you have faith in the democrats" the question is "do you have faith in the ability of people to work collectively to impose their will on the political system?"

you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport

Joining over 20 mental health researchers to spend 3 days writing fellowships with dedicated support, 1:1 sessions and stats and writing workshops. Oh and Pilates, puzzles, walks and colouring to decompress. Isn’t this how academia should be done? Mental health researcher- drop me a DM

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks If you live near Brunswick, ME, join us! It’s going to be fabulous!

Water Lilies - 1907 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10992

Ew. Kreepy Korrupt Ken with BibleThumping Barbie-a boxed set.

Trad wife?....wears clothes revealing her arms and midriff...and has a cuckold husband and a politician sidepiece. 😉

Mystery woman who is enjoying a $1500 a night luxury vacation in Iceland with Ken Paxton has been identified as right wing Christian ‘trad wife ‘ influencer Tracey Duhon Duhon is a fierce advocate for traditional marriage in her public life, but sneaks around with Paxton when no one is looking

Can you also command the expanded SC to review all rulings made during both of Trump’s terms and overturn rulings that were partisan and unconstitutional?

Thou shalt expand and reform the Supreme Court. Thou shalt only support candidates who promise to do so. Can I get an amen?

5-4 is not decisive. It is terrifying.

Newsweek: The Supreme Court dealt a decisive blow to Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship, ruling that his executive order could not override the Constitution’s guarantee of citizenship to those born on U.S. soil. 💙 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

SAVE Act goes down in flames once again in the House Mike Johnson went all-out to pass SAVE Act in the House in an attempt to placate Trump Johnson failed SAVE Act is dead. No matter how many timesRepublicans try to revive it, it will never become law #USD #PB

Well, this is dumber than I expected it to be! *Right* before seeing this I'd just told someone I figured it was Bad CMSing publishing a prewrite based on a misunderstood internal (Slack-shaped) comment. Much worse that Totenberg heard wrong and no one verified. www.npr.org/sections/npr...

Hideous signs, you say?

This ain’t it, buddy.

This guy is the embodiment of a faux intellectual

As a mother of someone with a severe mental illness, most of us go broke trying to find adequate resources and help. There is zero empathy from Congress and absolutely no plans to help middle class, working class, or poor people in this country deal with these devastating illnesses.

So, he needed in-patient treatment, but was well enough to run a re-election campaign from the hospital? Um, ok.

Remain in hospital? Get treatment? Surely, unpaid farm labour for a few months would have cured him? /s

Months off for depression with pay. Meanwhile people with debilitating diseases or illness would get fired after missing 24 hours and Republicans would argue that’s the company’s choice and too bad for you.

So he's gonna advocate for all people with depression to get four months off for rehabilitation, right? And he's gonna tell RFK jr to fuck off with his quest to limit the medication that Kean is very clearly taking to be functional?

I love this idea, but strangely no it won’t happen. Also, he does not have the integrity to use a personal medical condition to actually help others going through the same thing. Some people are just selfish.

A month?? When I was struggling with severe depression, I would have been grateful just to be able to find a provider covered by insurance :/

Rep. Tom Kean finally speaks after months away from Congress for a previously unexplained absence: "I was given the diagnosis of depression ... the doctors recommended I remain in the hospital to address my illness"

If Democrats can't make electoral hay of this they are truly incompetent. Every poll I've ever seen shows that the public supports more energy of all kinds. The fact that Trump is claiming an emergency while simultaneously cutting off the cheapest sources of new power is just a lob to his opponents.

A new WoodMac report finds that the Trump administration's refusal to issue lawful permits for renewable energy development is putting 92 gigawatts of energy and $121 billion worth of investment at risk. The same administration that says the need for power is a "national emergency."

Hegseth and Pentagon spokesperson's "consistent stream of derisive comments" against the independent media come back to haunt: DC district court orders a preliminary injunction suspending the DoD's latest policy restricting press access NYT vs. Dept of Defense www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

There is a new baby in my house! Everyone meet Sophie. She's currently a foster but I'm already planning to keep her. #cats

and yes i remember all the cis ppl who got rly into trans culture when it was trendy. and yes i remember all the people who posted an infographic for TDOV and then never talked to a trans woman again. and yes i think every democrat who is okay "bargaining" away trans rights is a fascist.

im done with nuance. if u won't loudly love the trans women in your life like their life depends on it (bc it fucking DOES) then i don't want you in my life. there is no discussion. it's too late for "trans women are valid!" it has to be "i will fight for u as long as i live because i love you!"

i am at least temporarily hopeful that the ruling is narrower than it could have been and i am still scared shitless about the fact that it is up for debate whether i am a person or not