Can't wait for Roberts to dump "Equal Dignity of the States" even faster than he abandoned "Major Question" doctrine.
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Can't wait for Roberts to dump "Equal Dignity of the States" even faster than he abandoned "Major Question" doctrine.
Look at all the other things we are not talking about this morning
something something two weeks tremendous never seen anything like it huge many people saying
"Apathetic electorate mad about consequences."
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Sir, this is a Tim Hortons, & that is the Stanley Cup, the most hallowed & perfect & beautiful of of sports trophies 🤷♂️
Their only joy is in expressing misery and anger.
The very rich Peter Thiel is behind a lot of the destruction of pur democracy going on right now, and he thinks the rest of us little people are just in his way.
Joe Biden is out buying ice cream while everyone is asking whether Trump is dead.
Trump supporters are very angry this morning about people making jokes on social media after many years of telling the rest of us to have a sense of humor and don't take everything so seriously.
It’s obvious at this point that Trump has no intention of leaving office at the end of this term. Fortunately, it seems his heart won’t make it that far anyway. JD is warming up his arm.
I usually have my warfighters mulch in the Spring and save the Autumn for raking.
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
Mosquitoes outbreed us too
I miss the old brand #CDC
Also shows that, while I too share the fear that Trump will never step down, the lame duck circling is already beginning.
Funny enough, I go to New York City because I know it's a city where Sean Hannity would get mean looks from people at restaurants.
Now that we know guns don’t actually prevent an authoritarian government, can we maybe do something about the fact that children keep getting murdered while in school?
Getting called that by Roger Stone should be considered the culmination of a life well lived. Congratulations!
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
A person who is used to covering for and enabling pedophiles would say this
Just calling the balls and strikes.
September 1938: Hitler only wants the Sudetenland. The rest of Czechoslovakia will will be guaranteed security. March 1939: The tanks rolled into Prague.
Woke up this morning Got yourself a sub
Hey Dump, saying slavery was not that bad will not remove attention to the EPSTEIN files. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
Someone should tell Marjorie’s low IQ boyfriend not to try to get cute and trade barbs with a man with a background as a skilled comedian
US artist Elizabeth Catlett's 1946 print honours Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), who was sold into slavery at the age of seven and later became the first published African-American female poet #womensart
❌ Fox paid $787.5 million for lying about the 2020 election ❌ Newsmax paid $67 million for lying about the 2020 election ❌ Numerous Trump lawyers found guilty/debarred -- including Giuliani & Easton -- for lying about the 2020 election 💡Trump is still lying about the 2020 election without penalty
Russia does this for many reasons, but one of them is to show that Putin owns Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Don’t buy into the cosmetic BS, today’s meeting is about Euros counterpressuring Trump following his bending the knee to Putin. Key point: there is no agreement on any key issue.
I tried to listen because I care about Ukraine, but I just can't stand the sound of his voice spitting out a constant stream of nonsense and lies. Please y'all, let me know when it's safe to turn my TV back on.
In this bonkers post, Trump repeats something he said in April – that "the states are merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government." Back when Republicans talked about small government, their heads would have exploded if they’d heard that. But the traitor party now believes only in money and power.
you’re telling me the trump administration was lenient toward someone accused of sex crimes against children? crazy
Well I know Fox spent 3/4 of a billion blaming Dominion.
You mean the decades-long argument about federalism and the power to do things belonging to the states was just some typical “ends justify the means” bull crap from conservatives that they ditch whenever it suits them? Shocking!
Also, I’ve found that some of the clearest reporting on America’s authoritarian turn isn’t coming from U.S. outlets but from foreign journalists and media.
I’m obviously not part of the Democratic leadership, but if I were, I’d have a coordinated effort of the 250+ members of the House and Senate on the streets, doing a continuous rotation of presence in targeted areas, calling for the removal of troops and the release of the Epstein files.
Protesters are flooding DC streets to demand two things: that the National Guard be recalled and that the Epstein files be released. We stand with you, DC. Lawmakers, where are YOU? It's your job to stop this. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
“Time [for Trump] to call Putin’s bluff” sounds a lot like “Time [for me] to become the No.1 ranked tennis player in the world,” which would also be a nice thing to have happen.
“Peace in our time!”
Watching Rubio flail and twitch on Face The Nation defending Russia and pretending that both sides of the war are morally equivalent is the work of a man desperate to be President when Trump is gone and terrified of offending the pro-Putin MAGA base.
There are more than 250 Democratic members of the House and Senate. What prevents them from being in every part of DC, drawing more attention to the illegality and dangerousness of using the military as domestic police against protest?
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
Troops in the streets is not a distraction. It's something that was widely planned, discussed, and part of Trump's 2.0 agenda. It's a major component of the authoritarian project to suppress critics and advance Trump's agenda.
I expected a tyrant with an iron fist, not a clown with a spray tan and swollen ankles.
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
If the vibes are off, just remember: today’s a good day to release the Epstein files.
Don't forget — today’s a good day to release the Epstein files.
“So this is the guy who started the War of Northern Aggression?”
Of all the dumb things, this is on Mt. Rushmore. The Onion and NY Times Pitchbot would think this was too dumb for them.
Trump looked weak and inconsequential. He’s diminished the office of President and made the United States irrelevant.
Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left
YOU CANNOT SEND THE MILITARY TO A CITY. CRIME RATE IS IRRELEVANT.
The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here. The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters." On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident. Real macho stuff.
🎵 Woke up this morning; got myself a sub. 🎵
It’s almost as if there were someone out there who openly and notoriously treated assaults on law enforcement in DC as no big deal, as if they weren’t crimes at all. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
A little unfair to critique the Obamas’ “we go high” posture. They didn’t have the luxury of really going low. They’re not white.
Once heard the maxim that a good prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Just sayin’.
It's a good thing Trump doesn't pay attention to anything so trivial as TV ratings.
This is it. Sports cannot continue to let gambling run rampant and then clutch the pearls every time a player does something gambling adjacent.
Besides the Epstein diversion, the deployment of troops to DC is to create two chilling possibilities. One, to invoke the insurrection act and put down any demonstrations as the country goes south. Two, to suspend elections and declare martial law if the country turns against him.
This! This this this. They are not fighting crime. They ADMIT that. They are fighting culture.
These narratives actually ought to be unifying in that we ought to be recognizing them as evils and abuses we have progressed away from and vow never to repeat. The fact that many among us cannot is what remains divisive.
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
It was good enough to have a several million dollar parade in. now, all of a sudden its crime ridden.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening. Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. There is no emergency. This is a test run. If the courts, Congress, and the rest of us let him get away with this, he’ll do it in every city that doesn’t capitulate to him. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
I’m becoming convinced that the reason they keep making the White House look like Mar-a-Lago is that he’s slowly losing his memory and they keep trying to put him in places that seem familiar.
Love it when the billionaire tells us that lowering corporate taxes is an innovative idea.
What a facile comparison. All politicians overpromise by telling us what they hope to achieve in their perfect world. Trump’s lies go beyond that, and you know that. You’re just scared that someone who doesn’t talk like rich people are gods is forcing you into desperately inapposite comparisons
Nation in decline
tbf the Supreme Court would let Trump bulldoze the White House to build a Trump casino
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
Is today Ghislaine Maxwell’s spa day or yoga class?
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
As if people chose to vote for him in the past without knowing he was Mario’s son. My God, it’s practically the only reason people did vote for him.
The real winner of the NYC mayoral race? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
What if there were already some sort of contest where people were able to choose between them, I wonder how that would go
Am I the only “liberal” who didn’t know or care anything about this ad campaign before MAGAs started asserting that I was upset about it?
Wait? They government should stay out of business? But doesn’t Jesus (representing the most powerful entity in the Universe) make the deal happen here? It looks like the poor guy only gets the investment because Jesus makes the connect for him.
So woke of her. I thought fuck them if they can’t take a joke was their motto: "ICE Barbie Lashes Out at ‘South Park’ After It Tore Her Apart" www.thedailybeast.com//petty-ice-b...
Not to mention the Romanovs.
Are you suggesting Trump didn’t get this war resolved back on January 21?
There was a time in the not too distant past when I thought it might be fun to see the Olympics in person when they returned to LA. Now I’m leaning toward hoping this corrupt regime doesn’t get to host them.
I know nobody under 30 will believe me, but this is the sort of scandal that ended careers, back in the before-times. Congressional hearings, weeks worth of Nightline reports, the whole works. The press _lived_ for this stuff.
More specifically, the convicted sex offender and suspected perjurer says she personally did not see anything wrong being done by the adjudicated sex offender who is presently in control of her freedom and living conditions while incarcerated, according to anonymous person employed by offender #2.
Oh sure… it’s because of young people.
Climbing out of the back of a rental truck, so you can chase down day laborers looking to do some roofing work or whatever, all while wearing your little cowboy hat. Come on, hoss, there's got to be another way to live out your midlife crisis that isn't so pathetically sad.
The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things
It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
Does anyone else remember a couple of months ago when a Republican terrorist shot four people killing two of them in an effort to give control of the Minnesota legislature to Republicans?
