NEW: The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism. Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday. Tonight, at Law Dork:
Steal away!
Oh this is the Anson, TX case. Nice.
Judge Leslie Southwick (George W. Bush) wrote the 48-page majority opinion. Judge Irma Ramirez (Biden) concurs with the result, but writes about the govt’s notice (6 pages). Judge Andy Oldham (Trump) dissents (131 pages). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
if they were making a claim about historical origins the logic would push towards the inclusion of blacks, natives and other peoples on the north american continent. but schmitt is fundamentally making a racial claim.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that climate change is of human origin, that we are endowed by renewable technology with certain unalienable energy sources, that among these are Solar, Wind and the pursuit of Battery Storage."
The reliance on Locke and rational epistemology is SO crucial to the revolution (and your argument) - we become the first full-scale experiment in Enlightenment philosophy and this new way of arriving at "self-evident truth". If we taught this point in school, we'd produce better citizens.
Taney later claims that this universal language MUST only have been meant to encompass white people, because otherwise slavery would've been monstrous This is demonstrably not true! 1. Many states abolished slavery immediately b/c of the Declaration's ideals
Look, the actual causes of the Revolutionary War are oft misunderstood, but to be clear: this is bullshit It was a dispute about the nature of the British empire, & specifically whether the American colonies had the same standing relative to the king as Great Britain did, or, rather...
Again, why did these people spend the time, energy, and money to win their jobs only to so willingly defenestrate themselves. Also, John Kennedy (pictured) knows better ( www.politico.com/live-updates...
I am a bona fide Congress expert with letters after my name and a long list of publications backing up the claim and this is 100% true.
The Everglades Concentration Camp costs 3x one of these trains.
My mom grew up with the threat of polio as a kid. She was grateful to get vaccinated for it.
My mom had polio. I grew up not worrying about polio. I will always be thankful for vaccines.
And ... being inside.
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
Mike Johnson is a total cuck
Rand Paul has been so far silent? Huh.
i don't think it's great that there is no one in the GOP asking about congressional war powers
We lost a couple of plants which toppled and pots broke, but otherwise we will rebuild! Was just a total surprise, again. Like 2020's event, but not as bad, at least here. I saw others reported big mature trees blown down into homes, and 10,000 with power out.
I have now lived a long and full life, with a Republican Treasury Secretary saying that adding a national sales tax -- imposed on an odd assortment of goods -- *raises* economic growth. Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further. Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
Also, even the idea of a single national identity for most European countries is relatively new, despite the claim of these "ancient nations." As of 1794, only 11% of people in France spoke French as a first language, and nearly half didn't speak French or spoke it poorly.
This made me laugh. The United States is almost a century older than Italy!
Welp the US is an empty suit, with a demented moron as CiC. Now is the time for them to make their move on the West.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un join Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a huge military parade in China as the anti-West leaders project unity. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4p5VNKP
when you’re upset at the cool kids for not inviting you to their lunch table
Seriously. WTF
The U.S. Secretary of Energy does not know that electricity is energy. I'm glad we've gotten rid of DEI programs and are now giving America the leadership it deserves.
This also acts like the Irish were a part of the Founders when it was Scots Irish who were the Scottish who the English crown moved into Ireland and a bunch then moved to the US. When the large number of Irish immigrants started they were not welcome either.
Might as well announce a screening of "Birth of a Nation" now and get it overwith.
oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
I kept waiting for at least a reluctant, cursory throw-in line like, “and of course the descendants of slaves are Americans too,” but nope.
RFK Jr. is a heroin user who eats roadkill and has boasted about sleeping with hundreds of women.
It's definitely a snuff flick, but who knows where and when it's from.
I'm skeptical that this video is even what they say it is. What is the timestamp and why is it blurred? Who are the people on the boat? Where was this video shot? Did they recover any contraband to prove it was a drug-running boat?
What is this video? When was it taken? Who are the people on it? What part of the world was it taken in? There's zero info here. I don't buy it.
and we are taking it on faith that video is actually this operation. There's nothing on there to identify it as such, even the timestamp is blurred.
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
This could be literally any unclassified video from any conflict in the Pentagon's video archives. That doesn't mean it's what they say it is.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
That's a skiff at best
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, D.C. Circuit denies the Trump administration's request to let Trump fire a Federal Trade commissioner during appeals. Citing Humphrey's Executor, about the FTC: "To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments. That we will not do."
So we've now established when Trump doesn't know the answer to a question, "It was AI" has been added to his bag of obfuscations.
I found her account. LOL Very easy.
The secret Facebook page that seems to belong to Kristi Noem used a thinly veiled alias. It shared Christian content, typos, and a copypasta hoax. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-sec...
That article provides sufficient detail that many people with basic sleuthing skills can likely figure it out.
The stock market should realize that a wannabe kingboy menacing the wealthiest areas in America for sport isn't great for the economy, but they only speak crash.
the thing is that by getting out in front of this instead of waiting for it to happen Pritzker might actually short circuit the whole thing. Texas is already issuing denials.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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Two things can be — and are — true here: Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag. A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
Good overview here www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sect...
These problems are even bigger. As a constitutional matter, the deployment of unfederalized Guard personnel into a nonconsenting state can never happen. Never.
TX is sending out their state's NG militia to occupy Illinois. Chicago may be the flashpoint.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Background from @lawfaremedia.org on the limits of Title 32, Section 502(f): "If a ... president were to ... ask governors to send unfederalized Guard personnel into a nonconsenting state—as opposed to a non-state jurisdiction like D.C.—that deployment would violate the Constitution."
I'll have my second pop-up YouTube livestream of the day at 4pm PT to discuss the now significant and expanding wildfire outbreak in Northern California due to dry lightning. I'll have a live weather radar, satellite, and fire camera tour. #CAwx #CAfire
Pritzker is doing two things here that are smart. One, he's describing this forcefully and unapologetically and in his own terms, not adopting the Admin/media frame. Two, he's making clear that he will blame the Admin for any violence or disorder sparked by their invasion of his state.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
Gov. Pritzker: Crime is down in Chicago. Murders are down by almost 50% in the last four years. Shootings are down 57%. Robberies down 34%. One violent crime is too many, and we have more work to do. We have made important progress on safety. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Studies repeatedly show that most people age out of "hardcore" crime by their late 30s and 40s. And nobody is "born to be" a criminal. Even Trump, who is a hardcore criminal who has not aged out of his illicit behavoir, was not born like this. I blame his parents.
PORTLAND: Lots of folks have gotten out of the habit of masking. But we can get those KN95s back out for #RCCC @rosecitycc.bsky.social. We don't have a real CDC anymore, and we don't know WHAT to expect from the next variant. Let's take this one simple step to protect ourselves and each other!
“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers. (Published June)
Watch Vance through all this rambling nonsense lol
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
also, what do you think people conclude when they hear you say Donald Trump is a "wannabe king" who is "attacking the American people" (both true things Jeffries has said) and also that you want to find common ground with him? Probably that your criticisms are insincere or that you're weak or both
Sea Level xkcd.com/3135/
![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
The spray-painted gold ornamentation is spreading like a cancer
Folks...due to rapidly unfolding lightning fire outbreak in Sierra foothills & western slope region today (with additional new lightning starts possible later to the north), I will have another pop-up livestream later today. Exact time TBD. #CAwx #CAfire
The serial criminal is the guy in the White House.
Boomers and GenX growing up breathing leaded exhaust fumes didn't help either.
The black hole of disinformation and bullshit continues to suck in huge portions of the US. Rabies is spreading in the US. One reason is that many people are not vaccinating their dogs. Why? Many actually believe rabies vaccinations will make their dogs autistic.
I am calm. I am breathing deeply through my nose. I am counting to ten. I… WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR DOG WILL INFODUMP TO YOU ABOUT THE FUCKING BALL?!?
I wrote a book about the Army and the Department of War in early America, and these kind of takes make me want to claw my eyes out
Men his age tend to need hearing aids. Not having enough sensory input increases risk of dementia.
photos of Trump's hand today (via Getty)
Definitely put some foundation on that hand.
The surprising similarity between rivers and trees Rivers are not just water flowing to the sea — they’re living networks that connect land, air, and underground worlds. And these connections need to be maintained. Dig in for more. And stay tuned for the next two in this 3-part series.
He's a wind-up toy. Took 5 days to wind up him this time around.
TBH, I prefer the days when we only get fuzzy pictures of him golfing over the ones where he goes on live TV and won't stop talking.
Struggling and failing to imagine the Simpsons being allowed to depict their current CEO as a belligerent convict, like they did the last one
This isn’t the only thing about this but do people realize how much of Alabama is Black Democratic voters
am I to understand that President Trump scheduled a major press conference to announce that he was going to give Huntsville Alabama the nickname "Rocket City"?
Checkmate, libs
Trump claims a video showing people throwing bags out a White House window is "probably AI generated." Doocy then plays the clip for him. Trump still insists it's AI.
when you're deciding which couch to fuck
It's been a real dumb last few days.
Evergreen, yo
Well not much, all told. But this afternoon might have some surprises. The biggest impact here was the downburst which caused a sudden gust and blew everything over. Neighbors all out picking up trash after bins blew over and we had to pick up the pieces in the backyard.
Any moment now
Not a lot of people know this, but it’s actually Peak Performance for a President when the country is constantly spectating if you’re dead and/or a pedophile.