The media obsession with identifying which president appointed a judge is really shameful and needs to stop. The 6 fascists on the supreme court have a clear agenda unrelated to the actual law or the concept of justice. That is NOT true of most judges, especially district court judges. Just stop it.
We need members of Congress leading them, instead of saying this is "all a distraction." Rep. Escobar may not be doing that, but far too many of her Dem colleague are.
Somebody needs to explain to these cops that a president cannot make criminal laws using an executive order and that by arresting someone for violating such non-laws, those cops are very clearly violating that man's civil rights. Qualified immunity cannot and does not protect these cops.
It's hard to believe Welker let him get away with that ridiculous, ahistorical assertion. She must know that both theaters of war during WWII ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. There was no negotiation. And yet she just let him say it without pushback. Pathetic journalism.
All the corp Dem defenders on here insist its OK for the elected corp Dems to do nothing because if they did something Trump might target, arrest or harass them. They say its the unelected folks (except for them of course) who need to put themselves at risk by protesting. Makes zero sense to me.
Disgusting that the Times quotes unnamed sources so they can lie about the search being one for classified documents instead of pure political harassment. The Times nows they are lying but protects their identity anyway. Maybe a new low for this right-wing rag sheet.
Still pretending these 5 are rational actors and will uphold anything the court of claims does. Some of us know better and are willing to acknowledge their bad faith. Justice Jackson is right, they are in the bag for Trump. Their decisions, viewed collectively, prove that beyond any rational doubt.
The MAGA folks Texas don't believe the Dems in Cali will actually do this, and frankly I'm a bit skeptical myself. The polling, showing a significant number of Dems opposing it , is very troubling. Far too many Dems apparently think Dems can still win by playing nice.
POS corp Dem making excuses for more corp Dems, which is why we lose
Its remarkable how this Reuters story goes out of its way to NOT call this socialism, even though that is 100% what it is, ie. government ownership of businesses/means of production. Sanders self-identifies as a socialist, but the article says he a leftist rather than a socialist.
Sanders very openly identifies as a socialist. Trump does not, but its Trump's socialist proposal.
And the MAGA folks insistent that Dems are socialists. This proposal is in fact a proposal for socialism.
Just ridiculously low support for finally fighting back.
You drew an awful panel :(
I'm glad the folks who signed the Declaration of Independence didn't feel like you corp ruling class folks, and yes they were mostly elected officials, or certainly as close to that as we had in 1776. They put their lives on the line. You make protecting incumbent Dems the priority, which is FUBAR.
He did it his entire life.
I have been out there. If Congressman John Lewis were here he would explain few things to you. The idea that elected officials are above protesting is kind of ridiculous. Leaders need to lead.
The apologists for the corp Dems are the absolute worst. John Lewis would like me to hold his beer while he explains some things to you. You obviously don't think what's going on is a slow moving coup, and that is the real problem.
OMG
Its sad that its become noteworthy for TV journalists to actually do their jobs. Raddatz doesn't behave like this nearly enough.
Every Dem senator needs to apologize for this vote. Only a few have actually admitted they made a mistake.
Time for "joint resolution" is ling past. Raskin and his Dem buddies need to be out in the DC streets, like yesterday. WTF don't they see this?
Why pretend that Trump behaves rationally-he clearly does not-and that there is any chance he might do what you suggest-the chance is absolutely zero. It's quite apparent from all Trump's behavior that Putin has some kind of massive leverage over Trump. Why not focus on what that might be?
That has been true for awhile. Schumer and Jeffries need to be forced to resign as Dem leaders.
She deserves it if she shows up to get an award from the Orange Cheeto.
Unfortunately some grand jurors do whatever the prosecutor asks, which is why have the saying that most prosecutors “could get an indictment against a ham sandwich.” A grand jury did recently indict a Dem Congresswoman for just trying to gain access to an ICE facility.
Trump will next seek to suspend any requirement for grand jury indictments and then trial by jury.
Grassley has done so much harm on the Judiciary Committee. He needs to be on this list.
This is quite old, happened at least 2-3 years ago.
And it should infuriate everyone. The media essentially believed Barr's initial, lying "summary" of the report and never bothered to read the entire report to discover that the "summary" was mostly a lie. Incredible lazy and dishonest "journalism," and it occurred at almost every media outlet.
This is what most of them voted for, a low services, MAGA GOP government. I'll take Texans seriously when they start voting the incompetent MAGA idiots out of office.
Really awful journalism to report this based on an unnamed "source". All of the possible sources have a huge motive to lie, so what possible basis could a journalist have to both decide the source is reliable and the public needs to be denied the source's identity?
Haberman has always been a Trump apologist and normalizer.
Martin is worthless. Big talk, but he's done absolutely nothing.
It's called a stunt. He does this and our corp media covers it instead of covering the Epstein scandal. Pretty simple.
Tthe only reason Trump could appoint Bove was because a handful of Dem senators latched onto a ridiculous anti-muslim smear against the incredibly well-qualified man Biden nominated and allowed the seat to remain open for Trump to fill. Bove is an entirely self-inflicted wound for Dems.
The video is pretty clearly NOT the actual collision with the whale. IMHO the video shows what happened after the boat hit the whale, severely injuring it.
I almost always disagree with Summers. He has been wrong about a lot, but he is 100% correct about this.
Dems making excuses for these fake Dems are the real problem.
Fetterman gets the most attention, but the two "Dems" from NH Hassan and Shaheen are really just as bad in terms of enabling Trump.
If the Dems are in fact denying unanimous consent that is news to me. Show me a report confirming they are doing that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u... What's really remarkable about this article is that it completely fails to note that all three Ninth Circuit judges on the panel were appointed by Trump, but it does take a swipe at the Ninth Circuit as a whole calling it "famously liberal." Objective reporting?
But Trump says things are great!
This is not a lie commensurate with the dignity of a museum like the Smithsonian. If you all are gonna lie, and this clearly is a lie, try to do better.
Richard Lazarus from Harvard was a leading voice in favor of John Roberts confirmation. Lazarus, who attend law school with Roberts, had to have heard Roberts rail against the Voting Rights Act as a student.Lots of his fellow classmates heard it. And yet Lazarus insisted Dems should confirm Roberts.
Senate Dems need to fire Schumer now. And Dem senator that supports his continued "leadership" is a part of the problem!
I ask again, why are Senate Dems allowing senate to function and making "deals" with these anti-democratic fascists. Either the Senate dems believe their own rhetoric-Trump is an autocrat and direct threat to democracy-or they don't. They are now behaving as if they don't believe their own rhetoric!
The majority of business people who rely heavily and daily on reliable economic data in order to make business decisions voted for Trump. Let them tell us why we should feel sorry for them now. This was 100% foreseeable when they voted.
Who would be stupid enough to move from California to Oklahoma? Certainly only someone who had never been to Oklahoma, and they won't stay when they realize that Oklahoma is at or near rock bottom in terms of almost every quality of life index.
Why is the Senate still functioning? As has been true fro many decades, that can only happen with the active cooperation of the minority party. There are typically multiple requests for "unanimous consent" every day. A single Dem senator could object to every one. Why are none of them doing that?
The idea that the MAGA GOP would adhere to some "understanding" with Durbin is so naive and contrary to the very nature of the MAGA GOP, that it's hard for me to understand why anyone would seriously believe they would do that.
"If Grassley submits," LOL. In what universe does Grassley stand up to Trump?????
But its not a substitute for openly cooperating with the MAGA GOP to keep the Senate judicial confirmation process going forward, which is what Durbin is in fact doing.
Is there anyone who tracks the justices' public appearances? I think a lot of folks would like to know where there six fascists are showing up for public appearances. Not asking where they eat dinner or shop, but that might be of interest to some, just asking about intentional public forays.
I was recently in S.Ill and S.Ind camping and the tick populations are out of control. I'm a native midwesterner and have camped in these places numerous times.Never seen it even close to this bad. And yes ticks are the devil.
Personally, I'd like to see the Dem senators doing a lot less paling around with very open fascists like Hawley. They can be civil without these kind of interactions that make it look like what is going on right now is normal and not a big deal.
My bet is you will see very little of the six fascists justices out in public this summer during their "recess." They despise the public and don't feel they need to answer to them at any level. Every waiter who serves them knows what they need to do.
This is great, fuck @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov remains worthless and should resign today.
Why not just say what is obvious, the MAGA 8th Circuit judges are simply ignoring clear law in order to help out a fellow MAGA extremist. You and I could never get this result, but for MAGA interests, the fix is in.
And ZInke is such a credible source. At least he didn't punch the reporter for asking the question.
I'm also pretty familiar with how difficult it is to overturn an arbitration award. Your average person can't do it. For me this is further evidence that the MAGA rot in our courts goes beyond favoritism for Trump by the S.Ct. and extends to obvious bias for Trumpsters even in some appellate courts.
Why not just the "six fascist justices?"
This is the real problem for most Senate Dems and their allies like King. They still don't acknowledge that their "colleagues" like Hawley, who may be polite when they talk, are in fact extremists/fascists who are actively helping Trump dismantle our democracy. King and those like him need to WTFU.
The idea that Trump's "working" 12-15 hours a day is laughable, and the media knows it, but they repeat the ie as if it is likely true.
WTF? The folks making over $200000 a year, which is who would have to pay more FICA taxes, are NOT the “Democratic base,” LOL . That base would be severely impacted by raising the retirement age . Is that your solution?
I'm not silent and I want to know why they didn't do something like this to stop the "big beautiful bill," which is far more harmful.
They know other people have seen it all and maybe even copies!
This is of course a gross exaggeration of Biden's issues, which did exist, but were blown out of proportion by our media, which completely excused Trump's far bigger mental/ physical issues. Interesting how this poster consistently has no criticism for huge double standard applied by our media here.
And yet the Senate Dems continue to agree to MAGA GOP unanimous consent requests and allow Senate to continue to function. What is wrong with that picture Chris? Why won't you Senate Dems open your eyes and start acting like this is a slow motion coup?
But they also don't believe the Dems will do anything to them if the Dems were to win again and they believe the Dems won't try to do the same things. History shows they are right on both counts, and Dems like Jeffries and Schumer continue to send the message that they continue to be right.
Quite a few moderate/corp Dems in Congress and their media puppets seem to disagree. And I don't see nearly enough people calling out Jeffries for refusing to endorse Mamdani.
That's not really true. AI overall is a problem in terms of energy and water use, but not all AI is created equal in terms of water and energy use. The AI (chatbots, etc) that the average person uses is not a serious energy or water user. You use a lot more if you watch Youtube/Nerflix or eat meat.
A story the Times could have published years ago, but intentionally chose not to, and folks are celebrating them for doing it now, WTF?
@nytimes.com certainly would not endorse him.
How much of this is truly new, or is it just information and a story that @nytimes.com never made a priority, instead focusing on Biden's age and many other far less outrageous stories. Why did they do that and what harm has it caused. The answer to the second ? is pretty obvious, but not the first.
"demanding answers,"LOL, that will surely terrify them. Durbin, Mr. "Let the GOP block Biden judicial nominations 'cause that's what we've always done in the Senate," except the GOP stopped doing it the last time they had the majority. Durbin is a fool and a sucker and needs to resign now.
Typically in the US legal system, each side pays for their own lawyers, unless a claim is frivolous, legally or factually, or brought for an improper purpose. There might be counter claims where the actual damages are the legal fees incurred, but I don't know enough about the facts to speculate.
Several of Trump's lawyers have been sanctioned for filing frivolous claims.
Correction, Donald Trump has just filed a completely FRIVOLOUS lawsuit.....
Obviously this is very important, and I hope that a few Dems who had access when Biden was president have copies or really good notes about what is in the files. If Trump ever pleases the files, he'll never release the parts that mention him and we'll need witnesses to tell us what is missing.
How many unanimous consent requests did the Dems agree to during the week before these votes?
Would love to hear the continuing defenders of @nytimes.com explain and justify this massive, intentional double standard. Talking about you @clarajeffery.bsky.social
The Senate is GOP controlled, but when the GOP had a similar minority and McConnell as their leader they managed to slow things down a lot more than the Dems are doing. Why are the Dems cooperating at all? Tuberville showed them how to stop most business, why are they not following his lead?
It's a yes or no question. Period, full stop. This is not a situation where some truly awful thing has unexpectedly come out regarding Mamdani's past that was not fully discussed during the Primary campaign. Jeffries is giving credence to what amount to really unfair campaign smears. Shame on him.
No its not complicated. There was a Dem Party primary. Some Dems and lots of rich folks supported a sexual predator. He lost. Mamdani won. Any person claiming to be a leader of the party needs to openly and unambiguously support the clear winner of the primary.
Sorry no, this is 100% unacceptable. Jeffries really has to go as a Dem leader. Just pathetic and outrages. Mamdani won the Dem Primary, that should be the end of the story in terms of Jeffries support. For him not to do that means he had forfeited his right be be considered a leader the Dem Party.
Jeffries knows he doesn't have the power to make New York state do this. In fact New York's explicit refusal to do it after the 2020 census and the NY Dems abysmal 2024 campaign effort cost Dems the House. Jeffries himself bears a not insignificant amount of the blame for this.
This is only news if the goal is too smear a candidate that this media outlet's corp overlords oppose. Seriously, reporting on what a handful of anonymous people said on a private Facebook page? And who gave @cnn access, and why would they do that, which is the real news, but that fact is MIA.
Amendment to do what? The problem many of us have with letters is that is really all they do, especially in the Senate, and we are way, way beyond letters, if you really believe that what we are seeing is a slow moving coup. Why are Dem still agreeing to every MAGA GOP request for unanimous consent?
"longstanding custom" WTF, just FYI in the US we usually treat provisions of the US Constitution that have been repeatedly applied by the S.Ct to mean what they clearly state as something beyond "custom" or even "law," they are typically called Constitutional rights, you pathetic Trump normalizers.
How quickly will the Supremes stay this? Will we see just how wrong the legal pundits are who continue to treat Roberts, et all as good faith actors.
I actually want him to run so he can be confronted about the awful stuff he did and we can see him get crushed in a primary.
Both siding this is pretty outrageous at this point. It makes you a part of the problem.
Again, thanks for the really clear and quick responses. I agree we need to be accurate about what is wrong with the S.Ct's actions. There is plenty to criticize without creating things to criticize.
The corp media often and still portray Grassley as some sort of "reasonable GOPer," when the truth is Grassley is full on, frothing at the mouth MAGA, but since he looks like someone's great-grandfather the corp media assumes he must be harmless.
Thank you! One difference may be how you both are defining "emergency relief." What you just sent out is quite different from what they have been doing for Trump. Biden got relief after full briefing and maybe oral argument and there is a per curium opinion explaining why Biden got relief.
Some specifics would be nice. Start with one anti-Biden TRO/PI that the S.Ct limited in response to an emergency stay request. The other guy said there were zero!
They are still pretending like we have a functioning democracy. Padilla was assaulted by federal agents and nothing happened to them of the Cabinet Secretary who ordered/authorized it. Nothing! Why are Dems allowing the Senate to even function?
If this is supposed to be an argument that the 1930 tariffs did not make the Depression worse, its pretty silly. Try to argue the actual relevant facts. Trump himself admitted the tariffs didn't make things better...for 25 years, but Trump himself is too dumb to realize that was what he admitted.