I said this elsewhere, but the thing that riles me up about this is that the entire case here is "Trump, a convicted felon and rapist, will not do these things because it is against the law."
If I made this argument in front of a judge, I STG my client and I would BOTH get held in jail.
“fuck you, deported”
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
“fuck you, deported”
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
NYT's immigration beat reporter examined Trump's plan for mass deporation thru the lens that policies and rules and courts matter
The people she interviewed are in that same bubble
They don't
Trump and Miller aren't going to follow laws. They intend to wreak havoc and expect no one to stop them
Maybe THIS will be the dumbest thing I read today: Florida’s education commissioner announced Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a book of the month to “highlight the importance of American pride.”
Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
13yo and I are amusing ourselves at breakfast by looking up “raccoon” on google translate and seeing how many languages were like “yup, that’s a bear doing its laundry”
- German: Waschbär (washbear)
- Danish: vaskebjørn (wash bear)
- Bulgarian: миеща мечка (washing machine bear)
Junior Scholars: Project 2025 is now breaking through to public consciousness. The more people learn about it, the more they hate it. Now is a great time to search that website, go to the section of your expertise, and write an oped. Keep the drip of bad news for them coming, all the way to Nov.
THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right:
"Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."
And speaking of Baltimore, I'm sure my followers are waiting on pins and needles for my latest update on our astonishing fall in homicides. The wait is over! 😏