Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie

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Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !

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The governor of Nebraska (whom I despise) actually got enough pushback to change his mind about rejecting these funds. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/05/06/o...

Once-controversial Summer EBT food program for low-income NE kids set for rollout • Nebraska Examinernebraskaexaminer.com The once-controversial Summer EBT food program for low-income NE kids moves forward with federal approval of rollout.

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Indiana has a mechanism that basically doesn’t allow turning down aid like this so that’s the only reason Indiana isn’t included.

The opting out is especially wild Like, Republican governors are being actively presented with money to feed kids and affirmatively saying 'I would like children to starve actually' (Also, if I'm a Dem campaigner, I'm making some ads and placing some op eds about this immediately)

I looked at the source of the one-star Goodreads rating for The Originalism Trap and their other low reviews were like 'this book is woke' or 'too BLM' and buddy you are simply in the wrong place

My first 1* goodreads review for Red Darkling hurt until I looked at the person's other ratings. All the 4* and 5* are serious military scifi. Like, thanks for giving my book a chance, but I'm not sure what you expected from the cover/blurb. No one book is for every reader, and that's ok.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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When I taught middle school in Texas, the summer program was a community builder. Students got out of the heat and off the street, with supervised access to the gym, library, and art rooms. Everyone got fed. Each day, many asked if they could take the extra food home.

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BREAKING: Upside side down French flag spotted outside the Alitos' summer residence

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Oh hell yeah

Fuck John Roberts all my homies hate John Roberts www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

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le wokisme...le wokisme triomphe

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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Recently finished this and really liked it! As the choir the book is preaching to, I didn’t expect much new stuff coming in, but I didn’t know the extent to which Dred Scott and anti-Brown forces all used originalism. Maybe the best argument against it.

Fuck John Roberts all my homies hate John Roberts www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

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We need a Kendrick diss track about Project 2025.

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fuck them other DEIs cuz I'm down for my DEIs

Interesting piece debunking the 'it legally can't happen because' arguments that have been gaining speed CliffsNotes version: "The only binding constraint is the will of a handful of people at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"

I’m quoted here by The Atlantic about money in politics: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 💰🗳⚖️

There’s Only One Reason Biden Won’t Drop Outwww.theatlantic.com His campaign’s rationalizations for the status quo don’t add up.

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To the extent that there’s a subcategory of obscene wealth and influence among the suspects in Knives Out movies there should be one set at a retreat for reptilian lobbyists trying to butter up a Supreme Court justice

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If they wanted to make the real, very good point that labeling people who get convicted of felonies as felons and ruining their lives with it is a terrible, counterproductive thing, I'd be on board. But of course all they mean is Trump's felonies are okay.

when I said that I wanted more news coverage to focus on Donald Trump being a convicted felon, a legally-adjudicated rapist, and so forth, this is not actually what I meant

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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There's a bakery up the street from me where they saw my email on an order and started drawing tubas on the bags. So I saved em for a year and made a collage for them. Which they then hung up and curated like a museum piece. I love em there and they're always happy to see me ❤️

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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

Some folks need...to be kept far away from public office. Microphones too while we're at it

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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The quote on having the power to reshape justice reminds me of this recent essay from @ositanwanevu.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/osit...

I wrote about the election and the American project. www.ositanwanevu.com/will-america...

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Timely take on The Originalism Trap from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social! "For anyone feeling helpless about a newly monarchic court...this book is a reminder that ordinary people have always had the power to reshape justice, & the time to do so is right now” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as...

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My article for @newrepublic “The Supreme Court has effectively ruled that 250 years of U.S. history under a republic is enough.” newrepublic.com/article/1833...

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a Kingnewrepublic.com The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.

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Just finished @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social’s The Originalism Trap and found it extremely well-reasoned and inspiring, and maybe most important for someone who rarely reads book-length nonfiction, very readable! You should go get it, especially THIS weekend

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kamala takes the stage as the presumptive nominee to the organ riff from “not like us.” the crowd goes wild when she says “our opponent, the certified lover boy? certified pedophile”

Kendrick shouldn’t be president but he should be allowed to determine the Democratic Party nominee

Including a bajillion people singing along to your diss track is so diabolical, I love it

Not Like Us music video finally dropped.

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Usyoutu.be Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” Directed by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar Production Company: pgLang / project3 Executive Producers: Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free Producers: Sam Canter, Jack Begert, Jamie Rabineau, Cornell Brown, Anthony Saleh, Jared Heinke Associate Producer: Charm La’Donna Director of Photography: Xiaolong Liu 1st AD Los Angeles: Michael Pierrard 1st AD Compton: Kenneth Taylor Production Designer: Freyja Bardell Choreographer: Charm La’Donna Wardrobe Department Head: Karizza Sanchez KL Stylist: Taylor McNeill Talent Stylist: Jessica Willis Talent Stylist: Telsha Anderson-Boone Stunts: Craig Jensen Talent Grooming: Emily Cheng Talent Hairstylist: Flipper Moore Barber: Chris Donato Smith Cast HMU: Camille Ariane Location Manager: Derek Tramont Editor: Chaz Smedley Colorist: Mikey Rossiter VFX: Karen Arakelian Additional VFX: Sunset Edit, SUPERCONTINENT Sound Design: Matt Yocum Commissioner: Michelle An #KendrickLamar #NotLikeUs http://vevo.ly/NcHpoC

Reviews like this make me so happy. Accessible (and hopeful!) was what I aimed for, Badinomo People shouldn't need to be a lawyer to understand that the Supreme Court ain't shit and we can do things differently tinyurl.com/originalismtrap

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Among the many, many issues here, it's clear that ICE has way too much money to play with.

ICE created a fake university in order to defraud, rob, and deport students. The depths of depravity there know no bounds. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court ruleswww.freep.com An appeals court ruled in favor of students who said they were tricked by ICE into enrolling at a fake university in metro Detroit.

I feel like I could do at least six. Like I'ma average more than one per two minutes

A 4th of July tradition - asking the Internet how many hotdogs they could eat in 10 minutes. I remain convinced I’d max out at 4. The sodium alone would end me.

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This but unironically.

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Happy fourth