Jon from Rhode Island

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1/ Let me explain one way that today's Trump immunity decision threatens the survival of the Republic. Under today's ruling, a President would be immune for any way in which he used the military (a "core function"), even to kill American citizens in America. Theoretically, the soldiers who . . .

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If you’re keeping track of the United States, today is the day the boat cracks in half and half of it points up towards the sky.

Oh hey I was right

Unless I’m a prosecutor, I don’t see any scenario in which I am placed in the same room as an unrepentant felon and emerge better off than I started.

Steam summer sale is on. Maybe let’s all play video games while the world burns outside.

Oh my god make it stop

I’m weirdly excited that we’re now at war with golf

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If the good news has not appeared here: NBC HAS SECURED THE MUSIC RIGHTS TO STREAM 'HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET' I REPEAT -- 'HOMICIDE' TO STREAM

I feel like if you want to convince people that you’re not taking bribes, this is a habit you probably want to dial back a little

According to his attorneys, corrupt Senator Bob Menendez eats at Morton’s Steakhouse TWO HUNDRED FIFTY NIGHTS A YEAR

Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson need to step up to the plate here. What is the point of being on the god damn supreme court if enforcing the rule of law is somehow above your pay grade

Read this, share this, write your representatives and senators to demand they back this.

I think we all need some counterprogramming so here’s Justice Sotomayor on Sesame Street.

Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor: "The Justice Hears a Case."youtu.be Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor serves up tea, and justice on Sesame Street.For more fun games and videos for your preschooler in a safe, child-friendl...

Nobody at WKCR should ever have to pay for their pizza and beer ever again. I’m always astounded at the courage of ordinary journalism in extraordinary times.

Thank you for coming to my legal writing class

Roses are red, hippies are groovy

This seems like a bad idea for a bunch of reasons www.thewrap.com/aaron-sorkin...

Aaron Sorkin Is Writing a January 6 Moviewww.thewrap.com The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin is currently writing a movie about Facebook's impact on the the Jan. 6 attack.

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USC’s handling of this is an unmitigated, unprincipled train wreck. Given how many people they have working in disaster mitigation and crisis management these days, it’s amazing that they are handing this so badly. /1 www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1...

USC says it is canceling its valedictorian speech because of safety concernswww.npr.org Asna Tabassum received some backlash about her social media content on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Tabassum said she questions the university's reasoning for canceling the speech.

Me | my cat at 7am

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HOLY. SHIT. The Hawaii Supreme Court quoted Slim Charles from THE WIRE in their decision

The Hawaii Supreme Court says its state constitution does NOT protect an individual right to bear arms. Justice Eddins' majority opinion also sharply criticizes SCOTUS' decisions in Heller and Bruen as calamitously wrong from top to bottom. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

@catsofyore.bsky.social Can I show off Audrey? I think she’s gorgeous and I want the Internet to think so too. Personality to match.

Nice country you got there, shame if something were to happen to it

The word he's looking for is impunity - literally no accountability for breaking the law. Lawless authoritarianism.

Indicting him on this and other corruption should have been a no-brainer.

During Donald Trump’s presidency, his businesses received at least $7.8 million in payments from the foreign governments and officials of 20 countries, including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to a report released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

Report: Trump businesses received $7.8 million in foreign payments during presidencywww.washingtonpost.com The report argues the payments were in violation of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.

This guy, who graduated in the middle of his class at West Point and never published any scholarly research, was president of Columbia University between 1948-53.

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The first 🧪 must-read of 2024. Goodness gracious. nymag.com/intelligence...

Tom Scocca: Unraveling My Medical Mysterynymag.com The strangest things happen to other people’s bodies. Then they began happening to my own.

The internet:

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