Melissa Gira Grant

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I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

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no no no he wasn’t watching the news about rose mary woods and the 18 1/2 minute gap in the white house tape when his sister was abducted

if we are running cops now: scully/fluke man 2024

We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins... www.mediamatters.org/project-2025

Where are the columnists who are experts in specific fields, breaking down what the Heritage Foundation + Trump want to do to each individual federal agency? E.g. I read the section dedicated to our intelligence agencies, and had to stop, since I was starting to feel a little nauseous.

leaving the movies and seeing fireworks as just a thing on the walk to the train are now my favorite nyc fireworks in fifteen years here

also happy birthday eva marie saint

meet two of the three guys running the RNC platform committee newrepublic.com/article/1834...

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They've put it in writing (re: pills, but if 1461 + 1462 aka Comstock are enforced, it could also be against any abortion-causing instrument/device), it's like peak he admit it static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

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rifka the unhinged fat activist

split the image in two so alt text would fit:

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Melissa Gira Grant

a few parts I didn't get to fully work with, from my notes on jackson's dissent:

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like inject a subtitle like this into my veins www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...

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Coop… coop… coop

love when they get a case in vancouver, massachusetts

the conversation (1994)

don’t make me tap the rug*

Some immaculate historic vibes, in all their messiness mumpsimus.blogspot.com/2009/06/rick...

I know this is so two weeks ago, but the Supreme Court did not “approve” mifepristone—they said that randos do not have standing to challenge the FDA approval of mifepristone. (And what FDA approval in the face of randos and courts means after today, well…) www.semafor.com/article/06/2...

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good night gang

“it’s a two box day at SCOTUS”

going outside now that it’s dipped below 90, watering my little flowers and herbs, listening to a chapter of a book detailing what plants and animals go extinct at 3 degrees and a cat shows up

behold the name (as introduced) of the Stop Comstock Act www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

Typically the New York Times credits itself for having such an impact in the world. Remarkable humility here given all they’ve done to advance this “raging debate”

the times’ willing participation in a right-wing Christianist assault on the human rights of a small minority is one of the most disgraceful chapters in its history. absolutely sickening

Biden Officials Pushed to Remove Age Limits for Trans Surgery, Documents Showwww.nytimes.com Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over...

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i forgot the “killer office building” episode was also a “revenge of the tech founder” episode

oh no WORSE it’s killer AI and it’s making late night calls to scully and when she picks up it’s just the modem sound

“mulder why would alien beings fly light years to earth in order to play doctor on cattle”

Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley in a publicity photo for Viva Las Vegas (1964)

I searched my photos for “Kissinger” looking for a fitting comment on this news and lo:

Alayna Treene of CNN notes that Alito was missing from the bench today and yesterday and that the press office hasn't responded to questions about his absence

rip to a legend (even if he was a cop here)

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2. Longtime readers will share my lol (and my lmao even) at Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, both anti-Backpage crusaders, now co-sponsoring the repeal of a law that was used to censor sex ads