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It's like Kagan hasn't read Section 2 of the VRA, and that echos the oral arguments where others on both sides of the issue seemed to try to correct her misunderstandings of the statute.
Kagan is wrong on what the law says. People have been citing specific language of the law to try to inform her, but she doesn't seem to care.
It's as if she's just playing the role of a politician unconcerned with reality as she attempts to score political points.
#USPolitics #SCOTUS #VRA
New: President Trump's memecoin project is preparing to launch a membership club promising "elite and extraordinary experiences". This is the latest attempt to prop up a token down 97% from peak.
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#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics
President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin is preparing to launch a “Coin Club” membership scheme
The website promises "elite and extraordinary experiences" as part of the newest scheme to revive a token that’s down 97% from its peak and still falling.Molly White (Citation Needed)
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran.
@AssociatedPress has a live blog with the latest: flip.it/mCvL8J
#Hegseth #Iran #News #USPolitics #PeteHegseth #Congress
TRUMP AIDS PUTIN
A U.S. senator accused the Pentagon of being reluctant to provide Ukraine with \$400 million in aid.
Sen. Mitch McConnell noted that Congress had previously approved two \$400 million aid packages for Ukraine over the next two years.
#AureFreePress #News #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
More News at @Free_Press
Nebraska is becoming the first U.S. state to implement a Medicaid work requirement signed by Trump.
@AssociatedPress reports: "Under the change, many Medicaid participants ages 19 through 64 will have to show that they work or do community service at least 80 hours a month, or are enrolled in school at least half-time."
It needs to be emphasized that the Monsanto case is about federal vs state regulation.
It's not really about a "multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims." Those are just the triggering elements.
It would be like saying the trial of a guy accused of murder during a robbery is about the money he stole. No, the money just set the ball in motion.
One reason this distinction is important is because if we don't like it we need to demand that our legislators change the federal or state regulations. This is about democracy, not about Monsanto.
Wow, Robert Reich is writing for The Guardian now? It's as if folks in the US have finally gotten tired of his shtick.
It's funny that he starts off personalizing SCOTUS decisions itself effective condemnation (or at least ignorance) of the entire philosophy of the US government.
Anyway, if you check out the actual transcript of the speech you'll see that, as is his way, Reich mischaracterizes what it actually said, as hinted by his disjointed, out of context quotations--always a red flag.
Reich went down that path long ago. He's no longer a serious commentator.
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Justice Clarence Thomas, "Remarks on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence" | Justice Clarence Thomas
The primacy of our rights in relation to our government is crucial in reconciling the immortal words of the Declaration with our Constitution and our history.www.civitasoutlook.com
Meme idea stolen, remade without AI and with Alt Text
#USPol #USPolitics #Memes #Trump #EpsteinClass #Crooks #BillClinton #RichardNixon #Trump
A limited-government advocate in Texas persuaded five small towns to incorporate as “liberty cities,” which feature lean governments, little to no taxation and scant regulation.
At least two of them struggle to provide basic services.
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#News #Texas #Dallas #Police #Law #Government #USPolitics
Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern
A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities like Dallas.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Iran's Supreme Leader is gone and its military degraded, yet the country controls the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices have spiked globally and Tehran now has stronger reasons to pursue nuclear weapons.
Was this ‘victory’ worth the cost?
theconversation.com/is-trump-h…
#USPolitics #Iran
Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran?
Pyrrhus was said to have remarked that one more victory would leave his kingdom ‘utterly ruined.’ Some see echoes in US interventions in the Middle East.The Conversation
Do fellow US scientists have advice on what I'm supposed to do here. Am I just not going to have a job after spending years getting a PhD, do I move to another country, what options are we actually considering here.
How do I just not spend the next year(s) in despair.
It's a fucking magic trick...
#WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Journalism #Press #USPol #USPolitics
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2,000 professional journalists literally on the scene when it happened
and no one knows what is actually going on?
# Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social - 51m
So just to recap, in the last minute CSPAN says it was a false alarm, CNN
says the shooter was killed in the lobby, and the pool report says he's in
custody, do | have that right?
01:52 - 26 Apr 2026 @ Everybody can reply
278 reposts 23 quotes 11K likes](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5563444 "{ Charles Gaba [5]
@charlesgaba.com
2,000 professional journalists literally on the scene when it happened
and no one knows what is actually going on?
# Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social - 51m
So just to recap, in the last minute CSPAN says it was a false alarm, CNN
says the shooter was killed in the lobby, and the pool report says he's in
custody, do | have that right?
01:52 - 26 Apr 2026 @ Everybody can reply
278 reposts 23 quotes 11K likes")
The White House says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick properly divested from Cantor Fitzgerald by transferring leadership to his sons.
Anyway GOP officials called Lutnick about a Cantor-funded PAC planning to spend $1.75M on Ken Paxton and the PAC reversed course, but that’s probably just how independent companies behave when the former owner gets a phone call.
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I am thoroughly enjoying this story and watching this clown get his ass handed to him
#KashPatel #FBI #Journalism #TheAtlantic #USPol #USPolitics
Chrisblue@bsky.social (@Chrisblue@journa.host)
Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/atlantic-writer-sued-kash-patel-121035894.html?ncid=redditnewsusChrisblue@bsky.social (Journa.host)
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The World won't make the mistake of trusting or relying on the USA ever again.
In the crudest, most depraved way, the USA has shown itself to us 😔
But when you hit rock bottom, the only way is up!
#USPol #USpolitics #Trump
Ben Atkinson, PhD (@BenAtkinsonPhD@econtwitter.net)
Andrew Coyne: “But Mr. Trump didn’t just happen to America. He was elected, twice – the second time after attempting a coup.Ben Atkinson, PhD (EconTwitter)
