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Citizens United is a supreme court decision that overturned BIPARTISAN campaign finance legislation. The Republican supreme court is an anti-democratic political cabal. We must have court reform and we must all understand what is at stake before it is way too late.

We Americans need to start protesting as much as The Albanians do!

40-45 times the usual fireworks. If they were to light the fireworks at the same pace, it would last a bit more than a day.

NEW FROM ME: This morning, a federal judge in Maryland handed the DOJ its ninth defeat in a series of 31 cases the department has filed to gain access to state voter files. The DOJ has yet to win a single one. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...

Treasury just waived oil sanctions on Iran for 60 days — citing "progress." Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone. In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.

Duckling dead in reflecting pool. This debacle just gets worse and worse

Bribes

It's easy to shrug off the idiots claiming that the incredibly accomplished politician Spencer Pratt was cheated out of a rightful win in Los Angeles. But they're going to make these same claims in November, so we need to carpet bomb this conspiracy out of existence right now.

#DR26 The U.S. democracy is currently in a much faster deterioration process than any other democracy in modern times. Within only one year, the USA’s score on the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index (LDI) has declined by 24 %, from 0.75 in 2024 to 0.57 in 2025. 🧵1(4) #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PolDataSky

Humiliation for Trump. As expected, Netanyahu ignored his pleas not to attack Iran. Israel struck Iran several times overnight. Iranian missiles are now en route to Israel.

I had dinner w/pharma people a while ago and asked if they are discussing internally, the collapse of science. The response was “yeah, all the time. But we figure that the pipeline is about a decade long and we’ll have made our money and be retired by the time it completely collapses”. Me: ……………..

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

get Juror 96 on the lecture circuit, I like the cut of their jib

The Oklahoma governor has been accused of showing “rank political favoritism” to his college friend’s wife after she was sentenced to 8 years for drunk driving and causing an accident that maimed a young woman — but was released with an ankle monitor after having served just 73 days behind bars.

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Open reentrenchment of white supremacy, across the South, at a staggering speed.

War is peace

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

Today Howard Lutnick changed his story and avoided taking accountability for lying about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Why is he changing his testimony and lying? Rep. Ro Khanna and Oversight Dems are investigating.

When you wear a white collar...they let you do it

Just got the following email from the NYC bar association: "Update: All attorneys from the United States Attorney's Offices have withdrawn from participating in this year's White Collar Crime Conference."

I hate the Atlantic for click and shits bait but at least someone picked this up

"Sir, the voters are furious that you keep talking about your plans for a billion dollar ballroom at the White House when they're facing soaring prices on gas and groceries. Please, we're begging you, just talk about something else." "No problem, I got just the thing. You'll love this."

Calling Jake Tapper!!!

The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the #EpsteinFiles for public display 📍The library is the Epstein files in analog, intended to represent the staggering scale of Epstein’s crimes and the impunity with which he carried them out. www.wired.com/story/a-libr...

Hegseth today: We’re fighting for freedom and democracy so anybody who questions what we’re doing must shut up and obey our supreme leader.

By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has treated voters of color as obstacles to be navigated rather than citizens to be represented. This isn't just a setback, it's a structural demolition of the American experiment.

The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

Because MAGA is a sex cult.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili... Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In the past we had “Jim Crow“ laws. The next phase should be called “John Roberts” laws

American soldiers killed and died for this btw

as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.

They are very angry and shit scared about #MeToo too. It's why we have a pussy grabber, rapist as President.

Marking our 250th year by having the British King visit to remind us about the development of the rule of law, while the president reads lines presumably written by Stephen Miller about the transcendent nobility of the mythic English blood.

The widow of Renee Good claims that the federal government has refused to allow access to the SUV in which she tragically lost her life.

The new passports are crazy y'all

They have more money than they could spend in 100 lifetimes and they're still terrified of losing any of it. This is scared loser shit. It's pathetic. I just ordered takeout that will cost me more of my net worth than any tax would cost these fuckers. That makes me braver than all of them combined.

Earlier this year, Trump released a bizarre executive order touting the controversial herbicide glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup). Why? Our new investigation shines light on that—and a whole lot more.

I have seen no coverage of this in the Anglophone news media.