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Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.

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"It's maintained at CBS" is going to provide zero comfort to CNNers.

06.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 174 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not have words for the revulsion I feel over this.

06.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a college basketball game leading into tonight’s WBC match-up and it’s nothing but foul-baiting. What an awful place for the sport to be in.

06.03.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Napoleon low key the funniest guy in European history because he was like β€œwhat if I promoted officers based on how good they were at army and recruited troops who actually liked my countryβ€œ and it was basically the same as unleashing Godzilla.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1481 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 24

Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society

06.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 6750 πŸ” 912 πŸ’¬ 260 πŸ“Œ 130

Should’ve paid Kenneth Walker III

06.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gunsmith and no idea.

05.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently she’s in the only room in America without a cell phone

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never switched to C-SPAN 3 faster in my life

05.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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CNBC Sport: Paramount may unwind WBD's sports strategy if merger goes through WBD's sports strategy it has deployed since it lost NBA rights may not make sense if it's acquired by Paramount.

Interesting read (albeit a paywalled one) on how the Paramount/WBD merger and the imminent NFL rights renegotiations are going to upend sports broadcasting:

05.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AI Woke JFK would put up Jordan numbers in The Villages

05.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve got to spread baseball to more countries. I want to see Transylvania vs. Mongolia in the next WBC.

05.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThere are no merits” is amazing.

05.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Does the Speech or Debate Clause extend to breaking people’s arms in hearings?

05.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

04.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 5551 πŸ” 2175 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 227

And it’s your fault

04.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The autopen investigation continued after Mr. Martin was removed from the prosecutor’s office and replaced by Ms. Pirro, but it suffered from several crucial problems, according to the people familiar with the inquiry, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss deliberations that are supposed to remain secret. Investigators were never quite clear what crime, if any, had been committed by the Biden administration’s use of the autopen.

The autopen investigation continued after Mr. Martin was removed from the prosecutor’s office and replaced by Ms. Pirro, but it suffered from several crucial problems, according to the people familiar with the inquiry, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss deliberations that are supposed to remain secret. Investigators were never quite clear what crime, if any, had been committed by the Biden administration’s use of the autopen.

that would be a crucial problem, yes www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

04.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 803 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 6
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NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Gov Jared Polis (D) offering clemency to Tina Peters "would be a grave miscarriage of justice and dangerous for free and fair elections."

04.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1301 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 34
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Trump DOJ Pushes to Sideline State Bar Ethics Investigations The Justice Department has proposed a regulation seeking to authorize Attorney General Pam Bondi’s intervention to suspend state bar ethics investigations into current and former DOJ lawyers.

JUST IN: Trump DOJ proposes surprise rule aiming to let Attorney General Pam Bondi suspend state bar investigations into alleged misconduct by DOJ lawyers. Very unclear if there'd be legal authority for the AG to intervene in this manner.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

04.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1348 πŸ” 581 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 139

I got a flu shot last fall and then absolutely bodied by the worst flu of my life for two weeks over the holidays. An ER doc said the same thing.

04.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

03.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1826 πŸ” 531 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 5

Wow. Dan Crenshaw appears to have lost to Steve Toth, a conservative Texas House rep

04.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 20
Wilson from Home Improvement

Wilson from Home Improvement

Barron learning about the Iran War plans

03.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump orders oil tanker insurance support, says Navy could escort ships in Gulf President Donald Trump ​said on Tuesday he had ordered the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and financial β€Œguarantees for maritime trade travellin...

They’re doing Medicare for All for oil tankers.

03.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6

Because she was working with a federal task force, she was considered a federal officer, and thus protected by SCOTUS rulings making it all but impossible to sue federal cops, even for egregious abuse.

Now consider what this means for Trump's immigration thugs.

Democrats had two years to fix this.

03.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 1257 πŸ” 501 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11

The peace president makes the case for forever wars

03.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 1

A shortage of large passenger charter planes due to DHS paying 10x the usual rates to ferry kidnapped migrants is threatening NCAA Tournament travel plans

03.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 789 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 16

Vance was against the strikes unless they worked. Got it.

03.03.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A914
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
No. 25A915
PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[March 2, 2026]
The applications for
stay presented
to
JUSTICE
SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted.
The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay.
The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation.
Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

02.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 1852 πŸ” 738 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 221

All it took was a few weeks of sub-freezing temperatures and enough snowcrete to incapacitate a T-34

02.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0