@joshchafetz
Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/ Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248333/congresss-constitution/
“just speaking personally, I find dumping each load of hand-harvested electrons into my car deeply satisfying. It’s my own personal middle finger to all the right-wing oil barons and murderous petrostate dictators.” prospect.org/2026/03/06/e...
That may all be true, but is entirely orthogonal to the "not bad parents" claim. The "not bad parents" claim is a claim that they shouldn't be held responsible for their actions, which, frankly, is bullshit.
This ridiculous idea that you can't possibly be bad at something if you're not actively malicious .... by that logic, I'm not a bad gymnast.
i don't think most anti-vaccine parents are bad parents. we are drowning in medical misinformation. it's really hard! and a lot of these parents are more accurately described as vaccine hesitant than ideologically opposed. they have good faith questions that deserve to be answered with compassion.
They’re bad parents, actually.
Deliberately refusing to provide your child with life-saving preventative healthcare is abuse. They’re bad parents.
With a sudden surge of open House sets on the GOP side, we're once again in record territory. Democrats have slowed the pace recently.
Wow, a huge bipartisan coalition passed a bill in the Missouri House to allow anyone who is not presently incarcerated to vote.
More than half the states allow this, but Democrats have led this in the last decade. Haven't seen a GOP-led chamber pass this in that time. Big deal.
I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand
“Protecting #AcademicFreedom requires clear, enforceable protections and procedures, including processes through which alleged infringements on academic freedom can be adjudicated by faculty peers.” #ProtectHigherEd
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But Trump has never actually shown much loyalty to anyone, regardless of what they've done for him.
Here's the point to remember about the brutal negative revisions in today's job market report: They aren't saying the labor market showed green shoots that withered. It's saying that there never were any green shoots. They were an illusion.
I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.
The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.
It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.
COG, Metro leaders applaud Virginia and Maryland officials on transit funding action. Statement from COG Executive Director Clark Mercer and Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke are also mentioned.
Encouraging progress for transit in the region! Maryland and Virginia lawmakers are advancing funding proposals that support the DMVMoves vision for securing Metro’s future.
Read more about the key decisions made by leaders in MD and VA: dmvmoves.org/cog-metro-le...
Senate malapportionment still *very* hard to fix, given that both carving up big states and/or combining small ones require the consent of their state legislatures -- see Art. IV, cl. 3.
I would hope so, but 🤷♂️
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I'm sure Mullin will get confirmed at the end of the day, but I'm also sure Chairman Paul will want to see him squirm at least a little.
South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign
I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.
My condolences.
Special Envoy for the Shield of Achilles
is this a thing?
Moral of the story? Congressional oversight matters. Congress should do it more.
yep
"I respect Bernie Sanders because he's an open socialist, and you know that he's a communist so you know what you're getting. Rand Paul's a freaking snake. And I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did. And I told him that to his face."
This is what Markwayne Mullin said about Rand Paul a couple weeks ago.
Anyway, guess who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee
Although, of course, Trump could try to do something illegal, I do not believe Trump could appoint Mullin as "acting" DHS Secretary under either the Federal Vacancies Reform Act or the DHS order of succession.
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DHS: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
After adjusting for inflation, military funding this year will be 26% larger than under Obama's last year. That's more than $200 billion more for the military this year than when Obama left office.
*glances down at phone* huh, 157 missed calls?
By a vote of 51-45, the #Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.7147, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, upon reconsideration.
pls post a clip of the moment
Yesterday I'd noted it would take some significant horse-trading to get Paxton to drop out even if Trump endorses Cornyn. This seems like an interesting development (X post from 2 hours ago, alt text added) that could put Thune and leadership in a more uncomfortable position re the filibuster.
NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED
If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.