Paul Gowder

Senator Hale, 1851, dropping truth bombs about the Fugitive Slave Act that apply just as well to Trump's efforts to send troops do "mass deportation" against the will of the people (Cong. Globe, 31st Congress, session 2, p. 598)

A couple more thoughts on this. There is exactly one crime defined in the U.S. Constitution: treason. The first definition is levying war against the United States. Trump is explicitly threatening that. U.S. soldiers are not only permitted, they are *obliged* to refuse an order to commit treason.

Officially prepared for the orange moron's national guard occupation (thanks @raygunsite.com )

The president does not have the power to make laws. That’s literally the first (operative) sentence in the constitution. The president does not have the power to make laws. The president does not have the power to make laws. The president does not have the power to make laws.

so it's the Department of Random-Ass Regime Change Intervention That Definitely Isn't the W-Word then?

100% will happen. When Iannucci wrote Death of Stalin he was absolutely predicting the end of the trump regime

Hegseth better hope the senile dictator he follows remembers to pardon him for the war crimes

Hundreds of former judges sign on to an amicus explaining the obvious, namely that unexplained shadow docket orders can't create binding precedent. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25.... (Because of course they can't. What's the ratio decidendi??)

so much winning, huh? also, massive spike in unemployment plus massive spike in prices? stagflation here we comeeeeeeee

Um… does anyone know the relevant statutory framework for HHS here? Because this claim seems, shall we say, extravagant? Like, does the APA’s arbitrary and capricious standard apply to these decisions? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

“This proved frustrating for Justice Sam Alito, whose commitment to originalism waned when confronted with the prospect of not prosecuting a brown man.“ @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app telling it like it is, as always.

Omg even the WSJ editorial board Is happy to see the back of Noem. Has there ever been a bigger failure as a cabinet member? www.wsj.com/opinion/kris...

Oh dear oh dear

Oh dear