#ChiefJustice #Roberts is turning #SCOTUS into a rubber stamp for the orange wannabe dictator in the #WhiteHouse. US #democracy needs #TermLimits & an #EthicsCode for the #SupremeCourt!
James Frederick Stephens, J.D.
@jamfste.bsky.social
Progressive historian, lawyer, philosopher, and writer. Defender of the rule of law. Lover of virtue, beauty, wisdom, humor, and joy. Born to learn and share, but then aren't we all?
#SCOTUS commits treason for #Trump. A chaotic #election is a component of the next phase of the coup. “The Court seemed to create complete chaos leading up to the midterm elections, waiting weeks after an administration filing, and just days before mail ballots go out," www.wired.com/story/the-su...
The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms
The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.
wired.com
I wonder what Trump's new contrived war on Canada is meant to distract us from. He uses his terrible behavior to distract us from worse things he is doing or has done. #Remove the MAGA #antichrist!
Donald Trump: Smart People Don't Like Me
ALT: Donald Trump: Smart People Don't Like Me
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"You can't use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision" is just generally excellent advice
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d agoAfter fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.
Not one of these fools had a problem with Canada before Trump
Reporter-source confidentiality is the lifeblood of investigative journalism. Whistleblowers in a position to expose abuses won’t trust journalists to protect them, and won’t come forward, if they believe reporters will be threatened with financial ruin for not outing them in court.
‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret
If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom organizations
theguardian.com
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Aug 6, 2026) Nestled in the Carina Nebula, the Treasure Chest is a cometary globule housing about 70 young stars, sculpted by the winds of massive neighbors. esawebb.org/images/potm2607a/
This is going to completely screw up the lyrics to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2d agoIs it possible to be more juiceless than this
(Almost) everything you'd want to know about cancer vaccines can be heard in this great @owlposting1.bsky.social podcast episode from June, feat. @alexr.bsky.social and @benjamingvincent.bsky.social. Highly recommended! www.owlposting.com/p/how-to-bui...
How to build a cancer vaccine, and whether they will work this time
8.4k words, 38 minutes reading time
owlposting.com
Merrick Garland will be taught in U.S. history classes as an example of how a nation can suffer when cowardice or self-interest replace a commitment to duty. However, I'm perplexed about why the Biden administration didn't push him harder, or replace him.
███ACTED@vicjager.bsky.social · 3w agoWe will win and we won't let this happen again. Justice isn't partisan.
Great news for the First Amendment! Karen Attiah of the WAPO was reinstated! And F off Bezos. thegrio.com/2026/08/24/k...
Don't Negotiate With Evil (Hakeem Jeffries Edition) open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Don't Negotiate With Evil (Hakeem Jeffries Edition)
August 24. 2026
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Passing time got #GenJones and #GenX, and now it's coming for you, #Millennials. Also, an aside, I hate the term "Dad Rock." It's just Rock. What younger generations have isn't rock music at all, but some perversion of it. Let's call the new stuff "Sucky Rock." medium.com/bouncin-and-...
Man Shocked to Find Out He Likes All the Same Stuff Boring People Do
He thought he knew who he was. Then something happened that made him question everything.
medium.com
Canada, we are being held hostage by MAGA and their monster. We are sorry. We should have been tougher when it mattered most. So sorry. #WeArePussies on the whole and I doubt enough of us will change to make a difference.
Kikki Planet@kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 5d agoHow the trade negotiations between Canada and the USA went sour. Note the last paragraph on slide 2, specifically. The Americans were never working for a trade deal. They were demanding the right to abuse Canada whenever Trump is in a mood. #cdnpoli
maybe AI would get less hate on here if their advocates weren’t such weird fucking freaks.
Trump is a racist pig and so are his idiots.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
I re-tried #X, and can independently verify this image as an accurate representation of my experience with it. I was on less than two weeks before being absolutely disgusted at the relentless pushing of fascist propaganda and the level of stupidity of the users I engaged with during my test drive.
Anonymous@opsnowcrash.bsky.social · 2y ago#BlueskySocial is buzzing with a vibrant new community. Meanwhile, over on #ElonMusk's #X (aka #Twitter's zombified remains)...
"Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States." ― W. E. B. Du Bois
Always remember there is beauty in this world. Make the time to see it.
SoCal Leslie@socalleslie.bsky.social · last wk.Gulf fritillary butterfly. A real attention getter. 🌿 #invertebrate
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
404media.co
Big news!!! After two long years of litigation, the Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Claims has ruled against a fossil fuel funded group that sued the University of Michigan to obtain my personal communications with environmental groups. Coverage here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. (Published 2025)
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
nytimes.com
📌Absolutely incredible that in the United States of America this is a damn issue. We used to fight AGAINST authoritarian regimes which did this.
Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm elections
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm that he won’t send troops to polling places during the midterm elections.
apnews.com
Today this poster was about gently reminding people of those who can no longer speak freely for themselves. In Prison -- #RobertoMosquera, NY Times Magazine. Cuba (age 12) to Miami then #ICE took to Texas (age 49) to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). How many working, law abiding gone? #Trump
Wait so, you’re suggesting Drunk Pete’s time as a tv personality did NOT prepare him to be Defense Secretary the way General Lloyd Austin’s Silver Star, 5 Distinguished Service Medals and unique distinction of commanding combat at the 1, 2, 3 and 4-star levels prepared him for same under Pres Biden?
D. Earl Stephens@dearlstephens.bsky.social · 2w ago📌The longest I was ever at sea during my Navy tour was 102 days, and I remember going a little batty. What is happening aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (and presumably other ships) with these nine-month deployments is grotesque, and another case of extreme dereliction of duty by Hegseth and Trump.
It would be perfectly reasonable and understandable if someone used deadly force to defend themselves or a loved one from an unlawful attack of this nature. This goes to very essence of why the #2ndAmendment exists. #ICE, nor any government entity, is authorized break our laws to do harm to others.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · last wk.‼️HORRIFYING‼️ August 11 in Arlington: ICE cornered José Mejía on his commute, tasered him from behind, and beat him bloody. 18 years here, zero record, now lying in a hospital with head trauma—and agents won't even remove his ankle monitor for a life-saving MRI. Pure sadism! 🎥 teesferalmind