Tara Jordan

@jordantl.bsky.social

Mom, news junkie, politics nerd and theme parks to escape. 🎢 Occasionally funny at dinner parties. Somewhere between MD 🦀 VA ❤️ and MN🌲 L'etoile du Nord!

Today is another good day to remember that Congress has the power to take away the power from this SCOTUS without court expansion, without term limits and without Congressional amendment. We just have to use our power. Thread:

Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you are as infuriated as you read this as I am, know that Congress not only has the power to fix the abuse of the Shadow Docket but also that the legislation is already drafted. We just need to get it to the floor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

“At one and the same time: The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain; All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective; There must be serious prospects of success;…

Will Code For Pizza@markshatraw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I had never actually read the "Just War" doctrine before (until just now), but as I figured, clearly neither have they: www.milarch.org/catholic-tea...

Hey. Hey, you listen to me. The world is on fire. Everything is fucking terrible and expensive and stupid. So you cling to your joys. You clutch them to your chest and hiss at anyone who even insinuates that joy in the face of horror is silly or ridiculous. And then you kick them in the shin.