Tessera
Folgen

Obsidian Blue

@obsidianblue80.bsky.social

Lover of books.

6347 Posts2174 Follower649 Folgt
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 21h ago

BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office. “This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.” www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

Remedies Abandoned

The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...

hrw.org

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2m ago

Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.

The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 24m ago

The grand jury report was critical of Attorney General James Uthmeier and U.S. Senator Ashley Moody for their roles in allowing taxpayer money to be used as "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities," according to a copy of the sealed grand jury report obtained by CBS News Miami.

Democratic candidates call for resignations of Uthmeier and Moody over Hope Florida grand jury findings

Both candidates cited the sealed grand jury report CBS News Miami obtained, which found $10M was misappropriated.

cbsnews.com

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 2h ago

NEW: ICE is creating a national voter database to "support Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) fraud detection and data segmentation activities," according to documents reviewed by @wired.com. @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...

ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.

wired.com

Capital Weather@capitalweather.com · 4h ago

1240p Wednesday: Line of severe storms entering northern Maryland. Close call as to whether they'll reach as far south as DC Beltway, but Baltimore and Frederick look to get hit over next 60-90 mins. If they reach Beltway, probable timing 1:30-3p. Radar, updates at capitalweather.com

Bild
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3h ago

LEFT: Noah Feldman in Bloomberg in 2020, promising that his old friend Amy Coney Barrett would "analyze and decide cases in good faith, applying the jurisprudential principles to which she is committed" RIGHT: Noah Feldman in Bloomberg in 2026, "surprised" that Amy Coney Barrett did not do that

Yet these political judgments need to be distinguished from a separate question: what to think about Judge Amy Coney Barrett, whom Trump has told associates he plans to nominate. And here I want to be extremely clear. Regardless of what you or I may think of the circumstances of this nomination, Barrett is highly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. I disagree with much of her judicial philosophy and expect to disagree with many, maybe even most of her future votes and opinions. Yet despite this disagreement, I know her to be a brilliant and conscientious lawyer who will analyze and decide cases in good faith, applying the jurisprudential principles to which she is committed. Those are the basic criteria for being a good justice. Barrett meets and exceeds them. The majority dismissed this idea, interpreting the Lujan precedent to mean that the observers’ aesthetic reaction did not count as concrete and particularized but should be understood as mere “distress at or disagreement with” the government’s actions. To hear the majority tell it, if mere aesthetic objections were sufficient to bring a lawsuit, anyone could bring a lawsuit against the government any time for anything that the plaintiff disagreed with. The vote that surprises me most in this case is that of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who clerked for Scalia and ordinarily takes pains to make sure the court interprets his views correctly. It’s certainly true that if you read Scalia’s opinion in its entirety, his statement about the cognizability of aesthetic injury is what is known as “dicta,” which means words not technically required to reach the outcome in the case. But Scalia most certainly did not reject the plaintiffs’ standing in the Lujan case on the grounds that they were merely expressing disagreement with government policy. Instead, he was careful to say that they hadn’t shown that they had firm plans to visit the endangered species in question. In context, Roberts’s interpretation of the Lujan opinion is superior to that of the majority.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h ago

JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...

What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals

Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.

newrepublic.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Wow -- Lutnick is pressed on his corruption KERNEN: The perception is you're sitting at Commerce & able to control what Cantor is getting in fees w/ your sons running it. It looks like a conflict LUTNICK: It's just not. I'm no longer involved in my own companies & this is just minor stuff anyway

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 17h ago

TEXAS REPUBLICANS DID IT —63 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY Tarrant County, they voted 3–2 to close 92 Election Day polling locations, cutting the number from 316 to 224. More than 100 people showed up to speak out before the vote. Republicans did it anyway. Closing nearly 30% of the polling places.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 9h ago

i actually welcome this republican amendment because it is a very public reminder that the size of the court is not in the constitution (a common misconception)

Alabama Reflector@alabamareflector.com · 9h ago

Via Ashley Murray: As the U.S. Supreme Court's approval reaches record lows, a growing number of Democrats are calling for expansion or reform. House Republicans, meanwhile, may soon vote on a resolution for an amendment capping the number of justices at nine. https://ow.ly/ngxE50ZI0Of

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h ago

So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h ago

Even in this generational moment for Democrats, it’s not enough to just be younger. Primary voters need to believe the candidate has big ideas too. Markey won by highlighting his progressive credentials and casting Moulton to his right and as too tied to establishment orthodoxy.

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19h ago

I think this is it - and I wrote as much in a newsletter on the Market/Moulton primary a couple weeks ago. "Age" doesn't just mean age. It means being a fighter, not backing down or chasing polls. Markey defeated the "age" rap by showing he had the qualities age is a proxy for & Moulton did not.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h ago

So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.

Dag.@3fecta.bsky.social · 20h ago

If you're in line to make fun of Seth Moulton maybe you should go home. The line is longer than Space Mountain on July 4th weekend.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 19h ago

JUST IN: U.S. Senator Ed Markey has won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts, beating his challenger Seth Moulton. Next up: Republican John Deaton. And Mike Minogue prevailed in the GOP primary for governor, and moves on to face Maura Healey, the Democratic incumbent.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 19h ago

14. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, anti-trans politics just cost Seth Moulton his career, and come January, he’ll be out of the House. More likely than not, he’ll be remembered for one thing and one thing only: when his rhetoric mattered most, he didn’t hesitate to throw trans kids under the bus.