Changing election rules isn't simple. States administer elections. That's why attempts to reshape mail in voting through federal agencies raise serious constitutional questions and major logistical challenges, especially this close to Election Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGxYYs5FGxo

Looking for legal analysis that actually makes sense? Start with Under Color of Law: https://shanlonwu.substack.com/

Question: What exactly are Trump's posts? Cowed Republican members of Congress and his cabinet maybe interpret them like cryptic messages from an oracle but do his followers even understand him?

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 4d ago

Toddler-in-chief, Felon Trump, seeing his Golden Boy Blanche tanking, threatens to keep the $1.8 billion slush fund to pay insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement and our Capitol. That slush fund is dead from the get-go per a federal judge so Trump is barking up the wrong tree as usual.

Everyone is arguing about mail-in voting. Almost no one is talking about the constitutional question now before the Supreme Court. The politics are loud. The legal implications are much bigger.

Trump wants to change how mail-in voting works before the midterms. There's just one problem. States run elections, not the federal government. And trying to rebuild the system in less than 100 days isn't reform. It's a recipe for chaos. Watch the full breakdown: https://youtu.be/vGxYYs5FGxo

"Whistleblower" Matt Damon reveals "historical inaccuracies" in the making of The Odyssey go beyond just racial and cyclopian casting decisions...🤣 Gifted article below - www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/s...

Matt Damon’s Biceps in That ‘Odyssey’ Fight Scene? They’re Hers. (Gift Article)

Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.

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The midterms are approaching, and Trump wants the Supreme Court to let his executive order restricting mail-in voting take effect. The legal fight isn't over timing. It's over constitutional authority. Full breakdown: https://youtu.be/vGxYYs5FGxo #SCOTUS #ElectionLaw #Constitution

Too little too late - wapo.st/4pIcTPQ

Trump administration reviewing ICE vetting process after Maine shooting

Border czar Tom Homan said DHS is investigating the procedures after reports that the man who allegedly killed an immigrant in Maine had a history of domestic violence.

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Shanlon Wu@shanlonwu.com · 3w ago

The ICE officer who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine had a history of abuse. What kind of screening does ICE use to recruit? wapo.st/4vzqKco

Who watches the watchers? It's one of the most fundamental questions in a constitutional democracy. The Constitution gives government power. It also demands accountability. More: https://shanlonwu.substack.com/p/who-watches-the-watchers?r=5dicwe #Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Accountability

The ICE officer who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine had a history of abuse. What kind of screening does ICE use to recruit? wapo.st/4vzqKco

Takeaways: The ICE officer who killed a man in Maine has a violent history, family and records say

The Immigration and Customs Officer who shot and killed a Colombian driver in Maine this week has a long history of serious psychiatric issues and a violent history with the women in his life, several...

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Birthright citizenship survived. The Supreme Court's credibility took another hit. Forget the 6-to-3 vote. The separate opinions reveal a Court increasingly divided over constitutional interpretation, precedent, and its own role in American democracy. The headlines missed the real story.

Justice Gorsuch joined Justice Thomas's dissent. Then he wrote another opinion anyway. Not because the constitutional question changed, but because apparently there was an even more sophisticated way to make the same argument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2G8-cSBho

Justice Alito doesn't like the consequences of birthright citizenship. That's not the same thing as saying it's unconstitutional. His dissent spends more time arguing policy than explaining why 125 years of constitutional law should suddenly change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2G8-cSBho

Justice Jackson found the pressure point in Justice Thomas's birthright citizenship dissent. If the Constitution is supposed to be colorblind, why argue that the 14th Amendment should be interpreted through a race conscious lens?

Want to know where the next attack on birthright citizenship will come from? Read Justice Thomas's dissent. His 99 page opinion lays out the legal roadmap future challengers have been waiting for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2G8-cSBho #LegalAF #SCOTUS #JusticeThomas #BirthrightCitizenship

The moment a federal judge stops taking the DOJ at its word, the damage goes far beyond one lawsuit. The rule of law depends on credibility. If the courts no longer trust the Department of Justice, every future case becomes harder to litigate and harder for the public to trust.

Trust is the foundation of every constitutional democracy. Not politics. Not power. Trust. Once that foundation begins to crack, the consequences reach far beyond any single case. The Constitution only works when the institutions entrusted to uphold it continue to earn the public's trust.

The Department of Justice cannot function without credibility. When federal judges stop taking DOJ lawyers at their word and start demanding sworn proof, the problem is no longer one lawsuit. It's institutional. The rule of law depends on trust. Once that's gone, every future case becomes harder.

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.

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The strength of a democracy isn't measured by how often people agree. It's measured by whether people are still free to disagree. Debate is not a flaw in the American experiment. It is one of its defining features.

America is at the point where it hears an open admission to crime, AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

America is one of the only nations founded on an idea rather than an identity. That is why questions of equality, liberty, and justice have been debated since the founding. Every generation has been called to wrestle with them. That debate is not a weakness. It is part of what makes America unique.

America is one of the only nations founded on an idea instead of an identity. That's why every generation keeps fighting over the same question. Who are we? The answer matters more than ever.

A Court that keeps reaching for bigger cases and greater influence risks becoming part of the political story instead of simply deciding it. That's why judicial restraint matters.

James Comey and Gavin Newsom have very little in common, except that both have become targets of a Department of Justice that increasingly appears willing to focus on Trump's critics and political opponents. At what point do isolated cases become a pattern worth questioning?

Justice Thomas wants it both ways. A colorblind Constitution when it supports his argument. A race conscious Constitution when it doesn't. That's not constitutional consistency. That's constitutional convenience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjYrV8qzUI

Good question by Nicole Wallace to former Special Counsel Jack Smith about whether it would be helpful for other former DOJ officials like Merrick Garland to speak up now about the state of DOJ and the FBI -

Birthright citizenship isn't controversial. The Constitution is clear. The real controversy is how much constitutional gymnastics it took to argue against one of the most settled rights in American law. When politics starts rewriting the Constitution, the rule of law pays the price.

Donald Trump isn't obsessed with Gavin Newsom because Newsom is irrelevant. He's obsessed with him because Newsom has become one of the most visible Democratic voices in America and one of the few willing to take the fight directly to Trump. https://youtu.be/gLl64jO_9pY #GavinNewsom #Trump

The real story isn't that the Supreme Court ruled against Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship - the real story is why wasn't the ruling 9-0?