GOOD JUDGE.
That argument didn’t fly with the Judge, who interrupted to say, “Frankly I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order. It just boggles my mind. Go ahead.” By the end of the hearing, there was little doubt about where the proceedings were headed. “I’d like to go back to your opinion about the constitutionality of this order,” Judge Coughenour said. “I've been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
Real good baby-splitting there, AP. It’s still gonna call the Gulf of Mexico by the name it’s been for 400 years but “The Associated Press will use the official name change to Mount McKinley. The area lies solely in the United States and as president, Trump has the authority to change federal geographical names within the country.” DOES HE, AP? DOES HE? (AP)
Chicago’s immigrant rights groups are ready for this shit. (Bolts)
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It seems quite unusual to threaten to prosecute state officials who don’t bow to the supremacy of Donald Trump, doesn’t it? Like imagine if Joe Biden just threw Greg Abbott in jail, which he should have considering the murders. (Joyce Vance)
Why would you eliminate the aviation safety board? I don’t understand. (AP)
A “day of peaceful protests,” House Speaker Johnson? That is some bad January 6 amnesia! I hope he and the other poor dears will be okay! (Tiedrich)
Qasim Rashid isn’t just going to let “DEI discriminates against white people” float by unanswered. He’s going to address this, and make them fucking sorry. (They will never be sorry.) (Let’s Address This)
Trump would eliminate FEMA to “let states handle it on their own.” Sure, if those states are California or New York. If they’re in the South, the federal government will hold them to its bosom and make all their cares go away. (Mediaite)
These are good questions from public health professionals for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who apparently gets a Senate confirmation hearing next week. Nice job, Politico.
A new attack on birth control? That can’t be right. (Abortion, Every Day)
Costco shareholders told the anti-diversity bigot freaks to gooooooo fuuuuuuuck. But officially this time, and at a rate of “more than 98 percent.” (NPR)
A 55 percent drop in crashes since New York started its congestion pricing and made the New Jersey governor sad? That’s too much math! (Streetsblog NYC)
EVAN POPS IN: I have only just begun to talk about Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and what happened when she showed Jesus to Trump and MAGA and they reacted like vampires who saw sunlight, or a cross. Come by my Friday place, read and subscribe! [The Moral High Ground]
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And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/6f966c53-de5b-4a0c-8e2c-4078c05ff8eb?utm_source=share
Finally, the big day is here, my daughter gets married today. Molotov!