Some follow up on the sleep-deprived ICE attorney in Minnesota. During the hearing, Le acknowledged that many at the DHS did not understand the seriousness of an order from a federal judge. I think it is more a case of not caring. “It took a...
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The worst person in the Trump administration, it is increasingly clear, is the de facto president: Moments after federal officers fatally shot Alex Pretti, his body still lying facedown on an icy Minneapolis.
The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said “ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history. Approximately one-third of employees were affected. Staffers.
Here's a fascinating essay well worth your time from political scientists Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach, who argue that: (1) Moderation as a political strategy used to make much more sense than it does today, in what has become a highly polarized and nationalized political...
This is the grave of King Charles II. Born in 1630 in London, the son of King Charles I must have thought that he would have an easy time ascending.
It has to be very difficult to be any semblance of an actual lawyer in an administration defined by Wilhoit's Law: It’s rough working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in.
Folks have been asking for updates on the latest Farley family project. Tomorrow will be Lexington's eighth consecutive snow day, and idle hands are up to the devil's business... From left to right, top to bottom... Frodo, Sam, and Smeagol... the Kitchen of Barad Dur,...
Misogyny is the key to this whole thing, as I believe one of our commenters has been pointing out for awhile now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyoVXuZHk38 . . . to add a couple.
A lot of discourse about Trump's tariffs was about whether the obvious downsides were worth trying to restore manufacturing jobs in the US. The answer is that Trump's tariffs are.
The forthcoming ethnic cleansing of Springfield, OH has been put on hold, with a forceful (and unanswerable) opinion: A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants. In an 83-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes...
David Dayen hasan essay on the ongoing furious monetization of sports fandom. When he interviewed me for the piece -- LGM commenter Victor Matheson, an expert on the economics of.
That's what his demand that the November elections be "nationalized" actually means: President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in an interview that aired Monday, as his.