@annikusrex

litigation/erature/toral zone

Joined September 2010
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Some really fine work here that Secretary Bessent might need to consider as an alternative to "operation twist."
only way to save US Treasuries
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Yesterday’s unanimous, bipartisan First Circuit ruling in the “D.V.D.” case, setting aside DHS’s policy for sending noncitizens to 3d countries, is remarkable. If upheld, it means DHS has deported 1000s illegally—enabled by SCOTUS, which lifted a preliminary injunction in June 2025. 1/6
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really fascinating article about sending your privileged kid to segregated public schools in an effort to help society. little individual choices rarely influence society writ large, and in education your virtuous individual choices may directly damage your kids.
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my kid is in a (relatively inexpensive and fairly diverse) catholic school & he has gotten so much attention whenever his performance has slipped below grade level. i sometimes get shit from progressive friends about my choice (which initially had more to do w/covid than society)
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but i remember being sent to seattle public schools whenever my dad lost his job, and the description here of chaos at lunch described my first grade year quite accurately. education is hard and not all schools do a good job.
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Feb 2025: WH bans the Associated Press from the pool because they wouldn’t adopt “Gulf of America” July 2025: WH bans the WSJ from the pool after Epstein birthday card coverage Sept 2026: WH bans MS, Politico, CNN from the WH and grounds over coverage the president didn’t like
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An 11th (!) officer from FCI Dublin - the "rape club" prison closed in 2024 - has been charged for allegedly sexually abusing two prisoners there. Wildly, he was a *disciplinary hearing officer* responsible for decisions on inmate discipline. ktvu.com/news/prison-officer…
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it's very obvious that the second sydney sweeney ad to attract liberal outrage was intended to bait discourse, not advertise a product in any normal way. to complain is to comply.
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I don't know about you, but I find cages incredibly calming
ICE signage described these small metal enclosures — where dozens detainees at Alligator Alcatraz spent up to 2 hours at a time – "calming areas" for detainees to "to reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress," per DHS IG. oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/fi…
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wow, this really sucks.
Tom Goldstein, a crook in his personal life, ran Scotusblog as a public service, but the new ownership and masthead (Stephen Hayes, Sarah Isgur) is running it to extract subscription revenue from big law and federal/state governments, depriving pro se prisoners, public defenders and small firms of information they need to practice competently in SCOTUS and vindicate their clients’ and their own rights.
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A judge sentences a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison after authorities say her manipulation of DNA data raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/col…
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see not so hard!
Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"
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since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms no checks have been issued
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
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everyone quoting this to say private orgs are allowed to kick people out: true. also true: you're allowed to complain about it! maybe if businesses knew that strong majorities of Ds believe trans women should not be playing women's sports, they'd allow quiet dissent in their biz.
The Sports Bra is a famous sports bar in Portland OR that only shows women’s sports. And they are expanding. They received major investment from Alex Ohanian’s 776 Foundation — he’s a Reddit co-founder & Serena Williams’ husband. Funding also received from former WNBA champion and Atlanta Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery. The Sports Bra kicks people out if they wear @xx_xyathletics tees. What’s up @TheSportsBraPDX? We are women’s sports fans. And we just want women’s sports to be for women. That said, none of these guests even interacted with other customers. They just wanted to watch the Thorns game. They sat together and ordered food and drinks. Then they were told to leave.
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Read the whistleblower's complaint here, obtained by the Times through FOIA: nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
SCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said the agency was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.”
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lovelace in clarissa, so problematic
You can’t say The Joker, Darth Vader, Thanos, or Voldemort. Who’s your favorite villain of all time?
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nobody in my real life cares about this, but some of my followers may be interested to know that /teenage sex and death at camp miasma/ is almost explicitly about autogynephelia, with the movies-within-the-movie directed by “ray blanchard”; a trans/nonbinary villian; and….
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… the main character, a cis woman (written by transfemine writer/dir.) who can’t reach orgasm unless she’s watching herself thru said killer’s perspective. plus sadomasochism! amazing. trans sources i’ve seen online are calling these refs an easter egg, but it’s the whole thing.
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