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<p>Former <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> Justice <a href="/tags/davidsouter/" rel="tag">#DavidSouter</a> died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/judicialindependence/" rel="tag">#JudicialIndependence</a> <a href="/tags/nonpartisan/" rel="tag">#nonpartisan</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/forme</span><span class="invisible">r-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/</span></a> </p><p>🧵Excerpts from a beautiful piece written in the NYT by David J. Garrow in 1994 on Souter’s remarkable contribution in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in which the <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> upheld the right to <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> as established by <a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a>:</p>

<p>🇺🇲 I’m a Trans Teen. The U.S. Government Is Attacking My Community<br><a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/17/im-a-trans-teen-the-u-s-government-is-attacking-my-community" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/17/im-a-trans-teen-the-u-s-government-is-attacking-my-community"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/17</span><span class="invisible">/im-a-trans-teen-the-u-s-government-is-attacking-my-community</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a><br>🇮🇱 <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p>🇨🇦 Values<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T8eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/document/d/1T8eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1T8</span><span class="invisible">eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a></p><p>Collaborate/advocate/educate/resist<br><a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#socialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p><p>Image: <a href="https://translegislation.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>translegislation.com/</a></p>

<p>ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.</p><p>Here’s what we know about them: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts.</p><p>We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>

<p>“Chief Justice John Roberts said the impeachment of federal judges is “not an appropriate response” to disagreement with their rulings.</p><p>The extraordinary statement from the leader of <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> comes hours after <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> called for the impeachment of a judge who tried to pause the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members”<br>🧵 1/...<br> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/us-chief-justice-calls-impeaching-judges-over-rulings-improper" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/us-chief-justice-calls-impeaching-judges-over-rulings-improper"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bloomberg.com/news/article</span><span class="invisible">s/2025-03-18/us-chief-justice-calls-impeaching-judges-over-rulings-improper</span></a></p>

<p>I used to think (in my naivety) that a judge on the Supreme Court was the smartest in the Judiciary — cream of the crop, top of the line…</p><p>But damn I can see that’s not true because this is some A-class manipulation and gaslighting by Trump Administration lawyers—</p><p>And it makes sense that the people directing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> during his first term would put judges in <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> who would roll over for him. </p><p>/1<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#birthrightcitizenship</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742</span></a></p>

<p>Trump asks <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> to fire 3 Dems on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent agency, overturning a 90yo unanimous SCOTUS decision called Humphrey’s Executor that ruled presidents cannot fire independent board members without cause.</p><p>Presidents are not kings!<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-product-safety-firings-5050287997fb097bbef056e7b0282217?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;nbsp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-product-safety-firings-5050287997fb097bbef056e7b0282217?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;nbsp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/supreme-cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-trump-product-safety-firings-5050287997fb097bbef056e7b0282217?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;nbsp</span></a>;&lt;br&gt;Trump</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of upholding key provisions of the Affordable Care Act—a WIN for health care access.</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/27/supreme-court-rulings-decisions-today-news-analysis/supreme-court-ruling-obamacare-braidwood-00428003" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/27/supreme-court-rulings-decisions-today-news-analysis/supreme-court-ruling-obamacare-braidwood-00428003"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.com/live-updates/</span><span class="invisible">2025/06/27/supreme-court-rulings-decisions-today-news-analysis/supreme-court-ruling-obamacare-braidwood-00428003</span></a></p>

<p>🇺🇲 MacArthur Park: What to know about federal show of force in Los Angeles<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/what-happened-ice-raid-la-macarthur-park-cc04479ed94ed68d11acf807d97914e6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/what-happened-ice-raid-la-macarthur-park-cc04479ed94ed68d11acf807d97914e6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/what-happen</span><span class="invisible">ed-ice-raid-la-macarthur-park-cc04479ed94ed68d11acf807d97914e6</span></a><br>Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a political stunt and spectacle meant to intimidate the city’s immigrant communities</p><p>New normal: Soldiers in U.S. cities<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/07/09/this-is-going-to-be-normal-soldiers-descend-on-us-cities/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2025/07/09/this-is-going-to-be-normal-soldiers-descend-on-us-cities/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2025/07/09/this-</span><span class="invisible">is-going-to-be-normal-soldiers-descend-on-us-cities/</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a></p><p>Collaborate/advocate/educate/resist<br><a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#socialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>Urge your Congressmember to stand firm against the assaults on our <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a>, the <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> &amp; the rule of <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> by rejecting the <a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#JUDGES</a> Act, the <a href="/tags/pepper/" rel="tag">#PEPPER</a> Act, the <a href="/tags/norra/" rel="tag">#NORRA</a> Act &amp; The <a href="/tags/niap/" rel="tag">#NIAP</a> Act today.<br><a href="https://resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/resistbot/" rel="tag">#ResistBot</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/vought/" rel="tag">#Vought</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <a href="/tags/teslatakedown/" rel="tag">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="/tags/fafo/" rel="tag">#FAFO</a> <a href="/tags/nafo/" rel="tag">#NAFO</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/mbs/" rel="tag">#MBS</a> <a href="/tags/xi/" rel="tag">#Xi</a> <a href="/tags/modi/" rel="tag">#Modi</a> <a href="/tags/saudiarabia/" rel="tag">#SaudiArabia</a> <a href="/tags/gcc/" rel="tag">#GCC</a> <a href="/tags/uae/" rel="tag">#UAE</a> <a href="/tags/dubai/" rel="tag">#Dubai</a> <a href="/tags/oman/" rel="tag">#Oman</a> <a href="/tags/qatar/" rel="tag">#Qatar</a> <a href="/tags/bahrain/" rel="tag">#Bahrain</a> <a href="/tags/kuwait/" rel="tag">#Kuwait</a> <a href="/tags/petrostate/" rel="tag">#PetroState</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@resistbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>resistbot</span></a></span> @[email protected]</p>

<p>Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?</p><p>We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/immigration-officers-los-angeles-california?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/immigration-officers-los-angeles-california?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/sep/08/immigration-officers-los-angeles-california?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io</span></a></p><p><p>Department of Homeland Security called the supreme court decision a victory and vowed to continue to “flood the zone” in Los Angeles while accusing LA mayor Karen Bass of “protecting” immigrants. “DHS law enforcement will continue to FLOOD THE ZONE in Los Angeles. This decision is a victory for the safety of Americans in California and for the rule of law. DHS will continue to arrest and remove the criminal illegal aliens that @MayorOfLA is protecting,” read the social media post.</p></p><p>...</p><p>These fuckers speak in the cartoonishly evil style of Hollywood movie gestapo Nazis, and there&#x27;s a reason for that. The groyper shitstains running their comms literally admire those characters as the &quot;good guys&quot;.</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#nazi</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/brettkavanaugh/" rel="tag">#brettkavanaugh</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportations/" rel="tag">#MassDeportations</a> <a href="/tags/papersplease/" rel="tag">#papersplease</a> <a href="/tags/altright/" rel="tag">#altright</a> <a href="/tags/groypers/" rel="tag">#groypers</a> <a href="/tags/whitenationalism/" rel="tag">#whitenationalism</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#losangeles</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#Judges</a> vexed by <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> &#x27;<a href="/tags/shadowdocket/" rel="tag">#ShadowDocket</a>&#x27; rulings in <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> cases</p><p>An extraordinary fight is occurring within the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> concerning a flurry of <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> decisions backing Trump, with judges voicing confusion over the rulings issued on an emergency basis while a Trump-appointed justice accused some of them of defying the nation&#x27;s top judicial body.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="/tags/federalistsociety/" rel="tag">#FederalistSociety</a> <a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/leonardleo/" rel="tag">#LeonardLeo</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/legal/governme</span><span class="invisible">nt/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/</span></a></p>

<p>JD Vance suggests trans people pose a “domestic terrorist threat” &amp; FBI plans to target trans people<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/jd-vance-suggests-trans-people-pose-a-domestic-threat-fbi-plans-to-target-trans-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/jd-vance-suggests-trans-people-pose-a-domestic-threat-fbi-plans-to-target-trans-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/jd</span><span class="invisible">-vance-suggests-trans-people-pose-a-domestic-threat-fbi-plans-to-target-trans-people</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbtq/" rel="tag">#antiLGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/americanreich/" rel="tag">#AmericanReich</a> <a href="/tags/americangulag/" rel="tag">#AmericanGulag</a> <a href="/tags/amerikkka/" rel="tag">#AmeriKKKa</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/poilievre/" rel="tag">#Poilievre</a> <a href="/tags/daniellesmith/" rel="tag">#DanielleSmith</a> <a href="/tags/scottmoe/" rel="tag">#ScottMoe</a> <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/tlm/" rel="tag">#TLM</a> <a href="/tags/btlm/" rel="tag">#BTLM</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a><br><a href="/tags/democraticsocialism/" rel="tag">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>Besides all that … who is on the Epstein list?</p><p>Does it include members of SCOTUS?</p><p><a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#doj</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>We must not look away: Escalating targeting of trans people<br><a href="https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2025/12/27/we-must-not-look-away-the-escalating-targeting-of-trans-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2025/12/27/we-must-not-look-away-the-escalating-targeting-of-trans-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2025</span><span class="invisible">/12/27/we-must-not-look-away-the-escalating-targeting-of-trans-people</span></a></p><p>...coordinated campaign to erase &amp; eradicate trans people f. public life.<br>We’ve passed most of the stages of genocide:<br>classification, dehumanization, polarization, discrimination, persecution, preparation<br>... what’s next?</p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/americanreich/" rel="tag">#AmericanReich</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/daniellesmith/" rel="tag">#DanielleSmith</a> <a href="/tags/scottmoe/" rel="tag">#ScottMoe</a> <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p>Wedge issue/distraction: <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a> <br>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/tlm/" rel="tag">#TLM</a> <a href="/tags/btlm/" rel="tag">#BTLM</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p>

<p>What a joke</p><p><a href="/tags/johnroberts/" rel="tag">#JohnRoberts</a>&#x27; annual report</p><p>The chief justice touted <a href="/tags/judicialindependence/" rel="tag">#JudicialIndependence</a> &amp; urged Americans to keep faith in the <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> in year-end statement</p><p>Focusing on the <a href="/tags/declarationofindependence/" rel="tag">#DeclarationOfIndependence</a> as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the <a href="/tags/founders/" rel="tag">#founders</a> chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts &amp; “corrected this flaw” by setting up a <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> that would operate without interference from the other branches.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/john-roberts-year-end-report</span></a></p>

<p>Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.</p><p>Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/kidnapping/" rel="tag">#Kidnapping</a> <a href="/tags/immigrantsrights/" rel="tag">#ImmigrantsRights</a> <a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/justiceinamerica/" rel="tag">#JusticeInAmerica</a></p>

<p>Until It&#x27;s Done: Sylvia Rivera - Zohran Mamdani<br><a href="https://www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-see-this-mamdani-ad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-see-this-mamdani-ad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-t</span><span class="invisible">o-see-this-mamdani-ad/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvVSpN0BXg&amp;t=100s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvVSpN0BXg&amp;t=100s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvVSp</span><span class="invisible">N0BXg&amp;t=100s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Rivera" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Rivera"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_R</span><span class="invisible">ivera</span></a></p><p>Sylvia Rivera, “Y’all Better Quiet Down” Original Authorized Video, 1973 Gay Pride Rally NYC <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIOWUw1o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIOWUw1o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIO</span><span class="invisible">WUw1o</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbtq/" rel="tag">#antiLGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/americanreich/" rel="tag">#AmericanReich</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p>Wedge issue/distraction: <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/btlm/" rel="tag">#BTLM</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a> <a href="/tags/democraticsocialism/" rel="tag">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>Trump2&#x27;s violent, shadowy federal police state<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/10/24/how-trump-is-building-a-violent-shadowy-federal-police-force_partner" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2025/10/24/how-trump-is-building-a-violent-shadowy-federal-police-force_partner"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2025/10/24/how-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-is-building-a-violent-shadowy-federal-police-force_partner</span></a></p><p>Comment: Heritage Foundation puppet Republican Party, &amp; Trump - amidst noise of the existential threat posed by trans persons (we&#x27;re not, btw) - posted all this 2y in advance of 2024 elections.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/115113395783224651" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/115113395783224651"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1151</span><span class="invisible">13395783224651</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/imve/" rel="tag">#IMVE</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> 🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p>Wedge issue/distraction: <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/tlm/" rel="tag">#TLM</a> <a href="/tags/btlm/" rel="tag">#BTLM</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a> <a href="/tags/democraticsocialism/" rel="tag">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>No way he has the patience or stamina for this. He’ll either fall asleep or leave. Possibly both.</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> hears arguments on <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> in attendance </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/intimidation/" rel="tag">#intimidation</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#Judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrisy/" rel="tag">#hypocrisy</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-updates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-updates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/supreme-court-</span><span class="invisible">birthright-citizenship-updates</span></a></p>

<p>Again &amp; again since <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> returned to the White House, <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a>’ conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policies….</p><p>But on Wednesday, the justices will consider for the first time whether to say “no” to Trump….</p><p>At issue is the legality of his…use of emergency powers to impose sweeping <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> on nearly every US trading partner. The outcome of the case could significantly affect the global <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a>….</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p>Trump, Charlie Kirk, and Jesse Jackson - Jesse Jackson’s legacy isn’t enough for Capitol honor<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2026/02/21/jacksons-legacy-isnt-enough-for-capitol-honor/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2026/02/21/jacksons-legacy-isnt-enough-for-capitol-honor/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2026/02/21/jacks</span><span class="invisible">ons-legacy-isnt-enough-for-capitol-honor/</span></a></p><p>The Capitol’s rejection of a Rev. Jesse Jackson tribute honor highlights the limits of institutional recognition</p><p>Claude Sonnet 4.6 chat<br><a href="https://claude.ai/share/f74bf41f-e3c7-4948-a8d7-32f00847641f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="claude.ai/share/f74bf41f-e3c7-4948-a8d7-32f00847641f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">claude.ai/share/f74bf41f-e3c7-</span><span class="invisible">4948-a8d7-32f00847641f</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbtq/" rel="tag">#antiLGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/americanreich/" rel="tag">#AmericanReich</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacism/" rel="tag">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/theocracy/" rel="tag">#theocracy</a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a></p><p><a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a> 🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="/tags/tlm/" rel="tag">#TLM</a> <a href="/tags/btlm/" rel="tag">#BTLM</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a> <a href="/tags/democraticsocialism/" rel="tag">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>They Jail Coup Plotters and Predators. We Shield <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-coup-plotters-and-predators" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-coup-plotters-and-predators"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-cou</span><span class="invisible">p-plotters-and-predators</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinFiles</a></p>