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If Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia were White, The Trump Fascists Would Not Be Asking the Courts to Stop His Return to the United States

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Kilamr Amando Abrego Garcia, a married man and father who has lived with no criminal record in the United States for years, was one of the individuals deported several weeks ago when the Musk/Trump/Vance White Nationalist-Project 2025/American Mein Kampf Regime disobeyed a judge’s orders and flew over 300 suspected MS-13 Venezuelan gang members to be … Read more

The Utterly Absurd Nullity of Trump v. U.S.

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I think every lawyer in the United States, indeed the world, could agree to the proposition that SCOTUS could not interpret the Constitution in such a way to declare it null and void, or to be nothing but a blank page of paper signifying nothing, or that since SCOTUS endowed itself in Marbury v. Madison … Read more

The Civil Rights Legacy: Yesterday and Tomorrow

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  Today is a day to celebrate the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and remember that there is still work to do for our nation’s citizens. As we remember the life of Martin Luther King today, let us also acknowledge the contributions and, in some cases, the ultimate  sacrifices of the many trailblazers in … Read more

Oh brother

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

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A little while back Rachel Maddow did a wonderful segment that had me nodding my head in furious agreement and applauding (I seriously clapped my hands at the TV, you guys). She expressed her bewilderment at certain political concepts that aren’t really meaningful when closely examined or helpful when put into practice, but are wildly popular with some segments of the public. Things like term limits (which regular people looooove but aren’t really conducive to effective governance), or nepotism (thinking someone is qualified to hold office simply because his or her relative did). It culminated in her main thesis about Donald Trump (to quote John Oliver, why is he still a thing?) but I’m going to draw from her build-up to laugh at the latest stunt by the GOP majority in the House to get back at the Supreme Court for upholding the ACA subsidies in their decision announced Thursday.

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