Last week “Notorious RBG,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hinted at Sharp Divisions Ahead as Supreme Court Term Nears End: On Friday, Justice Ginsburg gave a speech at a judicial conference in New Paltz, N.Y. There was little in her remarks to hearten liberals. She started by noting the most fundamental change at the court. “Justice Kennedy announced … Read more
I watched the CBS Evening News (and the local CBS news) Saturday night, and saw Walter Cronkite’s old haunt uncritically report President Trump’s tweets on his supposed deal to suspend his plan to impose tariffs on Mexican goods, and Trump then praising his deal with Mexico that promises a crackdown on illegal immigration. Apparently, Mexico has also … Read more
Adam Serwer of The Atlantic got it exactly right last year when he wrote that President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear. The Cruelty Is the Point: Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is … Read more
The recent surge in refugees seeking asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border is falsely portrayed by right-wing media like the Washington Examiner as Border shock: 50% surge in gang members, 650,000 illegal immigrants will be freed into US in 2019. This kind of racist anti-immigrant fear mongering is repeated by racist white nationalists like Tucker Carlson … Read more
Update to Newly discovered evidence that witnesses misled the court in U.S. Census case. District Court Judge Jesse Furman held a hearing for sanctions on Wednesday, but decided not to take any action ahead of the pending Supreme Court decision in this case. Buzzfeed News reports, A Judge Is Alarmed By The “Serious” New Claims … Read more