Open thread 7/1/2025
June snuck by And now it’s July.
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Forum-shopping: it’s not just your imagintion
It’s for real: As the Trump administration faces substantial pushback in the courts, including an unprecedented wave of nationwide injunctions halting its policies, some are claiming that his opponents are tilting the scales of justice by selectively bringing their lawsuits … Continue reading →
Tillis retreats and the Big Beautiful Bill advances
Senator Thom Tillis announced he’s not running for re-election. This was after Trump suggested it might be a good idea to primary him: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis announced Sunday that he won’t seek reelection after drawing President Trump’s wrath … Continue reading →
Getting to know Mamdani – a bit late in the game
Of course, lots of people would agree with Mamdani’s remark here, and they’ll be voting for him in November: ZOHRAN MAMDANI: “I don't think that we should have billionaires.” pic.twitter.com/optpzkp28w — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 29, 2025 That’s instructive … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/30/2025
I’m very impressed:
Continue reading →My curious foray into poetry translation
I was generally an excellent student, but my worst and most disliked subject was foreign languages. I’m not sure why, except that I hated having to memorize lists of words. I took Spanish because I was told it was easier … Continue reading →
Roundup
As often is the case these days, there’s a ton of news and so I’m resorting to a roundup for some of it: (1) Trump actually has made America great again – for the moment. He’s shown leadership on the … Continue reading →
The German definition of freedom of speech
I learned long ago that compared to Europe and Canada and other countries I’d assumed had freedom of speech, only in the US is there a serious commitment to it. Of course, that commitment in the US is sometimes compromised, … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/28/2025
This is an extreme cat person:
Continue reading →Trump plays hardball with Canada on tariffs
Here we go again: We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to trade with, including the fact that they have charged our farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on dairy products, has just announced … Continue reading →
SCOTUS rules that parents must be allowed to opt out of LGBTQ indoctrination in primary schools
Ace has a lengthy post on the ruling from the busy Supreme Court – including photos from some of the books in question – in which he quotes The New York Times. From the Times: Public schools in Maryland must … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court smacks down “imperial” district court judges
And Amy Coney Barrett smacks down Ketanji Brown Jackson as well. The case itself was about Trump’s birthright citizenship EO, but the decision is only about the nationwide injunction aspect of it, and therefore has more universal applications to the … Continue reading →