When I first signed up for this, I knew the danger was that Trump would win and I'd be stuck on a boat with a bunch of sad people and I'd likely want to jump in the ocean.

But now, I'm kind of excited for this, because progressives have *a lot* to talk about.

https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1842956447879217445

After 2016, the "response" from the "opposition party" was all #resist and pink pussy hats and "not my President" and building for the "blue wave."

This time, I think the progressive response must needs be different.

The challenge, after a loss, is to learn something *new.* Most people aren't doing that right now. They're taking in information and trying to fit that within their prevailing world view.

The NEW thing I'm learning is: People do not and will not vote for harm mitigation... We see this most obviously with the people who withheld their votes due to Gaza, and instead invite Trump's Armageddon. But we see it elsewhere. Latinos did not vote for harm mitigation, they voted to harm others and think they'll be spared.

I can't do this justice on Twitter, but I have a whole theory on why GenX white men (and we're talking about Wisconsin here, so we're definitely talking about white men) have been most susceptible to Trump's campaign of open misogyny and "retribution" against women.

https://twitter.com/DanRShafer/status/1852023474895675602

It starts with AIDS and how the disease completely weirded our early sexual encounters. Continues to how "the rules" changed on us rapidly during our most sexually active years (for the better but try telling that to some guys) Lack of non-problematic male role models and heroes

I'm getting sick of people saying "cancelling subscriptions hurts the writers not the owners." It's an objectively true statement that lacks the context of:
A. Well if we're being real about NOTHING *hurts* billionaires. Being a billionaire literally buys you out of consequences B: Cancelling a subscription to a publication is pretty much the only way to register DISPLEASURE with the publication's offerings.

Indictment unsealed. I'll be busy for a bit. Really kinda gotta hand it to Turkey for investing in corrupting a lowly Brooklyn Borough President. Big payoff for them. They should probably be in charge of the Jacksonville Jaguars next draft board.

Okay let’s do this:
1. my wife waiting to see how I’m going to butcher essential details about our own children.
2. My mother hoping I don’t fuck up my solo in the recital.
3. I’ve walked through the door, 2hrs after curfew not already dead, which was my only way to stay alive. 4. My sister would like to know what the fuck I’m talking about.
5. My mother would like to know what I’m talking about.
6. My wife would like to know what I’m talking about.
7. They realize I’m actually talking about that thing I should never be talking about in public.

Overheard on the Amtrak: A mother was explaining that she won’t let her son play high school football… as the punter/kicker… because the coach could not “100 percent guarantee” that her kid would never be tackled or have to make a tackle.

And, I was kind of on her side until She revealed that her *other* son plays… LaCrosse , and she doesn’t understand why her kicker boy won’t just play LaCrosse too.

And now I’m just sitting here wondering how many times I’ve made *important parenting decisions* based on truly having no idea what I was doing.

EVERYBODY SHUT UP MICHELLE OBAMA IS ON. GO IIIIINNN : “Some of us don’t have the luxury of failing forward.”

The biggest change I've noticed is that for the last three days, people are treating Trump appropriately: as an old, tired, racist and sexist man who is basically a failing comic with no new material trying to gin up a laugh by repeating his greatest hits. Two things have always been true about Trump: He is a dangerous fascist and he is a pathetic clown. Those two true things often are seen at odds, because to laugh doesn't take him seriously, and to take him seriously misses how petty and uncreative he is.

I know term limits and ethics sounds "less radical" to a lot of people than court expansion.

But, as I keep trying to tell you all, the Supreme Court gets to decide if term limits and ethics are constitutional. And so if you don't expand the court, these other plans will fail. People still don't want to accept that the "radical" solution is the ONLY solution to get the more *moderate* changes they desire.

But if you tell John Roberts he has to leave office after 18 years, JOHN ROBERTS WILL SAY NO... and then what have you done?

I understand why Republicans are invested in downplaying the scope of the immunity decision. If people understood what just happened they might want to do something about the Supreme Court.

I really don't understand why Democrats are downplaying the scope though. My only guess is that Democrats think that if people understood how much power the Supreme Court just handed to the President, they might expect their President to use it.

Since Biden's not going to use it, I guess there's value in telling people it didn't happen?

Look, I appreciate that people still want to find *some way* to think that Trump is going to be brought to justice for January 6.

But he WILL NOT be brought to justice. That part of the conversation is OVER. Trump won. People need to deal with that in their own way, but he WON. The more relevant question is "NOW... WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO?" Trump won. He iced the bookeeper. He killed Sean Connery. NOW, WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO?

20 minutes out from Supreme Court decisions. It's been an honor covering these last gasps of democratic self government. Just so you know, my process is to read the case syllabus, which usually tells you the holding, then read the first few paragraphs of the dissent, which tells you what the actual fight was about.

Back here on SCOTUS watch because as bad as things are they can always get worse and probably will in 20 minutes. In case you missed it last night, here's my write up of yesterday's abortion ruling

thenation.com/article/societ…

Supreme Court opinions in 20 minutes. I assume they "officially" have to punt EMTALA till after the election today. Not sure what else. First case is Ohio v. EPA. It's about whether to enforce an EPA rule limiting pollution while people sue over the rule. 5-4. Gorsuch (whose mother used to run the EPA --into the ground-- for Ronald Reagan) rules against the EPA. Barrett joins the liberals in dissent.

Finished a recording with @ProfMMurray and @AudreLawdAMercy just in time for decisions.

Yay? First case is Murthy v. Missouri. It's one of the social media cases, with vaccine deniers being pissed that they can't spread COVID-19 disinformation.

6-3, Barrett opinion, Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch dissenting, says that they don't have standing.

I'm just here (on @SCOTUSblog) so I don't get fined. First case is Texas v. New Mexico. It's a water rights case. 5-4 Jackson opinion. Gorsuch, Thomas, Alito and Barret dissenting. I think it's the first 5-4 Jackson case?

SCOTUS decisions in 10 minutes. May the odds be ever in our favor. First case was Moore v. US. This is a big tax case that has implications on the viability of the wealth tax.
7-2 ruling, by Kavanaugh, Thomas and Gorsuch dissent, saying that Congress CAN tax "pass through" entities.

And we're back to SCOTUS. First opinion is in a bankruptcy case that I haven't been following and probably wouldn't understand if I was. It's a Jackson opinion with a Gorsuch dissent, which I would usually find very interesting but... bankruptcy. :( It must be nice to understand, like, "how money works" and stuff. Or at least lucrative.

I want to take a short break from the jokes to just express my sympathy for Joe Biden. He's had so many family tragedies. His son has battled addiction. He's now watching him be prosecuted because of his political career. It's a really sad day for his family. On top of all of that, he has the power to basically make this all go away for his kid, but he won't/shouldn't use it.

Biden is better at his job than I would be. As a parent, somebody is coming after my kid to get to me, and I can make it go away, I'm going to do it.

Welp, it's a Supreme Court decision day in June. First case is Truck Insurance v. Kaiser Gypsum. It's about whether an insurer can be heard in a bankruptcy case. Sotomayor, unanimous, says yes.