#SCOTUS
The lawyer who unsuccessfully argued in defense of the Defense of Marriage Act a decade ago at the Supreme Court this week asked the justices to uphold anti-trans bathroom bans. Today, at Law Dork:
https://www.lawdork.com/p/idaho-bathroom-ban-indiana-case-scotus

tell em Betty!! 👏

#UAW

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Again. At any time between 1949 and 1967 the Arab powers could have created a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital.

'Top secret' Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center #GAZA
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/top-secret-hamas-documents-show-terrorists-intentionally-targeted-elem-rcna120310 via nbcnews

HELLO???

Nov 17th shutdown....

#GOP

*crickets*

Hakeem Jeffries shreds Jim Jordan "House Republicans have just elected a speaker nominee who in 16 years in congress hasn't passed a single bill, because his focus has not been on the American people, his focus has been on peddling lies and conspiracy theories and division." #Politics
https://twitter.com/i/status/1712941477985185982

#DeSantis #GOP #Politics #News

The official who orchestrated DeSantis's flights of migrants has quietly RESIGNED after being embroiled in controversy. Full story

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/official-who-orchestrated-desantis-migrant-flights-has-resigned

source http://whoismakingnews.com

Antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes admits that he doesn't actually care what happens to the Palestinians but is siding with them simply because he hopes the current crisis will alienate Israel and diminish its influence: "We have to be strategic about it."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1712884931536298158

Here is what I think is going to happen with the #Israel - #Gaza conflict:
- Mass migration to evacuate Gaza city. Already starting.
- A safe-passage corridor will be established near the southern boarder to the West Bank
- International aid will be directed to the West Bank to build temp housing
- Gaza City will be systematically razed by the IDF so that there is no reason to return
- Most of Gaza will be a no-man's land for the foreseeable future
- Tens of Thousands will die

Russian authorities continue to persecute religious communities in occupied #Ukraine as part of ongoing Russian efforts to destroy the Ukrainian identity. https://isw.pub/UkrWar101223

Wallner: "Tuberville's blanket hold on 200+ military nominations only works if senators let it...Tuberville – or his proxy – must be on the floor to enforce his hold if another senator asks unanimous consent to confirm those nominees."

His proxy is Leader Mitch McConnell.

https://www.legislativeprocedure.com/blog/2023/6/30/explaining-senate-holds

Clarence Thomas's billionaire friend Harlan Crow reportedly has a financial stake in at least four cases coming before the Supreme Court.

Thomas has yet to recuse himself.

https://accountable.us/crow-set-to-benefit-from-at-least-four-scotus-cases/

Trump sold pardons, the GOP pols and voters don't care that he did it. He pardoned this MF'er.

Carol Leonnig, WashPost:
The high-flying architect of one of the greediest health care scams in history, Philip Esformes, faces charges anew from Biden DOJ. He bilked taxpayers to pay for mansions, Ferraris, escorts, but Trump freed him.
https://twitter.com/CarolLeonnig/status/1712808967787737365

The UK will find it harder to meet its climate targets after the prime minister's policy changes, advisers have warned.

The CCC also warned of knock-on effects of the government's "reduced ambition" on consumer confidence, investment and increase bills.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67087411

LMAO #TrumpQuote

Also, in America, we spell defense with a "S," the British spelling goes against Making America Great.

How much objectivity do I need to have to qualify for whatever it is?

"I'm not a Jew with trembling knees."
-Menachem Begin

#ILoveToHearIt
"This is devastating testimony, with a current Trump Organization employee laying out the nuts and bolts of exactly how the firm conjured up wildly inflated estimates of Donald Trump's net worth." #TrumpOrgDissolved
https://twitter.com/DanAlexander21/status/1712873580483301773