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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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On July 3, 2024, twenty or more carpenter bees fell from their little holes in my cabaña, and they died; likely due to the ~ 39°C heat. This suggests that millions of carpenter bees were killed in one day in the surrounding region.

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Religion and dictatorship: pals forever.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Why the optimism? Four centuries of ugly experience suggests that ruling white society in the USA will always circle back to rules and oppressions against African-Ameicans. Racist policies are more than mere tradition; they're an inherited congenital defect in North America.

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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies_My...

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Cry me a f___ing river!

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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People are people, whether they are around me or not.

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Chief Justice Roberts' decree grossly violates the separation of powers, kneecapping the executive. We should dismiss his decrees as fanciful DICTA regarding a non-justiciable matter.

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Emma Evans's avatar Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social
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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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No one will ever again be required to answer the question, "What did the President know, and when did he know it?"

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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What would happen if there were general strikes against federal jury duty?

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Congressperson: "What did the President know, and when did he know it?" Federal Judge: "You can't ask about that!"

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Eventually, leading to the President coercing Congress to pass an Enabling Law that allows the President to rule by decree.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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The USA has abandoned the rule of law as regards the Executive Branch. Where is Dark Brandon when we need him?

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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It's not hypothetical that Trump promised to be dictator for the first day of his second term.

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If Georgia were to incarcerate Trump, this is his get-out-of-jail card.

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Paul Waldman 's avatar Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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This is one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in history and 95 percent of Americans will never understand it, they'll just know government can't solve problems and everything will get worse. Which of course will lead to more votes for, yes, Republicans.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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I didn't watch. But Biden's people still got his meds wrong.

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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The requirement forces Oklahoma teachers to "reference" the role of the Ten Commandments in America's founding, so as a historian & teacher, let me offer this suggestion: "Although some idiots today insist that the Founding Fathers were inspired by the Ten Commandments, they absolutely were not."

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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When the Veterans Administration withholds a percentage of a claimant's monetary award and proposes to pay that amount to the claimant's representative for a contingency fee, does the claimant have a right to a jury trial to contest the fee payment?

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If the federal government seeks a REFUND of an alleged overpayment of a monetary benefit, will a civil trial be required because of Jarkesy?

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I can't watch the debate, tonight. I know, if I do, Biden's people will have gotten his meds wrong, resulting in mania and alarm.

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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San Francisco is caught in such a doom loop the gays are sending secret space-laser bat-signals to the Jews. [photo by Illuminate]

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Never let it be said that Chief Justice Roberts runs a tight ship!

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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It's only bribery if you get the money while you're in office. Turns out, I'm a gratuity plan advisor and selfless middleman. Contact me, and we'll set up a plan, Your Honor!

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In terms of VA disability benefits for mental disorders, the "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" law made it impossible to seek therapy and impossible to report harassment. The law was itself an aggravating factor that only added to a servicemember's psych problems.

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It is impossible to imagine a Republican going public to assert that Trump picked the wrong running mate for 2024. It will be called a genius move, no matter what.

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Bay Area News's avatar Bay Area News @bayarea.bsky.social
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Police looking for missing East Bay teenager

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rifka the unhinged fat activist's avatar rifka the unhinged fat activist @rifka.bsky.social
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Not now sweetie, mommy is raging against the dying of the light

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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The GOP is the Party of Lincoln! Who was a tyrant, btw.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Enhanced Originalism is what the Founders actually intended.

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I'll believe it when they send Rusty Calley to Hanoi for trial.

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Missing 68-year-old woman with ‘mental health-related ailments’ last seen in San Leandro

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie's avatar Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
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Still amused that 8 justices in Rahimi are saying 'the lower court applied Bruen wrong, that wasn't what we meant' while the guy who wrote Bruen is dissenting alone like YES TF IT WAS Also KBJ concurring like 'I wasn't on the Court yet when y'all did Bruen but that was bad fyi'

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Justice Samuel Alito's neighbors keep stareing at him, and he's not leaving the house until they stop.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Global warming makes the U.S. Constitution unpredictable.

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Every state has an official state tree, state bird, state flower, etc. With its new Ten Commandments law, Louisiana now has a state supreme being . . . and if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's "the most unpleasant character in all fiction."

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Shelved for the time being is a GOP proposal to create a National Institute On Useless Eaters.

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Test question: "Define 'adultery,' and give three examples. You may use fictitious names."

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Tom Higgins's avatar Tom Higgins @interestedparty.bsky.social
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Is adultery #6 or #7, and how will it be handled in classroom discussions and book reports?

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Ana Marie Cox's avatar Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social
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Happy solstice to those who celebrate!

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