volkris @volkris@qoto.org

@drrimmer not so much a landmark case when it just confirmed the obvious, that these kids had no standing or solid complaint to bring to the courts.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the petition, illustrating that the case was too silly to even consider.

@JoeChip I think it's more of a live by the sword die by the sword sort of situation.

Weiss built their business around engagement with the federal government, so they have to pivot when the federal government changes to remain engaged with it.

There could be a lesson there for the institutional Democratic Party and their values. It's not so much humiliation as it is successfully continuing to have the cart hitched to the horse, although they might want to reconsider the horse they want to hitch to.

@dave there's so much misleading or flat out wrong with this piece. It has a lot of misstatement of history and the role that universities and other academic institutions have played in human history.

Just to touch on one thing, universities generally don't deliver final, marketable products. That's not their role to play, neither historically nor practically. They are good at fundamental research, but not at the consumer facing execution side.

The problem is, holding them up as these great consumerist providers can play precisely against the goal of promoting their government support. It's better just to be honest about what they do and do not provide.

@samlitzinger I think a lot of people mistake Trump's comments like these as him being mad or angry when often enough he's enjoying the attention while basically playing a game with his supporters.

This may be one of those cases where he wasn't mad, but he's delighted that you're giving him this attention.

@carolpeters It's really not, not in any substantial way. There's a whole lot of good content and even anti-nazi content on the platform, so if anything I'd say it's anti-nazi.

@drrjv

@BrianJopek I mean, a lot of people like to listen to him, so that rule would be kind of productive.

I don't care for the guy myself, but let the people get what they want.

@GW@newsie.social there's just no substitute for doing the hard work to engage with other voters where they are to promote better policies so they elect better people.

The problem is, more disruptive forms of pressure can actually play into their hands. We see that all the time.

@RememberUsAlways senators are elected by regions that don't have the option of being manipulated between elections. To say that there is gerrymandering in the Senate is to use a definition of gerrymandering so expansive that it loses all meaning.

If all elections are gerrymandered, then there's really no meaning to the word anymore. It no longer represents manipulation for the sake of power, it becomes just, you know, voting.

So no, for any practical definition of the word, there is no gerrymandering in the Senate.

So the theory that this is caused by gerrymandering is scientifically rejected by the outcome from the body that has no gerrymandering.

It makes for a dramatic story, but it just doesn't match reality. And it makes it easier to point fingers at Boogeyman instead of facing the reality that the unwashed masses around us have to be convinced over to your personal preferences if you want to make progress.

It does no good to cling to those conspiracy theories, Even if they support a simpler world.

@RememberUsAlways again, there is no gerrymandering in senatorial elections, and yet the Senate is generally in agreement with the House on the big topics.

No, truth is that the general population is behind this stuff. So we get what we want, as intended.

@europesays nah, it's math.

Sometimes with a little finance thrown in, but mainly, those plans don't work because they don't get the math right.

@RememberUsAlways there's no crisis, though. The system was set up with solutions to exactly these sorts of disputes.

It's not even unusual for presidents to defy court orders. It's just that it normally doesn't get so much public attention, so you only see it happening if you take time to read the dockets directly.

So, the courts will do exactly what they're supposed to do: issue opinions on cases brought before them. That's it. Job done.

The rest just comes down to the people we elect to Congress. If we elected people who judge it to be acceptable, that's the end of the story. No crisis, just the democratic process at work.

@thetnholler.bsky.social What? No. That's not how any of this works.

The government is large and sprawling, it is not in any danger of being incapacitated.

This is just dumb. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

@appassionato It's literally not.

What in the world are you on about.

@photography

@appassionato What in the world?

If you don't like the tax policy don't blame.Musk; blame the representatives that you elected to set that tax policy!

And fight fascism? You're talking about having a problem with leaving people alone. Taking money from them is more fascist than $0 tax! What are you talking about?

You see how stupid you sound? I know, this isn't going to convince anybody, I'm just reacting, you sound really really really stupid. And when you sound this stupid, this is why you're not going to get a whole lot of other people over to your side.

If you want to change government policy, stop sounding this goddamn stupid.

@photography

@Sojourner00 unfortunately I don't have any public records that I can share, although if you're able to check out records of international scientists booking their travel down to US national labs you will see an uptick as the labs come back online.

We've spent years telling our International partners that they might as well cancel their travel because we're not going to be running. Now that we're finally coming back online, they are starting to fly back in to manage experiments over here.

It's really been something of a breaking of the dam, so many people from around the world have had their work put on hold, but it's starting to move again, and it's pretty exciting to be honest.

@TomWellborn@universeodon.com Well you had it right with fanfiction.

Keep in mind that every single Congress proposes a whole lot of really really really dumb bills that are not serious, so this is just more of the same that we have always had.

It's fanfiction to think that any of this is serious.

@ProgressivePower It's not, though.

Whoever made this picture doesn't seem to understand what capitalism is.

Ever saved up any money to buy something? Hey that's capitalism! And it has absolutely nothing to do with a king

This is stupid and it should be called out as such.

@504DR The Roberts Court issued a ruling instructing underlying courts to continue with the cases against Trump.

No, the Roberts Court did not give Trump total immunity for any action he takes, it supported actions against him. You have that ruling exactly backwards. Again, I know there's a lot of misinformational social media, but we need to correct that misinformation.

Check the ruling. The Roberts Court ordered lower courts to continue proceedings against Trump.

@RememberUsAlways

@arrrg What? Schumer is currently facing a lot of criticism specifically because he did vote to end a recent filibuster.

No, the Constitution specifically says that each chamber can create its own rules, so the filibuster rules are allowed by the Constitution.

I don't know what your post is talking about. It sounds like you don't know how the Senate works.