Congress passed the laws. Previous presidents signed them. The Supreme Court has now declared they can be ignored whenever this particular president chooses (but not Biden)...
While there is a lot of chatter among liberals about impeaching Trump and his corrupt toadies, let us not overlook Alito & Thomas. Also, Merrill Goozner (https://gooznews.substack.com/p/social-movements-role-in-change) provides some history that nicely complements Thom's post today.
It's horrific. Added to the Monsanto ruling, which appears to have pissed off MAHA royally, the only silver lining I can see is that these rulings may keep court reform at the top of the must do list. (13 justices are needed to match 13 judicial districts: 94 districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each with its own Court of Appeals. There is also a 13th circuit (the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) that hears specialized national cases). The only thing tempering that is Americans' notoriously short attention span.
The Supreme Court rules and not only to many people suffer but some of the die.
The problem with court reform being on the top of the must do list is that it is OUR must do list and right now we are powerless to do what needs to be done. I also don't think we needed any additional impetus to convince us that to preserve our democracy court reform is a MUST DO.
The words readers never see are all the prompts I give ChatGPT to make the images say the 1000 words. Some well known Substacker are saying what my pictures said today in 1000 or more words. I talked to Thom about the contribution Louise makes by using AI to make illustrations for his Substacks.
Thanks Sabrina, but credit to ChatGPT for helping make the ludicrous illustration fit what I pictured in my mind. I am looking forward to a Substack from you about what SCOTUS did - and if you want your own illustration let me know exactly what you want it to show and I'll try to make it for you. Thom has Louise make his using one of the AI illustration programs.
The key point: this “graffiti” wasn’t modern vandalism. It was red-ochre quarry or mason marks, often hidden inside construction spaces, showing crew names and helping prove the pyramids were built by organized workers, not Hollywood-style slave gangs.
The SCOTUS majority might as well just come out and say what the law is in their minds: it's okay if Republicans do it. If we are considering skin color as the determination of race, then why should any non-Red person be allowed to seek refuge from persecution on this continent? Our forebears, who were often members of persecuted religious or ethnic minorities in Europe, should have been refused at the shoreline, and we, as their descendants, should have no birthright citizenship. Fortunately for us, the Native Americans didn't, and do not now, have our understanding of how civilization works.
When I saw the news about the Supreme Court rulings yesterday about immigration I became as angry as I have ever been. I cursed & shouted at the TV, I called my Representative, I cursed & shouted some more at the TV, not at my Rep!
I look at this from two perspectives. The first being the humanitarian side. Sending people back to wartorn country, or devastation because of natural disasters, failed states is detestable. I'd like to see Lily white Amy Coney Barret dropped off in the middle of a gang controlled section in Haiti, we could split the boys between Sudan & the Democratic Republic of Congo & see how they enjoy the hospitality. I may not have experienced the terrible things these people have but I don't have to. I have empathy, I have a moral compass, I can share the bounty of this country with people who come here & work & add to our social fabric & economy & the Treasury. It's not hard, it's the right thing to do. Oh, and by the way it's what "Jesus would do!"
The second thing to look at is financial in nature. Just who are these fascists in Washington going to get to do the jobs that white people won't do? Whose going to wipe babies bottoms & maybe grampas bottoms when they need cleaning. Whose going to fill the roll of caregivers. Is AI going to do it? Will they take that many people out of the work force & small business & hollow out the country.
Cutting off their noses to make all the faces they see are white, is that their aim? Of course, they could take it one step further, they could enslave any white person remaining here that doesn't agree with them. That would fill the requirement of filling jobs. Much like the Nazis we're going to take the lands to the east & use the "indigenous" population to do the work since they were only half human at best.
Vote in November for a Democratic Senate and House. That will help stop Trump appointments to the Supreme Court and allow for investigation and impeachment of corrupt SC judges where the facts so show. Not enough focus on this issue ahead of the midterms.
Every U.S. taxpayer should be furious; not terrified. This is the time to take back our country. As J.D. Vance told E.U., “The real danger comes from within”.
We are not stuck with these six robed fascists. They are not unimpeachable. Several are justifiably impeachable and should be impeached.
We are not stuck with the fascist decisions of these six fascists; as Thom points out, Congress writes laws the president is constitutionally required to enforce.
We are not stuck with nine Supreme Court justices. Failure to expand the Court has resulted in the worst threat to our democracy since the Civil War. Elie Mystal, Chris Armitage, Jamie Raskin have some excellent suggestions here. Expansion of the Court is overdue and demonstrably necessary. Oligarchs currently in charge of America have no interest in democracy. They are free to abuse the system to overthrow it only to the degree we let them.
Representative Robert Garcia said yesterday that the three major congressional committees are going to be ready and willing to take these people to task as soon as the new Congress is seated.
There is no other word than murder for what the result will be from these decisions. Beyond Judicial Oversight, impeachment, and a packed Court the Devil awaits the arrival of the Supreme Court Six.
Thank you, Thom and Company, for all your hard work. See you in the streets.
Another great report, Thom, but I want to take issue with your ADHD Substack article today. It's one of those that can be read but not commented on unless you pay the $8 per month. I tried to pay the $8 just so I could comment today, but it still wouldn't let me. I'll be brief.
Please don't perpetuate the myth that fitting into society and starting a business is the path to success. Maybe it was 50 years ago, but not today. Except for the lucky "Mom and Pop" restaurant (most don't succeed), unless you're born with wealth or have a wealthy benefactor, it's not going to happen. You yourself said as much in books you wrote that I own.
I am aware that the "hunters," as you call them, are now being recognized for their abilities, which fit in very well in more places than in the past. I think it's a form of victim blaming to hold out that kind of hope while so many who have lost their jobs spend their savings trying to start businesses when 99% will fail.
I contribute to Egberto, who has a Substack and an FM radio show out of Texas that tells the truth about Capitalism today. He does a live broadcast through Substack at 6 AM and again in the afternoon.
Thanks to you and Louise for educating us. Keep up the good work.
While there is a lot of chatter among liberals about impeaching Trump and his corrupt toadies, let us not overlook Alito & Thomas. Also, Merrill Goozner (https://gooznews.substack.com/p/social-movements-role-in-change) provides some history that nicely complements Thom's post today.
It's horrific. Added to the Monsanto ruling, which appears to have pissed off MAHA royally, the only silver lining I can see is that these rulings may keep court reform at the top of the must do list. (13 justices are needed to match 13 judicial districts: 94 districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each with its own Court of Appeals. There is also a 13th circuit (the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) that hears specialized national cases). The only thing tempering that is Americans' notoriously short attention span.
The Supreme Court rules and not only to many people suffer but some of the die.
The problem with court reform being on the top of the must do list is that it is OUR must do list and right now we are powerless to do what needs to be done. I also don't think we needed any additional impetus to convince us that to preserve our democracy court reform is a MUST DO.
Here's my view of the SCOTUS in five pictures https://halbrown.substack.com/p/my-view-of-the-united-states-supreme
Proof that a picture is, sometimes, worth 1000 words.
The words readers never see are all the prompts I give ChatGPT to make the images say the 1000 words. Some well known Substacker are saying what my pictures said today in 1000 or more words. I talked to Thom about the contribution Louise makes by using AI to make illustrations for his Substacks.
love the autopen Hal!
Thanks Sabrina, but credit to ChatGPT for helping make the ludicrous illustration fit what I pictured in my mind. I am looking forward to a Substack from you about what SCOTUS did - and if you want your own illustration let me know exactly what you want it to show and I'll try to make it for you. Thom has Louise make his using one of the AI illustration programs.
They found graffiti created by the workers inside the pyramids.
From ChatGPT:
Smithsonian — “The Egyptian Pyramid”
Mentions quarry-worker marks and named work gangs on pyramid blocks. https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/pyramid
PBS NOVA — “Who Built the Pyramids?”
Best readable explanation of crew names like “Friends of Khufu” and “Drunkards of Menkaure.” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html
Harvard Magazine — “Who Built the Pyramids?”
Explains George Reisner’s discovery of workers’ graffiti and what it shows about organized labor units. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html
Archaeology Magazine — “Journeys of the Pyramid Builders”
Good deeper article on the Wadi el-Jarf papyri, which complement the graffiti evidence.
https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2022/features/egypt-wadi-el-jarf-port-papyri
The key point: this “graffiti” wasn’t modern vandalism. It was red-ochre quarry or mason marks, often hidden inside construction spaces, showing crew names and helping prove the pyramids were built by organized workers, not Hollywood-style slave gangs.
The SCOTUS majority might as well just come out and say what the law is in their minds: it's okay if Republicans do it. If we are considering skin color as the determination of race, then why should any non-Red person be allowed to seek refuge from persecution on this continent? Our forebears, who were often members of persecuted religious or ethnic minorities in Europe, should have been refused at the shoreline, and we, as their descendants, should have no birthright citizenship. Fortunately for us, the Native Americans didn't, and do not now, have our understanding of how civilization works.
Essential reading! And an easy call to action.
When I saw the news about the Supreme Court rulings yesterday about immigration I became as angry as I have ever been. I cursed & shouted at the TV, I called my Representative, I cursed & shouted some more at the TV, not at my Rep!
I look at this from two perspectives. The first being the humanitarian side. Sending people back to wartorn country, or devastation because of natural disasters, failed states is detestable. I'd like to see Lily white Amy Coney Barret dropped off in the middle of a gang controlled section in Haiti, we could split the boys between Sudan & the Democratic Republic of Congo & see how they enjoy the hospitality. I may not have experienced the terrible things these people have but I don't have to. I have empathy, I have a moral compass, I can share the bounty of this country with people who come here & work & add to our social fabric & economy & the Treasury. It's not hard, it's the right thing to do. Oh, and by the way it's what "Jesus would do!"
The second thing to look at is financial in nature. Just who are these fascists in Washington going to get to do the jobs that white people won't do? Whose going to wipe babies bottoms & maybe grampas bottoms when they need cleaning. Whose going to fill the roll of caregivers. Is AI going to do it? Will they take that many people out of the work force & small business & hollow out the country.
Cutting off their noses to make all the faces they see are white, is that their aim? Of course, they could take it one step further, they could enslave any white person remaining here that doesn't agree with them. That would fill the requirement of filling jobs. Much like the Nazis we're going to take the lands to the east & use the "indigenous" population to do the work since they were only half human at best.
We had better be very watchful & careful.
Well said, Return.
Vote in November for a Democratic Senate and House. That will help stop Trump appointments to the Supreme Court and allow for investigation and impeachment of corrupt SC judges where the facts so show. Not enough focus on this issue ahead of the midterms.
I just realized aka Bowman/Vance is trying to fool people with his initials “J.D.” as Juris Doctorate. Which he has not.
Every U.S. taxpayer should be furious; not terrified. This is the time to take back our country. As J.D. Vance told E.U., “The real danger comes from within”.
We are not stuck with these six robed fascists. They are not unimpeachable. Several are justifiably impeachable and should be impeached.
We are not stuck with the fascist decisions of these six fascists; as Thom points out, Congress writes laws the president is constitutionally required to enforce.
We are not stuck with nine Supreme Court justices. Failure to expand the Court has resulted in the worst threat to our democracy since the Civil War. Elie Mystal, Chris Armitage, Jamie Raskin have some excellent suggestions here. Expansion of the Court is overdue and demonstrably necessary. Oligarchs currently in charge of America have no interest in democracy. They are free to abuse the system to overthrow it only to the degree we let them.
Representative Robert Garcia said yesterday that the three major congressional committees are going to be ready and willing to take these people to task as soon as the new Congress is seated.
There is no other word than murder for what the result will be from these decisions. Beyond Judicial Oversight, impeachment, and a packed Court the Devil awaits the arrival of the Supreme Court Six.
Thank you, Thom and Company, for all your hard work. See you in the streets.
Another great report, Thom, but I want to take issue with your ADHD Substack article today. It's one of those that can be read but not commented on unless you pay the $8 per month. I tried to pay the $8 just so I could comment today, but it still wouldn't let me. I'll be brief.
Please don't perpetuate the myth that fitting into society and starting a business is the path to success. Maybe it was 50 years ago, but not today. Except for the lucky "Mom and Pop" restaurant (most don't succeed), unless you're born with wealth or have a wealthy benefactor, it's not going to happen. You yourself said as much in books you wrote that I own.
I am aware that the "hunters," as you call them, are now being recognized for their abilities, which fit in very well in more places than in the past. I think it's a form of victim blaming to hold out that kind of hope while so many who have lost their jobs spend their savings trying to start businesses when 99% will fail.
I contribute to Egberto, who has a Substack and an FM radio show out of Texas that tells the truth about Capitalism today. He does a live broadcast through Substack at 6 AM and again in the afternoon.
Thanks to you and Louise for educating us. Keep up the good work.
That subtitle clearly states the Tempertantrump/Republican-Fascists are TERRORISTS!