Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing." 34787182
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2hHis entire business model hinges on hoovering up public money and then turning around to use some of that money to promote white supremacy which somehow brings in more public money. 12454117
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2hNow seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil 23568176
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2hJustice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling? 29842223
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 1hSo he decided to just roll the headass conspiracy dice and see what happened? 107617
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026* checks the news * aaaand speaking of the Supreme Court abusing the shadow docket 015644
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 1hVacating a stay of execution, and without even a word, is in-sane and horrific (Yes I know they've done similar shit before, that was wildly fucked up too) 1125266
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 9hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 9157501676
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026the whole point of exercising "equitable powers" on the shadow docket is to quickly address imminent, irreparable harm it is infuriating and disgusting for the GOP justices to deploy that to block the harm of, what, insufficiently slow ethnic cleansing? ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket AbusesThe conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously. 523273
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9hclearly the real ethical problem is speaking about ethical problems 69615
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9hoh shit! since Tennessee's governor denied clemency two days ago, and the Supreme Court denied a stay of execution yesterday, I definitely assumed Tennessee would execute Christa Pike today but the execution has apparently been paused TBD if 'paused' becomes 'called off' 0399
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennieevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 10hwhenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this 8852284
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9hDOJ’s arguments in the White House press ban lawsuit really reflect the admin’s view of the Constitution writ large: where normal people see “rights,” the Trump administration sees mere privileges to be granted or withheld at Trump’s leisure ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a SuggestionWhere normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit. 04718
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9hthe White House press ban lawsuit isn't the first time Trump’s DOJ has argued that the govt can single people out for worse treatment because of their viewpoints, and that the First Amendment doesn’t say anything about it ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a SuggestionWhere normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit. 03813
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9h"the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"-ass Justice Department ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a SuggestionWhere normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit. 04510
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10hme watching this without sound: nope, too big. snuggly? apparently. but terrifyingly big. big as hell me watching this with sound: that's just a lil guy 1115620
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11hI wrote about the Supreme Court's nonstop lawless cruelty ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan... 411135
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29/09/2026To quote a @chrislhayes.bsky.social jape at the Roberts Court: "They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one." 6407103
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Denniemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20hlook, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant 241124142
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 14hMake the argument you want to make in resonant terms. It changes opinions. 220136
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Denniec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13hOmigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2741881419
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12hoccasionally you see birds which make you think, “oh yeah, okay, i can see how these were once dinosaurs” 1531331
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026anyway if you want actual honest coverage these days you should read @jaywillis.net and @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app and everyone else at @ballsandstrikes.org instead of brett kavanaugh’s personal friends 81378
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026the whole point of exercising "equitable powers" on the shadow docket is to quickly address imminent, irreparable harm it is infuriating and disgusting for the GOP justices to deploy that to block the harm of, what, insufficiently slow ethnic cleansing? ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket AbusesThe conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously. 523273
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026* checks the news * aaaand speaking of the Supreme Court abusing the shadow docket 015644
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15). 1232562663
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered. 161435456
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026if i send you this, it means im feelin wrong and strong 531942
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Look at his face when he thinks he's just got him lol 3059680
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026It's remarkable (in a very good way) to see an elected member of the Democratic Party saying this. For decades, the Party has treated public higher education as a jobs training program, not a site for cultivating democratic habits of mind. I deeply hope that things are changing. 318565
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026oh my God lol you can tell dude was absolutely feelin himself like 'we got him boys!' only to end up red in the face, flustered, and mad as hell as Klobuchar can barely keep herself from laughing in his face 2120027
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co 723018564
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieZesmerelda @zesmerelda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back" -Madiba K. Dennie #Booksky #307 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Great book about the far-right's take-over of the legal system via selective use of the originalism argument. Has counter-points to it that seem promising. 2216
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Denniesleepynaut @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 2776531846
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026"SCOTUSblog’s small army of new contributors includes Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi, for example, and Brian Fitzpatrick, a former Scalia clerk whose column promises to “recreate lunch with Justice Scalia one blog post at a time.”" just lost my appetite all of a sudden 48836
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”ballsandstrikes.orgThe Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court NeededSCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it. 9588170
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doingslate.comIt Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage. 141013255
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026KBJ is this close 🤏🏾 to referring to Chief Justice John Roberts as Chief Justice Save-A-Ho ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan... 217942
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news. 211299420
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I did a painting outside my comfort zone today and I am so proud of myself 1077833
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know what's messed up is this is like the fourth time in twenty years I've read this exact headline 15973283
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026anyway basically everyone except Ken Paxton hates how the Supreme Court has allowed big money to distort democracy--and states are trying to do something about it! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgHow States Are Pushing Back Against the Supreme Court’s Citizens United DecisionAs it turns out, normal people do not like political corruption as much as the conservative legal movement does. 210924
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/09/2026A reminder that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form 3697210
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026One family, after the capture of a loved one, found out about it from activists and took steps to move other loved ones to non-287(g) jurisdictions. Another family still had no idea about why their loved one was captured until I told them about this and took steps to protect others that day. 012824
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe. 5550323
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieTwirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Jackson highlighted the Court’s shadow docket orders allowing Trump to slash the Dept of Ed’s workforce, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants, and, as she put it, authorize “roving ICE patrols to conduct race-based searches and seizures of Latino residents in Los Angeles.”” 05416
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the world is a rough place these days, but there are tiny glimmers of light everywhere if you know where to look for example, my sister just texted that their youngest decided to take up the trumpet and was honking away all evening in the garage, driving them nuts, and that did bring me real joy 580654
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026aight i had more to say about this ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket AbusesThe conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously. 518146
Reposted by Barred and Boujee aka Madiba DennieDr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anyone in or around the DMV looking for #USWNT tickets for the game at rowdy Audi on October 10? My family can't make it anymore so I've got 6 for sale. 073