Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17hI respect the kind of journalist who may be jailed if the U.S. keeps moving toward a dictatorship, not the kind of journalist who will do just fine regardless. 928951
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 17hrepublicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem? 263064619
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...cnn.com‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN PoliticsThe Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies. 1842299751
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12629731773
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawUC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Career Development Office has overhauled its programming over the past three years to ensure students have the skills to succeed on the accelerated hiring market: bit.ly/4rSfhEM #BerkeleyLaw #LawSchool law.berkeley.eduNew 1L career programming makes ‘practice ready’ a first-semester priorityWith an accelerated hiring timeline for Big Law firms apparently here to stay, Berkeley Law’s Career Development Office has built out a robust slate of programming for 1Ls that begins even before they... 012
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026"I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thought to how to protect girls and women after they’re born?" buff.ly/K3eqEvgbuff.lyHow Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou... 3434109
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawUC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The release rate, which was never that high, has gone way down,” says Professor David Hausman, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, to @kqednews.kqed.org: bit.ly/4hCgdbE #BerkeleyLawkqed.orgAfter a Year of ICE Detention, Struggles Linger as Family Reunites in San Francisco | KQEDAs immigration arrests increased in San Francisco, children whose parents were detained were left picking up the pieces at home. 012
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great story by @gillianbrockell.com about progressives on the Chicago city council forcing a private equity firm trying to buy city parking meters to divest from Omni Air International, the charter airline that did ICE’s longest & cruelest flights. The spun-off Omni is now in huge financial trouble.prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a city contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 210951
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The problem isn’t that they’re moving past it—it’s that they’re trying to rehabilitate it. Would be better for everyone if people who don’t want to engage with the facts just talked about the play on the field and left it at that. 1043770588
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 352305378
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion 632228296
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women. 0676153
Reposted by Gwyneth Shawone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Let me save you all some time on any "where do the Phillies go from here" posts: it's nowhere. They owe Turner, Realmuto, Nola, Harper, and Schwarber alone a combined $127+ million a year until at least 2029. There's no digging out of this. 10659
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3 95147640
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026If you've willingly consumed alcohol, a NY law makes it extraordinarily difficult to prove that you were unable to consent to sex. That includes situations where a victim is slurring words or falling down. Advocates say the law was critical in a DA's decision to decline prosecution at Cornell.motherjones.comThe loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even startedAccusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming." 3324477
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the democrats who put themselves in a panic over hasan piker are the same democrats who push the party to be anti trans, and a generation ago were the ones saying we cant oppose the war in iraq these people are never right they doom the party they hurt america stop listening to them 11466117
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The thing you need to know about the drug protocol used to kill prisoners is that Jay Chapman, the medical examiner who devised the cocktail, has said “It never occurred to me when we set this up that we’d have complete idiots administering the drugs.” www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/m... 1186
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111281376
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8852111016
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026According to a poll a few years ago, 18% of Americans think the 1969 moon landing was actually staged somewhere in Arizona. In a new poll, Trump’s approval on the cost of living is 17%. Which means there are more moon-landing deniers than people who think Trump is doing a good job on affordability. 816556
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9534341072
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania is doing rape apology coverage of the Cornell case with fellow wretch Michael Tracey 110971177
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear. 17815101
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves 19474891753
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here‘s your reminder that Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home early so they wouldn’t have to vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment before the midterms. Republicans were terrified that they’d have to face voters and explain why they were covering for a racist, sexist, war-losing piece of crap. 14594204
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawJay 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. 9674205
Gwyneth Shaw @gwyneth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My high school senior is putting me to shame. Kid dropped a paper on existentialism that was better than what I’d produce now. 000
Reposted by Gwyneth Shawc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Omigod, 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. 2847561599
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He sure as hell did all he could to keep innocent people in prison, even when the DA offices that won the convictions said they should be released. www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2020...injusticewatch.orgMissouri Attorney General’s Office pushes to keep innocent people in prisonIts decades-long commitment to upholding convictions—even those marred by police or prosecutorial misconduct—has left Missourians languishing in prison for years. 228789
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier today and which was, on its face, intended to be temporary in nature. Sotomayor wrote tonight’s dissent. Order and dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 21667165
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 21135191075
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?! 2964412931
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawEvan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026New: John Fetterman has been working with GOP fundraising consultants—and paying a hefty commission, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @mviser.bsky.social report.theatlantic.comRight-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John FettermanAfter losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties. 43822
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's a fascinating mistake bc it is rooted in the 100% GOP confidence that there was a coordinated legal attack on Trump from Biden/Garland etc. It follows that Smith must have been colluding with Willis to help her out. The idea that he has integrity and wouldn't do that is off the board. 3266066
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I also think about Elon saying Biden's DOJ wouldn't prosecute Sam Bankman-Fried because he was a Dem donor... followed by Biden's DOJ nailing SBF, who now posts about how awesome Trump is so he can get a pardon. 9839139
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12671671376
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44967331842
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 30/09/2026don't threaten me with a good time mikey 1247572
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawUC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The fall issue of Transcript Magazine is now available! Check your mailbox, pick up a copy at Berkeley Law, or explore the digital version: transcript.law.berkeley.edu/issue/f… #BerkeleyLaw #GoBearstranscript.law.berkeley.eduFall 2026In this issue: Thinking Big, Photo Essay, Privacy Prowess, and much more... 035
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet. 824211535
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even if Smith had been in Atlanta, there really was nothing to Schmitt’s false accusation that he met Willis that day than that he happened to be in one the nation’s biggest cities?! 3091287
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad. 28938129
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the media would have a collective orgasm over a Democrat Not Knowing Sports 191116158
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei 911003161
Reposted by Gwyneth ShawMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fox and the Trump administration are using the narrative of a new migrant “caravan” to drive attention back to border security, a rare issue where Trump and his party retain an advantage in the polls, but one whose salience has fallen. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...mediamatters.orgFox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again 50423107
![interest in [her] own life." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U. S. 1,
9 (1985).
In capital cases, "[a]ppreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal," demand caution before "acting irretrievably." Bowersox v. Williams,
517 U. S. 345, 347 (1996) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting). Indeed, this Court often states that it is "'a court of review, not of first view?" McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. 72, 85 (2017) (quoting Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7
(2005)). Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreic2pj24tnxhjgzvpr7n777r27ac5liklla2vxxbiypqvjaouxvh4q)
