With Mark Carney’s Win, Trump Is Now Sandwiched Between Two Climate Leaders
https://time.com/7281714/mark-carney-canada-mexico-climate-leadership-strategy/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, a key vote on the court, voiced skepticism that this case was any different from prior situations where #SCOTUS ruled that #religious entities could not be excluded from receiving #public money.
Roberts questioned the opponents’ argument that #CharterSchools are creations of the #state & therefore that the state may bar religious entities from participating.
#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #ActivistCourt
Keep 'em coming
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: In a win for #Georgia voters, a federal judge dismisses a case from two far-right activists seeking to purge voters from the state’s rolls. The judge ruled the activists lacked standing.
That could only help Ukraine. https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/114422869408886235
NPR - President Trump has opened up a new front in his assault on public media, asserting that he was removing three of the five board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5381045/cpb-board-members-trump-lawsuit-npr-pbs
POILIEVRE OUT!!! THANK YOU CANADA FOR DOING WHAT WE FAILED TO DO HERE IN THE US LAST NOVEMBER.
I feel like everyone forgot about Andry José Hernández Romero. I’m happy Representative Garcia did this.
Andry José Hernández Romero is still gone. Please don’t forget about him.
Rep. Garcia returns from El Salvador with a sliver of hope for deported gay hairdresser - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2025-04-23/chabria-column-robert-garcia-el-salvador-deportees
Bless his heart. Lutnick and tech don't mix well. https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/114422687174852892
#AndrewWeissman substack:
#Trump issued another #EO saying:
“§2 Legal Defense of Law Enforcement Officers. The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources & indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses & liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the #law. This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector #ProBono assistance for such law enforcement officers.”
Neil young!
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained | The Guardian
「 “They are doing things like checking if your medication matches your declared disability,” she said. “If it doesn’t, they can deny you entry 」
"Such investigations should go on for months before an arrest occurs. That’s because before you go indicting judges on nothing more than vibes, you should establish your case with proof beyond a reasonable doubt and present that to the grand jury."
The politics of performative cruelty, spectacle and distraction, were front and center with the arrest of Hannah Dugan — not rule of law.
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