Before she was a judge, Dugan worked as a poverty attorney and executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

well there’s her original sin! not defending the the powerful against the unwashed hordes.

Hell yeah, I fucking nailed it

big oooof on the j-dawg and his tree.

but seriously, nice bit of ackchyually here.

the man has 10,000 alibis in every us state and territory. sounds like reasonable doubt to me.

great answer. thanks so much.

I am glad you picked this one out. the court is throwing down the gauntlet on who gets essential non-citizen constitutional protections. residents means everyone, y’all (or at least something meaningfully close).

such a beautiful judicial middle finger to the executive. want some joy in your life right now? read this order. seriously.

thank you for linking this. I hope it stays or finds another home.

100%

anything that creates emotional space enough for people to gather, contemplate and talk is a good thing. we need people willing to see and say that “none of this is ok”.

if they end up marching in the streets, great! but I will be happy with them simply taking to their prayer group and repeating that “none of this is ok”.

edit: humanity, apathy, stupidity and hate are powerful things, but when apathy falls away I believe humanity can bend the majority toward our better proclivities, even through the stupidity and hate.

there is a shift happening. things are bleak af for a while then, suddently all at once, something breaks. a us senator getting off his ass and getting proof of life on his constituent gives me, and I think many others, fire to keep on. these fascist fuckers are not inevitable.

fixing this absolute clusterfuck is going to take time and warm bodies on the streets and lawyers in courts in front of judges that uphold the constitution and members of Congress that tell the truth and a million acts of defiance across the country. its been happening and its getting bigger.

this thread is gaddamn gold! thank you, friends.

seize the means of tariffication!

look at this social climber here!

pushing people into the cesspool.

what the hell is this trash post?! user is clearly a sleeper ad bot.

wow! self-reflection is something we all need more of (especially me). agree or disagree, converstaions are always better when everyone considers things for a moment. nice comment. :-)

I am sure you already know, but the objection here is going after kids. literally profiling and then abusing their vulnerabilities for profit. this isnt your standard cereal box advertising, I think this is something much darker and more disgusting.

edit: added word

indeed and as expected.

stay safe, friend.

I am so sorry. I have kids that are now trapped in this absolute dumpster fire of a country we have crafted. we need a different way, and getting there may be supremely painful.

I wish I had more to offer than “dont give up”, but its basically what I tell my kids. soon enough the prior failures will be dead and its your job to make sure your contemporary failures never get anywhere near the leavers of power.

to save the economy for the privileged and retain extractive opportunities from the rest of us, there was going to be something stabilizing done. I dont get that feeling now.

the ones responsible for 2008 were the beneficiaries of the bailouts and continued wealth extraction - aside from feeding on the rotting carcass of Lehman Brothers, of course no one but the public paid any real price. the owners of the country wont punish themselves.

2008 at least had the feeling that unified executive and congressional action was possible regardless of universal agreement. I have serious doubts that enough republicans will act in contravention of trump. we are in mad king territory.

we are quickly running out of runway and its still engines on full power and flaps at zero degrees.

agreed, but we are still in the shallows… the follow-on 2008 redux hasnt even started to hit yet - I am waiting for bond market defenestration. this funamentally feels way more “insane”