Originally published at: The Supreme Court Just Handed A Match To An Arsonist
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. The Biggest News Of The Week In a tumultuous week that marked four months since Donald Trump’s second inauguration, nothing will have as long-lasting and damaging an effect on American democracy as the Supreme Court’s…
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Fascism in America – Army Rangers Edition
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In addition to everything else, TFG is now damaging the semiconductor/chip industry that DID come to America.
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When I was in law school, I wasn’t offered the Making Shit Up course that the majority of the Supreme Court took
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Off topic, kind of:
can we PLEASE stop describing the majority on the Supreme Court as “conservative”?
They are “radical.”
Using blurry, soft language has helped bring Democrats and even Progressives to this moment.
Language is important.
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Why would you call it “fascism”, and not just a breakdown in discipline? Or misinterpreted orders?
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“In short, there is simply no principled way of ensuring the Fed’s removal protections stand while striking down those of all other agencies.”
John Roberts: “No problem. I do things the unprincipled way all the time.”
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The man is definitely traumatized by some past act of sucking on a cylindrical object.
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[Independent agencies] were created and have existed over the course of nearly a century under a certain set of assumptions about the importance of experts, consistency in policy-making, and insulation from partisan politics.
Not just this excerpt, but the entire opening of this morning’s memo brilliantly states the current situation, brilliant for its completeness.
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This country is over. Fuck it.
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Easy.
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He cannot be this stupid.
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Mostly overlooked when it was first announced, this news dropped this morning - after the new tariff explosion.
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Trump Media & Technology Group announced it officially signed an agreement to start several ETFs through its fintech brand, Truth.Fi. The ETFs will be available through Crypto.com’s broker dealer and will invest in cryptocurrencies and the energy sector, according to a press release.
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Festival officials, though, note that the Army Rangers in the videos were not participating in a sanctioned event at the time - and were located outside of the festival’s perimeter.
Soldiers with guns get to do what they want. Whatchya gonna do about it?
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