Josh Marshall: We are where we should know we are. The Roberts Court is a corrupt institution which operates in concert with and on behalf of the Republican Party and to an ambiguous degree right-wing anti-regulatory ideology. If we believe in a different set of policies or even democratic self-governance we will have to succeed at that with the Supreme Court acting as a consistent adversary. read more
As protesters chanted "Blood on your hands" at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. read more
The identity thief allegedly stole the identity of the victim more than three decades ago when both worked at a hot dog cart in Albuquerque, New Mexico. read more
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: There will be no more self-soothing after this. read more
The Onion has sold to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced Thursday, TheWrap has learned. read more
Stephen A. Crockett Jr. - For forty years Clarence Thomas has been an albatross for Black people, an arbiter of "do as I say, not as I do" politics, a mime whose silence on the bench has been deafening. And, he's been all the things he claims to hate about Black people: He's a welfare queen, a duplicitous double agent, a diversity hire, a beneficiary of reparations and a minstrel show. read more
Even the normally arch-conservative USCCB argued that the "Catholic Church, consistent with western tradition, has long taught that the homeless are to be helped, not punished." Who could possibly be on the other side of the issue? Well, that would be Gospel Rescue Mission, the ministry that controls the discriminatory shelter in Grants Pass. read more
Ryan Watson, is in jail on the island and facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years ... read more
Recent protests blocking roadways over the Israel-Hamas war has led to Democrats looking to team up with Republicans in California to increase the penalty for protestors. Monday, the Assembly Transportation Committee passed Assembly Bill 2742 on an 8-5 vote, with four Democrats siding with Republicans to push it through. read more
Former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York's 1st District. read more
Through high-level intelligence briefings, secretive meetings between the president and the four congressional leaders, and weeks of intensive strategizing, the Ukraine funding bill finally passed the House on Saturday with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 311-112. The Senate passed the measure late Tuesday, and Biden signed the bill into law Wednesday. read more
With 30% of US companies at least exploring the idea now, and a small but growing number of companies actually trying it, there's a real possibility it will take hold. read more
In February, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan introduced the rough outline of the Player Equity Program, a vesting plan for the circuit's new for-profit arm that will carve up a hefty portion of the initial $1.5 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group. The initial player equity grants will be approximately $930 million distributed to 193 players via four categories, starting with the game's stars. read more
Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election, an investigator for Attorney General Dana Nessel's office testified Wednesday in court. read more
"We now have the ability at the RNC not just to have poll watchers -- people standing in polling locations -- but people who can physically handle the ballots," Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Trump and RNC co-Chair, told Eric Bolling in a Newsmax appearance Tuesday. read more
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