Nice to be Blue. Maybe the larger take from yesterday, it wasn’t a surprise. As one commentator put it: GOP to Donnie, couldn’t you have waited until November 5th to tear down the East Wing? Of course, the CA proposition 50 was rigged. Trump “rigged” the outcome by his pushing TX to redistricting—FAFO Trump. Your name was most certainly on the ballot.
The SCOTUS are not judging on tariff authority per se. The law is clear, Trump is outside the Constitution. Rather, they are judging themselves: A court of law; or, a court of jesters. I have no sympathy for the Conservative Justices. It takes no great intellect to understand the proximity of their previous judgements. If there is one noble aspect, they have inadvertently identified the fatal flaw to the unitary executive theory promoted by Justice Scalia. Trump is the incarnate of the Framer’s chief fear, the concentration of power into one person. Trump’s mendacity and avarice are the argument.
That "Prop 50 vote was rigged" is such crap. If I remember right, Texas didn't risk a vote on their gerrymandering. Wouldn't it be great if the supposedly new Republican districts in Texas vote Democratic next November? Abbott would just plotz!
“It was, in every measurable way, a repudiation of Trump’s governance style: authoritarian spectacle with a side of economic vandalism. As one exhausted strategist put it, ‘Americans are tired of being props in someone else’s reality show.’”
Ain’t that the truth! Well stated!
Per Trump, last night’s election results were what they were because he wasn’t on the ballot. Hello? Last night was a referendum on Trump among diverse constituencies, and he knows it. As Governor Newsom said after Prop 50 won by a landslide (!!), Trump’s ruthless plan to subvert the 2026 midterms is rooted in awareness he cannot keep the House if elections are free and fair.
The challenge remains, and we’ll be back at it after a day of rest.
Moving on, it's not just the wins last night, it's the HUGE margins in which the Dems won. And I love the backlash in NYC, my home for twenty years and where I taught high school to cynical youngsters. I hope they feel better today about their government with a man of color (like Adams but NOT a cop), a socialist (look it up), and younger than their parents. GO NYC!
Nice to be Blue. Maybe the larger take from yesterday, it wasn’t a surprise. As one commentator put it: GOP to Donnie, couldn’t you have waited until November 5th to tear down the East Wing? Of course, the CA proposition 50 was rigged. Trump “rigged” the outcome by his pushing TX to redistricting—FAFO Trump. Your name was most certainly on the ballot.
The SCOTUS are not judging on tariff authority per se. The law is clear, Trump is outside the Constitution. Rather, they are judging themselves: A court of law; or, a court of jesters. I have no sympathy for the Conservative Justices. It takes no great intellect to understand the proximity of their previous judgements. If there is one noble aspect, they have inadvertently identified the fatal flaw to the unitary executive theory promoted by Justice Scalia. Trump is the incarnate of the Framer’s chief fear, the concentration of power into one person. Trump’s mendacity and avarice are the argument.
Yes, today it feels nice to be blue.
That "Prop 50 vote was rigged" is such crap. If I remember right, Texas didn't risk a vote on their gerrymandering. Wouldn't it be great if the supposedly new Republican districts in Texas vote Democratic next November? Abbott would just plotz!
“It was, in every measurable way, a repudiation of Trump’s governance style: authoritarian spectacle with a side of economic vandalism. As one exhausted strategist put it, ‘Americans are tired of being props in someone else’s reality show.’”
Ain’t that the truth! Well stated!
Per Trump, last night’s election results were what they were because he wasn’t on the ballot. Hello? Last night was a referendum on Trump among diverse constituencies, and he knows it. As Governor Newsom said after Prop 50 won by a landslide (!!), Trump’s ruthless plan to subvert the 2026 midterms is rooted in awareness he cannot keep the House if elections are free and fair.
The challenge remains, and we’ll be back at it after a day of rest.
A classic Mary Geddry, pithy, informative and most of all, a clear-eyed assessment. Thank you!
Unfortunately, I fully expect SCOTUS to find a way to weasel out of a decisive decision and leave Trump's tarriffs firmly in place.
I’m not so sure. They’re not in the shadows this time.
We can hope but given their record of "approving" every unconstitutional thing Trump has tried, that hope is slim.
Poetic . . . and powerful. I love the descriptions of certain members of the Supreme Court.
"Coney will cite herself..."
Moving on, it's not just the wins last night, it's the HUGE margins in which the Dems won. And I love the backlash in NYC, my home for twenty years and where I taught high school to cynical youngsters. I hope they feel better today about their government with a man of color (like Adams but NOT a cop), a socialist (look it up), and younger than their parents. GO NYC!