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Judge Ballou in WV — Biden appointee — rules that the 2023 REMS on mifepristone is arbitrary/capricious. Eg the restrictions FDA put on prescribing/dispensing the abortion drug are unscientific/ungrounded in the facts. FDA has long had a REMS on mifepristone despite abundant evidence of its safety

Tennessee's 9-0 Republican gerrymander cruises ahead (as SCOTUS intended) talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tenness...

had fun with @leahlitman.bsky.social chatting about brett 'girl dad' kavanaugh and sam 'pickled brain' alito www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhE...

Check it out: @kateriga.bsky.social @talkingpointsmemo.com joined me for a conversation about this SCOTUS term - focusing more on WV v. BPJ (the trans sports ban case): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhE...

between high t Hegseth and JD Vance sharing impure thoughts about Joe Biden eating ice cream, admin serving up a lot of homoeroticism this week

Durbin came to talk to us after meeting w Todd Blanche - said Blanche said "I made a mistake" about the weaponization fund. Durbin asked for assurances that the admin won't interfere in the midterms — says Blanche said "we won't." Also seemed pretty sure that there aren't many swayable Republicans

Senators being somewhat more direct. Reed read off a list of Trump insults of the justices, called them "dangerous." Husted, however, now scolding the justices for strong language in judicial decisions as an inflammatory element

Interesting - Kagan, one of the most vocal critics of the increased use of the shadow docket, says she thinks it's gotten much better in the past year. Says the Court has become better at writing more on emergency decisions

Barrett describing how threats have affected her life, including she and other justices receiving anonymous packages under the name of Daniel Anderl, the son of federal Judge Esther Salas who was killed in 2020 by a self-described anti-feminist lawyer looking to kill his mother

Kagan opens with tribute to Graham, one of the few Republicans who voted for her confirmation. Whole hearing is weird - vague references to heightened tensions and risks of violence, "events at the Capitol" which revealed building's vulnerabilities, but no one naming Trump as the cause

I'm at the House approps committee hearing on SCOTUS' request to beef up its security budget. Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are here to represent the Court. Joyce warned members to stay on topic in his opening statement — we'll see if anyone tries to go rogue

finally got to write about the WNBA, ty to Republicans for being so dependably unhinged about Caitlin Clark 😘 talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

Maine Dems say "over 100 state committee members" voted today to hold a nominating convention. The road not taken in 2024 is before us. More: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-...

phew, Platner framing the sexual assault allegations as establishment opposition to his grassroots candidacy: "We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems in the history of the world, and we won...And now, they are not going to let us have it. Not if it’s me."

@joshtpm.bsky.social and I recorded an emergency pod on the platner situation, should be up now

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AOC staying out of the Platner race reflecting better and better on her political instincts

Dam breaking quickly. Gallego (who's still trying to shake Swalwell linkage), Khanna (who really stuck by Platner after the penultimate round of scandals) withdraw endorsements

continues to just stun me that men with these kinds of skeletons in their closets insist on seeking public office. Jenny Racicot says she messaged Platner afterwards to let him know in no uncertain terms that the encounter was nonconsensual. He knew that was out there, at the very least