#Dissent

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court just lifted an order that had required the Orange County Jail to implement safety measures to curb its COVID-19 outbreak. All four liberals

Joy Bhattacharjya

joybhattacharj

Around 70 years ago, another country went through one of the most destructive witch hunts in modern history. It was the start of the cold war and Senator Joe McCarthy

Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein

drNYCnerd

Jersey City, do you care about affordable housing?You've got some work to do this week.1/ If you get Mayor Fulop's emails, you probably know that City Council is on the

Steven Mazie

stevenmazie

BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 5-4 to grant Catholic Diocese and orthodox Jews' request to block Gov. Cuomo's attendance limits at houses of worship in New York. Chief Justice Roberts joins

Sister Helen Prejean

helenprejean

Today’s SCOTUS decision in Ramos v. Louisiana is complicated. Different combinations of Justices agreed on different issues. The most important outcome is that it is now a constitutional rule that

Aren R. LeBrun

proustmalone

A lot of people describe our press as “free & open” because it is not owned by the state. They ignore that it is owned by six multinational conglomerates whose

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

A panel of the Fifth Circuit has upheld the TX governor's order designating medical abortions as non-essential in a decision that relies heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a foundational Supreme

logo, isolated socialist dad

logophobe

Oh christ time to get offline before the website gets insufferable. I'm still writing him in because fuck Biden. MN's a blue enough state that my dissent will hardly matterhttps://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1247907256777224192

Sean Michael Lucas

SeanMLucas

On the history of the PCA: a threadIn For a Continuing Church, I tried to show that the PCA came out of a long history of conservative dissent within the

Detention Solidarity Network

detsolnet

We are facing an unprecedented clampdown on dissent in India. State repression has been ongoing against grassroots human rights activists & lawyers using anti-terror laws, who are being framed by

John Hayward

Doc_0

The myth of benevolent totalitarianism is pernicious and incredibly dangerous. Totalitarianism, the politicization of everything, NEVER ends well - no matter how benevolent and high-minded the totalitarians claim to be.

Uche Briggs

UcheBriggs

There is a critical role Bar Enclave played back in the day - a melting point for people with different political leanings. You would come there, argue, sometimes heatedly and

Vilde Chayeh

vildechayeh

When I first joined left social movements, I was eager to call-out “antisemitism on the left.” Then I realized my assumptions were rooted in my own conditioning. I realized how

wilfred chan

wilfredchan

to the china-fetishizing western leftists anxiously thinking of new ways to smear hong kongers fighting state violence: relax. tomorrow many of us will no longer be able to voice our

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

First opinion of the day is in Jones v. Mississippi. By a 6–3 vote with Kavanaugh writing, the court rules that a sentencer need NOT make a separate factual finding

Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪

themattdimitri

Krystal Ball says Tucker Carlson's immigration approach is 'nativist, xenophobe,' but "you have to give him credit for being willing to dissent." Today, Krystal Ball said "I think most people