The NRA has never been weaker, in recent times. And yet, everyone has just given up. It's not just a lack of political will, it's a lack of will in general. Just fucking conceding and throwing in the towel. Pathetic.
I'm just surprised anyone growing up in Bijan's generation still called it that.
Bijan is a great guy, kind, with a big genuine smile, and just terrific around kids (my son did a football camp with him). I tune out when he speaks because the God stuff is so, so extremely over the top and never-ending. So I missed his remark.
And the constant God stuff plays a part in me thinking he's gay. Anyone else get that vibe? Are there ever any women in his life? Never seen one.
not googling right now, but there was an op/ed based off a WSJ article that rightly described the need for mega-billionaires to accumulate and hoard even more wealth than they already have, that they could never spend, nor could their offspring, as very similar to a regular OCD-type hoarding sickness. Also that this has been the case at other moments in time and must be combatted in specific ways. Similar to what Heather Cox Richardson was saying in her latest video.
I confess I don't understand civil law in this area at all. The district court ruling was a full ruling by a panel of 3 on the merits after a hearing that lasted more than a week. How does the one judge (presumably it comes to Alito for the emergency petition because he's over the Fifth Circuit?) have the ability to overturn a merits ruling, even "temporarily" when this is not at the injunction stage? Is this a Purcell vs. Equal Protection question (as far as which one governs) and what is the legal standard used here to block a ruling for the losing party's benefit... when there hasn't even been briefing from both parties yet? Seems like bullshit