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Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Friday, June 27 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-27
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What are they thinking?? New York Times answered that. Ross Douthat, the most conservative Christian member of the editorial team, interviewed Peter Thiel, founder of Palantir, to find out just what he is thinking. This is a long techno-MAGA acid trip but it’s a behind the scenes view of the reasoning behind DOGE. Read this free gift article if you dare and please, if you do, share your thoughts.
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Did anyone mention that Big Balls Coristine, the 19 year old DOGE whiz kid, quit DOGE without explanation this week? Well, never mind. He’s back, this time in Social Security.
“His work will be focused on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient service to the American people,” Social Security spokesperson Stephen McGraw said in an email.
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The Supreme Court handed down a series of important decisions today just ahead of taking vacation. There’s a certain vibe of running away after toilet papering the neighbor’s house here, but the results are a mix of negatives and positives.
First, there was a ruling against nationwide injunctions that appears to give states leeway to apply their own takes on birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory in his effort to unilaterally eliminate birthright citizenship in the country, an undertaking that would seemingly be plainly at odds with the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Instead of opining on Trump’s executive order or the 14th Amendment itself, however, the 6-3 ruling sets the stage for a potential patchwork of state-level enforcement, depending on which courts in which states grant relief to which parties. Sotomayor, writing first, accused the government of engaging in “gamesmanship” that threatens the foundational rule of law. The 14th Amendment plainly extends citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” she noted. “That means what it says.” In failing to uphold that plain Constitutional pillar, she warned, “No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” (Huffpost)
x This is what I was afraid of. Think of the impact of removing the court’s ability to issue nationwide injunctions. The oligarchs on the Supreme Court just gutted the balance of powers.
[image or embed] — Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) June 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This could backfire. While Trump’s EO on birthright citizenship is the immediate concern, the ruling could apply on other cases, other EOs, and other presidents.
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The court postponed dealing with a case involving the Louisiana electoral map.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state, with the justices ordering the case to be argued again. (Huffpost)
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Texas wants porn viewers to show ID to prove they’re of age, and the Supreme Court upholds that. This has interesting implications for privacy of adult viewers.
The 6-3 decision is a major change in First Amendment law as applied to the internet and will likely lead more states to enact similar age verification requirements across the country. Porn sites that do not wish to comply will likely entirely block access in states with age verification laws, as PornHub, the largest online pornography site, did in Texas after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law in 2024. (Huffpost)
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The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care as specified in the ACA.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, ensuring, at least for now, that some 150 million people will continue getting many free, preventive services under the act... Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act. At issue in the case was a lawsuit that sought to undo the preventive care provision by challenging the appointment process for members of a 16-person task force that determines which preventive services are to be provided for free under insurance policies. Two lower courts found that the appointments were unconstitutional, but on Friday, the Supreme Court disagreed. (NPR)
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They said that schools must allow parents to opt their kids out of classes that have content that’s against their religion.
Wading into another culture clash, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that school systems, for now, are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" provision that excuses their children from class when course material conflicts with their religious beliefs... The court's decision has, for months, had public school boards, administrators, and teachers worried about how to navigate opt-out demands of all kinds—from courses that include LGBTQ characters in books to science classes that teach Darwin's theory of evolution. (NPR)
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And the court supported a program to get internet to underserved areas.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a program providing subsidized internet and phone service to underserved communities across the United States. The vote was 6-3. Conservative groups challenged the program, contending that Congress exceeded its powers in enacting legislation that delegated to the Federal Communications Commission the task of operating the Universal Service Fund, a program that provides subsidized telephone and internet services to rural healthcare providers, schools and libraries, and low-income Americans. (NPR)
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Back to the Big Beautiful Bill, still struggling in the senate as Trump prepares to celebrate its passing by the fourth of July.
x At a town hall, I asked folks to raise their hands if they know someone who depends on Medicaid. Every hand went up. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill cuts Medicaid. Little babies shouldn't lose their health care so Jeff Bezos can buy a 5th yacht.
[image or embed] — Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) June 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
But there’s good news: the senate parliamentarian stands against the Medicaid cuts.
The nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, who plays a key role in determining what provisions can stay in the fast-tracked bill, said the GOP change to how states can tax Medicaid providers does not adhere to rules for passing the bill with a simple majority. This was a key provision to help offset the costs of the bill's tax cuts.
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Medicaid cuts are out. Sale of public lands is out too, thanks to the parliamentarian. But the tax cuts for the rich are still in. Why are they good for America? The only excuse is misplaced faith in the idea that wealth given to the wealthy trickles down. It never has.
The BBB is expected to add to the national debt. If you’re in a red state, don’t forget to call your senators and demand to know why billionaires need money so badly that the nation would borrow money to give to them, and why Republicans want it badly enough to increase the national debt.
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Whew, what a week! Take a break with the NPR weekly news quiz.
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It’s the birth date of Helen Keller, (1880-1968), first deaf and blind person in the US to earn a bachelor’s degree.
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It’s National HIV Testing Day. The CDC recommends testing once per year and sometimes more frequently, depending on risk factors for those who are sexually active. On National HIV Testing Day, testing sites around the country will be open, including mobile testing units.
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It’s National Sunglasses Day. They actually make sunglasses for cats! Who knew?
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It’s National Onion Day! If you give a serval an onion…
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Actually, don’t give a serval an onion. Onions are bad for cats and dogs and besides, you don’t even have a serval.
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It’s National Ice Cream Cake Day! Not sure if this is technically an ice cream cake but it certainly is amazing. I want to celebrate my birthday in Connecticut.
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It’s National PTSD Awareness Day. It was once a condition that was attributed only to returning combat veterans, but more and more the condition is diagnosed in those who have experienced violent crime or lived through catastrophic events. According to PTSD United, 20% of adults in the United States who have experienced a traumatic event suffer from PTSD.
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It’s National Orange Blossom Day! Celebrate with some orange blossom honey. Food of the gods!
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