Short note: Congress is irrelevant; the Supreme Court is subservient to DRT; Executive department's operations are heading toward martial law; elections will be eliminated.
Another fantasy screen adaptation of a 1984esque novel? Not a chance. Reality is now: take a knee, kiss the ring, attend the appropriate sycophant's gathering and accept the Republican Party's world view. OR NOT. TN
What I like best about Sabrina is that she doesn’t get deflected or distracted by the sounds and lights of the administration and the courts, she sees and points to First Causes. It’s what we need more of.
Republicans will soon learn that taking stuff away from voters makes them angry. R's are afraid of Trump's "primaries" — but they should be more afraid of voters. (REAL VOTERS turn out for primaries, which is where candidates are chosen by the "backroom boys."). SHOW UP and be heard, voting for the weakest Trump sycophant (in a Red or Independent primary) or the strongest anti-republican. The current mess is owned by Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski. and every other congressional republican. They defend their jobs, but not this democracy.
exactly. I repeat that stat often. we need better research on why 91 million voters stayed home. I agree, there was some repression, but that's not the big picture.
On the back of the iPhone I am typing on I have a sticker saying “stupidity kills- but not fast enough “. However it is the stupidity of these non-voters that will kill not just them but probably more of us.
I can give you a pretty decent reason as to why...they looked at both candidates the major parties put up there and said "not just no, but HELL no."
I'll be blunt...I made a vow that I would NEVER vote for Mr. Trump. And having had interactions with Ms. Harris, I can say the same thing about her.
And that's why I voted for Chase Oliver. I wasn't going to refuse to vote, because that's a sign of ignorance. And regardless of what anyone says, there is no such thing as a wasted vote. Can you imagine if 25 million of those 90 million who stayed home had gone in and voted for one of the third party candidates, like I did?
None of this "lesser evil" hogwash. They're both corrupt, arrogant fools. And the Democrats did themselves no favors when they FORCED Ms. Harris onto the ticket without really giving Democratic voters a chance to pick a candidate to replace Mr. Biden.
They need to start working NOW to try and get a good candidate that a LOT of people can get behind for 2028. And I think if you can get some big name popular Democrats to go out and support good candidates in 2026, it will boost the party in 2028.
The Republicans really need to do the same thing. I'm more frightened by J.D. Vance than I am Donald Trump.
John Roberts has spent his entire career undermining the administrative state and shielding corporations and the wealthy from Democracy. Gorsuch has spent nearly his entire life resenting his corrupt mother's fall from grace. Trump is their useful stooge.
Sabrina, when you peel back the layers and look at what is left with a commonsense approach you are able to understand what is really happening. Your insight and courage to explain this for me/us is extremely helpful. Unfortunately, our so-called Republican leaders are not leaders at all but exposed as a pack of sniveling lost soul followers with their tails between their legs. That definitely includes specific members of SCOTUS who also defend and follow a cult leader. We will need a miracle and a lot of resolve from the silent majority to survive this disaster.
Not reassuring when here in Hawaii on vacation we saw two muscle bound men with obnoxious maga t shirts. One said “sometimes violence is the answer” and he did not look like he was on our side. The other shirt for sure was MAGA and had God on it. Not “just” an oligarch takeover, but psychopath oligarchs with a ruthless SS to boot
it's an horrific marriage funded by oligarchs, but man-powered by ignorant goons. trump's pardoned J6 felons need something to do, why not give em an ICE badge?
A good explanation of how our system of checks & balances is being dismantled. One corrupt S Court, one lap dog dominant party, an uninformed & misinformed, unthinking voting public - all the pieces have come together to give us autocracy instead. Yes, corporations are drooling, Netanyahu is kissing the ring, the GOP is working on how to manipulate the midterms. With Bove waiting in the wings for his SC seat things will only get worse. We have to wonder how the SC will easily dispose of all the legal challenges that are sure to follow the election of 2026 (as prelude to the one in 2028).
I've lost all faith in scotus. things are going to get very ugly very soon with ice on every street corner, and I largely blame them bc they know what's coming and rubber stamped it anyway. that must be one cruel god they worship together.
We’re sitting in Hawaii looking at blue Pacific from our rented super luxury apartment while on msnbc we see ICE SS thugs raiding California pot farm (enjoying terrorizing people by firing tear gas at them to meet Goebells Miller’s 2000 a day quota)… I am well aware of the privilege of being safe from this and even more of having the means to take a vacation in paradise. See article re ICE raids in California https://www.rawstory.com/ice-raids-2673120785/
drink in every bit of Hawaiian beauty you can Hal. we lived on Oahu when I was a kid- navy brat. they may be relatively safe from ICE, but when ICE expands into the gestapo gathering up democrats, Hawaii will be back on the menu.
I remain frustrated, puzzled and, at times, angered by the fact that these "allowances" granted the Office of the President were not instantly deployed by the Democrats. Biden could have had this miscreant scooped up and dropped into a cell and Rapid-Tried for J6, Stolen Classified Documents, using a Golf Course as a Cemetery & etc. The boil needed lancing.
But isn’t it heart warming that Trump and Melania are in Texas offering their deep condolences to those whose loved ones were killed by a nonexistent climate change event and a belated FEMA response (and agency he wants to eliminate)? I don’t anticipate feeling guilty when I experience schadenfreude when a bigger disaster hits another red state with far less resources than Texas even if 1000 MAGAs are killed (hopefully sparing non-MAGAs).
As I wrote in my Substack before leaving for our Hawai’i vacation I would take a break from writing about politics every day, but now I find I can participate with Sabrina’s 7000 strong army just using my iPhone. I left my laptop at home so I wouldn’t be tempted to write a Substack
Guilty? Why should you feel guilty? They were warned about this storm with time to evacuate. The county and state wouldn't put up to money to make the area safer (cost too much?) The name of the valley was Flash Flood Valley. What didn't these people understand? I live in earthquake country. I bought my house a few miles from the fault (as opposed to those whose houses are built (no kidding!) right on top of the fault. My house is bolted. Our go bags are ready and by the front door all the time (does wonders for interior decoration, but it's a small house). Our EVs are always fueled up and our gasoline car is gassed up. We know where we will try to go and how to get there. They got warnings. Earthquake country doesn't but we prepare. We have no other option...
This sickens me, Ms. Haake. Wholesale reform of the SC’s corruption via the shadow docket seems impossible. A new system is needed, as the existing system has failed at every turn.
Is it feasible to have the SC justices disbarred? They do not seem to be in good standing between corruption and overturning existing case law. It’s a longshot. In our system of government, even if TACO leaves, the Supreme Court could stay the same for decades.
Thank you for bringing more light and underscoring KBJ’s fair and thorough dissent. It would seem that our collective shock over Dodge’s dismantling of the government has sadly waned, as the regime continues to amp up repeated attacks/ threats to our valued immigrant population. Think we’re smart enough to continue to focus on both atrocities.
there are so many atrocities it's hard to keep up without losing your sanity. it's Steve Bannon's throw shit and keep it coming strategy, and it's working for them.
Short note: Congress is irrelevant; the Supreme Court is subservient to DRT; Executive department's operations are heading toward martial law; elections will be eliminated.
Another fantasy screen adaptation of a 1984esque novel? Not a chance. Reality is now: take a knee, kiss the ring, attend the appropriate sycophant's gathering and accept the Republican Party's world view. OR NOT. TN
So Shadow docket is not metaphorical.
The really hilarious part was that idiot Roberts yammering about how nobody respects the rule of law anymore.
Really now? Wonder who might have had something to do with that?
right? the irony burns.
He should look in the mirror.
What I like best about Sabrina is that she doesn’t get deflected or distracted by the sounds and lights of the administration and the courts, she sees and points to First Causes. It’s what we need more of.
thank you
EXTRA CREDIT:
SCOTUS is "the decider" with its fat thumb on the scale: https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/07/can-free-speech-and-the-federal-trade-commission-get-along.html#more-282733
Republicans will soon learn that taking stuff away from voters makes them angry. R's are afraid of Trump's "primaries" — but they should be more afraid of voters. (REAL VOTERS turn out for primaries, which is where candidates are chosen by the "backroom boys."). SHOW UP and be heard, voting for the weakest Trump sycophant (in a Red or Independent primary) or the strongest anti-republican. The current mess is owned by Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski. and every other congressional republican. They defend their jobs, but not this democracy.
agreed. history will be talking about this horrible phase for decades, and their cowardice will be front and center.
Their names will live in infamy.
And, if we want to be technical about who put these people in power, I think it's safe to say that the people DID do that.
There were over 90 million registered voters who STAYED HOME and did not vote at all in 2024.
Sure, a small percentage of those MAY have been denied the right to cast a ballot.
But 90 MILLION!
Technically, "none of the above" won the election.
exactly. I repeat that stat often. we need better research on why 91 million voters stayed home. I agree, there was some repression, but that's not the big picture.
On the back of the iPhone I am typing on I have a sticker saying “stupidity kills- but not fast enough “. However it is the stupidity of these non-voters that will kill not just them but probably more of us.
Don't blame the voters...blame the parties for putting up crappy candidates.
I can give you a pretty decent reason as to why...they looked at both candidates the major parties put up there and said "not just no, but HELL no."
I'll be blunt...I made a vow that I would NEVER vote for Mr. Trump. And having had interactions with Ms. Harris, I can say the same thing about her.
And that's why I voted for Chase Oliver. I wasn't going to refuse to vote, because that's a sign of ignorance. And regardless of what anyone says, there is no such thing as a wasted vote. Can you imagine if 25 million of those 90 million who stayed home had gone in and voted for one of the third party candidates, like I did?
None of this "lesser evil" hogwash. They're both corrupt, arrogant fools. And the Democrats did themselves no favors when they FORCED Ms. Harris onto the ticket without really giving Democratic voters a chance to pick a candidate to replace Mr. Biden.
They need to start working NOW to try and get a good candidate that a LOT of people can get behind for 2028. And I think if you can get some big name popular Democrats to go out and support good candidates in 2026, it will boost the party in 2028.
The Republicans really need to do the same thing. I'm more frightened by J.D. Vance than I am Donald Trump.
John Roberts has spent his entire career undermining the administrative state and shielding corporations and the wealthy from Democracy. Gorsuch has spent nearly his entire life resenting his corrupt mother's fall from grace. Trump is their useful stooge.
Thanks, Sabrina, for the inside look from the legal angle. Have a blessed day!
Sabrina, when you peel back the layers and look at what is left with a commonsense approach you are able to understand what is really happening. Your insight and courage to explain this for me/us is extremely helpful. Unfortunately, our so-called Republican leaders are not leaders at all but exposed as a pack of sniveling lost soul followers with their tails between their legs. That definitely includes specific members of SCOTUS who also defend and follow a cult leader. We will need a miracle and a lot of resolve from the silent majority to survive this disaster.
Thank you,
Bob Brooks
thank you for reading. scary times about to get scarier...
Not reassuring when here in Hawaii on vacation we saw two muscle bound men with obnoxious maga t shirts. One said “sometimes violence is the answer” and he did not look like he was on our side. The other shirt for sure was MAGA and had God on it. Not “just” an oligarch takeover, but psychopath oligarchs with a ruthless SS to boot
it's an horrific marriage funded by oligarchs, but man-powered by ignorant goons. trump's pardoned J6 felons need something to do, why not give em an ICE badge?
At least Elvis who got a federal badge from Nixon wasn’t a psychopath who hated brown skinned people https://time.com/4894301/elvis-president-nixon-photo/
A good explanation of how our system of checks & balances is being dismantled. One corrupt S Court, one lap dog dominant party, an uninformed & misinformed, unthinking voting public - all the pieces have come together to give us autocracy instead. Yes, corporations are drooling, Netanyahu is kissing the ring, the GOP is working on how to manipulate the midterms. With Bove waiting in the wings for his SC seat things will only get worse. We have to wonder how the SC will easily dispose of all the legal challenges that are sure to follow the election of 2026 (as prelude to the one in 2028).
I've lost all faith in scotus. things are going to get very ugly very soon with ice on every street corner, and I largely blame them bc they know what's coming and rubber stamped it anyway. that must be one cruel god they worship together.
We’re sitting in Hawaii looking at blue Pacific from our rented super luxury apartment while on msnbc we see ICE SS thugs raiding California pot farm (enjoying terrorizing people by firing tear gas at them to meet Goebells Miller’s 2000 a day quota)… I am well aware of the privilege of being safe from this and even more of having the means to take a vacation in paradise. See article re ICE raids in California https://www.rawstory.com/ice-raids-2673120785/
drink in every bit of Hawaiian beauty you can Hal. we lived on Oahu when I was a kid- navy brat. they may be relatively safe from ICE, but when ICE expands into the gestapo gathering up democrats, Hawaii will be back on the menu.
They feel safe from the turmoil they are helping foster. The arrogance and callousness are just astounding.
I remain frustrated, puzzled and, at times, angered by the fact that these "allowances" granted the Office of the President were not instantly deployed by the Democrats. Biden could have had this miscreant scooped up and dropped into a cell and Rapid-Tried for J6, Stolen Classified Documents, using a Golf Course as a Cemetery & etc. The boil needed lancing.
But isn’t it heart warming that Trump and Melania are in Texas offering their deep condolences to those whose loved ones were killed by a nonexistent climate change event and a belated FEMA response (and agency he wants to eliminate)? I don’t anticipate feeling guilty when I experience schadenfreude when a bigger disaster hits another red state with far less resources than Texas even if 1000 MAGAs are killed (hopefully sparing non-MAGAs).
As I wrote in my Substack before leaving for our Hawai’i vacation I would take a break from writing about politics every day, but now I find I can participate with Sabrina’s 7000 strong army just using my iPhone. I left my laptop at home so I wouldn’t be tempted to write a Substack
Guilty? Why should you feel guilty? They were warned about this storm with time to evacuate. The county and state wouldn't put up to money to make the area safer (cost too much?) The name of the valley was Flash Flood Valley. What didn't these people understand? I live in earthquake country. I bought my house a few miles from the fault (as opposed to those whose houses are built (no kidding!) right on top of the fault. My house is bolted. Our go bags are ready and by the front door all the time (does wonders for interior decoration, but it's a small house). Our EVs are always fueled up and our gasoline car is gassed up. We know where we will try to go and how to get there. They got warnings. Earthquake country doesn't but we prepare. We have no other option...
This sickens me, Ms. Haake. Wholesale reform of the SC’s corruption via the shadow docket seems impossible. A new system is needed, as the existing system has failed at every turn.
it sickens me too. me and every trial lawyer I know. I
Is it feasible to have the SC justices disbarred? They do not seem to be in good standing between corruption and overturning existing case law. It’s a longshot. In our system of government, even if TACO leaves, the Supreme Court could stay the same for decades.
Thank you for bringing more light and underscoring KBJ’s fair and thorough dissent. It would seem that our collective shock over Dodge’s dismantling of the government has sadly waned, as the regime continues to amp up repeated attacks/ threats to our valued immigrant population. Think we’re smart enough to continue to focus on both atrocities.
there are so many atrocities it's hard to keep up without losing your sanity. it's Steve Bannon's throw shit and keep it coming strategy, and it's working for them.
it looks like they want everything to be run by computers in the federal government
(computers don't have to be paid according to them)
and all the money saved then goes into their greedy little pockets.
but their scheme will never work. schemes like this project 2025 very seldom do.
right, bc then only a handful of people would have control over federal resources. it's an oligarchs takeover for sure.