Skeets Of The Day

 

The birthright citizenship decision (Trump v Barbara) --

 

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

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— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 10:40 AM

 

It’s important to keep today’s birthright citizenship decision in context. First, SCOTUS left the status of a fundamental, explicitly articulated constitutional right uncertain for over a year all to affirm what was clear from the issuance of Trump’s EO. Birthright citizenship cannot be abridged.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM

 

Second apparently this was a close case for this Court. As it stands the decision is 6-3. In 1898 the Court’s decision protecting birthright citizenship, Won Kim Ark v. U.S., was 6-2. That means this SCOTUS is either on par w/or to the right of the 1898 Court - the same SCOTUS that decided Plessy!

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM

 

And a lest we forget Justice Kavanaugh writes separately because while he agrees with the judgment in this case that Trump cannot change birthright citizenship by EO, he believes that Congress can by statute create exceptions to birthright citizenship that would mirror the provisions of Trump’s EO.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM

 

Most.  Corrupt.  Regime.  Ever --

 

The number of financial side deals the Trump family is running is so shocking it can sometimes be hard to track. According to @reuters.com, their crypto ventures alone have delivered $2.3 billion to Trump & co. while creating a similar-sized loss for investors.

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— Steve Rattner (@steverattner.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 11:54 AM

 

MAGAt Rep. Nehls' KKK bedsheet on Lady Liberty and affordability --

Nehls: You have to love our country. This is what we gotta do. We gotta put a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. She gotta go to sleep for a while. I'm not saying she's dead. Instead of having a torch, maybe it needs a stop sign.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) June 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM

 

Nehls on how House GOP will make case for affordability back home: Nehls: What are you talking about? I'm gonna get me lobster tails. Some nice rib eyes. Reporter: Do you think the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck can afford that? Nehls: Maybe not. Maybe they don't work as hard as me.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) June 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM

 

More from Trump's fair flop --

 

the energy of USA 250 is less that of a birthday party and more that of a funeral

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— state song thread guy (@statesongxprt.bsky.social) July 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM

 

JD's "religious beliefs" --

 

Jesus wept.

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— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM

 

Happy belated 100th (!) birthday to the great Mel Brooks --

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

— Mel Brooks (@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM

 

Happy Canada Day to better neighbors than we deserve --

 

#CanadaDay Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

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— Mairead D (@maireadd100.bsky.social) July 1, 2026 at 7:19 AM

 

We need an adult version of this --

 

I need one one for my dog!! 😬🐶❤️ Good morning everyone

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— Martha Acuna (@marthaacuna.bsky.social) July 1, 2026 at 8:06 AM

 

 

Mid-Week Song

 

Indie folk artist Phoebe Bridgers' third solo album "Lost Weekend" is due out in mid-August.  The four-time Grammy winner -- also a member of the supergroup boygenius -- released a single from that album a few days ago, "Lost Boys," which is our mid-week song choice.  Enjoy.

Quotes Of The Day -- On Birthright Citizenship And Gutting Campaign Finance Reforms

 

"... The very idea of questioning birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment had been deader than Marley, either Jacob or Bob, for more than 130 years, which isn’t surprising given that the amendment establishes it in unambiguous language. Even the 180 proof racist nativism of 19th century federal judges didn’t deny this reality.

"But nothing — absolutely nothing — is ever good enough or off the table for our own racist nativism, which has managed to achieve escape velocity from all social and legal reality, as it marinates in a poisonous atmosphere of resentment and hatred.

"That these people can’t even see that the Supreme Court is the very best friend right wing reaction has ever had in this country — and not merely at present but for about 93% of that ignominious institution’s existence — is a testament to how the reactionary right in this country can’t be bargained with, can’t be reasoned with, doesn’t feel remorse or pity or fear, and absolutely will not stop, ever, until anything like cultural pluralism, religious and intellectual liberty, and even any semblance of liberal democracy in America, are dead."  -- law professor Paul Campos, LGM, in "Terminating America With Extreme Prejudice" yesterday. 

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"... The Constitution is not a functional document if it can be swept aside so easily at the behest of a fascist sitting atop the executive branch. The Constitution is not a functional document if it can be overruled by a simple majority in Congress. The Constitution is not a functional document if it can be gutted based on a handful of members of the nation’s highest court so eagerly deciding to abdicate their duties.

"As constitutional law professor Evan Bernick put it yesterday, 'Nothing bad in the United States is ever over, including constitutional things. These were the same arguments rejected over a century ago, and they’ll be back again and we’ll have to kill them again.'”  -- attorney Lisa Needham, today in "Public Notice" Substack, on "A Vote Away From Undoing The Civil War."

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“Today’s campaign finance ruling is part of the Roberts Court’s 16-year drive to destroy anti-corruption laws. From Citizens United forward, these justices have ushered in an era of massive money in politics. If you don’t like the way the political system is working, blame the Supreme Court.

“Here, the Court again overrode the law passed by Congress, going against the wishes of the vast majority of the American public who want reasonable campaign finance limits. The questions at the heart of this case were for Congress to answer, not nine unelected justices.

“The Court’s campaign finance vendetta has given wealthy donors outsized influence, resulting in a fusion of private wealth and political power unseen since the Gilded Age. Public trust in our institutions is plummeting. Congress must act to curb corruption arising from the flood of money in elections and restore Americans’ faith in government. Ambitious reform is long overdue.” -- Michael Waldman, president and CEO at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, on the Republican SCOTUS' dismantling campaign finance anti-corruption laws to benefit their rotted-out party in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission.

 

We have a lot to do to undo the damage these rats-in-robes have done to our country and its Constitution.  We must undo it with the same zeal and commitment that they've employed over the past two decades, and make sure that our reconstructed system won't allow for their anti- democratic, un- Constitutional, un- American radicalism to hold sway over the American majority again.

Trump Made $1.4 Billion In Crypto Last Year; How Did You Do?

 

Most.  Corrupt.  President.  Ever:

President Donald Trump earned more than $635 million from a licensing agreement with a cryptocurrency group specializing in "meme" coins bearing his name last year, an amount that pushed his total crypto holdings past $1 billion, according to a lengthy financial disclosure form he released Tuesday.

The figures from 2025 — the first year of Trump's second term — were disclosed to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in a 927-page document. By comparison, President Barack Obama's final disclosure form was eight pages, while President Joe Biden's was 11. Vice President JD Vance's form for last year is 17 pages.

Trump's meme-coin earnings came on top of more than $236 million worth from additional crypto token sales, and an additional sale of equity worth more than $65 million associated with Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial. There's also more than $290 million classified as income from cryptocurrency wallets associated with World Liberty.

The $635 million was earned from a group called "Celebration Coins." No digital footprint could be found for the group, and a representative for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.  [snip]

Unlike past presidents, Trump did not divest his assets or place them in a blind trust before taking office. The Trump Organization has said the assets are managed by third-party financial institutions, with trades executed through automated technology.

"What strikes me as remarkable is how many pies Trump has his fingers in," said Douglas Brinkley, a history professor at Rice University. "There is no precedent to compare it with. No president in the 20th or 21st century has had something that's vaguely comparable."

Trump has faced bipartisan criticism for alleged conflicts of interest, assertions the White House has vigorously denied.

Trump's total crypto earnings totaled some $1.4 billion during his first year back in office, when he began making liberalized cryptocurrency regulations a cornerstone of his presidency.

Wait, there's more.  And it relates to everyone's favorite thug organization:

The disclosure also lists Trump's investment accounts as buying and selling shares of the GEO Group, a private prison company and one of the largest contractors with ICE.

Starting just 10 days after his inauguration, the disclosure shows Trump's investment accounts made purchases of the prison company. As the number of immigrant detainees swelled from 35,000 to almost 70,000, the purchases increased with the total ranging from $143,000 to $445,000. The last purchase was listed in late November. The stock that was sold ranges from $67,000 to $180,000.  (our emphasis)

Note to MAGAts and low-information voters:  he's not draining the swamp, he is the swamp;  he's not helping you, he's helping himself.  Those gins made by the Trump Crime Family were at the expense of losses by investors.  Imagine the cataclysmic outrage had Obama and Biden enriched themselves at this scale while in office, pursuing their financial interests and not the public's interests.

(Image: Chelsea Stahl / NBC News; Getty Images; Reuters)