<![CDATA[Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says,]]>Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says,

"The corrupt majority has now doubled down not simply on the non-reviewability of gerrymandering but gerrymandering as a critical and fundamental right of states."


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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-courts-corruption-seeps-into-every-tissue-of-american-life

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I'm in!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Sfwmson/statuses/116507823469379107https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Sfwmson/statuses/116507823469379107Sun, 03 May 2026 00:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:26:16 GMT]]>@wdlindsy corrupt to the core…hanging out partying , eating cake with the orange wannabe king…then back to work to vote… 🙄…it is beyond twisted…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kcsorenby/statuses/116505914666193026https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kcsorenby/statuses/116505914666193026Sat, 02 May 2026 16:26:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:15:06 GMT]]>@wdlindsy If they're as progressive as all that, you'd think they might take note of the platform's problems and move elsewhere.

Is it possible that they have more interest in monetizing their brands than making a difference and leading by example?

I've heard this "perfection is unattainable so we're going to look the other way" sentiment from too many people. I usually hear it from people in the context of Harris committing to supporting the genocide in Gaza, or from folks who don't mask because vulnerable people aren't a big concern.

It's a kind of solipsism.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116505870776507045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116505870776507045Sat, 02 May 2026 16:15:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:01:08 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks I agree. He's a very valable voice, measured and sober in his outlook, and very well-informed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505815872544205https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505815872544205Sat, 02 May 2026 16:01:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:00:11 GMT]]>@mason I understand the reasons some people object to Substack and I support the move to demand more of Substack. That said, i cannot find it possible to imagine that Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Paul Krugman, Robert Reich, Danielle Moodie, Joy-Ann Reid and a slew of progressive commentators who publish there are pro-Nazi. I intend to keep reading those and many other valuable commentators on an imperfect platform — and keep looking for the perfect platform, without finding it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505812091359482https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505812091359482Sat, 02 May 2026 16:00:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:56:22 GMT]]>@wdlindsy
At least you know who should be tried and punished by a long custodial sentence

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116505797080684512https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116505797080684512Sat, 02 May 2026 15:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:52:11 GMT]]>"This week’s ruling was not a one-off. It’s the logical endpoint of a decades-long effort to disenfranchise minority voters and keep minority representation to an absolute minimum.

The three longest-serving conservative justices on the court right now have a combined 75 years on the bench. This is their pet project. They own it."

~ Bryan Tyler Cohen


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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/scotus-just-gutted-the-voting-rights

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505780679947867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505780679947867Sat, 02 May 2026 15:52:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:49:40 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Linking to Substack is unfortunate.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/substacks-nazi-problem-wont-go-away-after-push-notification-apology/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

etc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116505770785658159https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116505770785658159Sat, 02 May 2026 15:49:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:40:00 GMT]]>@Sfwmson @wdlindsy
Yes, a social media post was too short to list all the atrocities, of course. And it's true that when the Dems take over we are still going to have to be all over them like a dirty shirt, or some of them will indeed just hem and haw and lick boots. That's the obvious pivot for the billionaires-- the people throw out the Nazis, so they'll work with the Vichy Dems. It is on us to prevent that in primaries.

The protest crowd is millions strong and enraged. It can be done.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116505732750294327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116505732750294327Sat, 02 May 2026 15:40:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:36:56 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks @wdlindsy

And really not just anything to do with ice and how out of control they are. But the whole shebang everything that Trump has done and been allowed to do.

And I have a feeling that even if the Democrats take over a lot of what he's done will remain.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Sfwmson/statuses/116505720683596955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Sfwmson/statuses/116505720683596955Sat, 02 May 2026 15:36:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:32:49 GMT]]>@wdlindsy
Good Lord, I wish I could boost this article more than once.

Robert Hubbell is one of the few white pundits out there actually meeting this moment. It made sense to hold the line and hope for incremental progress when we were trying to prevent the horror show we're in now. But we're past that point. The only right response now is full steam ahead for major reforms, chuck anybody out who will not do their part. Anyone not moved by all these deaths in ICE custody and abroad must go.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116505704515588106https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116505704515588106Sat, 02 May 2026 15:32:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:02:33 GMT]]>"A multiracial democracy cannot be defended by a narrow constituency. It requires a broader, deeper coalition that spans race, gender, class, geography, religion, and identity."

~ Bryan Fair

The purist games that play minority community against minority community — games to which progressives all too easily coalesce: these play the game right-wingers want to see played.


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505585490303546https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505585490303546Sat, 02 May 2026 15:02:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:00:17 GMT]]>"The content of the majority opinion was devastating, but so was the timing. I knew that the decision would be bad, but I had hoped that the Roberts Court would at least have the decency to wait until the end of the term in June — not drop this bombshell in the middle of primary season."

~ Norman Eisen


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https://www.contrariannews.org/p/15-ways-to-fight-callais

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505576569713240https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505576569713240Sat, 02 May 2026 15:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:50:19 GMT]]>(continued from /8)

"—and we should make him wear it as a badge of shame for the rest of his days. ... It is important to recognize the profound constitutional injury inflicted by Callais. It is nothing less than the resurrection of the Jim Crow Era."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505537373484566https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505537373484566Sat, 02 May 2026 14:50:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:49:26 GMT]]>"Whatever we call it—Jim Crow 2.0, the John Roberts Jim Crow Era, or the John Crow Era—no person in America is more responsible for the return to the Jim Crow Era than John Roberts. The resurrection of the post-Civil War Jim Crow brand of racism is the crowning achievement of John Roberts’ life work" (continued in /9)

~ Robert B. Hubbell


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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-john-crow-era

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505533934151120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505533934151120Sat, 02 May 2026 14:49:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:48:21 GMT]]>"This court has been a shameful court ... I used to argue before the Supreme Court and I read the opinion. It's shit. I mean, it's just bullshit. The whole thing is bullshit. …It is all politics and it is all — this notion of neutral justice is now,
for everybody to see, absolute bullshit."

~ Robert Reich


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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-this-the-shittiest-supreme-court

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505529678478920https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505529678478920Sat, 02 May 2026 14:48:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:47:28 GMT]]>"Much of this court’s corruption involves judges accepting favors and gifts from wealthy benefactors with matters that did — or might — come before them. This is a court that, it would seem, can be bought."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505526198803690https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505526198803690Sat, 02 May 2026 14:47:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:47:16 GMT]]>"In effect this is the first time that a Supreme Court — the ultimate authority on what constitutes proper, legal, ethical conduct — required a nanny to police their own selves. Primly, deferentially, the code was declared 'voluntary' and 'non-binding.'"


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505525384582089https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505525384582089Sat, 02 May 2026 14:47:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:46:36 GMT]]>"It has ushered in a nearly constant descent into our darker past. ...

No Supreme Court in history has been so blatantly morally compromised — this is the first ones whose actions were stinky enough to lead to Congress creating a code of conduct for them."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505522798347366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505522798347366Sat, 02 May 2026 14:46:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:45:55 GMT]]>Gene Weingarten notes that historians consider the Taney court the worst Supreme Court in US history. But:

"Now consider the John Roberts court. It is politically fractured. It has dispensed hell from day one, almost unfailingly enforcing a right-wing activist political agenda. It is absurdly partisan and morally corrupt."


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https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/is-this-the-worst-supreme-court-ever

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505520081068058https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505520081068058Sat, 02 May 2026 14:45:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Noting "Sam Alito’s corruption-drenched decision gutting the remains of the Voting Rights Act," Josh Marshall says, on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:44:44 GMT]]>"The Court’s abuses of power now extend to any laws that would limit their goal of remaking the country by corrupt means.

So it all comes back to Court reform. The toxins and bacteria of the Court’s corruption spread into every tissue of American life."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505515394534577https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116505515394534577Sat, 02 May 2026 14:44:44 GMT