Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtyoj26ask2jRIP to a legend. https://youtu.be/g1Sq1Nr58hM?is=7_pwNHYv0tp9DdWF26 Aug 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyoj26ask2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtwgmd3wgs2yAll too right that Dolly Parton gets a president-length NYT obit. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html25 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgmd3wgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtw4k2vnxk2yCan you imagine if the Big One wiped out Silicon Valley while a bunch of U.S. insurers had huge chunks of their money tied up in AI startups and weird stuff like this https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-25/lebron-james-borrowed-300-million-from-insurers-arranged-by-guggenheim25 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4k2vnxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtvx5ug4ns2gSounds like it was all Lutnick’s fault. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html25 Aug 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvx5ug4ns2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtuvywuays2zThat’s the Mattingly managing experience I remember [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuvywuays2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtub6f5e3s2gSCOTUS lifts a lower-court stay on Trump’s EO attacking voting by mail. 6-3 along the usual lines. Other hurdles for the WH from other courts remain in place for now. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf24 Aug 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtub6f5e3s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mttjdrivwc2yVigilance is always warranted, but these people aren’t acting like they expect a thousand-year reich. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/the-writing-on-the-wall-trumps-staff-departs-ahead-of-possible-turmoil-0104642424 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjdrivwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtrvw2fra22yAn originalist version of Trump v. United States would be three pages long. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrvw2fra22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtrhxfzxic2tIn the Before Times, Canadians would travel over the border from B.C. to WA border towns just to buy milk. The Bellingham Trader Joe’s put up Wilt numbers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrhxfzxic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtly7v3j7s2oWho is the counterparty here that supposedly agreed to a 25% price reduction? [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtly7v3j7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtkfcttgq22fAlito after one hour of oral arguments: [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkfcttgq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtguxdbir22oGenuine question: Are there states that don’t discuss the Bible in any context whatsoever in public schools? I learned about it in both K-12 and in college in Nevada of all places.19 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtguxdbir22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtgnurn6rs2o“Put simply, when the Supreme Court struck down Congress’s ban on sports betting, it created a public health crisis.” https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-the-supreme-court-kicked-off-americas-sports-betting-addiction-crisis19 Aug 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgnurn6rs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mtfmiz2msk2x🚨 Kyle Tucker got a hit 🚨19 Aug 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfmiz2msk2x