Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Birthright citizenship???

#14Amendment #BirthrightCitizenship 

RantWoman reminds readers of Justice Sotomayor's admonition "Read the opinions"

RantWoman has not yet listened to every second of all the videos linked here but has a couple observations:

--Numbers matter. Whether one interprets this ruling as 5-4 on the Constitutional question or 6-3 about an executive order, the court split is important to note.

--Justice Jackson's historical background in her concurrence seems important.





Justice KBJ STRONG historical narrative expanding on history.
Speaker Johnson GROANS on mic when he hears the decision








Multiple threads including Birthright citizenship


Reference to GROSS proposals about barring visas to pregnant women.














Crimea and...

#Russia #Crimea #Ukraine 




















Black Voices on the Supremes' TPS ruling.

#SCOTUS #TPS  #Haiti







Monday, June 29, 2026

Now General McCraven weighs in about Pentagon personnel purges.

It's always bad policy to start a war.


It's even worse policy to start a war after firing all the most competent, experienced, strategically oriented military officers.


Putin SHOULD have learned that from Stalin.


Whether one approves of a given war or not, it is infuriating and monstrously unfair to the people being sent to war for the Secretary of #WarCrimes and President #StableGenius to be careening full-speed down the same path.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Demographics of Seafarers: the people who ship the world's freight

 #Seafarers


A report issued every 5 years about who staffs global shipping and need for different categories of workers.


Sal's Recommendation about the US: there is a federal merchant marine academy. Some states have their own academies. There are other academies that produce people who may or may not get relevant licenses. Sal recommends taking a more holistic look at the pipeline. Sal also outlines a bunch of reasons that recruiting young people may be a hard sell.