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In It to Win It's JournalMy gas prices weren't this high under Joe Biden
This is from the gas station closest to my house in South Florida. There are 8 gas stations within a 1 mile radius of my house, including this one. It usually has the cheapest of all the gas station near me, and that is still true today as far as I can tell. This is the current gas price:

John Roberts Is Always a Republican First - Jay Willis @ Balls and Strikes
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/john-roberts-is-always-a-republican-first/Published April 21, 2026
The Courts order gave rise to what is now known as the Supreme Courts shadow docketa form of expedited review that the conservative justices have since wielded at their convenience to stymie Democratic presidents on the one hand, and, on the other, to give President Donald Trump just about anything he wants. The memos obtained by the Times make clear that one of the principal reasons the Court acted as it did is that Chief Justice John Roberts, a lifelong Republican, really did not like what would have been President Barack Obamas signature climate initiative, and decided to use the powers of his office to spike it.
There is, as they say, a lot going on in these memos. But it is worth remembering that of the many, many justices who would bristle at the notion that the Court would ever allow partisan politics to taint its deliberative process in this manner, none do so quite as officiously as Roberts. In 2018, after Trump disparaged a particular court ruling as the work of an Obama judge, Roberts issued a rare public rebuke: We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges, he said. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them.
During his 2005 Senate confirmation hearings, Roberts tried to assuage concerns about his long career in Republican politics by emphasizing a judges obligation to demonstrate the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent. This website takes its name from the baseball umpire analogy he adopted as a mantra during those hearings: If confirmed, Roberts said, he would always remember that his role is to apply the rules, not to make themin his words, to call balls and strikes, and not pitch or bat.
The Timess reporting is only the latest bit of proof that Roberts has been merrily lying to you all along.
Democrats set sights on protecting, adding to Ohio Supreme Court seats
As I travel the state, I am taken by the movement, the energy, the sort of undertow that Im sensing from the counties around the state, Brunner said at the Ohio Democratic Partys primary night event on Tuesday.
Brunner has been on the court since 2021, but until last year, she shared the bench with two other Democratic justices.
Races for the states top judicial positions were made explicitly partisan when Republican state lawmakers added party labels to the races starting in 2022. Since that change, the court has gone from 4-3 to 6-1 Republican.
I dont mind it, Brunner said. But I sure would like a little more company.
The most recent general election in 2024 saw the defeat of Justice Melody Stewart and Justice Michael P. Donnelly, in favor of Republican justices Joe Deters and Megan Shanahan.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/08/democrats-set-sights-on-protecting-adding-to-ohio-supreme-court-seats/
Were there mailers that said "Pro-Obama Liberal"? or "Voted with President Obama more then 99% of the time"?
Look at this pathetic mailer.
holy shit, this mailer from cornyn did trump so fucking dirty lmaooo
— lawngnomesorceress (@lawngnomesorceress.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T21:58:50.317Z
Elie Mystal on Velshi: Southern state redistricting, 'This is Jim Crow 2.0'
Elie Mystal says the Supreme Courts decision in Louisiana v. Callais is reminiscent of the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson decision in terms of the racism that the Supreme Court has ushered in. This is Jim Crow 2.0.
HUGE NEWS: The Hawaii legislature cleared a bill that rids the state's politics of all dark and corporate money
If this survives a SCOTUS challenge, we will all need to say âmahaloâ
— Jim Saksa (@jimsaksa.com) 2026-05-09T00:26:05.421Z
Top Maryland Democrat is fighting for his job after resisting redistricting plan
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Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) faces a Democratic version of that retribution, drawing the most difficult primary challenge of his 16-year career.
Like the ousted Indiana Republicans, Ferguson defied demands from his partys leaders to create new congressional maps to boost chances of controlling the U.S. House. He, too, faces political consequences after rejecting efforts to eliminate the states one GOP-leaning House district.
While the Maryland-style payback from fellow Democrats does not resemble the overt revenge campaign waged in Indiana by Trump and his Republican allies, Ferguson is left aggressively defending a seat unlike ever before.
Gov. Wes Moore (D), who led the redistricting charge, pointedly did not include him in a list of more than 160 primary endorsements in state and local races released Thursday, boosting Democrats the governor said would push back and push forward.
Georgia Supreme Court Candidates Jen Jordan & Miracle Rankin - Heather Cox Richardson
Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin are running for the Supreme Court of Georgia to protect the fundamental freedoms of all Georgians and to ensure equal justice under the law for all Georgians, not just the wealthy, powerful, and well-connected. Election Day is May 19th.
Jen Jordan is an experienced attorney who has spent her legal career representing families and holding the powerful accountable. Jen previously served as a State Senator.
Miracle Rankin is an Atlanta-based attorney. She has served as the 40th President of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.
This is the stupidest shit I've ever seen 😑
I've seen this floating around on Twitter, probably by a bunch of bots. The right-wingers eat this shit up. I've started to see this on reddit too.
Feel free to explain to us how Vermont gerrymandered their map in favor of Democrats 😂
You all tell us why the Republican governor and Republican legislature in New Hampshire didn't draw some comfortable Republican districts 😂
You all us how Trump wins Maine's 2nd congressional district, but Republicans lose that House seat at the same 😂

NAACP Tennessee files lawsuit challenging redrawn US House district map
NAACP Tennessee President Gloria Sweet-Love filed an emergency petition to stop the map from going into effect in Davidson County Chancery Court. The lawsuit was filed less than three hours after Gov. Bill Lee signed the new map into law.
The Tennessee Legislatures Republican supermajority passed the map carving up a historic Democratic-held district in Shelby County during a whirlwind special session called at President Donald Trumps behest days after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. Protesters opposing the redistricting flooded the Capitol for the three-day sessions entirety.
When Lee called the special session, the lawsuit argues, he did not specifically state that its purpose included repealing or suspending a Tennessee law prohibiting mid-decade redistricting. The General Assembly passed a bill nullifying that law during the session, and Lee signed it into law shortly before the final vote on the new map.
The Tennessee Constitution stipulates that the General Assembly shall enter no legislative business except that for which they were specifically called together, and the map therefore violates clear and unambiguous Tennessee statutory law and the mandates of the Tennessee Constitution, the lawsuit states.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/naacp-tennessee-files-lawsuit-challenging-234127761.html
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