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Constitutional crises by their very nature don't always have constitutional solutions; however that doesn't mean solutions don't exist or that such extra-constitutional solutions shouldn't be sought.
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80% of the country is pissed off about something and they're blaming GOP incumbents for it, the worst possible strategy for a Dem challenger is to tell the base "I don't share your values" while also telling swing voters "I'm so out of touch I think 'men in women's sports' is a real concern."
SC Dem Senate nominee Annie Andrews released an ad calling trans women "biological men."
She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth.
Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban.
She once argued against capitulation.
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She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth.
Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban.
She once argued against capitulation.
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SC Dem Senate Candidate Annie Andrews Releases Ad Calling Trans Women “Biological Men”
She also said she would not change the youth HRT and puberty blocker ban in South Carolina.
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October 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
80% of the country is pissed off about something and they're blaming GOP incumbents for it, the worst possible strategy for a Dem challenger is to tell the base "I don't share your values" while also telling swing voters "I'm so out of touch I think 'men in women's sports' is a real concern."
Sigh. Yet another moron who thinks Biden had a time machine in 2021 that allowed him to see SCOTUS opinions in 2024.
Well, unless you have a method that hasn't already been overturned by the Supreme Court, I'm gonna stick with "vague bullshit"
October 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Sigh. Yet another moron who thinks Biden had a time machine in 2021 that allowed him to see SCOTUS opinions in 2024.
Seriously, why aren't any other law profs of liberal think tanks promoting articles and arguments like this? That the 14th S3 null and voids Trump's entire 2nd term including all pardons and appointments.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/this...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/this...
This may sound crazy, but they said Crippen was crazy, too - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I’m serious about this, really: (1) Donald Trump was not eligible to be elected president in 2024. This is because he was very obviously an insurrectionist and rebel, as per the third section of the 1...
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October 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Seriously, why aren't any other law profs of liberal think tanks promoting articles and arguments like this? That the 14th S3 null and voids Trump's entire 2nd term including all pardons and appointments.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/this...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/this...
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A major structural hazard with extreme media ownership concentration is that oligarchs impose their ideological agendas--which almost always skew to the far right--on everyone. This capture of core info and communication infrastructures must be dismantled if we're to have any semblance of democracy.
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
paydayreport.com
September 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
A major structural hazard with extreme media ownership concentration is that oligarchs impose their ideological agendas--which almost always skew to the far right--on everyone. This capture of core info and communication infrastructures must be dismantled if we're to have any semblance of democracy.
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The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
September 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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I don't understand why they just don't say "Republicans want to mandate genital checks to play soccer in elementary school. This is a disgusting inhumane distraction and shame on you for even asking about it."
September 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I don't understand why they just don't say "Republicans want to mandate genital checks to play soccer in elementary school. This is a disgusting inhumane distraction and shame on you for even asking about it."
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"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Mom found the ad she called me about yesterday
September 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
How many of the younger generation realizes that the only reason Trump is currently President is because a decade ago a man named Anthony Weiner (no joke) sent dick pics to an underage girl?
September 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
How many of the younger generation realizes that the only reason Trump is currently President is because a decade ago a man named Anthony Weiner (no joke) sent dick pics to an underage girl?
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Btw Biden gained nothing from his immigration crackdown and anti trans Dems will gain nothing now.
September 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Btw Biden gained nothing from his immigration crackdown and anti trans Dems will gain nothing now.
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Don't let the bigots set the agenda for the nation.
Don't try to meet them halfway, or justify your stance.
Don't dignify this as something worth debating.
Dismiss them as hateful weirdos whose obsession with this issue automatically disqualifies them from polite company and political leadership.
Don't try to meet them halfway, or justify your stance.
Don't dignify this as something worth debating.
Dismiss them as hateful weirdos whose obsession with this issue automatically disqualifies them from polite company and political leadership.
Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People
ALT: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People
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September 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Don't let the bigots set the agenda for the nation.
Don't try to meet them halfway, or justify your stance.
Don't dignify this as something worth debating.
Dismiss them as hateful weirdos whose obsession with this issue automatically disqualifies them from polite company and political leadership.
Don't try to meet them halfway, or justify your stance.
Don't dignify this as something worth debating.
Dismiss them as hateful weirdos whose obsession with this issue automatically disqualifies them from polite company and political leadership.
This is why you NEVER allow judicial coups to reempower a known violent terrorist and traitor who led an attack on the USA Capitol.
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
September 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is why you NEVER allow judicial coups to reempower a known violent terrorist and traitor who led an attack on the USA Capitol.
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The best way to depolarize America is to remove fascists from power, seize social media companies from white supremacist oligarchs, and extradite them to the Hague to be accountable for their war crimes and human right violations.
August 28, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The best way to depolarize America is to remove fascists from power, seize social media companies from white supremacist oligarchs, and extradite them to the Hague to be accountable for their war crimes and human right violations.
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If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities.
August 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities.
The most foreboding album cover at least (and a good album too).
August 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The most foreboding album cover at least (and a good album too).
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Yes sorry should've posted the link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07aux...
www.dropbox.com
August 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Yes sorry should've posted the link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07aux...
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I found this piece incredibly compelling: media ownership affects content, which affects attitudes and behavior. "Smart" types like journalists are not immune to these effects.
Why did Musk buy twitter and make it a worse business? For political influence.
Same argument as my new working paper!
Why did Musk buy twitter and make it a worse business? For political influence.
Same argument as my new working paper!
August 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I found this piece incredibly compelling: media ownership affects content, which affects attitudes and behavior. "Smart" types like journalists are not immune to these effects.
Why did Musk buy twitter and make it a worse business? For political influence.
Same argument as my new working paper!
Why did Musk buy twitter and make it a worse business? For political influence.
Same argument as my new working paper!
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The social cost for being a Republican should be exactly the same as the social cost for belonging to the KKK or the Nazi Party. It should carry exactly the same moral judgment and social penalty.
It’s the same thing.
It’s the same thing.
August 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The social cost for being a Republican should be exactly the same as the social cost for belonging to the KKK or the Nazi Party. It should carry exactly the same moral judgment and social penalty.
It’s the same thing.
It’s the same thing.
Who knows if Harris will be the nominee again, but this type of rhetoric is what is needed.
Both for Dem politicians to indicate they are willing to fight AND to prep D voters for the 'norm' breaking changes that MUST occur if we are to undue and reverse the damage Trump and the GOP has done.
Both for Dem politicians to indicate they are willing to fight AND to prep D voters for the 'norm' breaking changes that MUST occur if we are to undue and reverse the damage Trump and the GOP has done.
The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.
August 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Who knows if Harris will be the nominee again, but this type of rhetoric is what is needed.
Both for Dem politicians to indicate they are willing to fight AND to prep D voters for the 'norm' breaking changes that MUST occur if we are to undue and reverse the damage Trump and the GOP has done.
Both for Dem politicians to indicate they are willing to fight AND to prep D voters for the 'norm' breaking changes that MUST occur if we are to undue and reverse the damage Trump and the GOP has done.
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Yeah, the solution is to raise speed limits across the board and enforce the hell out of them but nobody wants that.
August 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Yeah, the solution is to raise speed limits across the board and enforce the hell out of them but nobody wants that.
August 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Constitutional crises by their very nature don't always have constitutional solutions; however that doesn't mean solutions don't exist or that such extra-constitutional solutions shouldn't be sought.
July 31, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Constitutional crises by their very nature don't always have constitutional solutions; however that doesn't mean solutions don't exist or that such extra-constitutional solutions shouldn't be sought.
The weird thing about this whole situation is Beshear keeps pushing it (despite as many have pointed out there isn't much upside for Ds or Beshear). Which makes me think Beshear likely has a rather reliable insider that has informed him that McConnell is dead (or at least in something like a coma).
GOV. BESHEAR, to McConnell:
“.. I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”
@nbcnews.com #KYsen
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“.. I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”
@nbcnews.com #KYsen
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The weird thing about this whole situation is Beshear keeps pushing it (despite as many have pointed out there isn't much upside for Ds or Beshear). Which makes me think Beshear likely has a rather reliable insider that has informed him that McConnell is dead (or at least in something like a coma).
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I didn't vote for biden to do nothing with regards to trumps criminality that existed before J6, post J6 there was literally no excuse to not have him in jail for sedition and incitement. Leaders are accountable to voters not the reverse
July 27, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I didn't vote for biden to do nothing with regards to trumps criminality that existed before J6, post J6 there was literally no excuse to not have him in jail for sedition and incitement. Leaders are accountable to voters not the reverse