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one of the single most important bursts of legislative activity in the nation's history happened because the governing party did not hesitate to remove their opponents from congress itself when they had the opportunity. 🤷🏿♂️
April 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
one of the single most important bursts of legislative activity in the nation's history happened because the governing party did not hesitate to remove their opponents from congress itself when they had the opportunity. 🤷🏿♂️
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if there is a path to either national nonpartisan redistricting or proportional representation, it is going to go through one party or another. but the first step toward it actually happening is for that party to win power, and you go to war with the system you have, not the one you want.
April 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
if there is a path to either national nonpartisan redistricting or proportional representation, it is going to go through one party or another. but the first step toward it actually happening is for that party to win power, and you go to war with the system you have, not the one you want.
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the shift to a winner-take-all distribution of electoral votes? a partisan project. the development of the mass political party? a partisan project. antislavery and reconstruction? a partisan project. even direct election of senators comes out of populist agitation in the late 19th century.
April 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
the shift to a winner-take-all distribution of electoral votes? a partisan project. the development of the mass political party? a partisan project. antislavery and reconstruction? a partisan project. even direct election of senators comes out of populist agitation in the late 19th century.
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but the fact of the matter is that with the notable exception *of* the mid to late 20th century, every major change in our political system and government has been a partisan or ideological political project.
April 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
but the fact of the matter is that with the notable exception *of* the mid to late 20th century, every major change in our political system and government has been a partisan or ideological political project.
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one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus
April 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus
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If you act like a rogue state you should get treated like a rogue state
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you act like a rogue state you should get treated like a rogue state
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My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
September 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
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Retired USMC JAG here. Criminal liability applies to everyone in the chain of command who carries out a manifestly illegal order. The first person who refuses would be the first one who isn’t committing a crime. However, not everyone in the chain of command has access to the same information.
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Retired USMC JAG here. Criminal liability applies to everyone in the chain of command who carries out a manifestly illegal order. The first person who refuses would be the first one who isn’t committing a crime. However, not everyone in the chain of command has access to the same information.
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This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
The US military killed three people in another deadly strike on a vessel in international waters around South America allegedly "transporting illegal narcotics" from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post. https://cnn.it/4na60EM
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
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"You are being musically mean to me and it's hurting my feelings so I am going to call the police department that we are supposed to be supporting to report a feels violation."
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
September 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"You are being musically mean to me and it's hurting my feelings so I am going to call the police department that we are supposed to be supporting to report a feels violation."
No need for cat and dog beds in those place
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
No need for cat and dog beds in those place
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"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism
RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism
WASHINGTON—Claiming that 100% of users experienced dangerous side effects as a result of wearing the contraceptive device, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly paused an amorous moment Thursday to issue a...
theonion.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism
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WSJ making sure to put 'that he has said doesn't exist' in the lede is fucking hilarious and dripping with contempt
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WSJ making sure to put 'that he has said doesn't exist' in the lede is fucking hilarious and dripping with contempt
And so it has come to be, that on the eve of open rebellion among the district courts, the most important (to Trump) reaches the grand wizard in order to see if he shall be fired
I wrote on Monday about how the tariffs case would be the first major Trump dispute to reach #SCOTUS on the merits.
Looks like it'll get there even faster, as the Solicitor General has asked for *very* expedited review, including a grant *next week* and oral argument by the first week of November:
Looks like it'll get there even faster, as the Solicitor General has asked for *very* expedited review, including a grant *next week* and oral argument by the first week of November:
2025.09.03 Trump v VOS Selections Mot Expedite
www.documentcloud.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And so it has come to be, that on the eve of open rebellion among the district courts, the most important (to Trump) reaches the grand wizard in order to see if he shall be fired
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Some of the crimes I've seen in Washington DC:
— Beige sweater with beige chinos
— Jacket sleeve tag left on
— Tan shoes with navy suits
— Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)
— Beige sweater with beige chinos
— Jacket sleeve tag left on
— Tan shoes with navy suits
— Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)
August 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some of the crimes I've seen in Washington DC:
— Beige sweater with beige chinos
— Jacket sleeve tag left on
— Tan shoes with navy suits
— Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)
— Beige sweater with beige chinos
— Jacket sleeve tag left on
— Tan shoes with navy suits
— Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)
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Holy shit.
#shareGoodNewsToo
#shareGoodNewsToo
💥 🍃 🏥 New Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Severe Diabetes (Type 1)
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Holy shit.
#shareGoodNewsToo
#shareGoodNewsToo
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Man what a fucking real dude. 'I just got choked by some chud and honestly, anything could have happened in that moment, and now I'm up here talking about the man who isn't as lucky as me.'
"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
June 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Man what a fucking real dude. 'I just got choked by some chud and honestly, anything could have happened in that moment, and now I'm up here talking about the man who isn't as lucky as me.'
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This is one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever said.
🚨”Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
Everyone??? Tehran is a city of 9 million people…
Everyone??? Tehran is a city of 9 million people…
June 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever said.
Literally, a free society is one where everyone has the right to make their own moral authority and take that to the streets to convince everyone else.
I don’t care if you’re razing Kenosha, storming the Capitol, or doing whatever this is in LA, no democracy can function when every group and identity block decides it has the right and moral authority to take its specific political disagreements into the streets.
June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Literally, a free society is one where everyone has the right to make their own moral authority and take that to the streets to convince everyone else.
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I have a grand theory of trumpinomics that's coming into view. He views money as a tangible 'thing'. Not only that, but more important than any other good or service. It is the most important good. He actually views money as a means to itself.
April 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have a grand theory of trumpinomics that's coming into view. He views money as a tangible 'thing'. Not only that, but more important than any other good or service. It is the most important good. He actually views money as a means to itself.
I have now seen statements by *multiple* chancellors of the exchequer in various countries... a position I didn't know existed at all in any country, let alone so common!
I feel like that's a bad sign?
I feel like that's a bad sign?
April 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I have now seen statements by *multiple* chancellors of the exchequer in various countries... a position I didn't know existed at all in any country, let alone so common!
I feel like that's a bad sign?
I feel like that's a bad sign?