Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
@aaronrosspowell.com
Host of the ReImagining Liberty podcast. Writing about political ethics. Radical liberal. He/him.
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Why Elites Believe in Racial IQ Differences and Evolutionary Psych
Both help deflect critiques of elite status being less earned than elites want to think.
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Lots of elites, more than you think and more than publicly admit, believe science proves there are racial IQ differences or evolutionary psych proves women are less likely to succeed in certain professions. This has nothing to do with the quality of the science, and everything to do with deflection.
They are not onto something. And scientists who believe they are need to spend more time reading philosophy of mind.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
They are not onto something. And scientists who believe they are need to spend more time reading philosophy of mind.
Can you be more specific about what you're looking for? A historical overview? A summary of the philosophy? Are you interested in something that covers a particular tradition, or that deals with all of them?
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Can you be more specific about what you're looking for? A historical overview? A summary of the philosophy? Are you interested in something that covers a particular tradition, or that deals with all of them?
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Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
If you've enjoyed my podcast any time in the last year, you should know that a pretty big chunk of those episodes were based on articles from @liberalcurrents.com. It's an extraordinary publication, and they're raising money to take it to the next level. I encourage you to support it.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you've enjoyed my podcast any time in the last year, you should know that a pretty big chunk of those episodes were based on articles from @liberalcurrents.com. It's an extraordinary publication, and they're raising money to take it to the next level. I encourage you to support it.
Idaho is America's Taliban Afghanistan, except it's ruled by white Christian nationalists.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Idaho is America's Taliban Afghanistan, except it's ruled by white Christian nationalists.
One of the residents in the retirement community my mom lives in keeps a grim reaper outside their door.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
One of the residents in the retirement community my mom lives in keeps a grim reaper outside their door.
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The work that they are doing is important.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The work that they are doing is important.
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They’re good, people! Give them some support!
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They’re good, people! Give them some support!
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
Oh, man, even sticking just to Garfield designed games, the two he did immediately following Magic absolutely trounce it. (Though in fairness to Magic, one of those two is probably the best CCG design ever, so it trounces most everything.)
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Oh, man, even sticking just to Garfield designed games, the two he did immediately following Magic absolutely trounce it. (Though in fairness to Magic, one of those two is probably the best CCG design ever, so it trounces most everything.)
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
ReImagining Liberty 094: A New American Reconstruction
A conversation with Andy Craig and Shikha Dalmia
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
Will the govt be able to bring a new indictment against Comey despite the statute of limitations having run?
Ordinarily yes, but Judge Currie argues no in this case, since Halligan's indictment was void from the start. This question will no doubt be litigated!
Ordinarily yes, but Judge Currie argues no in this case, since Halligan's indictment was void from the start. This question will no doubt be litigated!
![Footnote 21 in Judge Currie's opinion:
Generally, "It]he return of an indictment tolls the statute of limitations on the charges contained in the indictment." United States v. Ojedokun, 16 F.4th 1091, 1109 (4th Cir. 2021). "An invalid indictment," however, "cannot serve to block the door of limitations as it swings closed." United States v. Crysopt Corp., 781 F. Supp. 375, 378 (D. Md. 1991) (emphasis in original); see also United States v. Gillespie, 666 F. Supp. 1137, 1141 (N.D. III. 1987) ("[A] valid indictment insulates from statute-of-limitations problems any refiling of the same charges during the pendency of that valid indictment (that is, the superseding of a valid indictment). But if the earlier dictment is void, there is no legitimate peg on which to hang such a judicial limitations-tolling result." (emphasis in original)).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreidesxqgkrz3vqe22lwpu2e7ruic3ukgahanbo7bbwmq33gqdyb7fe@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thank you, Adam, for all your work. LC is extraordinary.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thank you, Adam, for all your work. LC is extraordinary.
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
I have a *lot* of cards from a lot of different games, to be fair. I worked in a tabletop gaming store all through high school, at the very height of the CCG boom, and bought at least some cards for, I'm pretty sure, every game released in that time.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have a *lot* of cards from a lot of different games, to be fair. I worked in a tabletop gaming store all through high school, at the very height of the CCG boom, and bought at least some cards for, I'm pretty sure, every game released in that time.
I still have a bunch of those cards somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I still have a bunch of those cards somewhere.
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
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The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.
I did! I wrote about the whole process of the interview (which was terrifying, but it's a terror I came to cherish) in this eulogy for David Boaz. Who took a risk in hiring me, and then became my mentor and one of my closest friends. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m6d4qckwcc27
David Boaz: Liberty's North Star - Aaron Ross Powell's Blog
The legacy of my boss, mentor, and friend.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I did! I wrote about the whole process of the interview (which was terrifying, but it's a terror I came to cherish) in this eulogy for David Boaz. Who took a risk in hiring me, and then became my mentor and one of my closest friends. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m6d4qckwcc27
You prosecute everyone in the chain. They all swore and oath, and that includes refusing illegal orders, which these clearly were. And ignorance of the law is not an excuse in a criminal prosecution. These troops had clear intent to kill. That's more than enough to put them in prison.
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You prosecute everyone in the chain. They all swore and oath, and that includes refusing illegal orders, which these clearly were. And ignorance of the law is not an excuse in a criminal prosecution. These troops had clear intent to kill. That's more than enough to put them in prison.
In all of this, let's not forget the agency of the individual troops pulling the trigger. They are committing murder and should be prosecuted.
"Trump and his top White House aides pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers almost as soon as they took office in January, and in the past 10 months have repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal"
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In all of this, let's not forget the agency of the individual troops pulling the trigger. They are committing murder and should be prosecuted.