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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Supreme Court has given the green light to Holocaust. The only thing that is left to us is not to avert our eyes if it does happen.

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1h

Seems relevant to the future of the US! I see a lot of fantasizing about Nuremberg-type tribunals, etc; they know those things only happen after a holocaust, right?

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 3h

There ought to be a word for a double namesake where the reference is to the one with objectively less cultural importance.

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 3h

The thing about these counter-revisionists is that they are invariably not trained historians, and neither know nor care anything about the work of historians. They think history is written by plebiscite, and if they can rile up enough ignorant people, history will be what they say it is.

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3h

In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.

The header of the appeals court decision:

NUMBER 13-25-00005-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

The conclusion of the appeals court decision, which states: The trial court's judgment is reversed. We remand the cause to the trial court with

instructions to (1) grant appellants' TCPA motion to dismiss, (2) award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to appellants in accordance with the statute, (3) consider whether to assess sanctions against Haas in accordance with the statute. See TEX. Civ. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 27.009(a).

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 3h

Most students don't really care about being educated in any classical sense. They just want a certificate that qualifies them for a job that pays well and isn't overly unpleasant.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 17h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 3h

Is there a single Republican office holder that isn't an authoritarian?

Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 3h

RICO Deeze Nuts

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 4h

Instead of "This is inappropriate!" Democrats - especially those who might run for president - should say right now "Anyone who participates in this should know: You are committing a crime, and in the next administration you will be prosecuted."

That will change the frame of the story.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 19h

You don't go to war with the resistance you want, you go to war with the resistance you have, to paraphrase someone Brooks once admired

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 22h

Vance is incapable of adhering to a single principle to be applied to his friends and enemies alike.

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 23h

The implication is that they will outgrow shitposting and edgelording. But Vance never did.

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

I think if you are going to be this year's mean girl, it is preferable both professionally and in terms of personal integrity to simply lean into it. Crying about being despised when you have labored so long to bring it about only confuses people.

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

Ultravox called, they want their overcoat back

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

Worth noting that Romney really amped up the nativism in 2012, and on immigration represented a midpoint between Bush/McCain (both of whom favored a grand bargain) and Trump's ethnic cleansing.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 2d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is likely to take it as a sign of disrespect if a Republican even puts out feelers for a presidential run.

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents, like many cops, like to kill dogs.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm worried about a lot of things these days; Bari Weiss having an outsized impact on the media landscape is not one of them.

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-virtue is the fundamental meaning of MAGA, more than even bigotry or misogyny. "Fuck you, that's why". I would never have guessed that there was so much demand for it.

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 2d

3rd base coach also didn't exactly seem plugged in to the state of play

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 2d

The runner at second seemed not to know that the ball was not caught on the fly. Waving the third baseman into position and throwing, rather than trotting it up the line himself, might have alerted the base runner more quickly that the play was still ongoing.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 2d

Nirvana covered "Love Buzz", another tune by Shocking Blue

kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 2d

Gram & Emmylou covering the Everlys
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Sleepless Nights

YouTube video by Gram Parsons - Topic

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