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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
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At stake in today's tariff cases at SCOTUS is how to parse the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, but more fundamentally and in all cases, questions about "about politics, power, and country, not unhelpful and misleading legal formalisms." @espinsegall.bsky.social has details on the blog 👇
The Constitution in Crisis: The Supreme Need for Justice Robert Jackson's Legal Realism
Donald Trump is asserting more executive power than any President since the Civil War. He would likely not only agree with that assessment b...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
At stake in today's tariff cases at SCOTUS is how to parse the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, but more fundamentally and in all cases, questions about "about politics, power, and country, not unhelpful and misleading legal formalisms." @espinsegall.bsky.social has details on the blog 👇
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Like this is hard? — Mom, Donny.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Like this is hard? — Mom, Donny.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Best I've seen.
👀 someone calling out big law firm complicity and cowardice
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Best I've seen.
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With this + Santos/J6 pardons + Trumped up prosecutions...Corruption is lowest-hanging electoral fruit imaginable
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
With this + Santos/J6 pardons + Trumped up prosecutions...Corruption is lowest-hanging electoral fruit imaginable
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
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With this + Santos/J6 pardons + Trumped up prosecutions...Corruption is lowest-hanging electoral fruit imaginable
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
Not saying health care isn't a good issue - it is and should be a focus.
But walk and chew gum -- should be so easy to cement the public view that this is govt is corruption 24/7/365
“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wow
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If you were “prematurely anti fascist” about this you were a hysterical lib, if you were wrong about it you’re a respectable intellectual with lots of billionaire connections bsky.app/profile/gtco...
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If you were “prematurely anti fascist” about this you were a hysterical lib, if you were wrong about it you’re a respectable intellectual with lots of billionaire connections bsky.app/profile/gtco...
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Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed
While Vought traces the “leftwing revolution” back a hundred years, to the progressive era, there is no question that the election of Barack Obama was a radicalizing moment for him and many key thinkers on the radical Right - as were the multiracial protests in the summer of 2020.
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed
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Watching Democrats simplify this to just healthcare has been frustrating and disheartening. Like they don’t fully get what’s going on. Especially considering funds aren’t being appropriated accordingly anyways.
October 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Watching Democrats simplify this to just healthcare has been frustrating and disheartening. Like they don’t fully get what’s going on. Especially considering funds aren’t being appropriated accordingly anyways.
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There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
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I really think we need to reconceptualize this shutdown as the last stand for the rule of law and Art I. Bring it to default if that’s what it takes. If Congress can’t assert the power of the purse, we are in “move to Portugal” territory of screwed.
This cannot just be about healthcare. The existing constitutional system hangs in the balance. The rule of law is now baked into this shutdown in a huge way.
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I really think we need to reconceptualize this shutdown as the last stand for the rule of law and Art I. Bring it to default if that’s what it takes. If Congress can’t assert the power of the purse, we are in “move to Portugal” territory of screwed.
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Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...
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Here is the famous speech by former AG Robert Jackson in which he explains why prosecutors must target crimes, not people. Comey indictment feels like the opposite.
www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
www.justice.gov
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Here is the famous speech by former AG Robert Jackson in which he explains why prosecutors must target crimes, not people. Comey indictment feels like the opposite.
www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
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A lot smarter than the centrists vs leftists chatter: data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...
The Democrats' Path Forward: Become the Anti-Corruption Party
But to reform the system they first need to reform the Democratic Party.
data4democracy.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A lot smarter than the centrists vs leftists chatter: data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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Fans of “The Twilight Zone” remember Robert Redford’s breakout role in the episode “Nothing in the Dark” (1962) — in which he plays an elderly woman’s .. special guest.
“I don't prefer to look back at my earliest efforts,” he once said, “but I have to admit I'm proud of that one."
“I don't prefer to look back at my earliest efforts,” he once said, “but I have to admit I'm proud of that one."
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fans of “The Twilight Zone” remember Robert Redford’s breakout role in the episode “Nothing in the Dark” (1962) — in which he plays an elderly woman’s .. special guest.
“I don't prefer to look back at my earliest efforts,” he once said, “but I have to admit I'm proud of that one."
“I don't prefer to look back at my earliest efforts,” he once said, “but I have to admit I'm proud of that one."
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Great example of journalistic malpractice. Headline repeats the claims of an elected official, while the story notes that no evidence of this supposed "leftist ideology" has been found.
Has the New York Times not been made aware that people only read headlines?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
Has the New York Times not been made aware that people only read headlines?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
Kirk Shooting Suspect Held ‘Leftist Ideology,’ Utah Governor Says
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Great example of journalistic malpractice. Headline repeats the claims of an elected official, while the story notes that no evidence of this supposed "leftist ideology" has been found.
Has the New York Times not been made aware that people only read headlines?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
Has the New York Times not been made aware that people only read headlines?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
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No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.
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Worth a reread…
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Worth a reread…
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I spent the 2024 election as a prosecutor focusing on serious election interference.
My view is that the #1 danger that we haven’t faced up to yet is that Trump will succeed in preventing fair elections in 2026.
Warning signs abound, but we’re not paying nearly enough attention yet.
My view is that the #1 danger that we haven’t faced up to yet is that Trump will succeed in preventing fair elections in 2026.
Warning signs abound, but we’re not paying nearly enough attention yet.
Can someone in the legacy media explain to me how this is not front page news? How is it that only Democracy Docket is covering this unfolding authoritarian takeover? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Cleta Mitchell Thinks Trump Will Use Emergency Powers to Take Control of Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I spent the 2024 election as a prosecutor focusing on serious election interference.
My view is that the #1 danger that we haven’t faced up to yet is that Trump will succeed in preventing fair elections in 2026.
Warning signs abound, but we’re not paying nearly enough attention yet.
My view is that the #1 danger that we haven’t faced up to yet is that Trump will succeed in preventing fair elections in 2026.
Warning signs abound, but we’re not paying nearly enough attention yet.
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The audio version of the piece is up. Hopefully makes it a little more accessible and digestible.
What Is America, and for Whom?
A reflection on how to situate the Trumpist moment in U.S. history:
What Is America, and for Whom?
A reflection on how to situate the Trumpist moment in U.S. history:
What Is America, and for Whom?
A white Christian ethno-state with strict hierarchies or a pluralistic democracy with egalitarian aspirations? American society has always been divided over what this country should strive to be
thomaszimmer.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The audio version of the piece is up. Hopefully makes it a little more accessible and digestible.
What Is America, and for Whom?
A reflection on how to situate the Trumpist moment in U.S. history:
What Is America, and for Whom?
A reflection on how to situate the Trumpist moment in U.S. history: