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“WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT,
AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT.”
AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT.”
Pinned
This, in passing, is why the Dem leaders’ insistence on only talking “kitchen table issues” is missing the moment. There’s an opportunity to cast the Dems as the /conservative/ party, in the sense of respecting the “ancient liberties” of America, against the authoritarian innovations of Trump.
The legislative branch refusing to vote supply does not “hand the keys of the kingdom” to the executive; this claim is so counter to our received ancient English liberties that it literally was the cause of the English Civil War.
I am going to keep tapping this sign.
Reading the words of our departed Chief Magistrates sometimes fills me with grief.
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reading the words of our departed Chief Magistrates sometimes fills me with grief.
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
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A long overdue reform is that by law all US ambassadors should be career foreign service officers, like most countries because they treat it as a job for serious professionals. Not "political appointee" gigs openly sold to campaign donors or handed out as a retirement perk for washed-up politicians.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A long overdue reform is that by law all US ambassadors should be career foreign service officers, like most countries because they treat it as a job for serious professionals. Not "political appointee" gigs openly sold to campaign donors or handed out as a retirement perk for washed-up politicians.
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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Correct. Extremely easy to pick up on in the "no one wants to work anymore" era of 21/22 - an entire generation of managers and bosses trained only on keeping their boot on workers' necks, suddenly distressed that workers could just say "no" bsky.app/profile/econ...
My theory that the hangover from the dotcom bust and then a lost decade post 2008 meant that managers and owners completely forgot how to operate in a tight economy where they couldn't just church people cheaply and panicked into electing Trump to bring back the times that were easier for them.
This is what the elites who installed Trump did it for. Not the only reason, but the main one. This is the explicit outcome they were trying to engineer.
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Correct. Extremely easy to pick up on in the "no one wants to work anymore" era of 21/22 - an entire generation of managers and bosses trained only on keeping their boot on workers' necks, suddenly distressed that workers could just say "no" bsky.app/profile/econ...
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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It could take decades to recover from where we are.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It could take decades to recover from where we are.
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this is the apotheosis of conservative media. it’s perfect, right down to “one day I will be back in that space”—never rule out a future grift.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
this is the apotheosis of conservative media. it’s perfect, right down to “one day I will be back in that space”—never rule out a future grift.
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great FBI deputy director or greatest FBI deputy director?
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
great FBI deputy director or greatest FBI deputy director?
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I miss when Republicans thought communist countries were bad and poor and unfree and said so.
Seeing a leader of the United States adopt this line is revolting. While the US remains imperfect, it is also the global leader in FDI as well as the world’s leading destination for inbound investment. China would love to have an economy like America’s.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I miss when Republicans thought communist countries were bad and poor and unfree and said so.
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this is sort of what I imagine The Republic being, a kind of militant and small c conservative institutionalist liberalism that places a very high emphasis on civic virtue/duty. a functioning society that has arisen from the ashes to be a regional power, but also has some not so nice aspects as well
I could honestly go for a kind of Conservative Liberalism
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
I think that the longstanding trauma of this moment is going to be that many people in their 20-30s rn in not-quite-elite circles are going to be intensely small c conservative for a long time and have something of a hair-trigger for anything that smells of populism for the rest of their days
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
this is sort of what I imagine The Republic being, a kind of militant and small c conservative institutionalist liberalism that places a very high emphasis on civic virtue/duty. a functioning society that has arisen from the ashes to be a regional power, but also has some not so nice aspects as well
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I could honestly go for a kind of Conservative Liberalism
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
I think that the longstanding trauma of this moment is going to be that many people in their 20-30s rn in not-quite-elite circles are going to be intensely small c conservative for a long time and have something of a hair-trigger for anything that smells of populism for the rest of their days
honestly i think you could probably describe the vast majority of American media, political, and corporate elites as decadent
nobody knows how bad things can get
nobody knows how bad things can get
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I could honestly go for a kind of Conservative Liberalism
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
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29/ Jackson: There's a conflict between Art I Legislative Power and Art II Executive Power, and an originalist fear of royal monarchic power, why is your balance is favor of executive power correct?
He does not have a clear answer other than Article II Vibes.
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He does not have a clear answer other than Article II Vibes.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
29/ Jackson: There's a conflict between Art I Legislative Power and Art II Executive Power, and an originalist fear of royal monarchic power, why is your balance is favor of executive power correct?
He does not have a clear answer other than Article II Vibes.
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He does not have a clear answer other than Article II Vibes.
@kexelchabot.bsky.social
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Soto: what cases have we overturned that are nearly 100 years old that reshape the government? Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power. Constitution doesn't say anything about this at all. We've said repeatedly no "absolute power of the president".
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Soto: what cases have we overturned that are nearly 100 years old that reshape the government? Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power. Constitution doesn't say anything about this at all. We've said repeatedly no "absolute power of the president".
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The Plot to Enslave America
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Plot to Enslave America
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remember all those 'project 2025 isn't actually real, you fools, you naifs' media pieces.
Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
remember all those 'project 2025 isn't actually real, you fools, you naifs' media pieces.
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I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
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man we should bring back the pamphlet
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
man we should bring back the pamphlet
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The entire western hemisphere straight up ignoring this makes it so much fucking worse
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The entire western hemisphere straight up ignoring this makes it so much fucking worse
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As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone
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I really think what’s needed here is more gold.
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I really think what’s needed here is more gold.
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Japanese investors offload foreign equities due to concerns about Federal Reserve statements and high valuations.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Japanese investors offload foreign equities due to concerns about Federal Reserve statements and high valuations.
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