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I remember when Republicans were going crazy over the bank bailout because the US temporarily gained a stake in private companies to secure the bailout loans. Seems the problem for them was the democrats, not the action
‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I remember when Republicans were going crazy over the bank bailout because the US temporarily gained a stake in private companies to secure the bailout loans. Seems the problem for them was the democrats, not the action
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I have no idea how many people get their news from Foxnews.com rather than the cable channel, but those people would have no idea — none — that there were any protests today against the President. The only even tangentially related story I found on the home page:
www.foxnews.com/us/gov-newso...
www.foxnews.com/us/gov-newso...
Gov Newsom ‘handcuffed’ police as LA riots expose ‘reactionary’ leadership failure: former sheriff’ s deputy
Former sheriff's deputy Patrick Gipson criticizes Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass for handling of LA riots, blaming delayed National Guard deployment and progressive policies.
www.foxnews.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I have no idea how many people get their news from Foxnews.com rather than the cable channel, but those people would have no idea — none — that there were any protests today against the President. The only even tangentially related story I found on the home page:
www.foxnews.com/us/gov-newso...
www.foxnews.com/us/gov-newso...
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Boy, Pam Bondi is real fucking quiet about political assassinations after being real quick to make statements about burning Teslas.
June 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Boy, Pam Bondi is real fucking quiet about political assassinations after being real quick to make statements about burning Teslas.
Sat next two members of American horror story at a restaurant and asked how their dessert was (also had no idea who they were at the time, have never seen the show)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sat next two members of American horror story at a restaurant and asked how their dessert was (also had no idea who they were at the time, have never seen the show)
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Newsom on Trump's military parade: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak ... Weakness masquerading as strength ... that's about as small as it gets ... that's Donald Trump."
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Newsom on Trump's military parade: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak ... Weakness masquerading as strength ... that's about as small as it gets ... that's Donald Trump."
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Newsom: "The notion that the US active duty Marines, these heroes, would be used to militarized the streets of an American city is an abomination. The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever than vanity."
June 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Newsom: "The notion that the US active duty Marines, these heroes, would be used to militarized the streets of an American city is an abomination. The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever than vanity."
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Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano
Trump can threaten SpaceX and Musk. But US government needs SpaceX almost more than SpaceX needs US government. DOD is addicted to SpaceX, as is NASA. Starlink is surging in profits anyway faster than SpaceX launch. Yes, Musk gets massive fed contracts. But DOD needs to get to space. So does NASA
June 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano
For some reason I’m currently thinking of an Andrzej Sapkowski line modified for a Witcher 3 trailer:
“Evil is evil. Greater, lesser, middling. Makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary, the definitions blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another…I’d rather not choose at all”
“Evil is evil. Greater, lesser, middling. Makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary, the definitions blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another…I’d rather not choose at all”
May 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For some reason I’m currently thinking of an Andrzej Sapkowski line modified for a Witcher 3 trailer:
“Evil is evil. Greater, lesser, middling. Makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary, the definitions blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another…I’d rather not choose at all”
“Evil is evil. Greater, lesser, middling. Makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary, the definitions blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another…I’d rather not choose at all”
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If only there’d been a way to know this was going to happen.
Oh, wait
Oh, wait
Bloomberg Economics: "April import prices suggest the US side is continuing to pay most of the cost of tariffs so far.... US importers are paying essentially the same price they would have paid in the absence of tariffs, plus the tariff.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If only there’d been a way to know this was going to happen.
Oh, wait
Oh, wait
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A Mother's Day meltdown by the owners of Stone Cellar Bistro (outside Denver) after they ask a nursing mom to stop breastfeeding in their restaurant (her right under CO law!) because they're worried about getting negative online reviews—which gets them negative online reviews
May 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A Mother's Day meltdown by the owners of Stone Cellar Bistro (outside Denver) after they ask a nursing mom to stop breastfeeding in their restaurant (her right under CO law!) because they're worried about getting negative online reviews—which gets them negative online reviews
Only the Trump administration would declare an energy emergency then also eliminate programs that reduce energy use.
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Only the Trump administration would declare an energy emergency then also eliminate programs that reduce energy use.
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The Trump Administration lies about the law, and it lies about the facts. The administration lies about EVERYTHING.
Wow, wow, wow
Declassified National Intelligence Council, Sense of the Community Memorandum:
"The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States."
Now consider: DOJ lawyers saying opposite to courts!
Declassified National Intelligence Council, Sense of the Community Memorandum:
"The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States."
Now consider: DOJ lawyers saying opposite to courts!
May 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Trump Administration lies about the law, and it lies about the facts. The administration lies about EVERYTHING.
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At the rate Trump is saving lives from fentanyl, death will cease to exist by August!
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
At the rate Trump is saving lives from fentanyl, death will cease to exist by August!
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It is true that the government, which is bound by the Constitution's requirement that it provide due process, is expected to behave better than criminals.
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It is true that the government, which is bound by the Constitution's requirement that it provide due process, is expected to behave better than criminals.
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First off, what the heck is that even supposed to mean? It's just smashing together two unrelated things.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
First off, what the heck is that even supposed to mean? It's just smashing together two unrelated things.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
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Willy Wonka's in-house counsel and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (via @joepatrice.bsky.social) abovethelaw.com/2025/04/will...
Willy Wonka's In-House Counsel Is The Best Lawyer Parody You'll Watch Today - Above the Law
This is fantastic.
abovethelaw.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Willy Wonka's in-house counsel and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (via @joepatrice.bsky.social) abovethelaw.com/2025/04/will...
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This is a very, very complex and exceedingly thorough process that involves extensive use of the president’s TiVo remote, so please, please, everyone, give it time
www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
April 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is a very, very complex and exceedingly thorough process that involves extensive use of the president’s TiVo remote, so please, please, everyone, give it time
www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
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![INTRODUCTION
Scientific advancement and the pursuit of knowledge fuel America's innovation,
economic success, and global leadership. The commitment to expanding human understanding is
foundational at American universities, including Harvard, the Nation's oldest institution of higher
learning. Since its founding nearly four centuries ago, Harvard's students, faculty, and researchers
have helped identify and solve some of society's most pressing problems. Those pathbreaking and
life-saving advancements are due in part to the longstanding collaboration between universities
such as Harvard and the federal Government dating back to the Second World War. Millions of
Americans are healthier and safer as a result. Federal funding has enabled researchers at Harvard
to develop novel drugs to fight Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, engineer nanofibers to protect servicemembers and first responders, support American astronauts in space, and design an
artificial intelligence system that can be used to diagnose and treat cancer.
2. In recent weeks, the federal Government has launched a broad attack on the critical
funding partnerships that make this invaluable research possible. To date, the Government has-
with little warning and even less explanation-slashed billions of dollars in federal funding to
universities across America, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, the University of
Pennsylvania, and Northwestern. This case involves the Government's efforts to use the
withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decisionmaking at Harvard.
3. On April 11, 2025, citing concerns of antisemitism and ideological capture, the
Government identified ten conditions Harvard must satisfy to receive federal research funding
already committed to by the Government and relied on by Harvard, its researchers, and its affiliates
(the "April 11 Letter," attached as Exhibit A). Ex. A at 2, 4. The Government dictated that Harvard
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![viewpoints of Harvard's student body, faculty, and staff. Id. at 3-4. Then, based on the results of this university-wide viewpoint audit, Harvard must "hir[e] a critical mass of new faculty" and
"admit[] a critical mass of students" to achieve "viewpoint diversity" in "each department, field, or teaching unit"-to the Government's satisfaction as determined in the Government's sole discretion. Id. And the Government has demanded that Harvard terminate or reform its academic
"programs" to the Government's liking. Id. at 4. All told, the tradeoff put to Harvard and other
universities is clear: Allow the Government to micromanage your academic institution or
jeopardize the institution's ability to pursue medical breakthroughs, scientific discoveries, and
innovative solutions.
4. Harvard is committed to "combatting antisemitism, one of the most insidious forms
of bigotry"' and to "broaden[ing] the intellectual and viewpoint diversity within [its] community."?
Harvard is actively undertaking structural reforms to do both. And while important steps have been
taken, Harvard acknowledges that there is still "much work to do." Harvard also fully recognizes
the requirement that it comply with all federal laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
5. But, as Harvard made clear last week in a letter to the Government (attached as
Exhibit B), "[njeither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by
the federal government." Ex. B at 2. In the words of Harvard's President, Alan M. Garber, "[the
' Alan M. Garber, Our Resolve, Harvard Univ.: Off. of the President (Mar. 31, 2025), https://perma.cc/4UC7-E65V.
2 Alan M. Garber, The Promise of American Higher Education, Harvard Univ.: Off. of the President (Apr. 14, 2025), https://perma.cc/L4G7-J8UB.
3 Garber, Our Resolve, supra n. 1.
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![University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights."* "No
government—regardless of which party is in power-should dictate what private universities can
teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."s
6. In response to Harvard's defense of its own constitutional freedoms, the federal
Government announced that it was freezing "$2.2 billion in multiyear grants and $60M in
multiyear contract value to Harvard University" (the "Freeze Order," attached as Exhibit C). Ex.
C at 2. Within hours of the Freeze Order, Harvard began receiving stop work orders. The freezing
of federal funds amounts to final agency action and has put vital medical, scientific, technological,
and other research at risk. And that risk is growing. Just yesterday, it was reported that the
Government is "planning to pull an additional $1 billion of [Harvard]'s funding for health research."6
7. Defendants'
actions are unlawful. The First Amendment does not permit the
Government to "interfere with private actors' speech to advance its own vision of ideological
balance," Moody v. NetChoice, 603 U.S. 707, 741 (2024), nor may the Government "rely] on the
'threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion….. to achieve the suppression' of disfavored speech," Nat'l Rifle Ass'n v. Vullo, 602 U.S. 175, 189 (2024) (citation omitted). The Government's attempt to coerce and control Harvard disregards these fundamental First
Amendment principles, which safeguard Harvard's "academic freedom." Asociacion de
Educacion Privada de P.R., Inc. v. Garcia-Padilla, 490 F.3d 1, 8 (1st Cir. 2007). A threat such as
4 Garber, The Promise of American Higher Education, supra n.2; see also Research Funding, Harvard Univ., https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding.
§ Garber, The Promise of American Higher Education, supra n.2.
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April 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
