@davidjhouston.bsky.social
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MUST-WATCH: In 60 seconds @mehdirhasan rattles off some of the criminal fraudsters Trump pardoned, showing they don’t really care about fraud (unless you’re Somali)
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 AM
MUST-WATCH: In 60 seconds @mehdirhasan rattles off some of the criminal fraudsters Trump pardoned, showing they don’t really care about fraud (unless you’re Somali)
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice sued Arizona and Connecticut Tuesday, expanding its unprecedented campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'Put me in jail': Arizona sec. of state pledges defiance as DOJ sues more states over voter rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice sued Arizona and Connecticut Tuesday, expanding its unprecedented campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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COVID19 data from a new paper:
October 2022-September 2023
-43.6 million cases
-10.0 million outpatient visits
-1.1 million hospitalizations, and -101,300 deaths
October 2023-September 2024
-33.0 million cases
-7.7 million outpatient visits, -879,100 hospitalizations, and -100,800 deaths.
October 2022-September 2023
-43.6 million cases
-10.0 million outpatient visits
-1.1 million hospitalizations, and -101,300 deaths
October 2023-September 2024
-33.0 million cases
-7.7 million outpatient visits, -879,100 hospitalizations, and -100,800 deaths.
Estimated Burden of COVID-19 Illnesses, Medical Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
This cross-sectional study estimates the age group-specific burden of COVID-19–associated illnesses, outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US from October 2022 to September 2024.
jamanetwork.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
COVID19 data from a new paper:
October 2022-September 2023
-43.6 million cases
-10.0 million outpatient visits
-1.1 million hospitalizations, and -101,300 deaths
October 2023-September 2024
-33.0 million cases
-7.7 million outpatient visits, -879,100 hospitalizations, and -100,800 deaths.
October 2022-September 2023
-43.6 million cases
-10.0 million outpatient visits
-1.1 million hospitalizations, and -101,300 deaths
October 2023-September 2024
-33.0 million cases
-7.7 million outpatient visits, -879,100 hospitalizations, and -100,800 deaths.
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Correct link here dynamicdemocracy.us
January 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Correct link here dynamicdemocracy.us
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“No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
Article I, Section 9.
Article I, Section 9.
January 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
“No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
Article I, Section 9.
Article I, Section 9.
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
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🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…
dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io
Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io
Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…
dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io
Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io
Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
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The land of free speech, where disrespecting the Dear Leader’s image gets your pass revoked.
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The land of free speech, where disrespecting the Dear Leader’s image gets your pass revoked.
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"and the Plato readings that may include these."
Could I assign Lincoln's Second Inaugural under these conditions?
Could I assign Lincoln's Second Inaugural under these conditions?
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
"and the Plato readings that may include these."
Could I assign Lincoln's Second Inaugural under these conditions?
Could I assign Lincoln's Second Inaugural under these conditions?
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People who teach classes related to U.S. law, government, & politics:
Here's your first reminder of 2026 to put The Originalism Trap on your syllabus!
While it's especially appropriate for law students, it's really for everyone--my last talk of 2025 was to 7th graders!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Here's your first reminder of 2026 to put The Originalism Trap on your syllabus!
While it's especially appropriate for law students, it's really for everyone--my last talk of 2025 was to 7th graders!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
People who teach classes related to U.S. law, government, & politics:
Here's your first reminder of 2026 to put The Originalism Trap on your syllabus!
While it's especially appropriate for law students, it's really for everyone--my last talk of 2025 was to 7th graders!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Here's your first reminder of 2026 to put The Originalism Trap on your syllabus!
While it's especially appropriate for law students, it's really for everyone--my last talk of 2025 was to 7th graders!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Students don't go through that kind of effort for just anyone.
My PhD students gave me the sweetest holiday gift, which included, among other things, this amazing array of player-trading cards. I have the best team!
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Students don't go through that kind of effort for just anyone.
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While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
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The WashPost polling team is separate from the editorial board that endorsed Trump's illegal actions, which is why this is LOL
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The WashPost polling team is separate from the editorial board that endorsed Trump's illegal actions, which is why this is LOL
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In competitive authoritarian regimes, the government deters and undermines opposition by using its powers to inflict costs on those who challenge it rather than recognizing their legitimacy as democratic opponents
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In competitive authoritarian regimes, the government deters and undermines opposition by using its powers to inflict costs on those who challenge it rather than recognizing their legitimacy as democratic opponents
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Learning data viz from the best: New America and Datawrapper
https://danielroelfs.com/posts/new-america-data-viz/
#rstats #datascience
https://danielroelfs.com/posts/new-america-data-viz/
#rstats #datascience
Learning data viz from the best: New America and Datawrapper
Summary: Learning data viz with New America and Datawrapper using ggplot2 and tidyverse in R
danielroelfs.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Learning data viz from the best: New America and Datawrapper
https://danielroelfs.com/posts/new-america-data-viz/
#rstats #datascience
https://danielroelfs.com/posts/new-america-data-viz/
#rstats #datascience
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
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The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter: Assessment of 1989 OLC Opinion
A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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In 1995, Sandra Bullock was the first person ever to buy movie theater tickets online, in promotion for her new film THE NET.
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
In 1995, Sandra Bullock was the first person ever to buy movie theater tickets online, in promotion for her new film THE NET.
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How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
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Why we should know what we don’t know
Cognitive blind spots are undermining our ability to see the world as it is, rather than as we would like it to be
giftarticle.ft.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 AM
How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @lazarogamio.bsky.social Amy Schoenfeld Walker
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @lazarogamio.bsky.social Amy Schoenfeld Walker
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo is poised to help defeat Trumpism for good.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
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Fox News viewers love Trump.
People who watch MSNBC hate him.
And people who get their news primarily from podcasts lean left, esp on the economy.
Here's what your news diet says about your politics:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
People who watch MSNBC hate him.
And people who get their news primarily from podcasts lean left, esp on the economy.
Here's what your news diet says about your politics:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Fox News viewers love Trump.
People who watch MSNBC hate him.
And people who get their news primarily from podcasts lean left, esp on the economy.
Here's what your news diet says about your politics:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
People who watch MSNBC hate him.
And people who get their news primarily from podcasts lean left, esp on the economy.
Here's what your news diet says about your politics:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
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"Giving students unrestricted access to AI tutors while they are studying harms their later performance on exams when they don't have AI assistance."
Maybe not!
In this new experiment, students studied economics textbook material during a 25-minute session to prepare for a subsequent test. 1/n
Maybe not!
In this new experiment, students studied economics textbook material during a 25-minute session to prepare for a subsequent test. 1/n
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Giving students unrestricted access to AI tutors while they are studying harms their later performance on exams when they don't have AI assistance."
Maybe not!
In this new experiment, students studied economics textbook material during a 25-minute session to prepare for a subsequent test. 1/n
Maybe not!
In this new experiment, students studied economics textbook material during a 25-minute session to prepare for a subsequent test. 1/n