Eric Montgomery
@ermontgo.bsky.social
C#/Blazor developer, architect, #cowx weather nerd, photographer, father, husband, Christian
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I don’t have an answer as to what Delaware should do to preserve its revenues.
But I do know that in every instance, capitulating to fascists’ demands - even if they are couched as “business friendly” - won’t save you. There is no capitulation that will satisfy them.
So maybe don’t?
But I do know that in every instance, capitulating to fascists’ demands - even if they are couched as “business friendly” - won’t save you. There is no capitulation that will satisfy them.
So maybe don’t?
February 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I don’t have an answer as to what Delaware should do to preserve its revenues.
But I do know that in every instance, capitulating to fascists’ demands - even if they are couched as “business friendly” - won’t save you. There is no capitulation that will satisfy them.
So maybe don’t?
But I do know that in every instance, capitulating to fascists’ demands - even if they are couched as “business friendly” - won’t save you. There is no capitulation that will satisfy them.
So maybe don’t?
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I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
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A state's refusal to recognize bodily autonomy leading to an interstate legal battle, with one state demanding delivery of a person for conduct that is lawful in the other state, felt...familiar!
PS thanks @esqueer.net for sharing a v helpful law review article!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
PS thanks @esqueer.net for sharing a v helpful law review article!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
February 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A state's refusal to recognize bodily autonomy leading to an interstate legal battle, with one state demanding delivery of a person for conduct that is lawful in the other state, felt...familiar!
PS thanks @esqueer.net for sharing a v helpful law review article!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
PS thanks @esqueer.net for sharing a v helpful law review article!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Sen Cassidy: “Black lives matter only if you count them”
February 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sen Cassidy: “Black lives matter only if you count them”
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This entire political project is about affirmative action but only for guys who scream slurs at work. Professionals largely don’t have to put up with this and they want to MAKE you put up with it.
February 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This entire political project is about affirmative action but only for guys who scream slurs at work. Professionals largely don’t have to put up with this and they want to MAKE you put up with it.
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HUD is going to kick off as many people off HUD programs as possible. Very worried about seniors on Section 8.
February 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
HUD is going to kick off as many people off HUD programs as possible. Very worried about seniors on Section 8.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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What the fuck is this racist eugenics bullshit?
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What the fuck is this racist eugenics bullshit?
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Odds are good that someone in your life has received vital care at a university-affiliated hospital near you.
Trump and Musk want to destroy them. Call your reps and demand they push back -- especially if they're Republicans.
www.house.gov/representati...
Trump and Musk want to destroy them. Call your reps and demand they push back -- especially if they're Republicans.
www.house.gov/representati...
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Odds are good that someone in your life has received vital care at a university-affiliated hospital near you.
Trump and Musk want to destroy them. Call your reps and demand they push back -- especially if they're Republicans.
www.house.gov/representati...
Trump and Musk want to destroy them. Call your reps and demand they push back -- especially if they're Republicans.
www.house.gov/representati...
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Note that Elon may have pushed to reinstate Marko Elez, the self-described eugencist, at Treasury bc under Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order, he's the only coder who can access the payment system (Tom Krause is not a coder). But w/Judge Engelmeyer's order, neither can access it.
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Note that Elon may have pushed to reinstate Marko Elez, the self-described eugencist, at Treasury bc under Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order, he's the only coder who can access the payment system (Tom Krause is not a coder). But w/Judge Engelmeyer's order, neither can access it.
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They should refer to Mary Miller as "the gentlelady from Mein Kampf"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
Illinois Republican Mary Miller sorry for quoting Hitler in Capitol speech
Democrats call for resignation of freshman representative who made remark on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
They should refer to Mary Miller as "the gentlelady from Mein Kampf"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
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I guess you could call it some kind of cultural revolution.
President Donald Trump did not attend events at the arts institution during his first administration. The move is the latest of several directives to force changes at Washington’s cultural institutions.
Trump says he will fire Kennedy Center board members, appoint himself chairman
Trump did not attend prominent events during his administration. The move comes as his directives have begun to force changes at Washington’s cultural institutions.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I guess you could call it some kind of cultural revolution.
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I especially liked the way Vance's tweet was worded you might have gotten the impression the racist DOGE boy tweets were way in the past, when they were from the past few months.
Notable that Elons crew of incels and edgelords are full fledged men for the purposes of being given the keys to car to run the govt. But for the purposes of being accountable for their actions they’re just kids from good families with youthful indiscretions.
February 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I especially liked the way Vance's tweet was worded you might have gotten the impression the racist DOGE boy tweets were way in the past, when they were from the past few months.
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K-12 schools like mine endangered by Trump's EO can't look to the state to make up federal funding gaps.
edsource.org/2025/gov-new...
edsource.org/2025/gov-new...
Gov. Newsom proposes stable California school funding in 2025-26 with an ominous warning
School districts would get a small cost-of-living increase and $500 million to train math and literacy coaches; UC and CSU would face as much as an 8% cut.
edsource.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
K-12 schools like mine endangered by Trump's EO can't look to the state to make up federal funding gaps.
edsource.org/2025/gov-new...
edsource.org/2025/gov-new...
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Trump May have tried to fire a bunch of IGs anyhow, but this makes it look quite like he conducted a purge as a cover to kill one investigation in particular. newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump May have tried to fire a bunch of IGs anyhow, but this makes it look quite like he conducted a purge as a cover to kill one investigation in particular. newrepublic.com/article/1913...
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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means ...
theonion.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
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Under the rules of professional ethics, a lawyer owes a duty of candour to the tribunal. While Elon Musk can mislead his followers on X without apparent consequence, a lawyer standing before a judge has a bar license to protect.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...
February 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Under the rules of professional ethics, a lawyer owes a duty of candour to the tribunal. While Elon Musk can mislead his followers on X without apparent consequence, a lawyer standing before a judge has a bar license to protect.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...
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To understand the faction leading America, recognize they think the worst, most terrifying things to happen in recent years are:
1) George Floyd protests
2) Public health treating COVID as real
3) HR saying "we've received complaints about your, um, 'jokes'"
4) Press 1 for English
5) Pronouns in bio
1) George Floyd protests
2) Public health treating COVID as real
3) HR saying "we've received complaints about your, um, 'jokes'"
4) Press 1 for English
5) Pronouns in bio
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To understand the faction leading America, recognize they think the worst, most terrifying things to happen in recent years are:
1) George Floyd protests
2) Public health treating COVID as real
3) HR saying "we've received complaints about your, um, 'jokes'"
4) Press 1 for English
5) Pronouns in bio
1) George Floyd protests
2) Public health treating COVID as real
3) HR saying "we've received complaints about your, um, 'jokes'"
4) Press 1 for English
5) Pronouns in bio
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this is an important constraint. trump&co may not care about what happens to them legally. but a career civil servant at doj is going to want to preserve their bar license.
4/ One other mediating factor is that judges can sanction lawyers/refer them for bar discipline. So if Trump admin ignores court orders, they start running out of lawyers in good standing—even lawyers who share the admin’s ideology—willing to put their names on things in court.
February 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
this is an important constraint. trump&co may not care about what happens to them legally. but a career civil servant at doj is going to want to preserve their bar license.
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This.
February 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This.