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I've tinkered with pardon reform amendment language a bit.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I've tinkered with pardon reform amendment language a bit.
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Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
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“Do they even have what they say they do? ..
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
“Do they even have what they say they do? ..
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
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My take on Venezuela attack: Maduro is getting what he deserves, even if for wrong reasons. But Trump's attack is illegal because lacking congressional authorization. And whether beneficial regime change will ultimately occur is far from clear: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Thoughts on the Capture of Maduro and Trump's Attack on Venezuela
Last night, US forces launched strikes on Venezuela and seized that country's dictator Nicolas Maduro, bringing him back to…
reason.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
My take on Venezuela attack: Maduro is getting what he deserves, even if for wrong reasons. But Trump's attack is illegal because lacking congressional authorization. And whether beneficial regime change will ultimately occur is far from clear: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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The logic that "we can do what we want in our backyards" is also China's and Russia's justification for territorial expansion. It is based on no principle other than the most powerful countries can do what they want.
Trump is framing this as a law enforcement operation so he doesn’t need congressional authorization.
He’s not defending our country. He’s defending his grip on power with endless wars.
“American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
He’s not defending our country. He’s defending his grip on power with endless wars.
“American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The logic that "we can do what we want in our backyards" is also China's and Russia's justification for territorial expansion. It is based on no principle other than the most powerful countries can do what they want.
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They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
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"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
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It's one thing for people casually scrolling and seeing the screenshot to miss this, but it is egregious misreporting from @reuters.com here. The only way to fix this piece is a full retraction, the whole premise of it is bogus.
Idiots. A user prompted Grok to issue a "heartfelt" apology, so it obliged. Another prompt telling Grok to double down made it do just that.
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
It's one thing for people casually scrolling and seeing the screenshot to miss this, but it is egregious misreporting from @reuters.com here. The only way to fix this piece is a full retraction, the whole premise of it is bogus.
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Old enough to remember when being forced to sell cake to gays was considered tyranny.
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Old enough to remember when being forced to sell cake to gays was considered tyranny.
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Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
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J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
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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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Neither Trump nor Paramount cares if Barry Weiss drives CBS News into the ground. Her purpose is to prevent CBS from producing tough coverage of the government. Anything that achieves that keeps Paramount in Trump’s good graces.
"There is no obvious demand for a news network that is not overtly right wing but also seeks to curry favor with Trump." nymag.com/intelligence...
Bari Weiss Is in a Lonely Place
Running a major news outlet that is trying to placate a president few Americans like is a very hard job.
nymag.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Neither Trump nor Paramount cares if Barry Weiss drives CBS News into the ground. Her purpose is to prevent CBS from producing tough coverage of the government. Anything that achieves that keeps Paramount in Trump’s good graces.
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Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Dear Democrats: please hit Trump hard on tariffs. They're bad and unpopular. Take the easy win.
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Why Aren’t Dems Going After Trump’s Tariffs?
They don’t work and Americans hate them. Layup.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Dear Democrats: please hit Trump hard on tariffs. They're bad and unpopular. Take the easy win.
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
Read @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-...
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA. n.pr/48NP298
NTSB warns that defense bill could undermine aviation safety changes after DCA crash
The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.
n.pr
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA. n.pr/48NP298
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Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Just so we're clear how this works 👇
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just so we're clear how this works 👇
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One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.