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Really great to see someone say what needs to be said over and over: lots of those executive orders are bullshit grabs for powers the president doesn't have--unless we give it to him, and that starts through misinformation.
It is not actually in the President's power to unilaterally rescind or modify regulations that were enacted through notice-and-comment.
Maybe FedSoc judges invent a reason for it, but it's not what precedent or the Administrative Procedures Act says. See, e.g., www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
Maybe FedSoc judges invent a reason for it, but it's not what precedent or the Administrative Procedures Act says. See, e.g., www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
April 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Really great to see someone say what needs to be said over and over: lots of those executive orders are bullshit grabs for powers the president doesn't have--unless we give it to him, and that starts through misinformation.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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There's a word for the fusion of corporate power and the state but I'm having trouble putting mein finger on it.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There's a word for the fusion of corporate power and the state but I'm having trouble putting mein finger on it.
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because light and spring and the colors green and blue are also happening
April 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
because light and spring and the colors green and blue are also happening
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October ‘24: he’s not serious about the tariffs
February ‘25: he’s not serious about the tariffs, it’s too crazy
March ‘25: ok now there is a date but it is just negotiating leverage
April ‘25: ok he did it but he’ll roll them back right
May ‘30: these tariffs can’t last forever, that’d be insane
February ‘25: he’s not serious about the tariffs, it’s too crazy
March ‘25: ok now there is a date but it is just negotiating leverage
April ‘25: ok he did it but he’ll roll them back right
May ‘30: these tariffs can’t last forever, that’d be insane
April 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
October ‘24: he’s not serious about the tariffs
February ‘25: he’s not serious about the tariffs, it’s too crazy
March ‘25: ok now there is a date but it is just negotiating leverage
April ‘25: ok he did it but he’ll roll them back right
May ‘30: these tariffs can’t last forever, that’d be insane
February ‘25: he’s not serious about the tariffs, it’s too crazy
March ‘25: ok now there is a date but it is just negotiating leverage
April ‘25: ok he did it but he’ll roll them back right
May ‘30: these tariffs can’t last forever, that’d be insane
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“The Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.”
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
‘MAGA Junkie’ Fired in DOGE Cuts Now Regrets Voting for Trump: ‘I Expected Better’
“I was a MAGA junkie, a MAGA junkie who thought her government job would be safe with Donald Trump in office,” says West Virginia woman fired from the Bureau of Fiscal Service.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“The Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.”
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
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Detain him with plainclothes masked men, send him to a Louisiana jail and don’t tell his lawyers where he is or you’re not serious about stopping shit.
March 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Detain him with plainclothes masked men, send him to a Louisiana jail and don’t tell his lawyers where he is or you’re not serious about stopping shit.
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Trump just proposed that the US take over Gaza and turn it into "the Riviera of the Middle East.”
In February, Kushner described Gaza's "waterfront property" as "very valuable."
Kushner, who raised billions from the Saudis, is partnering with Trump right now to build a new Trump Tower in Serbia
In February, Kushner described Gaza's "waterfront property" as "very valuable."
Kushner, who raised billions from the Saudis, is partnering with Trump right now to build a new Trump Tower in Serbia
The foreign policy of an American kleptocracy
President Trump's Middle East policy took a dark turn on Saturday when he announced on Air Force One that he favored the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. "You’re talking about a million and...
popular.info
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trump just proposed that the US take over Gaza and turn it into "the Riviera of the Middle East.”
In February, Kushner described Gaza's "waterfront property" as "very valuable."
Kushner, who raised billions from the Saudis, is partnering with Trump right now to build a new Trump Tower in Serbia
In February, Kushner described Gaza's "waterfront property" as "very valuable."
Kushner, who raised billions from the Saudis, is partnering with Trump right now to build a new Trump Tower in Serbia
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This is World War 3 territory. Is this what even his voters signed up for? I am in disbelief
This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is World War 3 territory. Is this what even his voters signed up for? I am in disbelief
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For Jared Golden, a Dem in a R+9 district, to be talking like this is actually remarkable. probably gets at some underlying unpopularity of Musk *even relative to Trump*
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
For Jared Golden, a Dem in a R+9 district, to be talking like this is actually remarkable. probably gets at some underlying unpopularity of Musk *even relative to Trump*