Spencer Segalla
@ssegalla.bsky.social
Historian of imperialism and decolonization. Author of Empire and Catastrophe. Former IB history and ESOL teacher at the Casablanca American School. Views expressed here are not those of any employer.
Koch versus Trump: “The power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises”, per Article 1, section 8 of the constitution, lies with Congress. The constitution assigns no direct role to presidents…” Koch’s NCLA challenges Trumpism:
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
How Donald Trump’s tariffs will probably fare in court
The president has drawn fire from some conservative legal scholars
economist.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Koch versus Trump: “The power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises”, per Article 1, section 8 of the constitution, lies with Congress. The constitution assigns no direct role to presidents…” Koch’s NCLA challenges Trumpism:
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
I dunno… this kind of “ the dems are just as bad” argument produced an electoral outcome which was really really bad for Palestinians, especially those in the US, didn’t it? thehill.com/opinion/5233...
thehill.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I dunno… this kind of “ the dems are just as bad” argument produced an electoral outcome which was really really bad for Palestinians, especially those in the US, didn’t it? thehill.com/opinion/5233...
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OUT NOW: The first major update to our Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, in over a decade is now live! Read, teach, share!
Palestine-Israel Primer - MERIP
Middle East Research and Information Project: Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971
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March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OUT NOW: The first major update to our Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, in over a decade is now live! Read, teach, share!
doesn’t it seem like the attack on birthright citizenship sets up the next attack on free speech: deporting US citizens whose parents were on student or tourist visas when they were born, or who can’t get documents to prove that their parents were US citizens when they were born, etc.??
March 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
doesn’t it seem like the attack on birthright citizenship sets up the next attack on free speech: deporting US citizens whose parents were on student or tourist visas when they were born, or who can’t get documents to prove that their parents were US citizens when they were born, etc.??
Just joined Bluesky. I’m told I better post something so people don’t think I’m a bot or troll if I follow them! Hope to find some old friends and contacts to follow.
March 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just joined Bluesky. I’m told I better post something so people don’t think I’m a bot or troll if I follow them! Hope to find some old friends and contacts to follow.