stevenjens.bsky.social
stevenjens.bsky.social
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There's a point at which civil war -- which might be won or lost and will cause millions of deaths either way -- is better than the status quo. Anyone who thinks we are close to that point is insane.
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have noticed that I often agree with friends on the left that some corporate action is bad for society, but am less inclined to blame the corporate executives and more inclined to blame government actors who gave them bad incentives. But I do put *some* blame on the corporate executives.
July 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The irony here is that Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, key popularizer of this secret Politico funding theory, actually were secretly and illegally paid millions of dollars by the Russian government. (They claim they didn't know the money was from Russia.) www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
Inside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russia
Even some of Tenet’s right-wing stars wondered why it existed. Now, a new federal indictment claims it was a Russian propaganda operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Can I assume that he's a freshman?
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Or at least put some restrictions on it, including (as you have suggested) Congressional review.

I'm not sure about this law review article as a matter of what the law is, but I like it in terms of what the law should be digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/law_review/4...
An Unappreciated Constraint on the President’s Pardon Power
Most commentators assume that, except for the few restrictions expressly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, the President’s pardon power is unlimited. This Paper suggests that this common view is mis...
digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu
January 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Like I said, this is not a constitutional role of the Executive, but Biden seems to think it is, and Trump will happily embrace that expansion of presidential power.
January 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Also, cumulative inflation over that time seems to be about the same for both categories
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM