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Indonesia, 1998. FOR EXAMPLE
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Indonesia, 1998. FOR EXAMPLE
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This happens *ALL THE TIME* in tinpot personalist dictatorships with weak rule of law. And every billionaire finds himself competing to demonstrate “loyalty,” and resentful of their peers who do not. Factions emerge.
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This happens *ALL THE TIME* in tinpot personalist dictatorships with weak rule of law. And every billionaire finds himself competing to demonstrate “loyalty,” and resentful of their peers who do not. Factions emerge.
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
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👀 someone calling out big law firm complicity and cowardice
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
👀 someone calling out big law firm complicity and cowardice
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Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
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David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage
"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...
A Hero We Didn’t Deserve
Remembering David Rose who ran towards danger.
www.thebulwark.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage
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The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
August 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
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@adellewaldman.bsky.social: “For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.“ theatln.tc/2HzqtiwI
May 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@adellewaldman.bsky.social: “For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.“ theatln.tc/2HzqtiwI
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Just a constant steady stream of harassment
Trump threatens Harvard patents worth hundreds of millions
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Trump threatens Harvard patents worth hundreds of millions
The Commerce Department is launching an immediate review of the intellectual property Harvard has derived from federally funded research grants.
www.politico.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just a constant steady stream of harassment
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if you're reporting on the UCLA shakedown, you should ask the gov. what the legal basis for the $1 billion demand is. if they point to title VI, ask how a billion dollar demand squares with the limited remedies available by law. if they say the False Claims Act, ask which specific contracts.
So reporters and editors should look to scholars of authoritarianism in covering these stories. The deal-making frame is playing right into the hands of these autocrats. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Another shakedown, the more you cave to the autocrat the more empowered he feels.
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
if you're reporting on the UCLA shakedown, you should ask the gov. what the legal basis for the $1 billion demand is. if they point to title VI, ask how a billion dollar demand squares with the limited remedies available by law. if they say the False Claims Act, ask which specific contracts.
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New at Can We Still Govern: Trump hates DEI and loves unitary executive theory. @johnadearborn.bsky.social
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
How Reagan-Era Battles over Affirmative Action Fueled Unitary Executive Theory
A desire to change civil rights policies has long shaped the conservative legal movement’s vision for asserting presidential control over the administrative state
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New at Can We Still Govern: Trump hates DEI and loves unitary executive theory. @johnadearborn.bsky.social
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
traces one of rhe first early articulations of the theory in the Reagan-era assault on affirmative action, featuring a couple of current SCOTUS justices. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
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This is an insane, wildly counterproductive policy change that will do nothing but harm the national interest. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is an insane, wildly counterproductive policy change that will do nothing but harm the national interest. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Masked agents of the state are now comfortable arresting citizens, including election officials, who challenge their operations
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Masked agents of the state are now comfortable arresting citizens, including election officials, who challenge their operations
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New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Budgets as Propaganda
Trump's budget proposal formalizes the paranoid style as government policy
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
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Another example where, while the Constitution has many flaws, this isn't one of them. This results from Congress and SCOTUS deciding to ignore the Constitutional text, which specifically forbids foreign emoluments, and lists bribery as a criterion for impeachment/removal.
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
May 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Another example where, while the Constitution has many flaws, this isn't one of them. This results from Congress and SCOTUS deciding to ignore the Constitutional text, which specifically forbids foreign emoluments, and lists bribery as a criterion for impeachment/removal.
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Good for Dean Chemerinsky and those who had the courage to join him
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good for Dean Chemerinsky and those who had the courage to join him
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Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
March 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?