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I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
I don’t necessarily disagree with this prediction, but I do think it would be helpful for people if litigators and legal scholars wrote about what happens if they’re wrong and the court does rule in the administration’s favor
To give some sense of why I am so confident about this, I have talked to MANY other litigators on these issues, some of the top people in the country, and my views are almost universally held. The broad consensus among pretty much everyone I know is that the Court will rule against him on this.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
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4/ I'd also point out that one of the problems with job cut announcements is that they're an unrepresentative sample. The more unrepresentative, the less of an impact we'll see on actual layoffs.
So the "white collar worker" argument implies an ultimately smaller impact.
So the "white collar worker" argument implies an ultimately smaller impact.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
4/ I'd also point out that one of the problems with job cut announcements is that they're an unrepresentative sample. The more unrepresentative, the less of an impact we'll see on actual layoffs.
So the "white collar worker" argument implies an ultimately smaller impact.
So the "white collar worker" argument implies an ultimately smaller impact.
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Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:
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The more nakedly partisan the court majority acts, the more I think they'll strike down the tariffs because I think it would be a net benefit to Republican electoral prospects.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The more nakedly partisan the court majority acts, the more I think they'll strike down the tariffs because I think it would be a net benefit to Republican electoral prospects.
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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Google's crawler for search and Gemini training sees 3.2 times more web data than OpenAI's crawler and even more than Microsoft and others, according to Cloudflare's Matthew Price revealing the new stat at @wired.com's #WIREDBigInterview event.
He chalks that up to why Gemini is improving.
He chalks that up to why Gemini is improving.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Google's crawler for search and Gemini training sees 3.2 times more web data than OpenAI's crawler and even more than Microsoft and others, according to Cloudflare's Matthew Price revealing the new stat at @wired.com's #WIREDBigInterview event.
He chalks that up to why Gemini is improving.
He chalks that up to why Gemini is improving.
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Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Zohran points to City of Yes as an initiative to build on 👏
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Zohran points to City of Yes as an initiative to build on 👏
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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ORACLE’S 5-YEAR CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS JUST CLOSED AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009.
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ORACLE’S 5-YEAR CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS JUST CLOSED AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009.
A lot of TN-07 voters living on/near Fort Campbell who may have strong opinions about war crimes have an opportunity to vote tomorrow
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A lot of TN-07 voters living on/near Fort Campbell who may have strong opinions about war crimes have an opportunity to vote tomorrow
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VANKE ONSHORE BOND "21 VANKE 06" PLUNGES OVER 30%, HALTS TRADING FOR SECOND TIME. #VANKE
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
VANKE ONSHORE BOND "21 VANKE 06" PLUNGES OVER 30%, HALTS TRADING FOR SECOND TIME. #VANKE
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The discovery of 68 boxes of undisclosed 9/11 toxin records is outrageous and heartbreaking for the FDNY families who’ve already lost 400 heroes from exposure to Ground Zero toxins.
I stand with FDNY members demanding clarity and accountability. The 9/11 community has waited long enough.
I stand with FDNY members demanding clarity and accountability. The 9/11 community has waited long enough.
NYC long claimed it had no info on the 9/11 toxins at Ground Zero. Now they have 68 boxes worth.
The materials, ironically, included a directive from the city Law Department written two decades ago ordering the agency to save and preserve any information about the terror attacks and its afterm…
www.nydailynews.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The discovery of 68 boxes of undisclosed 9/11 toxin records is outrageous and heartbreaking for the FDNY families who’ve already lost 400 heroes from exposure to Ground Zero toxins.
I stand with FDNY members demanding clarity and accountability. The 9/11 community has waited long enough.
I stand with FDNY members demanding clarity and accountability. The 9/11 community has waited long enough.
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Honestly we can see this happening already with Yimbyism but I do kind of think pro-market, anti-monopoly policy becoming left-coded would be an extremely good development
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Honestly we can see this happening already with Yimbyism but I do kind of think pro-market, anti-monopoly policy becoming left-coded would be an extremely good development
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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This is murder. Hegseth thinks he will get away with it because the people around him are more committed to aiding and abetting his crimes than upholding the rule of law. I wouldn't take that bet if I were him, or the people around him. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is murder. Hegseth thinks he will get away with it because the people around him are more committed to aiding and abetting his crimes than upholding the rule of law. I wouldn't take that bet if I were him, or the people around him. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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There has been no breathless roadblock coverage of this shooting on cable channels or in major newspapers, afaik. wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There has been no breathless roadblock coverage of this shooting on cable channels or in major newspapers, afaik. wgme.com/news/local/i...
I have nuanced thoughts about the state of media and the causes of its weakening, but the basic consequence of this pathetic lack of integrity is I simply don’t tune in to these types of interviews
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I have nuanced thoughts about the state of media and the causes of its weakening, but the basic consequence of this pathetic lack of integrity is I simply don’t tune in to these types of interviews
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ZELENSKIY AIDE YERMAK: “AS LONG AS ZELENSKIY IS PRESIDENT, UKRAINE WILL NOT GIVE UP TERRITORY” — THE ATLANTIC
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
ZELENSKIY AIDE YERMAK: “AS LONG AS ZELENSKIY IS PRESIDENT, UKRAINE WILL NOT GIVE UP TERRITORY” — THE ATLANTIC
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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New York hotels aren’t getting cheaper anytime soon.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New York hotels aren’t getting cheaper anytime soon.