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Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
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No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.
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Presidents enjoy ample discretion in directing the armed forces, but 1) blowing up speedboats that do not pose imminent threats 2) killing people without providing any evidence that it was lawful to blow them up are not legitimate uses of that discretion.
Congress, where art thou?
Congress, where art thou?
Another US strike on a vessel alleged to be smuggling drugs in the Caribbean.
Once again, the specific entity and individuals targeted are not identified—simply labelled as "terrorists." 1/n
Once again, the specific entity and individuals targeted are not identified—simply labelled as "terrorists." 1/n
September 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Presidents enjoy ample discretion in directing the armed forces, but 1) blowing up speedboats that do not pose imminent threats 2) killing people without providing any evidence that it was lawful to blow them up are not legitimate uses of that discretion.
Congress, where art thou?
Congress, where art thou?
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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![Breaking News Consumer's Handbook
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
- "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
- "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't haveit.
- "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjoddtmp5jxzkzvt3hoqz3tt/bafkreigi2e6uxrt67htjbrfcmtpbasfuz4jvetyyecnqvxxyt45zile72y@jpeg)
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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Ok - so I'm going to do a real context+write up but for now, here's what some of these things look like.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ok - so I'm going to do a real context+write up but for now, here's what some of these things look like.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
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need people to understand that accepting or conceding that he has the authority to do these things is tantamount to giving him the authority, and so your preemptive dooming is actively counterproductive
August 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
need people to understand that accepting or conceding that he has the authority to do these things is tantamount to giving him the authority, and so your preemptive dooming is actively counterproductive
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A short history of mail balloting 🧵
August 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A short history of mail balloting 🧵
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Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
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Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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#academicsky #medsky, please sign this. It is a plea to the UC system to "Do not sacrifice our strengths & our community, deeply nurtured & protected for over 100 years, to a deeply callous &unfair federal administration that will only ask for more". tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Stand up, fight back.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#academicsky #medsky, please sign this. It is a plea to the UC system to "Do not sacrifice our strengths & our community, deeply nurtured & protected for over 100 years, to a deeply callous &unfair federal administration that will only ask for more". tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Stand up, fight back.
Stand up, fight back.
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1/ Hi there. I'm your friendly neighborhood political scientist and it just so happens that I've published on this very question. Ezra - though I respect him and his organizing work tremendously, is 100% completely wrong on this.
One of the best things that could happen for Dem prospects of taking the House next year would be a wave a primary challenges to "roll over and play dead" Dems to make clear we are cleaning house and there's a new fight-back party in charge.
Not sure I or my client can illustrate the danger and likely failure of continuing this strategy any more starkly than this:
chartingthewayforward.substack.com/p/what-we-kn...
chartingthewayforward.substack.com/p/what-we-kn...
July 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
1/ Hi there. I'm your friendly neighborhood political scientist and it just so happens that I've published on this very question. Ezra - though I respect him and his organizing work tremendously, is 100% completely wrong on this.
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The commissars are literally using government power to attack and suppress political speech. Whatever you think about "cancel culture," this is 100x worse. Deeply authoritarian.
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The commissars are literally using government power to attack and suppress political speech. Whatever you think about "cancel culture," this is 100x worse. Deeply authoritarian.
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The danger in Columbia's deal: "This emerging model raises profound concerns not just for universities’ budgets and independence but also for the rule of law."
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
Balkinization: Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The danger in Columbia's deal: "This emerging model raises profound concerns not just for universities’ budgets and independence but also for the rule of law."
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
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In my latest at @misofact.bsky.social I draw on political science findings to explain why Trump’s populist government passed a deeply unpopular and regressive set of policies. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...
Why do populist governments pass unpopular policies?
Populists don't stay in power by being popular—they stay in power by keeping people mad.
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In my latest at @misofact.bsky.social I draw on political science findings to explain why Trump’s populist government passed a deeply unpopular and regressive set of policies. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...
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Dems think they’re rising above partisan politics by killing impeachment. Really they’re falling down on constitutional duty. Trump illegally bombs Iran without Congress, 128 Dems + leadership join the GOP. We can’t confuse complicity for pragmatism. You don’t fight authoritarianism by enabling it.
June 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Dems think they’re rising above partisan politics by killing impeachment. Really they’re falling down on constitutional duty. Trump illegally bombs Iran without Congress, 128 Dems + leadership join the GOP. We can’t confuse complicity for pragmatism. You don’t fight authoritarianism by enabling it.
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No serious attempt yet, before or after, to persuade the public (or provide legal justification) that Iran posed an imminent threat to the US.
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
No serious attempt yet, before or after, to persuade the public (or provide legal justification) that Iran posed an imminent threat to the US.
Remember when Congress (both houses!) said it was illegal for Trump to attack Iran and Trump vetoed the bill? www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...
www.congress.gov
June 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Remember when Congress (both houses!) said it was illegal for Trump to attack Iran and Trump vetoed the bill? www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...