Joshua Katz
@jalankatz.bsky.social
Paramedic turned teacher turned lawyer. Work in government; political appointee. Globalist liberal institutionalist. NeverTrump, NeverTreason, Free Ukraine. Follow for law, politics, philosophy, and pro wrestling. Vaccines are good.
Just ran into the most thin-skinned college professor I've seen around here. Also had no idea why statistics are useful to people, which is fine, but you don't get to not understand it and be arrogant about it. But it happens when your day-to-day is students.
March 31, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Just ran into the most thin-skinned college professor I've seen around here. Also had no idea why statistics are useful to people, which is fine, but you don't get to not understand it and be arrogant about it. But it happens when your day-to-day is students.
The response to "we'll be violent if you lock him up" is "yea, that's scary, but you're also violent if the coffee siren doesn't say Merry Christmas, so we've decided just to fight back."
March 31, 2024 at 1:29 AM
The response to "we'll be violent if you lock him up" is "yea, that's scary, but you're also violent if the coffee siren doesn't say Merry Christmas, so we've decided just to fight back."
Do people realize how easy it is for ordinary people to get their release revoked?
March 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Do people realize how easy it is for ordinary people to get their release revoked?
A lot of religious texts just talk about real things in symbolic ways (which is why Hugo's use of religion as symbol for reality is so powerful). For instance, the Antichrist is shrouded in mysticism, but it's just really about a guy like Trump.
March 30, 2024 at 10:07 PM
A lot of religious texts just talk about real things in symbolic ways (which is why Hugo's use of religion as symbol for reality is so powerful). For instance, the Antichrist is shrouded in mysticism, but it's just really about a guy like Trump.
I used to teach very basic crytography as part of my math classes, so I want to understand what happened, but there's no way I'm going to. I'm so glad I'm not teaching that anymore and getting questions on it.
March 30, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I used to teach very basic crytography as part of my math classes, so I want to understand what happened, but there's no way I'm going to. I'm so glad I'm not teaching that anymore and getting questions on it.
I wake up most mornings in a rage that Ds in control of both chambers took no steps whatsoever to not seat/expel under 14a insurrectionists in their ranks. Big mistake to have chosen leadership based on seniority rather than seeking wartime leadership. We needed a war cabinet.
March 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I wake up most mornings in a rage that Ds in control of both chambers took no steps whatsoever to not seat/expel under 14a insurrectionists in their ranks. Big mistake to have chosen leadership based on seniority rather than seeking wartime leadership. We needed a war cabinet.
I feel like we already lost. Even if Biden wins in 2024, which looks harder to do every day, does it matter? When this much of the population wants fascism, and this many will threaten whoever he wants threatened, how do we work as a county?
March 30, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I feel like we already lost. Even if Biden wins in 2024, which looks harder to do every day, does it matter? When this much of the population wants fascism, and this many will threaten whoever he wants threatened, how do we work as a county?
There's a certain logic out there that says, well, stupid libs care about preventing fascism, we don't, so nominate our person and the libs will vote for them, but we don't give a shit so we won't vote for a lib. Hostage-taker logic.
March 30, 2024 at 2:26 AM
There's a certain logic out there that says, well, stupid libs care about preventing fascism, we don't, so nominate our person and the libs will vote for them, but we don't give a shit so we won't vote for a lib. Hostage-taker logic.
God, not everything is about you...but this particular thing? Yea, that's about you.
March 30, 2024 at 1:55 AM
God, not everything is about you...but this particular thing? Yea, that's about you.
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the thing with caving to bigotry, besides being unconscionable, is that it actually makes things worse for you politically
it signals to people that the bigots have a point - and if that’s true, well, why wouldn’t they go with the people screaming about it the loudest if it’s such a problem?
it signals to people that the bigots have a point - and if that’s true, well, why wouldn’t they go with the people screaming about it the loudest if it’s such a problem?
March 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
the thing with caving to bigotry, besides being unconscionable, is that it actually makes things worse for you politically
it signals to people that the bigots have a point - and if that’s true, well, why wouldn’t they go with the people screaming about it the loudest if it’s such a problem?
it signals to people that the bigots have a point - and if that’s true, well, why wouldn’t they go with the people screaming about it the loudest if it’s such a problem?
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you could even look at everything coming out of the right since 2016 as an effort to prevent an obama from ever happening again
March 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
you could even look at everything coming out of the right since 2016 as an effort to prevent an obama from ever happening again
Obama both a) was us breaking the contract they imagined we had, where "they" can vote, with suppression, but not be in charge, and b) a thoroughly traumatic experience for them that broke their brains and left them unable to participate in society rationally. You need to acknowledge both.
The TNC thesis that Trump is an expression of white backlash to the Obama presidency feels right, and I don’t know why people need to link it to foreign traditions of fascism, which there are plenty of, to feel an urgency about opposing it.
March 28, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Obama both a) was us breaking the contract they imagined we had, where "they" can vote, with suppression, but not be in charge, and b) a thoroughly traumatic experience for them that broke their brains and left them unable to participate in society rationally. You need to acknowledge both.
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Yep the next time they want to make a Black person the editor of the Harvard Law Review they’re going to have a *long* conversation about optics and politics etc. and they’ll probably have to spend some resources if they follow through. They’re raising the cost of accepting Black people in spaces.
March 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Yep the next time they want to make a Black person the editor of the Harvard Law Review they’re going to have a *long* conversation about optics and politics etc. and they’ll probably have to spend some resources if they follow through. They’re raising the cost of accepting Black people in spaces.
Had to scroll back up to see if it's fake, because I remember when they poisoned a guy making Wizard of Oz.
March 28, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Had to scroll back up to see if it's fake, because I remember when they poisoned a guy making Wizard of Oz.
When I was in law school, a clerkship was the thing, and a Supreme Court clerkship the ultimate. Not just for the types who knew the AmLaw rankings by heart, but for the real nerds. It's hard to imagine that type even wanting one anymore, gotta be all people looking for $400k from JD or KE now.
March 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
When I was in law school, a clerkship was the thing, and a Supreme Court clerkship the ultimate. Not just for the types who knew the AmLaw rankings by heart, but for the real nerds. It's hard to imagine that type even wanting one anymore, gotta be all people looking for $400k from JD or KE now.
This is what we all need to be doing. Not because they'll be shamed, not at all, but because there are people out there who can be convinced.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott:
"What they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say, but they don’t have the courage to say the N-word."
www.mediaite.com/tv/they-dont...
"What they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say, but they don’t have the courage to say the N-word."
www.mediaite.com/tv/they-dont...
‘They Don’t Have the Courage to Say the N-Word’: Baltimore Mayor Rips Those Who Called Him a ‘DEI Mayor’
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott accused critics of not having
www.mediaite.com
March 28, 2024 at 2:58 PM
This is what we all need to be doing. Not because they'll be shamed, not at all, but because there are people out there who can be convinced.
What they ignore is that if anyone wanted to engage in terrorism to shut down transportation, it would probably be the sorts of people who engage in terrorism to shut down power grids and who regularly plot to shut down transportation in other ways, i.e. the right.
March 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
What they ignore is that if anyone wanted to engage in terrorism to shut down transportation, it would probably be the sorts of people who engage in terrorism to shut down power grids and who regularly plot to shut down transportation in other ways, i.e. the right.
Just take Trump off the general election ballot close to the election. When people say the Supreme Court said not to do that, scream "Purcell" in their faces.
March 28, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Just take Trump off the general election ballot close to the election. When people say the Supreme Court said not to do that, scream "Purcell" in their faces.
"Christie may seem anti-Trump, but he's still a Republican/conservative." That's what we want. We want conservatives to recognize the danger. I don't understand gatekeeping opposition to fascism.
March 28, 2024 at 2:33 PM
"Christie may seem anti-Trump, but he's still a Republican/conservative." That's what we want. We want conservatives to recognize the danger. I don't understand gatekeeping opposition to fascism.
He's on bail!
Nice daughter you have there, would be a shame if something happened
March 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
He's on bail!
🍎Killing the thread.
If you see this, post a doc
March 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🍎Killing the thread.
We need more people voting for Biden for this specific reason. It's not enough to support Biden, and it's not enough for Biden to win. He needs to win because of what Trump is, or else we'll continue to live with this sword over our heads.
'Trump is a screaming lunatic': Reluctant Biden voters reveal why they'll back him in 2024 www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-...
'Trump is a screaming lunatic': Reluctant Biden voters reveal why they'll back him in 2024
The 2024 election is likely to turn on the decision of voters who are dissatisfied with both candidates — whether they stick with President Joe Biden, opt for former President Donald Trump, or simply ...
www.rawstory.com
March 27, 2024 at 2:22 PM
We need more people voting for Biden for this specific reason. It's not enough to support Biden, and it's not enough for Biden to win. He needs to win because of what Trump is, or else we'll continue to live with this sword over our heads.
We need people to wake up to the threat. It isn't enough to win. If Biden wins on other messages, there will not be pressure from voters to do something about this, and there will be another 4 years of fear before an election that may tip us into fascism. We need people to care about this.
March 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
We need people to wake up to the threat. It isn't enough to win. If Biden wins on other messages, there will not be pressure from voters to do something about this, and there will be another 4 years of fear before an election that may tip us into fascism. We need people to care about this.
No, because issues are only important to certain people until progress is made on them, then it's "fuck you, what about this other thing?" forever.
New, from me:
Biden has forgiven $144 billion in student loan debt, and his SAVE IDR can reduce student loan debt in the long run.
Will Biden get credit for this? If Trump returns, he will roll back or undermine these debt reduction programs.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/biden-dese...
Biden has forgiven $144 billion in student loan debt, and his SAVE IDR can reduce student loan debt in the long run.
Will Biden get credit for this? If Trump returns, he will roll back or undermine these debt reduction programs.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/biden-dese...
Biden deserves more credit on student loan reduction
How the politics of credit and blame intersects with the student debt crisis
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM
No, because issues are only important to certain people until progress is made on them, then it's "fuck you, what about this other thing?" forever.
It's a standing argument that made it to the Supreme Court, Michael. How bananas can it be? Ten dollars?
March 27, 2024 at 2:00 AM
It's a standing argument that made it to the Supreme Court, Michael. How bananas can it be? Ten dollars?