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v pleased Sotomayor just said this same damn thing at oral argument in the tariffs case like UM didn't we say in the student loans case??
DOJ said this is different bc there's a foreign emergency; Sotomayor said ok bet, so we say global warming is an emergency and then we can have loan forgiveness?
DOJ said this is different bc there's a foreign emergency; Sotomayor said ok bet, so we say global warming is an emergency and then we can have loan forgiveness?
Every time I see Trump claim vast powers over economic policy that the Constitution does not give him, often only for the Supreme Court to step in and go 'seems legit,' I can't help but think about the Court carrying on as if canceling some student loan debt was shocking executive overreach
In a trio of cases, two currently pending before the Supreme Court and one that is likely to land on the justices’ doorstep as soon as Tuesday, President Donald Trump claims new powers that, if he prevails, would give him near-total control over all US fiscal and monetary policy.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
v pleased Sotomayor just said this same damn thing at oral argument in the tariffs case like UM didn't we say in the student loans case??
DOJ said this is different bc there's a foreign emergency; Sotomayor said ok bet, so we say global warming is an emergency and then we can have loan forgiveness?
DOJ said this is different bc there's a foreign emergency; Sotomayor said ok bet, so we say global warming is an emergency and then we can have loan forgiveness?
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The predictable path to this was in part paved by big liberal electeds, responding to liberal voter demands, doing softer gentler less ambitious versions of this, and expecting that the other party wouldn’t have the pornographic version to the Dems’ erotica
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The predictable path to this was in part paved by big liberal electeds, responding to liberal voter demands, doing softer gentler less ambitious versions of this, and expecting that the other party wouldn’t have the pornographic version to the Dems’ erotica
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It should be called Hurricane Exxon.
To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It should be called Hurricane Exxon.
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Moral clarity is so important in this moment and Ezra Klein is an empty vessel
"You can't defeat bad ideas by adopting them. You can't grow a coalition by selling out its members. And you can't persuade people who disagree with you that you can be trusted to fight for them when you won't even fight for those you say are with you." www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Moral clarity is so important in this moment and Ezra Klein is an empty vessel
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LMAO this is just another Abundance, another billionaire-funded scam trying to undermine the Democratic Party and ensure that even if they do win, they don't do anything too upsetting to Thiel and Sacks
i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
LMAO this is just another Abundance, another billionaire-funded scam trying to undermine the Democratic Party and ensure that even if they do win, they don't do anything too upsetting to Thiel and Sacks
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Gonna need media outlets to stop being like “Trump considers running again.”
The story is Trump considers openly disregarding the U.S. Constitution.
The story is Trump considers openly disregarding the U.S. Constitution.
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Gonna need media outlets to stop being like “Trump considers running again.”
The story is Trump considers openly disregarding the U.S. Constitution.
The story is Trump considers openly disregarding the U.S. Constitution.
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I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Wall Street Journal tis telling its readership about the piece we just published from our new book MASTER PLAN which shows how public campaign finance systems threaten oligarchs' power.
The original piece is here: www.levernews.com/how-zohran-m...
Get the book here: LeverNews.com/book
The original piece is here: www.levernews.com/how-zohran-m...
Get the book here: LeverNews.com/book
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Wall Street Journal tis telling its readership about the piece we just published from our new book MASTER PLAN which shows how public campaign finance systems threaten oligarchs' power.
The original piece is here: www.levernews.com/how-zohran-m...
Get the book here: LeverNews.com/book
The original piece is here: www.levernews.com/how-zohran-m...
Get the book here: LeverNews.com/book
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The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
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These are the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. I think this is bad for society.
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
These are the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. I think this is bad for society.
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love to see it. curious which unions will respond
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
love to see it. curious which unions will respond
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Insecure incompents who get patronage jobs they're not qualified for immediately descend into paranoia about their disloyal staffs. It is an inevitable expression of their insecurity.
so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Insecure incompents who get patronage jobs they're not qualified for immediately descend into paranoia about their disloyal staffs. It is an inevitable expression of their insecurity.
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So many willingly gullible reporters, editors and elected officials helped to facilitate this by accusing millions of being poor sports for not cheering the "ceasefire"
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7g8svh
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7g8svh
October 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So many willingly gullible reporters, editors and elected officials helped to facilitate this by accusing millions of being poor sports for not cheering the "ceasefire"
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⚠️ October "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever in the United States
(Wikipedia has already been updated accordingly.)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
(Wikipedia has already been updated accordingly.)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5.2-8.2 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
⚠️ October "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever in the United States
(Wikipedia has already been updated accordingly.)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
(Wikipedia has already been updated accordingly.)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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some folks I think legit are not interested in winning because their whole thing is being more righteous. For the rest of us, get onboard because I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
I realize that all the "we are going to win" inspiration posting codes as aesthetically liberal (being left is being unimpressed) and invites the responses you'd guess from a certain genre of more radical than thou poster but still surprised at the particular condescension strategies people go for
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
some folks I think legit are not interested in winning because their whole thing is being more righteous. For the rest of us, get onboard because I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
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After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
October 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
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Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
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For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.
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At least as important as the hundreds of thousands in NYC, LA, DC, etc.
This is one of the *small* protests in Delco, Pa. (Havertown) - hundreds already out here, amid a cacophony of honking horns
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
At least as important as the hundreds of thousands in NYC, LA, DC, etc.
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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The record protests are the 6th headline down on the NYT mobile app.
HOLD UP. George Santos is the lead story on the @nytimes.com website on Saturday night? Not the millions of Americans protesting Donald Trump today at 2,700 events in all 50 states? Come on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
October 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The record protests are the 6th headline down on the NYT mobile app.
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when ICE has lost Ari Cohn, arch libertarian whose approach generally enables billionaires, you know they have gone very far. Good for Cohn for saying this.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
when ICE has lost Ari Cohn, arch libertarian whose approach generally enables billionaires, you know they have gone very far. Good for Cohn for saying this.