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Erik Johnson
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Curious about psychology, behavioral change, and decision making. Music, film, and cocktail enthusiast. Proud Chicagoan and Spartan.
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It cannot be overstated how insane and dangerous this argument is. They're saying that the government can illegally abduct and imprison people—and even admit that it screwed up!—and then remove the ability of any court to intervene by shipping the victim to a foreign gulag.
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Important to find joy in hard times, so don't feel bad about reveling in schadenfreude for the people who were willing to overlook everything else as long as they got richer.
April 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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They’re realizing the tariffs might not be as good as they thought?
April 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I think this is beyond the tariffs at this point. Global markets have lost confidence in the United States government.
April 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The US is supposed to be hosting the World Cup in 14 months...
Unreal: the story of an Australian MMA coach sent to a harrowing detention prison upon arriving in the US with a visa to lead a seminar.

In case you had any doubt if it’s worth the risk of trying to enter the US unless absolutely necessary.

www.instagram.com/p/DIEA_nBpCC...
April 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A funny thing is that "how would they treat a Democratic President in the same situation" thing is totally hypothetical because all the huge market crashes in my lifetime happened under Republicans.
April 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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email jobs are a triumph of human civilization and your ancestors schemed, bribed and murdered to get the pre-modern equivalent whenever they could.
April 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Crazy to say but this may actually be the best possible timeline for the country's long term future.

An economic crash is the likely the only thing that can really turn the powers that be against this admin in a meaningful way. Anyone with power will be forced to push back soon.
April 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Frustrating ending but doesn’t take away what this squad accomplished. Up there as one of my favorite Spartan hoops teams. Will always cherish this season
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One Battle After Another commercial during March Madness six months before it comes out. PTA has some real muscle behind this one.
March 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
No team in this tournament is unbeatable.
March 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Most stressed I've been for a sporting event in a long time but survived and advanced. GO GREEN
March 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Had Maryland and Texas Tech in a survivor pool the last two rounds
March 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
March 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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happy 10th anniversary (!!) to the greatest blog that ever blogged
I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out
The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.
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March 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
March 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Nah, definitely no classified information in those texts. Release them? Oh… nah… nah… no problem, of course.
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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March 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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asking the barber to "give me the n64"
Lmao what the hell is this haircut for Liberty’s head coach.
March 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
the wait between Selection Sunday and tip-off has been absolutely agonizing
an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
ALT: an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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society erred when we removed the computer from its honored place in the home and ushered it into every part of our profane world. we must rebuild the temple of the Computer Room
March 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are SO back
First teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’

• Starring Leonardo DiCaprio
• Releasing in theaters September 26
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM