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congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
How I'm starting off today's class
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How I'm starting off today's class
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soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
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Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
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this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!
Opinion | DEI and Disparate Impact
The next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!
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It's appropriate that this sentiment comes after the industry realized that they haven't done anything useful in 20 years so they descended into mass psychosis over tech that does nothing but purports to do everything
2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text
February 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's appropriate that this sentiment comes after the industry realized that they haven't done anything useful in 20 years so they descended into mass psychosis over tech that does nothing but purports to do everything
Feels like a metaphor...
February 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Feels like a metaphor...
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
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Repeat this every time someone mentions DEI:
these people are segregationists and their position is that no one who isn’t a white man is qualified to do skilled work of any kind
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Repeat this every time someone mentions DEI:
Yep. STILL using this slide when talking about Aztec origin stories in class tomorrow.
January 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yep. STILL using this slide when talking about Aztec origin stories in class tomorrow.
When I first saw this, I was struck by the thought that you could just replace the temple with a colonial Catholic church or cathedral, and this would look like innumerable towns I've visited in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize.
January 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When I first saw this, I was struck by the thought that you could just replace the temple with a colonial Catholic church or cathedral, and this would look like innumerable towns I've visited in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize.
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Dear @fetterman.senate.gov --
Pennsylvania received $329.72m in funding from NSF in 2024. That is $ that paid salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes and sales taxes. Federal funding is income generating in the Commonwealth and Trump has shut it down. Don't enable him and his appointees
Pennsylvania received $329.72m in funding from NSF in 2024. That is $ that paid salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes and sales taxes. Federal funding is income generating in the Commonwealth and Trump has shut it down. Don't enable him and his appointees
January 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dear @fetterman.senate.gov --
Pennsylvania received $329.72m in funding from NSF in 2024. That is $ that paid salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes and sales taxes. Federal funding is income generating in the Commonwealth and Trump has shut it down. Don't enable him and his appointees
Pennsylvania received $329.72m in funding from NSF in 2024. That is $ that paid salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes and sales taxes. Federal funding is income generating in the Commonwealth and Trump has shut it down. Don't enable him and his appointees
The tragedy that inspired this Woody Guthrie protest song happened 77 years (1/28/1948). Hard not to see the parallels when thinking of the administration setting arrest quotas for ICE. And now ICE is in my town in central PA - our community that has become home to many refugee families.
Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos) Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Colin Wright
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The tragedy that inspired this Woody Guthrie protest song happened 77 years (1/28/1948). Hard not to see the parallels when thinking of the administration setting arrest quotas for ICE. And now ICE is in my town in central PA - our community that has become home to many refugee families.
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Danish PM Mette Frederiksen having dinner in her home with PMs of Sweden and Norway and president of Finland: "Denmark is not alone." They are our best firewall against the bullying fascism of Trump. Bet the bookcases are Billy. h/t Thomas Lauritzen
www.facebook.com/share/p/1DPE...
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January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen having dinner in her home with PMs of Sweden and Norway and president of Finland: "Denmark is not alone." They are our best firewall against the bullying fascism of Trump. Bet the bookcases are Billy. h/t Thomas Lauritzen
www.facebook.com/share/p/1DPE...
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Damn Spotify didn't have to do all that now. I mean, I'm going to listen. (This is what you get when you and your teenage daughter often use the same Spotify account.)
January 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Damn Spotify didn't have to do all that now. I mean, I'm going to listen. (This is what you get when you and your teenage daughter often use the same Spotify account.)
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i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
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I'm just a humble, small town professor. But if I've learned anything from the Hallmark Channel School of Criminal Investigation it's this. The guy who receives a mysterious deposit of say $5.6b right before radically changing course on a long-held position, is usually the one who did the crime.
January 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm just a humble, small town professor. But if I've learned anything from the Hallmark Channel School of Criminal Investigation it's this. The guy who receives a mysterious deposit of say $5.6b right before radically changing course on a long-held position, is usually the one who did the crime.
Today’s sign I’m reaching a new stage of old: my friends’ daughter is in one of my classes. I’ve known her since she was a baby.
January 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today’s sign I’m reaching a new stage of old: my friends’ daughter is in one of my classes. I’ve known her since she was a baby.
This feels like a good first BlueSky post
January 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This feels like a good first BlueSky post