It is also heavily astroturfed by bots used by bad faith actors to sow distrust between real people. There are estimates that at certain peak moments 75% of traffic on X are bots. All online spaces have this problem to some extent and the bot networks usually post on both sides of any issue

I think this is the most dangerous aspect of the Trump admin and the Roberts court. The Dems could win both houses in 2026 and mark ICE's budget as $0 and try to do this but Vought and the OMB will just say no and give them the budget from somewhere else

They have just had a staggering windfall to their budget. They want something big to justify it and to give them broader authority to do more terrible things

I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...

A government is just a form of social contract and you cannot have the former function without the latter being well enforced

You're focusing on just democratic outcomes and not enough on lack of civitas and institutional strength. You couldn't have Trump w/o the republican party and cooperative civilian elites who, since Nixon, have had the sole focus of "president should be able to do w/e he wants."

Reminds me of a video by Cal Newport on social media. It's not you, they're all designed to encourage this behavior in everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Lb...

Qatar Investment Authority, NVIDIA, and Cisco. What a combo

I’m not naive about this, my formative political memories are (1) the Supreme Court handing its preferred presidential candidate an election and (2) that president doing illegal wars. But I find it pretty grim that the main lesson of American civics education is basically a joke.

I stand corrected

This has happened with Buddhism before with Imperial Japan amongst others. There's even a wikipedia devoted to the topic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhis...