“How can I be blamed for sexting with a source I was profiling? After all, 9/11.”

During the W. era, the narrative of personal redemption was significant for the self-conception of that very evangelical-driven movement. Now, from Vance to Nuzzi, here the source of sin is located in the parents, where there’s much less empathy for alcoholism than a redemptive narrative allows.

If someone told me this was already available for download, I would believe them.

what's so crazy-making about this oral argument (which I'll write about when it's done) is that the GOP justices are saying 'yes the officials knew they were violating his rights, but they didn't know they could be *sued and have to pay $$ for that, seems unfair'

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