NDAs can’t be used to cover up criminal or illegal behavior.

But this could also be a matter of legal counsel providing guidance based on future activity or depositions.

There are all sorts of reasons to not answer in public.

We used to have media where a mainstream circulation would react today with a straightforward headline like “Trump Feasts While America Starves” to sell papers or subscriptions.

But I guess that time is at an end and there is no mainstream newspaper revenue in criticizing the government.

Call. Clay should make a video of himself grocery shopping in his district on $90 a week.

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The easiest job in America is being part of Hakeem Jeffries’ team because there are no consequences for being completely out of touch with every major American constituency.

I guess ICE needs to protect the farmer’s markets and artisanal donut shops. 🤣

I mean, Portland is weird in its own way, but as a crime city it’s actually pretty boring

Why would the approval rating for an unelected official matter? As long as RFK has one vote, the rest don’t matter.

This is actually not a bad strategy: provide cover for your work, pay off your critic, and make sure he is too incompetent to provide any meaningful feedback.

Does anybody really think Rob Starbuck is going to weigh models or write custom prompts going into production?

6. This makes it impossible to engage in anything other than the shortest-term, most incremental research.

Far-reaching, innovative, creative, world-changing research will no longer take place in the United States.

Consider this community college President, talking about initiatives that target women and people of color. Durham, where his college is located, needs more people. The community college is going after people who might not think of themselves as e.g. possible factory workers.

“Deal” assumes some level of mutual understanding and agreement.

This is more of “regulation by personal whim.” Schools can’t assume there is an endpoint or a fixed goal; they will just keep being asked to kiss the ring and show obeisance.

The dude literally has a second grade understanding of math. It all makes sense if you think of a 9 year old second grade bully who desperately wants to be liked.

Is Plano part of Brooklyn or Queens? I always lose track

To be fair, American journalists always take Trump’s bait and give up their initial line of questioning. So why not?

You can hate the player, but he’s just playing the game that works every single time.