So many pundits who rail against “woke culture” have never really inhabited the spaces they complain about. You see this with most posts about universities, cities, cancel culture, etc. They’re criticizing a caricature they imagined.

Truer words never spoken, Viceroy

Fuck Gorka. Bring Abrego Garcia home.

In addition to all the other reasons why this is bad, I’ll note that Kansas City is a very blue bubble within Missouri and is often punished by Republicans in Jeff City for daring to vote for Democrats

And what do the gain in the tradeoff? Zilch. Conservatives hated them already and have their own party and candidates to vote for. Leftists hate them for betraying them on policy after paying lip service to their causes. Liberals hate them for rubber stamping trump’s appointments without pushback.

Kamala’s lethal military, Newsom throwing trans kids under the bus, the 180 on police funding.

They’ve very publicly thrown out all their supposed values and in the process are destroying their credibility for the rest of their careers.

You have to remember that at its core the legal profession is amoral. Our ethics are entirely based around loyalty to the client and the few rules that acknowledge a greater responsibility are relatively novel.

These guys are basically mercenaries with the veneer of credibility that academia brings

Are there any lessons we can learn from Poland? I assume Tusk faced similar challenges after taking power back from PiS.

Lmao Adams sold out his most vulnerable constituents to save his ass from prison. He’s already demonstrated he lacks the capacity to govern in the best interest of NYC.

I’m finishing up Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric Weitz and would recommend that if you’re looking for history with some lessons for today

Increasing the labor supply while carrying out mass deportations… lowering aggregate demand without a recession… who’s gonna tell him this is all a pipe dream