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If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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one of the projects of the court is to expand the ability of states to pursue reactionary ends and constrain the ability of the federal government to set minimum standards *or* of democratic-led states to expand upon existing rights
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
one of the projects of the court is to expand the ability of states to pursue reactionary ends and constrain the ability of the federal government to set minimum standards *or* of democratic-led states to expand upon existing rights
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EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that the 16 states with total or near-total abortion bans have sustained more than $64 billion in economic losses annually since the fall of Roe.
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.
A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.
www.motherjones.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that the 16 states with total or near-total abortion bans have sustained more than $64 billion in economic losses annually since the fall of Roe.
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Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf
ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method
ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref
erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi
ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi
ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreicg7mx5lddzyvnoguvadwnojtm7xcu2sf34hhizuapfesk46w7kli@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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yes. they literally blame higher education for a social order that doesn’t give unquestioned deference to people like themselves
I do not think people are actually seriously calibrated for how rabidly anti-university the MAGA right is and how core that is to their policy goals. It is probably the #2 issue after immigration for them, and for some of them it’s higher.
May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
yes. they literally blame higher education for a social order that doesn’t give unquestioned deference to people like themselves
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Real fun episode this week!! We did a rapid-fire mailbag response. In under and hour, we cover risks to U.S. economic data, college tuition, taxes, bonds, degrowth, mortgages, tariffs vs. income taxes, wealth concentration, and why the future can’t be built on lies.
rss.com/podcasts/opt...
rss.com/podcasts/opt...
Optimist Lightning Round: The Economist Takes Your Questions | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Kathryn answers listeners’ economic questions, with Robin’s stopwatch running. In under an hour, we cover risks to U.S. economic data, college tuition, taxes, bonds, degrowth, mortgages, tariffs vs. i...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Real fun episode this week!! We did a rapid-fire mailbag response. In under and hour, we cover risks to U.S. economic data, college tuition, taxes, bonds, degrowth, mortgages, tariffs vs. income taxes, wealth concentration, and why the future can’t be built on lies.
rss.com/podcasts/opt...
rss.com/podcasts/opt...
Ending on an optimistic note! @kedseconomist.com “The future is built off of what we can meaningfully change for the better.”
Optimist Lightning Round: The Economist Takes Your Questions
Optimist Economy · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ending on an optimistic note! @kedseconomist.com “The future is built off of what we can meaningfully change for the better.”
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"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health and freedom
We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most
basic.
www.thelancet.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Stolen Pallor
JD Vance’s Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end
DUP-commissioned report fails to find a link between JD Vance — a self-declared Scots-Irish — and Ireland.
DUP-commissioned report fails to find a link between JD Vance — a self-declared Scots-Irish — and Ireland.
JD Vance’s Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end
DUP-commissioned report fails to find a link between Donald Trump’s vice-president — a self-declared Scots-Irish — and Ireland
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Stolen Pallor
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“Young Chinese women have small hands”
May 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Young Chinese women have small hands”
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anyway as i've argued before any class politics worth its name is not going to treat identity as an obstacle to solidarity but as an asset. "we all suffer in different ways under capitalism and the only way to relieve your particular suffering is to help me relieve mine and vice versa."
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
anyway as i've argued before any class politics worth its name is not going to treat identity as an obstacle to solidarity but as an asset. "we all suffer in different ways under capitalism and the only way to relieve your particular suffering is to help me relieve mine and vice versa."
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
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Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
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Yes. And to be that person - our country’s political system and economy was foundationally shaped by the ownership, surveillance, and abuse of racialized human bodies. The nation’s failure to fully grapple with that brings everyone harm.
November 14, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Yes. And to be that person - our country’s political system and economy was foundationally shaped by the ownership, surveillance, and abuse of racialized human bodies. The nation’s failure to fully grapple with that brings everyone harm.
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"We live for books."
Umberto Eco.
🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.
Umberto Eco.
🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.
November 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
"We live for books."
Umberto Eco.
🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.
Umberto Eco.
🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.