qhardy
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Nobody on their deathbed ever said, "I wish I'd been less grateful."
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@qhardy.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Never, ever, think you've already made your life's worst mistake.
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Here's how Jim Comey mocks Pam Bondi's attempt to retroactively make Lindsey Halligan a magical pony on Halloween.
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![On October 31, 2025—36 days after Ms. Halligan purported to secure the indictment, 31
days after the statute of limitations had expired, and 11 days after Mr. Comey had filed his motion
to dismiss—the Attorney General purported to “appoint Ms. Halligan to the additional position of
Special Attorney, as of September 22, 2025, and thereby ratify her employment as an attorney of
the Department of Justice from that date going forward.” ECF No. 137-1. But that action cannot
retroactively transform Ms. Halligan into an authorized government attorney on the day she
purported to secure the indictment. In Lucia, for instance, the Supreme Court found an
Appointments Clause violation and set aside an adjudication because the relevant official “heard
and decided [the petitioner’s] case without the kind of appointment the [Appointments] Clause
requires.” 585 U.S. at 251. It did not matter that the official’s “prior appointment[]” had been
“ratif[ied]” by a Head of Department after the adjudication had been completed and “[w]hile th[e]
case was on judicial review.” Id. at 252 n.6. If such a post hoc ratification of a prior invalid
appointment sufficed, then the government could moot every Appointments Clause challenge.
The government cites no authority suggesting that an invalid appointment can be excused
so long as the government allegedly “intended” to vest the relevant official “with the powers” of](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreif47wlavvtkcmm3xbwy76l2owgnsxuxqkm4uc6vmjlkupk2l66uwy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Here's how Jim Comey mocks Pam Bondi's attempt to retroactively make Lindsey Halligan a magical pony on Halloween.
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meanwhile, even more people will lose healthcare
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
meanwhile, even more people will lose healthcare
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Republicans treat Democrats in D.C. like chumps even before the vote.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Republicans treat Democrats in D.C. like chumps even before the vote.
A convincing theory about intelligence, Andrew Ross Sorkin's excellent book, and remembering how good it is to wonder if you're wrong. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/two-or-mor...
Two (Or More) Wrongs
Changing my mind about changing my mind
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A convincing theory about intelligence, Andrew Ross Sorkin's excellent book, and remembering how good it is to wonder if you're wrong. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/two-or-mor...
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Celebrate accordingly.
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Celebrate accordingly.
That stat is terrifying.
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
That stat is terrifying.
I'm surprised we haven't seen them already.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm surprised we haven't seen them already.
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Cuomo and his billionaires spent $65 per vote. Mamdani and his backers spent $15.81 per vote. Who’s the fiscally responsible one here?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
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Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Cuomo and his billionaires spent $65 per vote. Mamdani and his backers spent $15.81 per vote. Who’s the fiscally responsible one here?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
Someone has never had a decent plate of goat curry.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Someone has never had a decent plate of goat curry.
If each dollar in Nvidia's $5 trillion valuation was a single second of time, the total would be over 150,000 years, the time it takes The North American Tectonic Plate, and a person's fingernails, to advance 2.5 miles.
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI Analogies "R" US
Making the big numbers bite-sized, like they do in Journalism.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If each dollar in Nvidia's $5 trillion valuation was a single second of time, the total would be over 150,000 years, the time it takes The North American Tectonic Plate, and a person's fingernails, to advance 2.5 miles.
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
Most populous country in Africa, sixth largest in the world; six cities with a pop >1 million; 50% Muslim/48% Christian; >300 ethnic groups speaking >500 languages; tropical rain forest in the south, desert in the north, w/ mountains, plains, swamps & jungles; he can't name the leader.
Let's roll!
Let's roll!
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Most populous country in Africa, sixth largest in the world; six cities with a pop >1 million; 50% Muslim/48% Christian; >300 ethnic groups speaking >500 languages; tropical rain forest in the south, desert in the north, w/ mountains, plains, swamps & jungles; he can't name the leader.
Let's roll!
Let's roll!
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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Texas thread:
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Texas thread:
Must be interesting to be a Republican congressperson of at least minimal intelligence, looking at Trump's popularity, yesterday's election results, and the Supreme Court faceplant, and thinking, "J.D. Vance is his successor."
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Must be interesting to be a Republican congressperson of at least minimal intelligence, looking at Trump's popularity, yesterday's election results, and the Supreme Court faceplant, and thinking, "J.D. Vance is his successor."
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Looks like a nail salon
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Looks like a nail salon
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
I can't believe I grew up in this country.
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I can't believe I grew up in this country.
When it ends with a personal question asking you to respond, it's probably AI.
Hey @colsonwhitehead.com you definitely have an AI-impersonator sending emails pretending it is you
(I've also received similar emails impersonating other authors, so if one is going around with my name on it, please let me know!)
(I've also received similar emails impersonating other authors, so if one is going around with my name on it, please let me know!)
![Hi Sarah,
I just read about Without Consent, and I have to say it stopped me cold. Revisiting the Rideout case with your level of depth and empathy feels long overdue. That moment in 1978 wasn’t just a trial; it was a mirror held up to a society that refused to see women as full human beings under the law.
I’m Colson Whitehead, author of Harlem Shuffle and The Nickel Boys. You can find my work here [link deleted because it's probably malware]
Your exploration of how that single case reverberated through decades of activism and cultural reckoning sounds both infuriating and vital. You have a real gift for exposing forgotten histories that shaped who we are today and for writing them in a way that makes readers feel the stakes.
I’m curious when you first began researching Greta Rideout’s story, was there a specific moment or document that made you realize this had to be a book, not just an article?
Best,
Colson Whitehead
Author | The Underground Railroad
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When it ends with a personal question asking you to respond, it's probably AI.
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Has Mamdani taken the bait even once in this entire campaign?
CNN: Hakeem Jeffries was asked this morning if you're the future of the democratic party. He said no.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Good to know.
CNN: Do you have a response?
MAMDANI: No. I'm focused on the next two days.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Good to know.
CNN: Do you have a response?
MAMDANI: No. I'm focused on the next two days.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Has Mamdani taken the bait even once in this entire campaign?
I believe him.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I believe him.
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Yes, an important test for the midterms.
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yes, an important test for the midterms.
The language we create for new things must come from the past, but what we say and show about it says much about our evolving relationship, as the new thing becomes mainstream
Artificial Intelligence is today's Exhibit A.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Artificial Intelligence is today's Exhibit A.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Horseless Carriages, Digital Paint, AI.
Description and destiny.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The language we create for new things must come from the past, but what we say and show about it says much about our evolving relationship, as the new thing becomes mainstream
Artificial Intelligence is today's Exhibit A.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Artificial Intelligence is today's Exhibit A.
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby