Simeon Joffe
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Simeon Joffe
@simeonj.bsky.social
Not nearly as bad as previously feared
The thought that she believes this is disturbing.
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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And here we go: more actions he's not empowered to take. bsky.app/profile/josh...
Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”
www.wsj.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
An excellent podcast in general, and a great episode with you.
February 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think it’s very very clear that the level of misogyny does not particularly lag behind the level of racism demonstrated by this administration.
February 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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It is a non-stop source of amazement how invisible misogyny remains to white men, who even now--after the highly respected Coast Guard Commandant was fired for being female & turfed out of her home with 3hrs notice--STILL write about MAGA & the purges of the federal gov as driven only by racism.
February 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Well that’s something.
January 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The Washington Post ed board once said Elise Stefanik was participating in the "sabotage of democracy." It said she "spread treacherous disinformation" and had "permanently stained" herself.

Now it endorses her, saying she lacks "disqualifying deficiencies."
www.findinggravity.net/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post just endorsed 19 Trump nominees. Here are the 5 worst.
The Post previously said these nominees “spread treacherous disinformation,” “sabotage democracy,” and "parrot false claims about fraud." Now it says they lack "disqualifying deficiencies."
www.findinggravity.net
January 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Using “foil” squarely positions Trump as Snidely Wiplash.
December 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Well thank you. I will read more about it. What is your view of it and of consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics and so on. I’m not well versed in moral philosophy, to say the least.
November 20, 2024 at 12:38 AM
You just couldn’t put it off any longer, could you?
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 AM
“Ironically” I just checked the other day if you were on Bluesky.
I’ve been in here for a while, but it’s was pretty nowheresville until very recently.
November 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM
If our system depends on an informed electorate, and the electorate is commonly uninformed, there is a problem. But it’s also a problem if ignorance, crassness, dishonesty, and wealth are considered to be a good combination in a president.
November 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Well, how about mistreating the animals while they’re alive? Vegetarian and omnivore could agree that treat if the animal while they’re alive, and how they are killed is important. I would say, a cow grazing on a pasture all of its life has had a better life than one confined inside in a small pen.
November 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I want to say you had me at jazz, but really black mountain college is what sealed the deal.
November 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Dinah Washington?
November 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM