I don't think people should be killed for political speech, even distasteful political speech.
Not for the sake of their side, but ours.
Not for the sake of their side, but ours.
September 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I don't think people should be killed for political speech, even distasteful political speech.
Not for the sake of their side, but ours.
Not for the sake of their side, but ours.
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It bears repeating that EOs are *not* law, they do not nullify existing laws, and they are not enforceable as law.
They are memos.
And even in that, their ambition is pathetic.
In 90 days Bondi will release a report: "We must station active duty armed forces at Tesla dealerships!"
They are memos.
And even in that, their ambition is pathetic.
In 90 days Bondi will release a report: "We must station active duty armed forces at Tesla dealerships!"
April 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It bears repeating that EOs are *not* law, they do not nullify existing laws, and they are not enforceable as law.
They are memos.
And even in that, their ambition is pathetic.
In 90 days Bondi will release a report: "We must station active duty armed forces at Tesla dealerships!"
They are memos.
And even in that, their ambition is pathetic.
In 90 days Bondi will release a report: "We must station active duty armed forces at Tesla dealerships!"
LOL the colossal level of cynicism on display here is absolutely breathtaking, even by the standards of NYC politics!
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
LOL the colossal level of cynicism on display here is absolutely breathtaking, even by the standards of NYC politics!
You know you could actually just build housing, too, Gavin.
Like a normal state.
Like a normal state.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know you could actually just build housing, too, Gavin.
Like a normal state.
Like a normal state.
One that doesn't ALWYS necessary redound to their advantage, I might add. I trust I don't have to go into specific examples from European history prior to 1945 (or, sometimes? 1975) here.
You're talking about a COMPLETELY different kind of political history with a totally different conception of the relationship between the state and the individual when you're talking about W. Euro Continental nations, just for starters (and that's a lot just right there)
April 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One that doesn't ALWYS necessary redound to their advantage, I might add. I trust I don't have to go into specific examples from European history prior to 1945 (or, sometimes? 1975) here.
At least Linz did compare the US and Latin America to some extent though, which isn't done often enough. The proper points of comparative politics and history for the US isn't Continental Europe. That's a very poor choice for all manner of reasons. Rather, it's first...
April 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
At least Linz did compare the US and Latin America to some extent though, which isn't done often enough. The proper points of comparative politics and history for the US isn't Continental Europe. That's a very poor choice for all manner of reasons. Rather, it's first...
For more on this c.f. Matthew Shugart & John M. Carey – Presidents and Assemblies as well as the related Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America
Jose Antonio Cheibub – Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
Both are excellent starting points for critiques of Linz.
Jose Antonio Cheibub – Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
Both are excellent starting points for critiques of Linz.
The literature has long moved on from Linz. I don't understand why people still bring him up as though his thesis hasn't been challenged. There are many critiques, but the most salient have been (1) the vast bulk of 'presidential democracies' have been in Latin America, which might be...
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
For more on this c.f. Matthew Shugart & John M. Carey – Presidents and Assemblies as well as the related Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America
Jose Antonio Cheibub – Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
Both are excellent starting points for critiques of Linz.
Jose Antonio Cheibub – Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
Both are excellent starting points for critiques of Linz.
All that said about Canadian federalism/malapportionment Alberta threatening to secede over it after the fact is just silly. Everybody knew the rules of the election before going in. If the Canadian Tories want a majority, they can try competing better in the east of Canada 🤷♂️
April 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
All that said about Canadian federalism/malapportionment Alberta threatening to secede over it after the fact is just silly. Everybody knew the rules of the election before going in. If the Canadian Tories want a majority, they can try competing better in the east of Canada 🤷♂️
And not even very many of them.
We Gallup polls in the 1930s. Hitler was consistently unpopular with Americans from the start. What people do here is confuse opposition to intervention in another European war with support for Nazism. Just not at all inherently the same thing.
We Gallup polls in the 1930s. Hitler was consistently unpopular with Americans from the start. What people do here is confuse opposition to intervention in another European war with support for Nazism. Just not at all inherently the same thing.
I donk't know why people say the US secretly backed Hitler unless by "the US" they mean "German immigrant farmers from the midwest"
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
And not even very many of them.
We Gallup polls in the 1930s. Hitler was consistently unpopular with Americans from the start. What people do here is confuse opposition to intervention in another European war with support for Nazism. Just not at all inherently the same thing.
We Gallup polls in the 1930s. Hitler was consistently unpopular with Americans from the start. What people do here is confuse opposition to intervention in another European war with support for Nazism. Just not at all inherently the same thing.
The other piece is that, with the exception of Mexico (which did more or less develop in the manner of the US Presidency), LatAm presidencies have far more wide-ranging and plenary domestic powers than the US Presidency does.
Not necessarily a bad thing despite the bellyaching about it, one reason for the historic instability of the Latin American republics is that most had direct election of the president which resulted in multiparty systems, which had all kinds of nasty downstream effects on democratic stability.
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The other piece is that, with the exception of Mexico (which did more or less develop in the manner of the US Presidency), LatAm presidencies have far more wide-ranging and plenary domestic powers than the US Presidency does.
You're gonna get a lesson (hopefully) about this with the upcoming Australian Federal Elections soon because, guess what?
They, too, have a Senate with equal suffrage for each state, regardless of population (just twelve each instead of two like in the US, plus two for each Territory)
They, too, have a Senate with equal suffrage for each state, regardless of population (just twelve each instead of two like in the US, plus two for each Territory)
April 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You're gonna get a lesson (hopefully) about this with the upcoming Australian Federal Elections soon because, guess what?
They, too, have a Senate with equal suffrage for each state, regardless of population (just twelve each instead of two like in the US, plus two for each Territory)
They, too, have a Senate with equal suffrage for each state, regardless of population (just twelve each instead of two like in the US, plus two for each Territory)
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies is distinct from BOTH the Canadian House of Commons *and* the US House of Representatives, BTW.
How?
How?
April 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies is distinct from BOTH the Canadian House of Commons *and* the US House of Representatives, BTW.
How?
How?
What I pointed out below, btw--intentional malapportionment of the legislature for reasons of federalism--is also one (though, only one) reason why you've had elections in Canada, including very recent ones, where the party that loses the popular vote nevertheless gets to form the govt
April 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What I pointed out below, btw--intentional malapportionment of the legislature for reasons of federalism--is also one (though, only one) reason why you've had elections in Canada, including very recent ones, where the party that loses the popular vote nevertheless gets to form the govt
It's very funny that this website appears to be under the delusion that each province in Canada is represented in their House of Commons according to population. Lol, Parliamentary ridings don't even have to be of equal population size
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's very funny that this website appears to be under the delusion that each province in Canada is represented in their House of Commons according to population. Lol, Parliamentary ridings don't even have to be of equal population size
What an astounding generation gap in this Canadian polling
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What an astounding generation gap in this Canadian polling