Andy Pearlman

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Faculty at School of Visual Arts, Painter. Teach Photoshop for Coloring - comics & illustrators. He/him. Likes puns. https://andypearlman.com/paintings.html

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SCOTUS: Chevron schmevron. We’re the regulators now. Political science: Okay fine, here’s some data on redistricting for you to consider. SCOTUS: Fuck off, nerd www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-...

Analysis | Justice Roberts said political science is ‘sociological gobbledygook.’ Here’s why he said it, and why he’s mistaken.www.washingtonpost.com Social science helped the Supreme Court outlaw segregation, and it can surely help the court understand gerrymandering.

wonder if a president can implement taxation without representation now

well, the NYT sent me a survey. notes: Lots of questions about what would get me to pay $1/week "No, I have a free sub." Anyway, it did ask me why opinion columnists were something I would not pay for and I said with one major exception they were repetitive. And AG Sulzberger was overwhelmed.

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Cat into the universe

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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1

They have to do this for Ohio reasons anyway unless they want to sue Ohio for ballot access

Exclusive: The Democratic National Committee is considering formally nominating Joe Biden as early as mid-July to help stamp out chatter of replacing him

Democrats Weigh Early Biden Nomination to Squash Talk of a Swapwww.bloomberg.com The Democratic National Committee is considering formally nominating Joe Biden as early as mid-July to ensure that the president is on November ballots, while helping to stamp out intra-party chatter ...

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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

so if one declares that a coup is an official act and the office of legal counsel agrees with it(and obviously, POTUS promises to pardon them if they're wrong), a president is immune from prosecution for doing a coup?

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While pundits were watching based on the "Can Biden speak clearly" frame they had established as the most important storyline, swing voters were listening to what the candidates were saying:

Each person is given a dial. You can turn it up as high as 100. If you love what you are hearing, turn it down as low as zero if you hate what you are hearing, and every time Trump opened his mouth, those dials dropped, they just absolutely plummeted.. www.politicususa.com/2024/06/30/t...

Trump’s Debate Numbers Plummeted With Swing Voters Every Time He Opened His Mouthwww.politicususa.com While the media is obsessing over Biden’s age, more data is emerging about just how terrible Donald Trump’s debate performance was.

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Another stunningly good @nytimes.com climate story from @zhonggg.bsky.social and colleagues. The mystery of the Maldives: The islands should be disappearing. Some aren't. A science mystery, beautifully explored. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanishwww.nytimes.com Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.

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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here

God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

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One pretty clear dynamic on display this week is whose legal interests the Supreme Court cares about (corrupt politicians, hedge fund fraudsters, literal January 6 rioters) and whose it doesn’t (poor people) ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/grant...

Neil Gorsuch’s Judicial Humility Is Sanctimonious Horseshitballsandstrikes.org The Supreme Court's opinion in Grants Pass v Johnson reveals a lot about whose interests the conservatives care about—and whose they don't.

Editorial board thinking people don't understand what billionaires are thinking and that people would agree with the editorial board if they understood what billionaires thought. While multiple billionaires stating for the record that they don't actually understand what happens if Biden steps down🎁

Major Democratic Donors Ask Themselves: What to Do About Biden?www.nytimes.com Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so.

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If you take a book, is that Godzilla Minus One?

Godzilla free library Spokane, WA

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it's still batshit that most mainstream news media commentators called for *biden* to step down before *trump*. it's completely absurd and damning

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If you’re wondering why the nyt editorial board would demand Biden drop out for a bad debate performance but not Trump after being liable for sexual abuse, the answer is simple: they’re angrier about Biden ending the war in Afghanistan than they’ve ever been about anything Trump has ever done

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i am about to mute the word panic, this kind of screamy baby shit is embarrassing, if you are either an amateur or professional politics nerd, you know better than to cry yourself into a hysteria about one debate in fucking june

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so, everyone, what's up, anything interesting happening?

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my angel

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Good news everyone, John Roberts who called the science behind determining gerrymanders "sociological gobbledygook" just gave himself the power to rule on extremely technical matters over the expertise of people who have dedicated their lives to mastering administrative tasks.

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this is a day for Biden to hold a press conference and be angry at SCOTUS. and the speech should have already be pre-written because they basically knew what was coming. and take questions after.

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I think the opposite. He should be going on TV a lot, ideally to announce big new policies

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if Biden wants to stay in the race he needs to do this. Just flood the zone with media appearences and get people used to stammering old guy Biden as something that's normal (or ideally a better version where he's not stammering old guy). Hiding out won't work.

I think the opposite. He should be going on TV a lot, ideally to announce big new policies

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wow... "Perhaps most fundamentally, Chevron’s presumption is misguided because agencies have no special competence in resolving statutory ambiguities. Courts do."

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I've volunteered for political campaigns for literally 40 years. And one thing that's always helped when things look bleak is the knowledge that there is ALWAYS something practical you can do to help make things better -- whether through electoral politics or other kinds of service. For example...