David Kaye

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californian. human rights, tech, international law. uc irvine. gni. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur. go bears!

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obviously a huge night for labour. but low turnout (it seems) and serious gains for reform show it’s not all smooth sailing ahead.

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this is democracy. we vote. we accept the outcome. we move on to the job of government and opposition.

the best thing: the seat winner makes a speech while the defeated stand next to her. ❤️🇬🇧

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it's time for my favorite ever law review student note: harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

watching british election returns the question struck me: what would democrats do with a landslide? what’s the wish list? beyond saving democracy of course.

a tory just said on tv that the vote shows democracy is alive and well in the UK. a tory said this. no whining. no bitterness. the un-GOP thing.

say what you will but the BBC is a national treasure for the British and as an American I am jealous of what they have built and sustained.

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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?

Kevin, I am not a historian, so IDK, but has there ever been a President in American History who used a mobility aid? And, if so, would you say this president who was so weak as to need, say, braces or a wheelchair, is considered to be one of the top President’s ever?

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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

while waiting for specific election returns the BBC is going all out to praise and detail the work of election workers. community spirit and sports-day competition. truly beautiful.

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Be pretty situationally dependent, but I think the major bills and proposals that got filibustered/Manchinema'd in the first half of Biden's term would be the heart of it. VRA and democracy reform, PRO Act, restoring Roe, child tax credit, free community College and child care support, etc

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WHY ARE TORIES BLUE ITS SO CONFUSING! 🤣

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It would look like this, more or less

watching british election returns the question struck me: what would democrats do with a landslide? what’s the wish list? beyond saving democracy of course.

Signature Accomplishments / Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanaganmn.gov Signature Accomplishments of the Walz administration.

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Judicial reform. Some kind of medical insurance reform (Medicare for all or at least everyone over 55). Washington statehood, and PR if they want it. Bring back the child tax credit.

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I think you've seen a lot of the wishlist actually come out of the Biden administration (banning noncompetes!) but then get blocked by Trump's courts

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Add DC and maybe Puerto Rico as states?

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1. Restore Roe. Biden is already saying this. 2. Limit the Supreme Court. 3. Pass gun safety laws. 4. Eliminate student debt. 5. Expand the ACA. Lots more. Pass it on.

watching british election returns the question struck me: what would democrats do with a landslide? what’s the wish list? beyond saving democracy of course.

the word for the tories evidently is pulverised (yes with an s)

professor sir john curtis is the kindly gentleman doing the maths for the bbc’s election coverage. totes reassuring!

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410 predicted for labor. 170 seat majority. holy cow!

professor sir john curtis is the kindly gentleman doing the maths for the bbc’s election coverage. totes reassuring!

"when they light up our town I just think: what a waste of gunpowder and sky"

aimee mann - live (jools holland) - 4th of julywww.youtube.com YouTube video by mannfan

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Either the Democrats will run Biden, or he'll say he can't continue the campaign and Democrats will run Harris. Either is newsworthy, but neither is nearly as radical as running a pro-insurrection convicted felon with legal immunity he's eager to use.

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More anti-democratic thoughts from 2018 the NYT allowed this writer to exclude from his current piece. Delivered with an air of detached irony, as if he miiight be joking or exaggerating. But is he?

polling station in oxford. seems there's a metaphor somewhere here.

important development on FTC noncompete ban, with Trump-appointed judge imposing injunction.

Judge Backs Challenge to F.T.C.’s Noncompete Ban, at Least for Nowwww.nytimes.com Granting an injunction to several plaintiffs, a judge said the Federal Trade Commission’s pending ban on noncompete agreements was unlikely to prevail.

there are three historic stories in the US rn and the coverage, esp in the NYT, seems focused only on one. guess which: - supreme court's decimation of democratic accountability - real possibility of anti-democratic govt - biden's ability to continue as nominee talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/times...

wise 🧵 here

I think it is wise and productive for people to take seriously the idea we are in a constitutional crisis in America. I don’t think it is wise or productive to assume what happens next is like what happens in semi consolidated or consolidated authoritarian systems.

gift link for this outstanding paul mozur/adam satariano piece in the times about weaponized tech and AI, focused on Ukraine. Highly recommend.

A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robotswww.nytimes.com Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.

big Q: w/presidential impunity, what legal tools are needed to build a culture of accountability? for example... - vast improvement to FOIA, timelines, sanctions, etc. - pass the PRESS Act - wherever law's application to potus unclear, make it clear. - adopt US national human rights institution