Chance 🌹

@chancephillips.bsky.social

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Sporadic writer and aspiring scholar.
Interning for the Alabama Political Reporter.

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Fascinating (if not wholly unexpected) news!

NEWS: Teamsters VP-at-Large, John Palmer, who has been extremely critical of current President O’Brien’s overtures towards the GOP, has just announced he’s forming an opposition slate and running for president in the 2026 Teamsters leadership election. “We are better than this.”

Bouncing off of Zack Beauchamp's new book, I try to argue the “promise” of Trumpism is the end of creative destruction & a new limited access order. “The MAGA vision of what America should be is a vision of a system of political and economic rents.” someconvenienttree.substack.com/p/the-reacti...

The Reactionary Spirit Astride a Horsesomeconvenienttree.substack.com Scattershot thoughts on Zack Beauchamp’s new book, the Trump/Vance ticket, and creative destruction

IMO the new Republican platform reading just like Trump’s tweets is key. “Like the campus conservatives I knew who would append “Sad!” to the end of their comments, the Republican Party has begun to speak in Trump’s voice now. And it thinks Trump’s thoughts.” www.alreporter.com/2024/07/10/o...

Opinion | Trump’s fever dream, America’s nightmarewww.alreporter.com The new Republican platform tells every American what to expect from a second Trump term: four more years of government-by-tweet.

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"At first glance, it seems like the Supreme Court has reinforced one leg of the ‘executive throne’ while whittling away at another. In reality, their goals are far more straightforward." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-courts-a...

The Courts and the Personalist Presidencywww.liberalcurrents.com The erosion of democratic institutions on behalf of lobbyists, courts, and arbitrary personalism.

“Like a tick swollen almost to bursting with blood, the Supreme Court now rests comfortably with its stolen power, waiting to loan it to a conservative president.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-courts-a...

The Courts and the Personalist Presidencywww.liberalcurrents.com The erosion of democratic institutions on behalf of lobbyists, courts, and arbitrary personalism.

The latest from me in @liberalcurrents.com!

“They have spent the past decades transferring power away from Congress, away from the rational bureaucracy, and to the lobbyists, the courts, and the personalist presidency.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-courts-a...

The Courts and the Personalist Presidencywww.liberalcurrents.com The erosion of democratic institutions on behalf of lobbyists, courts, and arbitrary personalism.

Kagan’s dissent in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimando is *scalding*

192 members of the House voted to put the Confederate Memorial back in Arlington National Cemetery. Every last one ought to resign. www.alreporter.com/2024/06/19/o...

Opinion | Down with the traitors, up with the starswww.alreporter.com If they had any honor, every Congressperson who voted to reinstall the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery would resign.

How much Republicans despise the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is really fascinating. It has existed for over a decade now and still has to regularly fight off lawsuits and other attacks. www.alreporter.com/2024/06/18/s...

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Fwiw I would read any book written by @jbouie.bsky.social.

Who else thinks that Jamelle Bouie should write this book? Virginia's descent into Jim Crow was anything but inevitable. So many compelling characters leading up to and through the constitutional convention. Every historical subject is "niche." It's up to the writer to demonstrate its significance.

I figure I’ll start keeping track of what books I read here as well. The Second Founding was probably a very timely read in 2019. But it’s *incredibly* timely now due to Trump’s promises to roll back birthright citizenship, the wave of antiLGBTQ laws, and Thomas’ pro-racial gerrymandering opinion.

A bit rushed perhaps, but I felt I needed to write an opinion about the recent Supreme Court hubbub (and the SC’s historic role as an antidemocratic veto point). www.alreporter.com/2024/06/11/o...

Opinion | There is no wizard behind the curtain of the Supreme Courtwww.alreporter.com When judges have law books in one hand, and the Bible in another, may God have mercy on our souls.

Amazing article about No Labels in n+1 (that also makes good use of Paine, a still much underappreciated thinker). Thanks to @jbouie.bsky.social for mentioning it in his newsletter. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Renegade Faction of the Tassled-Loafer Class | Daniel Schlozmanwww.nplusonemag.com That our political institutions make big change difficult, that public opinion is often fragmentary and contradictory, that politics is a battle of competing social interests over the distribution of ...

This is a really good summary of the state capacity literature by @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social. Highly recommend reading. I especially like the focus on non-state actors and political coalitions. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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"Every accusation of illiberalism, of political persecution and legal warfare, borders on proof positive that conservatives are planning something similar." www.liberalcurrents.com/who-exactly/

Only One Candidate For President in 2024 Has and Will Make a Mockery of the Lawwww.liberalcurrents.com Republican hysterics over the hush money verdict are nothing but a projection of the second Trump term they hope for.

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“No jaw dropping extralegal measures have actually been taken, no glass has been broken in case of emergency.” www.liberalcurrents.com/who-exactly/

How long must the people wait for a @jbouie.bsky.social op-ed on Thomas’ concurrence in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP?

Some New Deal history, quotes from the Congressional Record, and all about labor issues — this might be the most Chance™ column I’ve written yet. www.alreporter.com/2024/05/24/o...

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Check out @chancephillips.bsky.social today on DeSantis’s Nazi staffers https://www.liberalcurrents.com/desantiss-nazi-problem-and-the-republican-staffer-class/

DeSantis’s Nazi Problem and the Republican Staffer Classwww.liberalcurrents.com Every time a new bright light of the GOP is revealed to be a fascist, conservatives feign surprise.

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The Democratic Animal: Thomas Paine’s Legacy, by @chancephillips.bsky.social https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-democratic-animal-thomas-paines-legacy/

The Democratic Animal: Thomas Paine’s Legacywww.liberalcurrents.com In a time of reaction, it is worth remembering the unrelentingly democratic philosophy of Thomas Paine.

I find it very inspiring that my piece on the Declaration of Independence for the CW referenced similar people (Frederick Douglass&Garry Wills) as @jbouie.bsky.social's recent pieces! https://thecrimsonwhite.com/109991/opinion/opinion-lets-embrace-the-spirit-of-the-declaration-this-fourth-of-july/

If it's true that the owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of dusk, why are the tweets I can see still not any good?

Just got a drink, a snack, and a ticket for $1 each at this theatre owned by the county - I love state owned enterprises!!!

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