Jay HS

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Regulatory attorney and some other things

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Yes—do it!!

Biden Considers Pushing for Major Changes to the Supreme Courtwww.nytimes.com The proposals include term limits for the justices and an enforceable code of ethics. But they would need congressional approval, which is a long shot.

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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.

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Our Front Page:

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Read this. Hell of a kicker

This whole excerpt tells you multitudes about our current political moment.

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I oppose this worldview—this theory of America—with every fiber of my being.

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Whatever his motive was (my money's still on apolitical and/or delusional), it's fairly obvious now it wasn't liberal talk about how Trump's an anti-democratic authoritarian. But I expect less than zero contrition from those who immediately assumed as much and rushed to demand people stop saying it.

And this, from the Philly Inquirer: "The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side" inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

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Violent language invites violence. Such language changes brains and can result in real consequences. And no one has done more to inject violent language into our politics than Donald Trump. Analysis w/ @gilduran.bsky.social www.theframelab.org/donald-trump...

Donald Trump and the language of violencewww.theframelab.org No one has done more to frame American politics in violent terms

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a floof

My primary concern about yesterday’s violence is that it will make it more likely that a person of violence who is supported by people of violence and is running on a violent platform will monopolize the violence of the federal government in several months. Hope that’s not just me.

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This was just 10 days ago. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Stop telling us the political rhetoric is becoming too violent if you’re too cowardly to mention who, exactly, is making it so.

Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Governor: ‘Some Folks Need Killing’www.rollingstone.com North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson declared "some people need killing" during a Sunday sermon.

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There are going to be strong pressures censor or to equate any sort of criticism as a provocation. For example, both political parties claim the other creates risks of abuse of public powers. Journalists, academics or other experts have an obligation to establish which of those claims are credible.

If you don't want political violence and intimidation to be normalized, you should avoid encouraging it, or supporting political movements that encourage it.

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Important to remember that threats of political violence and intimidation does not just affect elected officials. Other public officials - teachers, librarians, judges, election officials, public health officers - are seeing more threats. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-future...

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Two months ago Greg Abbott pardoned a murderer who texted a friend "I might go to Dallas to shoot looters" then drove into a BLM protest in Austin and killed a protester. The universal response from conservatives to the pardon was "Yeah! Woo-hoo!" Now they say liberals should turn down the rhetoric

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You’d think there might be some renewed coverage of Republican politicians openly calling for political killings in the wake of all this. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Governor: ‘Some Folks Need Killing’www.rollingstone.com North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson declared "some people need killing" during a Sunday sermon.

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If you don't want political violence and intimidation to be normalized, you should avoid encouraging it, or supporting political movements that encourage it.

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The FBI confirmed the identity the NY Post published. Public records show he was a registered Republican and not yet old enough to drink. A one time $15 actblue donation complicates the picture a tiny bit, and everyone will of course handle that proportionally.

The FBI identifies the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks

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NY Post says it has ID'd the shooter. If that identity does not align with political narratives, expect a lot of conspiracy theories. nypost.com/2024/07/13/u...

Thomas Matthew Crooks ID'd as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rallynypost.com The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.

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Honestly the part where everyone holds their breath and hopes the manic is one of Them rather than one of Us is one of the most grotesque parts of modern life.

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it

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Happy birthday to living legend and incredible hugger (10/10) Mavis Staples!!

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SCOTUS essentially restructured American governance over the last couple of weeks. Even if you can get past the 8 million Biden old stories in the Times to the people whose job it is to cover the court, you would have no idea of the scale of the changes made.

Wait till you get to the discussion of Loper Bright, Corner Post, and Jarkesy aka the “deep state” cases www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/p...

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Blah blah blah Joe Biden’s mental state blah blah blah

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ANALYSIS Come On, Democrats, Do It! We'll Be Your Best Friend!

I guess I just fell off the turnip truck, but I'm still shocked that they're writing 'analysis' that is trying to push members of Congress to openly come out against an incumbent president from their party running for re-election. Just wild stuff.

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Yeah, the broad assumption that he's a lock to stay in now is as sound as last week's broad assumption that he was a lock to leave. Folks keep asking me what I think will happen and, honestly, I have no informed idea. Sorry, I'm not in the wild speculation business. We'll see what happens.

The growing perception that Biden is secure on the ticket strikes me as based in very little data. Multiple senior senators raised new doubts about him last night. The House Dems meeting this morning seems to have been pretty rough. There has been no closing of the ranks. Not as of yet.

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This last week has been one of those times when every friend or family member uses me as their Emotional Support Historian. I mean, I get the reasons for it, but as I like to say, my professional training is in hindsight.

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What would you say if you saw it in another country? apnews.com/article/kash...

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Read this, share this widely

I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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There’s nothing wrong with looking at a candidate’s fitness for office. I understand the concerns a lot of people express about Biden. I felt the same way after that miserable debate. But the discussion’s over unless Biden changes his mind, because today he made it clear that he’s not quitting.

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The press told one story for weeks and weeks: BIDEN OLD. Now, they’re reaping the conclusion. “See? We told you! Biden old.”Based on a debate performance and weeks of “preparation” for this story. Whatever happens next should be based solely on facts and analysis, not panicky “opinions.”

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So here we have a GOP gubernatorial nominee calling for followers to kill people who he claims are enemies of Christian America. How many chin-stroking pieces are we going to see about how the GOP is in real trouble now that one of its candidate is really ol--I mean violent?

I've written for years about the Christian right's calls for "spiritual warfare" against demonic enemies of Christian America. They used to claim their struggle is against "powers and principalities" not "flesh and blood," citing Ephesians 6:12. But it was still dangerous. Now we see how.