Ed Peters

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The thing that's obvious to everyone and that nobody can actually write in the press is that the American (and yes, I'm sure elsewhere too) right wing is led by bad people and the object is to make more people extremely bad in basically every respect. It's anti-society

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The authoritarian right has power in America only because the majority of Americans didn't care enough to pay attention, let alone vote. The French saw the danger and stood against it.

Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

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Curious how France is described as political chaos because two parties with ≈60% of the seats in Parliament will negotiate a PM, whereas Netanyahu is always described as the will of the Israeli people, rather than the negotiated choice among eight parties with 53% of the seats.

Honestly, what kind of bananas frame this story like this? Is shit serious or not, fucken freaks?

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this guy is obviously terrible but there's also a secondary point -- I'm sure he's bullshitting but if he's claiming that he's in knowing possession of counterfeit currency, shouldn't Treasury be paying him a visit?

an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

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I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

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Political reporting, 2024

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Gavin

The only reason republican states are trying to add further restrictions is to prevent poorer people without access to the additional documentation from voting. This has nothing to do with preventing non-citizens from voting.

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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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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie

We asked back in February and received this response late March.

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The Self-Satisfied and Often Wrong Media Frenzy www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/07/t...

The Self-Satisfied and Often Wrong Media Frenzy - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net Joe Biden has a point that the mob calling for him to drop out of the race have often been proven wrong about elections in the past. But the mob has a point that he may not have the stamina to run whi...

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Self-described libertarians are like self-described geniuses, or self-described tough guys. If you need to tell people it’s what you are, it means it isn’t evident from what you say and do, and thus you probably aren’t really.

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Not having to give a shit anymore about logic or accuracy is a demonstration of power. Showing the world that their power no longer depends on the law but on something else

These mistakes originalist justices are making aren’t about disputed interpretations of history, with evidence on both sides. They’re pulling quotes out of context to attribute ideas to founding figures that those figures adamantly opposed. (via @andycraig.bsky.social) reason.com/volokh/2024/...

The Supreme Court's Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munozreason.com Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

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Radley Balko

Conservatives can’t imagine that a non-straight-white-male is hired on merit but will cheer that right-wing SCOTUS justices limit their clerk pool to those who share their 19th-century ideology. It’s no surprise they end up with silly mistakes and opinions out of step with 21st-century politics.

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Radley Balko

Absolutely. We do what we want, then we add words. The idea there's any coherent thought beyond that in these decisions is utterly naive.

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Radley Balko

It’s almost as if originalism was nonsense from the start, just a “scholarly” cover to justify whatever outcome the justices wanted. Now that we’ve pushed past the point where the justices pretend to base opinions on principles, we can dispense with the pretense of judicial ethics and precedent.

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I once wrote a fact check of a Morgan Spurlock book. He included what he said was a direct quote from the FDA that aspartame causes cancer. I checked the footnote. An FDA newsletter did publish that claim — but *only to specifically refute it*. That’s basically how Barrett quotes Madison here.

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AG sulzberger reported to be throwing plates at the wall and demanding his house cleaner pick them up one piece at a time

NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.

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Stay in school kids.

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If they’re comfortable killing other people, they will eventually be comfortable killing you. You can learn that lesson the easy way or the hard way.

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very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word

Subtle. Very subtle.

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Sean Carroll

The article on amazingribs where they go into detail on how they figured out it is evaporative cooling is my favorite science article on a meat website

What Causes The BBQ Stall: It's Not What You Thinkamazingribs.com Large hunks of barbecued meat have this nasty habit of rising to 150°F inside and then stopping there. But what causes the stall? It's likely not what you think!

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e.w. niedermeyer

You can love or hate Zuck and Bezos all you want, for better or worse we're stuck with em because their businesses are well-established and make lots of money. If you want to hate a billionaire, hate Elon Musk because his wealth is all just built on sentiment. Blow his house down with your hate

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Guess who entered the chat.

I hope one day we learn if the people who send Laura Loomer fake tips are just normal trolls or state-backed disinformation agents. They're all easily debunked within an hour so the fact that she still does this suggests she's simply a fucking idiot.

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What's the penalty for a decade-long self-driving fraud that has killed multiple people?

I think this is the first time Musk has suggested fellow Americans should be executed.

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Trump can make the thugs willing to do his bidding immune to federal prosecution. Not to bullets, though.

I don't understand this point. Trump can just pardon them.

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To be clear, there are political leaders out there who could use more of what Biden is going thru 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.