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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · a day
New from me: Where is your "institutionalism" now? radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court foldsradleybalko.substack.com Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the threat
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11 hr
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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wade of mutilation @waderockett.bsky.social · 2 days
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:
Avatar st. clueless, of the vhs @clueless.bsky.social · 2 days
if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless
@mtar925.bsky.social · a day
Ruin a movie by making it singular: Jaw
Avatar Rev. Jesus “H" Christ, KSC @reverendjesus.com · a day
Ruin a movie by making it singular: Happy Foot
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Ruin a movie by making it plural: The Matrices
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Ruin a movie by making it plural: Bravehearts
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · a day
Trump said “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it.” But Project 2025 is run by Trump's closest aides, raising concerns about cognitive fitness for a candidate who seems unable to recall those around him. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/troubling-...
Troubling Signs of Cognitive Decline as Trump Struggles to Recognize Closest Aidesdonmoynihan.substack.com "I know nothing about Project 2025" statement triggers new concerns about his fitness to serve
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3 days
I wrote patriotically today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/a-republic...
"A Republic If You Can Keep It"danieldrezner.substack.com Some Independence Day thoughts about some very un-American ideas.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3 days
The New York Times Crisis of Confidence: badly shaken in the wake of bad editorial decisions, many are calling for the paper to resign.
@mtar925.bsky.social · 5 days
"Extreme hypotheticals."
Avatar Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5 days
Official act. Immune.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6 days
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6 days
Saying someone is presumptively immune from prosecution then barring the introduction of evidence of their mental state is a neat trick.
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