Eric Rauchway

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Owned!

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Robert Paulett

Hah!

In retrospect, the NYT Spelling Bee’s blithe refusal to care about words that are in the dictionary should have struck more word nerds as symptomatic.

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Sorry still kinda stuck on the proud originalists entirely making up a new law making us a monarchy, I'm sure I'll get past it soon

Panel comment?

What’s the German word for reading people who know less about a subject than you do and are more confident in asserting the right answer than you are?

I wrote a note about how IPUMS has made 1950 full count data available 🗃️ erauchway.github.io/posts/japane...

I suppose it goes without saying that for a Black man in the South to somehow not realize the historical weight and outcomes of such language is impossible

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

In the White House, the Privy Counselor is the guy who took notes while LBJ gave dictation from the can

We fought a whole ass war so we wouldn’t have to pay attention to these usage rules!

weirdly cosplaying British politician stands next to man in beans mask

Beans and Toast.

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Eric Rauchway

MOGG IS GONE 🙏

the Wokingham Rigs, is this a thing

Liberal Democrats win Wokingham. Do your thing @adamrothman.bsky.social

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Eric Rauchway

Roses are red Violets are bloomin

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Dave Karpf

Dude if he’s going after McConnell and all the ringwraiths you think that’s gonna help

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The future producer of “Himbo Heist”

vindication for the Big Box of Cables

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Aaron Bady

perhaps the very coconut tree from which Keith Richards tumbled; in this essay I will

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Anna O Law

I remember boring. I could stand a bit of it again.

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Eric Rauchway

the fact that the press is mad at biden for being old while hailing presidents lincoln and roosevelt who literally became dead in office (the oldest you can be) demonstrates their absurd double-standard. in this five-part essay i will,

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Stephen West

but this is is crazy; a crisis impending---call me maybe

“John Roberts is sad that my fantasy of John Roberts is nonsense” is a helluva take

“It is not far-fetched to imagine that Roberts was mourning the decisive end of his vision of presiding over an institution seen as operating above the partisan fray.” Actually, in light of his recent votes and opinions, it is entirely far-fetched to believe that.

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Stephen West

unpersuaded

Historians try not to invoke LBJ, whose decision to step down led to catastrophe, or Lincoln, whose choice of unifying veep was even worse, challenge

Is our Ivy League professors learning

It’s a very Ivy League law prof thought to imagine a world where the president jails one of his political opponents, but also allows a completely impartial and independent judiciary to exist and even undermine him.

Consider the source, yes

When reading the piece below, about how bad the SupCt has been ( theatlantic.com/politics/arc... ) , can't help thinking of same author's ringing endorsement of Brett Kavanaugh. "A superb nominee," etc. (This is prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law. ) www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/o...

Opinion | A Liberal’s Case for Brett Kavanaugh (Published 2018)www.nytimes.com It is hard to name anyone else with such strong judicial credentials.

Good ol’ appeasement, nothin’ beats that

[watched the obama presidency for eight years voice] surely if we throw the fascists a bone here or there they’ll stop being so terrible all the time

Oh, that Hamilton fella, what did he know

"The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law." - Hamilton

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Erin Bartram

sorry I’m trying to delete it

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google there is a simple solution right in front of u also u could google it and u would see the problem the simple solution would fix

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

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Isaac! At the Butler!

Anything to kill off the creative professions

DOJ: we will continue to do too little, even once it’s too late

Justice Dept. plans to pursue Trump cases past Election Day, even if he winswww.washingtonpost.com If Donald Trump is elected president, the finish line for federal prosecutors is Inauguration Day, not Election Day, people familiar with the discussions said.

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David M. Perry

people out here showing their whole bass