Sean Hecht

Sean Hecht

@seanbhecht.bsky.social

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Personal account, opinions my own. Public interest environmental lawyer. Former UCLA law prof.

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Also his claim to fame is, mostly, that he wrote a book blaming working-class white Americans’ lack of economic/material success & other challenges on character flaws stemming from their culture

"his ability to appeal to working class voters" is propaganda when applied to a yale law school grad and former venture capitalist. don't print lies in the newspaper

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A friend who attended the 2016 RNC in Cleveland said it felt like a clash of two worlds, with normie old line Republicans warily eyeing the MAGA-maniacs who'd invaded their party. This year he says it's totally tranquil, the hostile takeover is complete. We should be clear-eyed about what this means

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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump does not erase the crimes that Trump himself has committed against American democracy, or the crimes he would commit if given the chance, and no one is obligated to pretend otherwise www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trumpwww.theatlantic.com This crime does not erase what the former president has done, or what he has promised to do.

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I’m not sure it’s even possible to conceive of a more awful presidential ticket of anyone alive in the US. Oof.

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Going on the record on this: Bouie Good

We’ve all been begging the blue sky mods to add an “I won’t be weird to Jamelle Bouie click box” to the terms of service

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The climate choice and stakes could not possibly be clearer in this election. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...

'Drill, baby, drill': Trump’s Project 2025 would gut all U.S climate policywww.msnbc.com Chris Hayes on Trump’s Project 2025: “Not only do they have no plan to mitigate the effects of climate change, they want to actively make it worse by undoing all climate regulations.”

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THIS 👇 is how to explain the Republican's abortion platform. It does not "soften" nor is it "soft." It codes a firm commitment to the anti-abortion movement and aims to con the rest of us. Always read @susanrinkunas.com !

Actually, the Republican platform leaves the door wide open for a national abortion ban and people are silly to suggest otherwise. Me in Slate:

Don’t Be Fooled—the GOP’s New Abortion Platform Is Not “Softened” or “Scaled Back”slate.com Reactions from conservative advocates reveal that this platform is just as harsh as it has been in the past.

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COME THE FUCK ON. Like. This is misleading at best. Will the @nytimes.com please get its goddamn shit together???

In which the New York Times' top Supreme Court reporter says the court "enhanced the availability of abortion" this term www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/p...

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Trump avoids policy, meaning it all comes down to personnel. And his personnel is who is driving Project 2025. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The impossibility of separating Trump from Project 2025www.washingtonpost.com The Heritage Foundation’s playbook isn’t the campaign’s. But Trump’s relegation of policy to staff makes the document an important preview of a second term.

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Slashing methane is a major climate win from Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. It’s $850 million (6% of EPA budget!) for “projects that help track — and stop — methane leaks tied to oil and gas production.” This would’ve a been career-defining win a decade ago. Now it’s Monday after holiday weekend.

Biden Admin takes major action on methane leaks from oil and gas production: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

DOE, EPA outline $850M plan to slash methane emissionswww.eenews.net The funding to reduce pollution from the oil and gas industry will be released in three categories.

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New from me & @lsepper.bsky.social in @lpeblog.bsky.social!

Today, @lsepper.bsky.social and Lindsay Wiley conclude our series on the LPE of Insurance, arguing that recent religious challenges to the Affordable Care Act should be understood as a major new vector in the campaign against social insurance in the United States. lpeproject.org/blog/the-rel...

The Religious Liberty Threat to American-Style Social Insurancelpeproject.org Religious liberty challenges to the Affordable Care Act often appear narrowly focused on exempting specific employers from covering particular types of care, such as contraceptives, sterilization…

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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

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All of the people indulging in these fantasy Democratic primary scenarios think that people vote reflexively because it’s what they themselves do; they don’t realize that turnout is a product of hard work. Unseen, unheralded work. By unseen, unheralded people.

I don’t know why they think pissing off the door-knockers and canvassing power of the party will end well, but these people don’t understand what they refuse to see

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A widely predicted victory for the far right in France has instead turned into a victory for the left *because people turned out in record numbers to vote.* Defeat is not inevitable and more progressive elected officials means more progressive policies.

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

I have seen the Mountain Goats perform live many times, and can verify that this is 100% true. You should go if you can.

fyi in these times of political uncertainty what we need is a live band that kicks ass. The Mountain Goats are that band. Ask somebody who's been and they will tell you. Current dates and tickets here: www.mountain-goats.com

the Mountain Goatswww.mountain-goats.com

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Well France apparently just collabed between everyone else to kick a far right party out of the chance to take power, it can be done if enough people want it to be, folks

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To quote another person on here after Poland’s election (can’t remember who immediately): “the thing about just voting harder is that sometimes it fucking works”

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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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Other than Hurt by Johnny Cash and any version of The Sound of Silence, what are your favorite cover versions of famous songs?

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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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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“…past predictions of global warming have proved largely correct. To persist with scepticism is immoral and stupid. Even a free-market fanatic cannot deny that environmental externalities are a form of market failure. Climate is the biggest externality of all.”

Market forces are not enough to halt climate changewww.ft.com Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant

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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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Even a tepid choice can be a momentous change when the alternative is evil

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ah good, the return of the "I barely know him" tweets

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

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Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote

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COUNTERPOINT: Voting is Good, actually

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This is what happens when people get to turn the power of the state against whoever they choose without accountability.

She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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Things are bad but all the more reason for optimism of the will and rejection of doomerism and nihilism. Only way out is through.