Tim Slager

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New post. Lean into MAGA. On our way to even greater. Economically. yadontknow.blogspot.com/2024/07/when...

When Again?yadontknow.blogspot.com Personal blog about politics, faith, and other topics I find interesting or important

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If only they had promised Alito and Thomas a nicer gift... www.ktvb.com/article/news...

Supreme Court affirms decision against California dredge miner who polluted Idaho Riverwww.ktvb.com Federal courts had ruled that a dredge miner violated the Clean Water Act by not obtaining the required permits to dredge the Clearwater River.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... Not a bad suggestion.

A Scheme for Biden to Preserve His Dignitywww.theatlantic.com Asking the country to trust him is no longer a credible option. He should release the delegates and run in an open convention.

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I keep on thinking about how John Roberts messed up nitrogen oxide with nitrous oxide in a ruling on how the courts were better suited to provide expertise than experts.

“The proof of Biden’s ability to run the country is the fact that he is running it. Successfully. Not a debate performance against a pathological lying sociopath.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-27-2024

June 27, 2024heathercoxrichardson.substack.com Tonight was the first debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and by far the most striking thing about the debate was the overwhelming focus am...

Excellent article

"But because democratic backsliding is a process that starts from a democratic status quo, ordinary people play a central role in it...Aspiring autocrats succeed in subverting democracy only when given the opportunity by a factious public." www.journalofdemocra...

Polarization versus Democracy | Journal of Democracywww.journalofdemocracy.org Why do ordinary people vote to return to office undemocratic incumbents? New survey experiments in several countries suggest that many voters are willing to put their partisan interests above…

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"Russia has had an active and not-so-subtle hand in coups in each of these three countries, which were preceded by at least a year of intensive disinformation aimed at destabilizing the democratically elected (and Western-leaning) governments in place." www.journalofdemocra...

Standing Up to Africa’s Juntas | Journal of Democracywww.journalofdemocracy.org A string of Kremlin-backed military coups have brought a collection of juntas to power. The West should resist calls to placate them, and instead stick to its values and push for a return to civilian…

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Some reduce the 2024 campaign to a contest between two old men, but it's a choice of two slates of federal appointees who'll impact your life in a million ways. Biden has staffed executive agencies with excellent choices who are doing good work. Trump will empower an army of Stephen Millers.

Under current law, you really couldn’t do much better than Biden’s FTC and NRLB. New Deal shit.

Listen www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51294/...

Waiting for the Barbarians by C. P. Cavafy | Poetry Foundationwww.poetryfoundation.org What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?

A challenge: name one thing that Trump hasn't lied about. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump World Seems Worriedwww.theatlantic.com Either that, or they’re betting their base doesn’t care about the truth.

"from the end of 2019 to the end of 2023, the lowest-paid decile of workers saw their wages rise four times faster than middle-class workers and more than 10 times faster than the richest decile" The real reason Musk is pouting and lying. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The U.S. Economy Reaches Superstar Statuswww.theatlantic.com No, really.

"Personally, I vote as if my vote is the deciding ballot. I know it isn’t, of course..." Wrong. Every vote is a deciding vote. (yadontknow.blogspot.com/2021/01/by-p...) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The “Jimmy Clean Hands” Electionwww.theatlantic.com Criticizing Trump without trying to stop him is meaningless.

A long and lovely article, with anguish, fear, danger, and hope. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Most American Citywww.theatlantic.com Searching for the nation’s future in Phoenix, Arizona

"Sometimes, a rhetorical question is a little too tempting. But let’s move on." Perfect! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump Is Lying to the U.S. Militarywww.theatlantic.com He demonstrates contempt for Americans in uniform while claiming to adore them—but wants service members to “revolt” for him at the ballot box.

Make that hard pass www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-...

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"We want those ideas, that energy and that time to be at Tesla" Umm, if he leaves, there's a chance I'd buy a Tesla. Else nope. www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/241...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warnedwww.theverge.com ‘This is obviously not about the money,’ Tesla’s board chair writes — presumedly with a straight face.

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Average American president has been convicted of .74 felonies

yadontknow.blogspot.com/2024/06/bull...

Bull Hornyadontknow.blogspot.com Personal blog about politics, faith, and other topics I find interesting or important

"What Republicans are doing now is a deeper and more stomach-churning abandonment of dignity, a rejection of moral agency in the name of ambition" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The MAGA Memory Holewww.theatlantic.com Many Republicans continue their collective amnesia about Trump.

Another tongue in cheek post, in honor of the Supreme Court. yadontknow.blogspot.com/2024/06/bull...

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Would not have expected this well-reasoned rant from the smug, front-running sports shouter Colin Cowherd but right is right.

"Alito... wondered out loud if prosecuting former presidents who try to overthrow democracy might harm democracy" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Wishes His Trial Were Riggedwww.theatlantic.com But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.

"a lot of federal judges are Republicans who want the leader of their party to get away with committing federal crimes" wow. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Wishes His Trial Were Riggedwww.theatlantic.com But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.

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This www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A Failure of Imagination About Trumpwww.theatlantic.com American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.

Well worth the read. Some hard truths. I take issue with some points, but with an understanding that I could well be wrong. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

FREE FOR ALL: Heather McGhee on reparations as "seed capital for the nation that we are becoming"open.substack.com The author and activist on why paying America's debts benefits everyone, and how Democrats must learn to make meaning for voters if they're going to compete with Donald Trump

"the Tesla / Elon fatigue is real" www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...

Rivian’s R3 is the EV of the moment – here's why it might just be the EV of your futurewww.techradar.com A steep climb

A better article than I've read in most secular magazines: "It was a stupefying reversal of everything a naive newcomer might imagine our constitution is for." www.christiancentury.org/features/cou...

The Court’s embrace of the divine right of presidentswww.christiancentury.org In the Trump v. United States oral arguments, the conservative justices sought what Justice Gorsuch called “a rule for the ages”—one that doesn’t impair the sovereign grandeur of presidential...