Ulrike

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I like birds & podcasts. Homeschooling since before it was necessary to save the human race from extinction. She/her.

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Popehat

/2 I’ve generally been an institutionalist. Lawyers kind of have to be or else being a lawyer is basically playing Dungeons & Dragons in uncomfortable clothing and without snacks. But there’s a line where courts no longer suffice as an institution to stop totalitarianism….

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Institutions work until they don’t. It’s banal but true. Courts as institutions worked when Trump tried to steal the election, but FedSoc has been chipping away at them for decades, and I think it is very rational to doubt they will work any more to restrain an executive.

WSJ this morning. lol at the last bit. "Leaders on both sides need to stop describing the stakes of the election in apocalyptic terms. Democracy won't end if one or the other candidate is elected. Fascism is not aborning if Mr. Trump wins, unless you have little faith in American institutions."

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Quick points: 1) Assassination attempts are bad, period. 2) We do not know the motives of the shooter. 2) We do not know the political consequences of this event. There were attempts to shoot Teddy Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter shortly before elections; they all survived and lost.

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Just a reminder: it’s good to oppose assassinations. But you are under absolutely no obligation to treat Trumpists and Trump-apologists as people who are honest, or acting in good faith, when they purport to condemn political violence or violent rhetoric. They’re not sincere.

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amplify this not unverified reports until we know more

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As a staunch opponent of political violence, I greatly prefer when national leaders respond to it by condemning violence and expressing concern for victims (image 1) rather than encouraging violence and laughing at victims (image 2).

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Don Moynihan

Biden uses public power in the public interest. You might have some alternative legal/economic theory of how to achieve the public interest could be served, but Biden is operating according to a principled approach. Trump wants to use public power to solicit political support and attack his enemies.

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Kade Peregrine

I mean, realistically I could absolutely get stolen by the fae, but only if they bothered to go as specific as “a bird who looks like it might be unusual, keeping juuuust hidden enough and flying short, easily walkable distances…” I’m actually surprised more birders aren’t, now that I think of it.

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Trump campaign is very smart in that they’re feeding the “Biden is incompetent” fire through so many back room connections and press deals, that the Biden team has no time to do basic opposition campaigning. Trump is a fucking convict and the Biden team can’t come up for air long enough to say it

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jesus, at minute 22 he starts digging in on trump and just absolutely gores him deep over and over again, people talk about trump as if he's the only one ever able to score any points, but biden's calling trump a criminal, a rapist, an idiot and a traitor to absolutely *ROARING* applause

the contrast between *this* crowd overwhelming biden with WE GOT YOUR BACK at the 9 minute mark compared with the last 2 weeks of coverage is something to contemplate for a moment.

WATCH LIVE: Biden holds campaign event in Detroit as Democrats debate possible withdrawal from racewww.pbs.org Biden continues his effort to convince detractors that he can win his presidential race on Friday with a trip to Michigan, one in trio of "blue wall" states that his campaign now says is the clearest ...

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this is literally evidence that he is still sharp. people with significant cognitive decline don’t catch flubs like this in real time. people with dementia don’t catch them at all. it’s like calling someone feeble who tripped over a curb and regained their balance without falling.

Now everyone--The Times and, sorry to say, MSNBC--is noting every missed syllable. The man has a stutter. I don't stutter but I am a mushmouth who speaks too fast and slurs words. I've had to overcome fear of public speaking. I have empathy for Biden. The press has empathy for no one (but Trump).

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The IRS reported this week they collected $1 BILLION in taxes owed by rich tax cheats thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act funding that provided them the additional staffing to pursue these cases. First up on the GOP agenda for the next administration is gutting the IRS.

billionaire wealth in the US hit 6 trillion today, an all time high, and that’s double what it was before trump-gop passed their tax bill in 2017 that accelerated the rich getting absurdly insanely richer

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It's too bad this country went insane about masks, seems like they can be useful

That link isn't working for me, but this appears to be the same article: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-...

So... Who wants a centuries-old US-Canadian border dispute basically kept alive by a single family in Maine involved in a bird-watching tour? ;) ...which also includes a Civil War dodger who claimed to have punched a horse to death. @tkingfisher.com getpocket.com/explore/item...

The Man Who Went to War With Canadagetpocket.com For centuries, the United States and Canada’s only remaining land border dispute has been kept alive by a single family.

The Man Who Went to War With Canadawww.atlasobscura.com For centuries, the United States and Canada’s only remaining land border dispute has been kept alive by a single family.

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Biden accidentally called Zelensky Putin. Donald Trump met with Viktor Orban to bring him a message FROM Putin. Which is worse?

Breaking News: Donald Trump is expected to meet with Hungary’s right-wing leader, Viktor Orban, in Florida on Thursday, days after Orban met Vladimir Putin in Russia.

Trump Is Expected to Meet With Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister, in Floridawww.nytimes.com The meeting would come after Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has long been aligned with the former president, made unexpected trips to China, Russia and Ukraine.

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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.

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I'll point out that Napoleon staged the military outside of the General Assembly at one point and prevented political opponents from entering in order to pass legislation. Under the SCOTUS ruling, it seems like a president could do the same and be immune due to being the C-in-C.

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“If they can convict a president for breaking the law, they can convict anybody!” Right, that’s the whole point. Our laws actually apply to everyone. Congrats on just now figuring out how that works.

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Today is the day Donald Trump became precedent

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I take back everything bad I’ve ever said about juries in general. At least until the next time one holds against me.

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AI is literally stealing our water. A thing that is not alive is taking up the single most irreplaceable resource needed by every organism that is alive. apnews.com/article/chat...

Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of waterapnews.com As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, fr...

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OK, I’m going to rate the “Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Board of Education” as misleading and inaccurate. (Also, even under the most aggressive interpretation, he was attacking Brown II, not Brown I).

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oh my god

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"Retire The Red Shirt Way" ... maybe, maybe Google slogans before putting them on billboards?

not me doing a web search for the best places to live

mister free speech just openly pondering about deporting anyone, including American citizens, who does free speech

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If there isn’t already a movement underway among Pulitzer Prize recipients to return their awards en masse if Columbia University doesn’t reverse course in its opposition to free speech, Justice, and common sense, there oughta be.

Since Wednesday, Columbia University has refused to allow credentialed reporters access to the campus. Now it has locked up the campus too. (Many gates now sport bike locks.) The J-school has been helping credentialed reporters to get on campus. Email [email protected]

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We don't talk about this enough, but if Trump wins, he will do everything possible to repeal Biden's climate policies. On the pod, @volts.wtf volts is incredibly informative on how disastrous this would be. He also explains a concept called "petro-masculinity": newrepublic.com/article/1808...

Trump’s Bizarre Rants Over Wind Power Are More Ominous Than You Thinknewrepublic.com If Donald Trump wins the White House again, his love of fossil fuels and hatred of renewable energy could translate into an absolute catastrophe.

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Everyone said the New York Trump prosecution was the weakest but it's amazing how much progress you can make if you have a sane judge and don't give your unqualified boyfriend 700 grand to watch PowerPoint presentations at the office