A take on our rapidly moving Constitutional crisis that isn't exactly optimistic, but gives some plausible reasons to resist the pull of full doomerism. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t04.Ym2P.cbSQaxyosRtH&smid=url-share
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Double-check when they say what they did.
Mr Klein has a very short memory it seems.
NYT? 🚮
i think trump is letting the richest man in the world destroy anything & everything simply because he sez he's working for trump. (also, as always, money.)
This is why I loath accounts like @nytpitchbot.bsky.social : if you look at what pitchbot does, it is to generate fear and distrust of the media, any media; the result of pitchbot is that no one trusts anyone ever
Because further shouting “DEI” isn’t going to fix their actual issues
Their playbook only has one page.
What is it, now, that prevents abuse of this access?
This is the reality, not Trump's delusions.
It isn’t about what “we” believe. It’s about what each different actor in each different area and level of governance believes is the best or only course of action.
It’s different for each person.
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https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3lh7c7yazws2x
For as long as Congress and SCOTUS allows him to act illegally - which is what he is doing - there is no limit on him.
Deep breath.
OK
In short: Trump is weak and it shows by all the illegal things he's doing and hoping no one notices because he doesn't have the support to do them legally (i.e. through the legislative process).
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/01/29/democrat-mike-zimmer-wins-iowa-senate-special-election/
Those who are, like working/retired poor, ethnic minorities, immigrants, unmarried women who have sex & lgbtq have targets painted on them. Their suffering is entertainment for MAGA.
https://www.businessinsider.com/psychopaths-cannot-be-cured-heres-why-2018-2?op=1