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I was set to launch my book at the Carter Library next month. This week, we were told all events now need approval from the National Archives. The next day, my event was forced to relocate. A book about the working homeless. A book about civil rights. Apparently these topics are now off limits.

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This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 4 days ago • 321 comments

Every Brooklyn College and (formerly when I taught at Depaul) students can tell you why this is rubbish and not how judicial review works. This is a naked power grab.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Really?!

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submitted 11 days ago • 541 comments

guy who can't play Diablo for himself Yeah all these government payments are probably fraud

submitted 12 days ago • 25 comments

I wish everyone in philly a very safe pole climb

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So I'm a "serf" simply because I'm rooting for my own subjugation? Did you even consider that the lord says these changes will actually be good for me?

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

So, in the midst of everything falling apart, I did get some good news this past Friday!

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

This is precisely the proper level of deference that should be shown to the entire class of legal academic charlatans who are deeply complicit in destroying 🇺🇸 democracy

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

Mike Benz, the Alt-right YouTuber & brains behind the Censorship Industrial Complex is back — and his conspiracy theories are informing — or justifying — Elon Musk’s anti-USAID crusade. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 16 days ago • 12 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 16 days ago • 6590 comments

The intentional decimation of archival infrastructure sounds like something a scholarly society might object to

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

the fucking enforcement arm of the federal government is launching a war on integration an effort to push tens of millions of americans to the bottom of an arbitrary hierarchy of value and yeah, it pisses me off to see nominal allies say “oh yeah maybe they have a point”

submitted 17 days ago • 226 comments

This is a new low for Rubio, and that's really saying something.

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Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

submitted 17 days ago • 412 comments

Ed Martin, acting as Acting US Attorney, signed the letter dismissing the still-active case against his client, police assailant Jose Padilla. I've been waiting for the first obvious case of enormous conflict. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

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this agreement says the employee waives any claim he might have stemming from his employment OR the deferred resignation offer itself, which to me reads like they're saying that if you sign it, you waive your ability to sue them if they breach it

submitted 19 days ago • 45 comments

It’s a lesser point but the idea that AI will immediately prove a useful tool for streamlining government is by itself such a ludicrous tell. It’s a separate indicator of the staggering overconfidence these children have.

submitted 19 days ago • 71 comments

one of the defining features of the techbro dipshits now running the USA is their absolute refusal to consider that anyone, ever, has thought about problems before them time after time they come in, propose a solution that was rejected years ago because it's stupid, and call themselves geniuses

submitted 19 days ago • 198 comments

Yeah, and if you didn't figure this out after the Colombia gambit, get with the program!

submitted 19 days ago • 24 comments

I think informing federal workers and especially those in independent bodies of what their rights are is pretty vital right now because not only can U.S. Marshals not folloiw such a command there is nobody in charge to legally put them on leave right now either

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

I like Annie Duke a lot, but this is another example of expert voices weighing in on topics they are not expert on. It's not a buyout. You don't need behavioral psychology. The decision tree is very simple: is the offer legal and credible? No. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

submitted 20 days ago • 46 comments

This is such a massive violation of basic privacy rights, and every elected Democrat in Congress should be screaming about the illegality of it and demanding accountability. apnews.com/article/dona...

submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

Goldman Sachs, Jan 21: "Despite Trump’s comments that the 25% tariff will be implemented in 10 days, we continue to believe the odds of a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico are low (20%)." Why have analysts been caught so flat-footed by Trump doing exactly what he said he would?

submitted 21 days ago • 501 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

submitted 22 days ago • 503 comments

A constitutional crisis requires friction to make it legible. That often comes from conflict between the branches of government, but a Republican-controlled Congress and SCOTUS are not interested in challenging Trump’s lawlessness. That why it’s especially important for Democrats to act.

submitted 22 days ago • 82 comments

New Infrastructure Week just dropped.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

submitted 23 days ago • 509 comments

the problem with not politicizing this tragedy is that Trump will do it for you regardless of the root cause of this accident, it’s inarguable that his air safety policies will make this sort of thing dramatically more likely - starting with this irresponsible bigotry focus on that

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

Everything looks like DEI when all you have is a racist hammer

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

seen some folks asking about lawyers who help federal employees so: 1. obviously, you can call us. we'll try to fit you in considering ~everything~ 2. go to MWELA.org. that's the plaintiff's employment bar association in the DMV. go to NELA.org nationally. search for lawyers who do federal work.

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

Be a pain in their ass. Know your immigration rights: www.ilrc.org/resources/co...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

I was on WIC when I left my abusive husband with a toddler in tow. I think it's super important to highlight that their are real people behind these acronyms. This will hurt so many families.

submitted 26 days ago • 14 comments

Speaking personally, not in my professional role, I just think this is completely bonkers politics. Trump's initial executive orders openly violate the Constitution, try to erase the existence of a disfavored minority, and threaten the economies of every state ... and nothing?!

submitted 26 days ago • 31 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 26 days ago • 1664 comments

I love my job.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Since the Eagles are going to the Super Bowl, here is a piece I wrote a few years ago that I don't think I've ever shared on this site; on Philadelphia's sports, politics, and "blue-collar" image. ussporthistory.com/2018/09/06/m...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Jenna: He's allowed to use the song, Liz! He cleared it with the straight Village Person, who has more than proved himself on that front, if you're curious. Liz: I've never been less curious about anything.

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