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yesterday?

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

Great to be back at UChicago Institute of Politics tonight. Tune in.

submitted 4 days ago • 532 comments

"Shutting off their devices whether done intentionally or not marked an alarming new step, 2 people said.The US attorneys are responsible for the fedl response to threats, including coordinating with state & local law enforcement & signing off on court filings." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

submitted 6 days ago • 150 comments

Maybe, just maybe, Trump was charged with crimes because he... committed crimes.

submitted 9 days ago • 59 comments

It's getting tiring to keep saying this, but for posterity's sake I will: any previous administration would have been instantly sunk by this. Before January 20, 2017, this would have been the most stunning corruption scandal in the history of the American justice system. Now, it's...a Thursday.

submitted 9 days ago • 59 comments

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

submitted 15 days ago • 158 comments

The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...

submitted 14 days ago • 227 comments

Pretty thuggish way to treat a distinguished senior officer after a lifetime of serving her country. They relish the cruelty.

submitted 16 days ago • 132 comments

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 20 days ago • 356 comments

"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup." nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 19 days ago • 272 comments

The creepy billionaires at the inauguration live on data, and Trump’s Musk-rats just got access to huge federal data sets. Watch out for the Great Thievery to go after your data. In a battle between your privacy and their profit, who likely wins?

submitted 20 days ago • 303 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 20 days ago • 1309 comments