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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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(I should clarify that when I call somebody stupid, it’s not a judgement on their “innate” intelligence or anything like that; rather, it’s a judgment on how they’ve freely chosen to turn their brains to mush)

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In a parliamentary state, if a party that promised to do away with a regulatory agency like this achieved a majority, they’d just do it; there’d be no recourse. The current admin, with the complicity of its majority partners in Congress, is—unconstitutionally—bypassing the veto points … 1/2

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

This is why we have due process; because random people speculating about things is a terrible way to run a government. Without due process, we're all just vigilantes. At its core, that's what this is about. Due process and the rule of law. Everything else is window dressing.

submitted 10 hours ago • 159 comments

Let’s all talk to the folks who valorize Cuomo of COVID days 1. His policies of forcing nursing homes to take COVID positive patients in killed thousands 2. Lying about death counts to evade accountability 3. 5 million book lying about his covid success 4. Prevented NYC from protect city in covid

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

The candidate that wins the senior vote will win the primary.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Of course

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Somebody asked me if Republicans would do NEPA reform and I just laughed and laughed

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This is more like it

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There is a model of reporting that grants anonymity for people to say shitty things about people. There is another model of reporting that grants anonymity to secure information for the public that isn't otherwise public. The former protects people in power; the latter challenges those in power.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Fed Chair Jay Powell seems to be saying that the Fed won't bail the Trump administration out of its economic debacle by cutting rates but it stands ready to prevent a market crisis by providing liquidity - and by crisis I mean markets stop functioning properly, not that asset prices are falling.

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Okay so lots of people on the TL are struggling with the creation of art and whether it is worthwhile in this moment. Obviously, I think it is, but rather offer some platitudes about that, I’d like to instead talk about my experience of doing this, and what i have learned.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Congestion pricing

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