damianeads.bsky.social
AI Software Engineer. History, geopolitics, philosophy, wine, hiking, beaches. CS PhD '11. Wise founder (acq GE), Cambridge, Los Alamos. Created scipy.cluster and paratext. he/him https://damianeads.com
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Well, if SCOTUS uses that argument, will they do the same with corporate personhood? Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railway Corp (1886)
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Thanks for sharing! It is a privilege to hear your story.
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I like the idea. However, cable TV subscriptions are declining and people are subscribing to individual content creators ranging from crackpot to genuine expert. Perhaps a West Wing redo on streaming.
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The same tactics are used by both parties to stall undesirable nominees. If one party eliminates any particular tactic, they must handle the consequences when the control shifts to another party. Over time, this results in more confirmations of persons without broad bipartisan support.
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The House usually holds 15 minute votes with electronic key cards. The Senate usually holds a 2 hour+ roll call vote by voice. Stalling tactics prolong the actual floor time - 2 hrs for a quorum call, 2 hrs for motion to proceed to executive session, 2 hrs for cloture, and 2 hours for final vote.
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www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
A source for (1)
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1. The claims about Carter & Bush pardons have been debunked.
2. Clinton & Trump issued pardons for specific crimes. Roger Clinton and Charles Kushner both actually served some time.
3. Biden gave a blanket pardon for all activity from 2014-2024 - the first blanket pardon since Ford's of Nixon.
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Such hard R states seem to stomach better D state officials who are local and they trust than giving national Dems any more power than they already hold.
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Beshear winning a Senate seat seems like an uphill battle. Aside from Tester in Montana, hard red states seem to consistently elect R senators in recent years.
The decades-long switchover after R's Southern Strategy came to a close w/ the departure of Daschle, Chaffee, Byrd, Cleland, Hollings, etc
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Very cool stuff!
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Now, Biden should give specific pardons to ordinary people who have indisputably suffered miscarriages of justice. There's a long list.
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It's like getting rid of the filibuster for a family member.
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Which body enforces the 22nd amendment after Trump v Anderson (2024)? Do they wait until the counting of electoral votes? Good luck with that.
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Not sure the House could get 2/3rds behind squashing a dubious, partisan pardon.
If we are already amending the constitution to rein in pardons, we could start by banning self-pardons, banning pardons for future crimes, and requiring the pardon target a conviction rather than a blanket pardon.
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The name seems a lot more interesting than the oil poem, and also less depressing than the column on life expectancy
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Yep, hate this. Sometimes there is a "skip the recipe button" and then usually I click "print".
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6/6 This is your space. This is your time. You are in control. Engage or walk away on your terms. Have a wonderful day! 🦋
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5/6 You have very little control over your experience on X. If you are not feeling political, there is no way to turn it off for a day. There is no way to have a "no politics" or "no culture wars" day on X.
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4/6 X is a far from neutral platform -- it selectively amplifies views and suppresses others without any transparency. Accounts were banned simply for views that upset its owner, without any ToS violations. I have not seen a respectful, productive debate on X since the mid Twitter days.
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3/6 Echo chamber accusers are usually projecting. Why respect the opinion of someone who appears to get their information from a cluster of highly questionable sources?
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2/6 If you could meet everyone on the planet, you would only have a quarter of a second with each person without any breaks. Zero opportunity is lost when blocking trolls.
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www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...
Plans are in the works to increase the threshold for a motion to vacate the chair to any 9 members.
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Yes, but he may be even worse: growing up as a Kennedy affords one the best tutors and education money can buy.
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DEI for spoiled C students
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My guess she has not thought through when someone else's freedom of speech is contrary to her religion.
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My first tweet in 2011 was "When I'm not coding, I'm tweeting.'