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Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.

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Why lockdown made sense, and still does: "It was a choice between the devastation of lockdown and an even worse devastation." open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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Marks: RFKJr "wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” wapo.st/4hQn8fm

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It is unfortunate that most Americans will not know or care about this issue until Trump persuades the Supreme Court to abolish agency independence, gains absolute power over the Federal Reserve, and crashes the economy. But that’s the direction in which we are ineluctably heading.

submitted 20 hours ago • 49 comments

The U.S. Ranks #85 (of 179) on the 2025 Academic Freedom Index. Is anti-pluralistic government to blame? open.substack.com/pub/heterodo...

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Clear account of the rationale for indirect costs in Federal Grants: open.substack.com/pub/dickasli...

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Not only did the Trump regime mess up their own opsec, they also committed a war crime. They targeted residential buildings in Yemen, missed their target, and killed civilians instead.

submitted 2 days ago • 140 comments

The law gods have a sense of humor.

submitted 2 days ago • 161 comments

Fairly clearly perjury by the DNI, no?

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"Miscarrying women in Texas died of sepsis after doctors delayed evacuating their uteruses. Doing so would have been considered an abortion" www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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With all the concern about what messaging app was used by our leaders, I'd love it if we also considered that we dropped bombs on a civilian apartment building and killed 53 people. Some number of whom were children. If another country did this to the United States, we'd call it a war crime.

submitted 3 days ago • 189 comments

Capricious termination of grants is grossly inefficient! open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Apparently co-authoring this mild and public-spirited expression of opposition to the bombing of Gaza got a student kidnapped by our secret police: khttps://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Waltz's distract-by-smearing tactic is both dishonest and completely stupid. Surely even Republicans can find a better National Security Adviser?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study? A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.

submitted 3 days ago • 148 comments

Party line vote: the R majority picks a fox to guard the health hen house. rollcall.com/2025/03/25/s...

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🚨 WOW: Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice says the Russians "undoubtedly" have all of the information shared on the Trump administration's Signal texts.

submitted 3 days ago • 126 comments

Gabe Fleisher lays out what makes this event uniquely crazy: www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-crazie...

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“That her political speech and association in support of Palestinian rights jeopardizes U.S. foreign policy is a preposterous proposition,” wapo.st/4kZNGxr

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Applies to Senate Republicans as well...they could even have succeeded in rejecting the nominees!

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Strange and scary, until "The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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NONE of this is normal

submitted 7 days ago • 1798 comments

We have arrived at the point where Iran’s supreme leader is critical of the Trump Admin’s record on civil liberties and human rights.

submitted 7 days ago • 501 comments

Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.

submitted 7 days ago • 3021 comments

It’s far worse than this. A revenue loss of 0.5 trillion per year removes benefits amounting to $4000 per household per year (on average, roughly independent of SE status). You lose unless your taxes are reduced by more than $4K! Only the top 20% see that net benefit.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

"Things have changed"...and not in a good way

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Kari Lake sent me this reply to my request for comment on the lawsuit filed against her: “Kari Lake does not grant interviews or interact with disreputable ‘news’ outlets like NPR.”

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

submitted 8 days ago • 509 comments

Cornell alumni, contact your president's office to make sure they defend this student with all their might. Acting President Michael Kotlikoff (607) 255-5201 voice (607) 255-9924 fax [email protected]

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

America is already a pariah nation to the world

submitted 9 days ago • 114 comments

“If even a dozen Republicans in Congress had the capacity to stand up to Trump, this would be a very different ballgame,” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

JFC, why are you lowering the goalposts FOR HIM? “Court orders don’t count unless it’s the SUPREME Court” is already the end of the rule of law.

submitted 10 days ago • 84 comments

“It is completely unprincipled and antithetical to classical liberal principles to punish someone for the speech or actions of another person." www.dropsitenews.com/p/georgetown...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Our Dear Leader “is a virtuoso and his musical choices represent a brilliant palette of vibrant colors when others often paint in pale pastels.” Would be funny if it weren’t so sick.

submitted 9 days ago • 26 comments

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

submitted 10 days ago • 625 comments

While Musk sells cars on the White House lawn, DOGE shuts down Social Security and other federal offices in San Diego and across the country. It's not efficiency, it's destruction. Workers, families, and seniors pay the price.

Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.

Why lockdown made sense, and still does: "It was a choice between the devastation of lockdown and an even worse devastation." open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Marks: RFKJr "wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” wapo.st/4hQn8fm

It is unfortunate that most Americans will not know or care about this issue until Trump persuades the Supreme Court to abolish agency independence, gains absolute power over the Federal Reserve, and crashes the economy. But that’s the direction in which we are ineluctably heading.

The U.S. Ranks #85 (of 179) on the 2025 Academic Freedom Index. Is anti-pluralistic government to blame? open.substack.com/pub/heterodo...

Clear account of the rationale for indirect costs in Federal Grants: open.substack.com/pub/dickasli...

Not only did the Trump regime mess up their own opsec, they also committed a war crime. They targeted residential buildings in Yemen, missed their target, and killed civilians instead.

The law gods have a sense of humor.

Fairly clearly perjury by the DNI, no?

"Miscarrying women in Texas died of sepsis after doctors delayed evacuating their uteruses. Doing so would have been considered an abortion" www.propublica.org/article/texa...

With all the concern about what messaging app was used by our leaders, I'd love it if we also considered that we dropped bombs on a civilian apartment building and killed 53 people. Some number of whom were children. If another country did this to the United States, we'd call it a war crime.

Capricious termination of grants is grossly inefficient! open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Apparently co-authoring this mild and public-spirited expression of opposition to the bombing of Gaza got a student kidnapped by our secret police: khttps://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Waltz's distract-by-smearing tactic is both dishonest and completely stupid. Surely even Republicans can find a better National Security Adviser?

So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study? A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.

Party line vote: the R majority picks a fox to guard the health hen house. rollcall.com/2025/03/25/s...

🚨 WOW: Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice says the Russians "undoubtedly" have all of the information shared on the Trump administration's Signal texts.

Gabe Fleisher lays out what makes this event uniquely crazy: www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-crazie...

“That her political speech and association in support of Palestinian rights jeopardizes U.S. foreign policy is a preposterous proposition,” wapo.st/4kZNGxr

Applies to Senate Republicans as well...they could even have succeeded in rejecting the nominees!

Strange and scary, until "The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NONE of this is normal

We have arrived at the point where Iran’s supreme leader is critical of the Trump Admin’s record on civil liberties and human rights.

Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.

It’s far worse than this. A revenue loss of 0.5 trillion per year removes benefits amounting to $4000 per household per year (on average, roughly independent of SE status). You lose unless your taxes are reduced by more than $4K! Only the top 20% see that net benefit.

"Things have changed"...and not in a good way

Kari Lake sent me this reply to my request for comment on the lawsuit filed against her: “Kari Lake does not grant interviews or interact with disreputable ‘news’ outlets like NPR.”

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

Cornell alumni, contact your president's office to make sure they defend this student with all their might. Acting President Michael Kotlikoff (607) 255-5201 voice (607) 255-9924 fax [email protected]

America is already a pariah nation to the world

“If even a dozen Republicans in Congress had the capacity to stand up to Trump, this would be a very different ballgame,” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

JFC, why are you lowering the goalposts FOR HIM? “Court orders don’t count unless it’s the SUPREME Court” is already the end of the rule of law.

“It is completely unprincipled and antithetical to classical liberal principles to punish someone for the speech or actions of another person." www.dropsitenews.com/p/georgetown...

Our Dear Leader “is a virtuoso and his musical choices represent a brilliant palette of vibrant colors when others often paint in pale pastels.” Would be funny if it weren’t so sick.

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

While Musk sells cars on the White House lawn, DOGE shuts down Social Security and other federal offices in San Diego and across the country. It's not efficiency, it's destruction. Workers, families, and seniors pay the price.

Stack of 3 headlines in today's NYT

Well, the UC system does seem more reliable