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"The tasks of deregulation and privatization are themselves being deregulated and privatized ⁠– turned over substantially to Musk...." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The auto industry invented the Sports Utility Vehicle to get around certain safety and fuel economy standards. This can be analogized to the design of DOGE.

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Worse than that, they're going to fritter away precious time by focusing on using the Congressional Review to repeal Biden administration rules instead of figuring out how to keep the government from shutting down.

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"The Office of Community Planning and Development, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is slated to lose 84% of its staff...." This isn't about efficiency. This is racism and racist cruelty. www.wusf.org/2025-02-22/t...

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Has anyone asked Netanyahu to comment on all of Trump's Nazi friends?

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ONE MONTH UNTIL WE ARE BACK AT ROWDY AUDI ✨

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"If you wish to continue your employment, please respond to this email while standing on the surface of the moon Failure to do so shall be understood as a voluntary resignation."

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The resignation of a federal employee must be voluntary. I highly doubt failure to respond to this email---sent on a Saturday---would be understood by any court to be a voluntary resignation.

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Proofreading is cultural Marxism

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This is such a valuable opportunity for the Democratic Party to "reintroduce" itself to large parts of America, and Party leaders are like, "What is we put Liz Cheney in a TikTok video?"

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Can't wait to see the administration's cost-benefit analyses!

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New, from me @theatlantic.com: No, the federal government is not too big It has real human capital needs Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Let me join the growing line: This is the single best distillation of the "method" behind Trump's madness to this point I've read (and I've read a lot) balkin.blogspot.com/2025/02/emer...

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If only this were enough to alter the deranged "logic" of gerrymandered primaries

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Great interview with @progressivereform.bsky.social Member Scholar David Driesen on Trump's moves to establish an imperial presidency. truthout.org/articles/tru...

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Contrary to the claims of conservatives, there never was "slippery slope" towards socialism. It was the descent towards nihilism that was frighteningly easy.

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What has two thumbs and isn't old yet? This g-- Ow! My shoulder!

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"The cancellations listed come disproportionately from businesses run by women and people from minority groups." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Reminder that Wednesday night, Trump issued an executive order effectively making Musk the final arbiter over the entire regulatory system. He now arguably has more power over the administrative state apparatus than OMB Director Russ Vought (certainly no less).

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What, if anything, do public choice theorists have to say about the whole Deep State narrative?

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Really starting to dread the Friday nights of this Trump era

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35 years ago today, Guided By Voices released “Same Place The Fly Got Smashed.” Bottomless hole, rock ‘n’ roll. See how many of the album’s tracks made it on our list of the 500 best GBV-related songs of all time: magnetmagazine.com/2023/12/28/t...

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This will directly affect the future, & the present, of Pennsylvania & the country. Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine at Pitt. Pitt helped unlock DNA & pioneered organ transplants. Musk is offering a future where Americans are poorer, sicker, & less free. One word: NO www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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The inefficiency of this move approaches infinity

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Listening Pearl Jam Unplugged because I am a #cool #dad

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Wild to look at EPA's press page. Tons of announcements crowing about the grants and loans they're issuing. It's like an alternative universe. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

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1/2 You should add to your must-read list David Super's fine essay describing Trump's strategy for seizing more power. 6 key steps: Establish a presidential super-power; Eliminate neutral arbiters of fact; Impose loyalty tests and instill fear; Feign legality while establishing facts on the ground;

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The originalist case for making policy with chainsaws. Chapter I

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It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

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"James Goodwin, policy director at @progressivereform.bsky.social, said in an interview... 'What it does is it gives DOGE through the team leads at agencies what essentially amounts to individual veto power over every agency’s regulatory decision making....'" federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...

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'What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood' by The Mynabirds

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But Obama did once claim the right to implement existing laws through a phone and a pen. So, who's to say what's right or wrong here?

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Eliesmash

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If anyone needs me, I'm going to be learning to affect an English accent for the next 4 years or so

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