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Yeah, and this should be undermined!!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I’ve been waiting for this comparison! Thank you, Pat!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Frightening people with acronyms

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”

submitted 29 days ago • 212 comments

“The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” —Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kyiv

submitted 37 days ago • 44 comments

Vance has, for years, used this technique where he mischaracterizes the position of his opponents by taking it to an extreme that they never advocated, then arguing w/that fictitious position. Supporters don’t want “permanent” shipments, nor did we advocate de-industrialization.

submitted 37 days ago • 931 comments

The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.

submitted 51 days ago • 776 comments

Oh, jeez. I think Kyle’s right.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

On January 6th, 1995, my (now ex) wife and I boarded a flight from Heathrow to JFK on a one way ticket. We had two suitcases and about $900 in cash - this was everything we owned and we were moving to the US. We thought it was maybe for 2-3 years. I had visited the US once, for a conference, and

submitted 52 days ago • 17 comments

Turns out the “deep state” was just civil servants honoring their oath to the Constitution.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

This little boy is a true hero and should be celebrated as such.

submitted 57 days ago • 71 comments

I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining

submitted 142 days ago • 121 comments

The details of this are deeply disturbing. Sure, funding providers get to dictate terms or withdraw funding, but this is so antithetical to the spirit of both the US Constitution and public academia. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments