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Putting up a few thoughts on the latest tariff swerve paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

submitted 5 hours ago • 43 comments

Make it make sense

submitted 12 hours ago • 468 comments

WSJ: The exemptions undermine the Administration’s legal justification that his tariffs are needed to meet a national “emergency.” Imports of glassware and umbrellas from China are an emergency but imports of electronics aren’t? www.wsj.com/opinion/on-t...

submitted 2 hours ago • 7 comments

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

submitted 11 hours ago • 439 comments

To be the Silverback Male you only need to be big and aggressive. Not too smart probably doesn’t hurt.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

HEY JFK JR. MAYBE AUTISM WAS UNDER-DIAGNOSED (OR MISUNDERSTOOD) 40 YEARS AGO, &/OR IS OVER-DIAGNOSED TODAY. EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?

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Spring time in the back yard - from the bathroom window

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I don’t know how the legal argument against the US will be framed, but if anyone in the DOJ accurately described, out loud, what the US is doing, and then also said out loud that they don’t have any control over these people, it would sound outlandishly, preposterously illegal.

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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments

submitted 16 hours ago • 437 comments

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy must be lying awake at night worrying about the brilliance of that legal powerhouse - Alina Habba…

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Fight the power!

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

"Whoever is elected the 48th president won’t be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying. Countries can and will move on without the United States. Their firms will establish new supply chains and pursue other markets." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 20 hours ago • 51 comments

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV pundits on Vladimir Solovyov's show took turns mocking Trump. They applauded the damage he is doing to the U.S. and the world order and urged him to keep going for as long as possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCX9...

submitted 19 hours ago • 45 comments

A southern slaveowner in the 1760s believed: darker skin makes you chattel, bought and sold for personal gain; free speech, religion & assembly for me, not thee; wealth is based on free labor and no taxes. Not much has changed, except these ideas have metastasized to engulf the Republican Party.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

open.substack.com/pub/wesodonn...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

The Republican Party will not be able hide in the corner. The shit will slide downhill and bury the party. Sadly, at everyone’s expense.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Today in the US - a Portland Thorns (women’s professional soccer team) player from Venezuela did not travel to join her nation team for two international matches for fear that she would be barred from returning to the US. Worse than Russia.

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substack.com/@marketsenti...

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US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Take the W. Always, always

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Paul Weiss knows Trump’s actions against it are illegal. They also know that someone will fight the fight. So they “do a deal” and suffer some short-term derision, keep their clients, and never have to do the pro bono “promise.” Guess it pays to be a soulless fuck (until the guillotine).

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Cong. republicans know that Susman’s statement, attached, in its suit against the Administration, is absolutely true. Which means either (1) they assume trump will lose, or (2) they expect to be in power for 100 years. I vote for the former - the chicken shits, sitting with their mouths shut.

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