timsull.bsky.social
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Prestige institutions often have these kinds of brittle reputation protecting habits and biases. Not rational but you know they’re supposed to be the best and so anything that cuts against it
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What's scary is we have to reason our way into the ruleset and determine how to act to enforce it. But the first step is to cement in the popular and elite will that he and his administration are illegitimate. Then we decide how and whether to conduct a second American revolution.
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We can describe his acts without implying consequences besides those which follow from his actions - ignoring the law and judiciary - rendering his presidency *illegitimate*. Then we bind ourselves to what the law and the constitution imply about handling an illegitimate administration and SCOTUS.
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go get him. somebody's gotta go get him. we can't let these people commit crimes this bad this easily.
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May the monsters who did this never know peace
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Its the worst.
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Gotta be for the ballots right?
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Not even a little bit.
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Their reputation has plummeted because they haven’t been able to cement in the public mind what is plainly true: us democracy is under existential threat. There are moral and material stakes to their work in these times which they do not recognize.
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Racing each other to the depths of hell and dragging us all with them
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One thing about that dude is he stays on his bullshit
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Alas
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Attempted putinization. That would be tyrant is not going to get his way.
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yes it is the name of the movie. if you are feeling unpleasant emotions about this exchange . . . something to think about. Best of luck to you.
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In the midst of a broken information environment. Putin's had his way for however many years after all. Not to say that's inevitable, but sometimes evil people get their way for far too long.
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We don't have a credible model to organize politics that is an alternative to the one that has allowed the current situation.
I think if we had one that was specific and credible, you'd see more optimism. None of which is to contest that we may get through this via mechanisms we don't understand.
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I've seen "Obedience," yes.
Are *you* an expert on human psychology and political organizing?
If not, why would you even bother making the point that being a total asshole correlates with effectiveness? Give us your credentials or stop wasting everyone's time!
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I value like-ability! People with no like-ability tend to be destructive!
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dude you seem like an awful person. who taught you how to interact with people? why do you think being a rude asshole is ok?
You're making the world worse and you should stop.
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He’s such a creep, just id and confusion and weird instinct all the way down. Just reacts without any sense of self awareness - just so nakedly instrumental with everything he says and does. A horror show for the world.
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There was a moment in their hannity interview where, in response to a conflict of interest questions, Trump was like “he hasn’t asked me about how we’re cutting the ev subsidy” and Musk did a sort of eye bulge neck twist thing and stayed silent. You can tell he’s cross pressured in a lot of ways.
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Public opinion almost matters more without the democracy.
We’re going to need support when the constitutional order is being enforced by people not institutions or process.
A general defying an illegal order from Pete Hegseth or even detaining him needs to know the people are on his/her side.
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Plenty of anecdotal cases of surprise
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Whatever it takes to stay free
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I'm watching alongside Illinoisans what's happening in our country right now with dread.
The authoritarian playbook is laid bare: they point to a group of people who don't look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems.
What comes next?
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My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
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It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
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This genuinely seems like something you would do if you were acting on behalf of other nations that were hostile to the US.
There is clearly an attempted autogolpe underway, but is it also treason?
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Good lord these people. Many of em real bad. Some of em just real dumb.
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Ugh
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Can they do hearings? Can they humiliate them? Obviously the independent gop (fanciful as it is) wouldn’t go for it but … the senate has power to make some noise and counter these “efficiency” narratives and rub the press’s face in the flimsiness of the lies…
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They don’t have the power to eliminate their powers they only have the power not to use them
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The Republican senate is acquiescing to lawlessness is how I would frame it. They don’t have the power to cede the purse except by legislation/constitutional amendment.
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I feel like a lot of the headline writers at the elite papers are just … dumb? Like maybe when you start you have to figure stuff out but does no one know the basic workings of government?
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None. None.
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Anti-science Trump supporting billionaire tech investors deserve zero benefit of the doubt. We should be prejudiced against the potential social impacts of their projects.
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It’s like saying you lose money when you buy something. Okay but what do you get? Not a complicated concept…
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apocalyptically stupid take
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Redemption possible but no more benefit of the doubt absent reboot + at least decades.
Worry about our credit rating too. What a beautiful benefit weathering recessions to be the place people park their money.
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Problem is the justice department is compromised.
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That dude is absolutely bonkers. Just so detached from reality.
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we don't know where it will go, what use cases will stick, what harms will flow from it and the men hyping it have disgraced themselves in the face of rising tyranny and are busy enshittifying their own products and the internet itself, which itself held plenty of potential as a learning tool.
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you seemed to need some help understanding that sorry if i misinterpreted