@pamacious
"It is chiefly designed for the president and his high ministers to somehow be called into account. It is designed to 'bridle' the executive if he engages in excesses... It is designed as a method of national inquest..." -Hamilton 65 via Rep Barbara Jordan
"As many as 314,000 women and 24,000 men were sterilised against their will in Peru under Fujimori’s government, which sought to forcibly lower the birth rate ...
The procedures were particularly invasive for the women involved, and some suffered long-term complications, including death.
We show who we are as a nation through our Constitution.
When the Constitution is threatened or damaged by the Executive, the remedy for restoration is impeachment. Powers are defined for Congress to bridle the Executive, too, for example.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-world-order Read end section on Trump and nukes and Iran
On the reality TV president and his nuclear series finale: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
Maybe I’m too demanding but I’d really like a definitive answer on why the United States started a war in Iran and what we are trying to accomplish.
"The United States and Israel have attacked Iran at a pace that far surpasses other recent conflicts .... the initial days of the US-Israeli assault against Iran resulted in 'significantly more targets [hit] per day than any campaign in recent decades'
"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."
On who's really in charge:
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Yes, thank you! Schumer must go!
They never catch up. They just talk about stuff when it's too late to do anything, and yell at those of us who talk about it when it can still be fixed.
"An unelected son-in-law carrying out the will of an autocrat is typical in a kleptocracy. The unusual part is that Kushner is not working for the country for which his father-in-law is president."
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This is a good thread. The context is relevant for professionals who work in tech. But I think there are some interesting things here for anybody who's trying to wrap their heads around "videcoding" and what the actual impact is.
Not sure everything here resonates with me. But good analysis.
Trump doesn't care about the US or humanity.
This guy is so useless oh my god.
Americans are being targeted by their entire ruling class, which has drifted so far toward the Dark Triad that it now blends into diseased elites all over the world.
Civilization as we know it is collateral damage to their schemes and they *expect* demographic collapse from wrecking the Holocene.
Turn me back into just Gabe.
I guess I kind of thought of us as their weapon dealer (provider? donor?) and that they took care of their own business. Now we seem to be the junior partner or toady.
New article! I wrote about Iran, Israel, the US, and the long history of criminal extremism that led to this point. Also covered: Trump, Kushner, Epstein, and nukes. Take your time — and please share if you find it useful!
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Leana Wen still takes the prize for some of the worst, most dangerous WaPo takes, though.
WaPo declaring its position in alignment with "trust" in those seeking to overthrow the US government for a one-party, theocratic state is one hell of a take, but - sadly - unsurprising.
I fixed it.
"The Democratic Party--the institution--does not act like it wants to win nor like it wants to build power to address critical issues. Instead, they leave in place ineffective state party operatives and don't invest for the long run. They leave it to us to do their job." -Jodi Jacobson, Nov 20, 2021
A tweet from Senate Gabe asks about frequent job report discussions. Below, Justin Wolfers tweet explains that negative job report revisions mean there never were labor market improvements, showing a chart with revised payroll estimates.
A tweet by Justin Wolfers shows a chart of total U.S. jobs declining after a marked Liberation Day and states: payrolls fell by 92k, unemployment rose to 4.4%, and recession concerns have returned.
A tweet thread discusses job additions reported by the Trump Administration, noting adjustments to previous months and stressing the need to verify reports. A linked article about job gains after a shutdown is included.
Never trust Trump regime numbers point blank mm
Here's what worries me. The U.S. is less oil-dependent than our peers, and so Wall Street has responded far less to the war in Iran than financial markets abroad. When the country calling the shots feels only a small share of the pain, that's a dangerous asymmetry.
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WSJ screenshot. Text: “Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years Republicans are seen as better at handling most issues that decide elections despite respondents' unease with President Trump over the economy, tariffs and foreign policy.” A chart showing net favorably over time. The Democrats are very underwater.
The only issues on which voters prefer congressional Democrats to Republicans, among the 10 tested in the Journal survey, are healthcare and vaccine policy. "The Democratic brand is so bad that they don't have the credibility to be a critic of Trump or the Republican Party," said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who worked on the Journal survey with Republican Tony Fabrizio. "Until they reconnect with real voters and working people on who they're for and what their economic message is, they're going to have problems."
Seems like Dems might need a change in tactics — quickly. Less Chuck Schumer and Amy Klobuchar, more Zohran Mamdani and AOC.
Thanks in large part to the Koch Network and the vast, right-wing network of organizations working in concert like the Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, orgs whose leaders connect under The Council for National Policy umbrella, and so on.
A very obvious violation of every member of congress's oath of office right now to not be pushing full steam ahead on impeaching Trump/Hegseth/Vance and whoever else is involved in this.
I didn't realize this was a new thing. Haven't we been their aircover for decades?
Wow, if accurate.
Republicans want to be able to harm people indiscriminately.
I was wondering why Thom Tillis was yelling so much at Noem and threatening such extreme things and now I see it was to get one his "colleagues" into the chair.
Classic senate.
The Gulf states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman – have very limited fresh water resources. Hundreds of desalination plants turning seawater into drinking water help make existence of modern states in this part of the world possible.