06.03.2026 15:30
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Not watching tonight. I won't take any version of, "Fred, what does he have to do to win the speech?" which is all they have on offer.
Read @froomkin.bsky.social for what they could do instead, but won't.
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The MA State Auditor thinks that the existence of legislative oversight of executive agencies is proof that executive offices can conduct executive oversight of the legislature. Why? According to her the answer to this question is simply “checks and balances.” Can’t make this stuff up. 🙁
This was written BEFORE today’s news that DiZoglio has been expanded her enemies list to include the state’s judges.
Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
Murphy: "It's always been the fear & now is closer to the reality that the Trump admin is creating this mayhem, particularly in cities in swing states, to take control of elections. They're trying to trade the presence of ICE & the murder & mayhem they are causing for control of MN's elections"
i think they are bad consolidating authoritarianism choices because effective consolidation involves carrots as well as (secret) sticks. this administration is doing the opposite. no carrots whatsoever and ostentatious public violence against members of the dominant racial/ethnic/religious group
this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
Where we are as a country
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
At least 11 Indiana Republicans were targeted with threats or swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
The end of a tariff exemption on goods worth $800 or less has left some U.S. shoppers with an extra shipping bill that must be paid before delivery.
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
“Throughout our nation’s history, domestic deployment of the military has been a last resort. The strict limitations on the use of troops on U.S. soil remain as important today as when they were enacted into law. Retired National Security File Brief in District of Columbia v. Trump
NEW: 34 retired admirals, generals, and service secretaries warn of the dangers of politicized domestic deployments, as the Trump admin appeals a judge's ruling that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal. Read their brief to the D.C. Court of Appeals: protdem.org/4an4oDV
I get in debates on X with right- wingers for fun, and the words they use now bear a one-to-one correspondence to the 1920 Klan. Read this from the grand wizard, a document everyone should know.
MAGA. KKK part of our USA DNA.
www.americanyawp.com/reader/22-th...
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
Headline writers: You have one job
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
Massachusetts Politics in 2024-25: Irrelevant Republicans,
Pragmatic Voters, and Constitutional Vandalism from the State House and the White House
@jeroldduquette.bsky.social
Central Connecticut State University
#mapoli
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nejps/vol15/...
Democrats improved most in elections where turnout dropped the most & in Hispanic areas
x.com/theeconomist...
Will the same guys who changed the all the DoD signage be removing the blindfolds from depictions of Lady Justice at the DoJ.
Since 2015, Trump has never been able to turn out his low-political engagement voters (who are very hard to reach in polls) in elections when his name is not on the ballot. The pattern continues.
Kristi Noem: "We will continue to do this work until there are no longer anybody in our communities that's here illegally."
