Kenneth Manusama

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

Gisteravond F1 The Movie gezien. Onverwachte aanrader.

Unprecedented crimes happening right in the front of us. The open monetization of the presidency. The most obviously & blatantly unconstitutional stuff on a daily basis.

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history & well, 👇🤷‍♂️

De Voting Rights Act gaat het komende jaar waarschijnlijk feitelijk ter ziele door toedoen van het Hooggerechtshof.

Screenshot of a website with Oxford University Press and circle-shaped logo in upper left corner and heading Academic. Next to a placeholder cover reading Image Not Available, overview of the book reads: When the Declaration of Independence Was News Emily Sneff Provides fresh perspectives on the Declaration of Independence by focusing on the earliest public readings and print reactions to independence in English and European languages Brings to life the range of interpretations and emotions of people as they learned about the Declaration of Independence throughout the United States and the Atlantic world Publishes to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

A bit of good news on a Friday:

My book exists on the OUP website 🙌

When the Declaration of Independence Was News, coming April 15, 2026!

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Goed moment om mijn boek ‘(On)grondwettelijk’ aan te schaffen! Weet je prima hoe eea werkt bij het Hooggerechtshof als deze weer begint in oktober, en oa deze zaak gaat behandelen.

Well this is some seriously scary shit with which to close out the week. John Roberts can be counted on to screw minorities’ voting rights at every possible opportunity.

also, this is very Soviet, except that Stalin then arrested and executed the statisticians

White House reveals new tariff plan: What we know

Trump signs an order announcing tariffs near his deadline.

optekenen van kiesdistricten, en krijg je straks districten in sommige staten waarin altijd de witte kiezer in de meerderheid is.

Hopelijk duidelijker.

Om eigenlijk voor discriminatie elders te compenseren. Als het Hof nu gaat zeggen dat dergelijke districten ongrondwettelijk zijn - want gebaseerd op ras - dan kan de witte meerderheid volop de gekleurde minderheid vrijelijk dwars zitten in het 2/n

Ter verduidelijking (dank aan @paulducheine.bsky.social die hierom vroeg): Het Hof heeft ooit gesteld dat het opzettelijk maken van kiesdistricten waarin de gekleurde kiezer in de meerderheid is, gerechtvaardigd kan zijn obv de Voting Rights Act (majority-minority districts) Waarom? 1/n

in Plessy v. Ferguson, op hun kop gezet. 4/4

of zelfs worden overruled. Het zou passen in de succesvolle strijd van conservatieven om een kleurenblinde maatschappij te creeeren, waarbij geen plaats of oog is voor de achterstanden van minderheden en de oorzaak daarvan. De 14e en 15e amendementen, de beroemde opinie van Justice Harlan 3/n

dit soort kiesdistricten gerechtvaardigd zijn om algehele discriminatie tegen te gaan door minderheden meer mogelijkheden te geven om een kandidaat van hun voorkeur te kiezen, mits voldaan aan een aantal voorwaarden (Thornburgh v. Gingles). Dat precedent moet dan anders worden geïntepreteerd, 2/n

Het Hof op koers om bepaald soort gerrymandering obv ras alsnog goed te keuren. Ik voorspel dat het Hof gaat zeggen dat het bewust creëren van kiesdistricten waarin zwarte kiezers de meerderheid hebben, ongrondwettelijk is. Eerder had het Hof gesteld dat onder de Voting Rights Act (1965) 1/n

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show The Man Driving the Nationalist Revival on the Right | The Ezra Klein Show

Dit moet ik nog luisteren/kijken (ik heb soms wat moeite met Ezra Klein), maar dit is wel het thema voor de nabije toekomst: de opvolging van Trumpisme, National Conservatism.
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Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony The House Oversight chair also rejected an immunity request from the Jeffrey Epstein associate.

The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell is indefinitely postponed.

oh absolutely. the issue is that trump is too vindictive to have just let sleeping dogs lie. he wanted to get revenge on everyone that aggrieved him in his first term. i am 100% certain, in fact, that the project 2025 stuff was sold to him as a tool for getting that revenge.

This is an object lesson in the importance of force and violence in politics. ICE is able to flaunt the law because they're willing to use both. Until members of Congress start showing up with breaching teams and armed security, the law is irrelevant. Just a piece of paper.

“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The corporation has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress — marking the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled the production of renowned educational programming, cultural content and even emergency alerts.

Emerson poll | 7/28-7/30 RV

2028 Democratic presidential primary (North Carolina)
Pete Buttigieg 16.8%
Kamala Harris 12.0%
Gavin Newsom 10.2%
Bernie Sanders 6.9%
Cory Booker 5.2%
AOC 4.1%
Andy Beshear 3.7%
Tim Walz 3.3%
Josh Shapiro 3.2%
Gretchen Whitmer 3.2%
JB Pritzker 2.7%
Wes Moore 2.2%
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University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

Academic freedom is dying in Louisiana: Southeastern Louisiana University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas. lailluminator.com/2025/07/31/s...

Alabama Notifying Adult Sites of New Tax Set to Take Effect Sept. 1 The Alabama Department of Revenue has begun sending notices to adult site operators about a new 10% tax on their revenues, set to be enforced starting Sept. 1.

“In a post-Paxton world where the meaning of the First Amendment is seemingly up for grabs, it's unclear.” @alisonboden.bsky.social

AL law imposes age verification + a content-based tax on websites that offer a "substantial" amount of sexual material harmful to minors. www.xbiz.com/news/291195/...

En als de werkgelegenheid cijfers je niet bevallen dan ontslag je de baas van het bureau dat die cijfers uitbrengt. Vanaf nu zullen de cijfers uit de Bureau of Labor Statistics niet te vertrouwen zijn.

CNN: An auto parts maker in Detroit just had to layoff 100 workers and shut down a warehouse. The owner specifically blamed tariffs.

STEPHEN MIRAN: It's always convenient to blame political changes when your business fails

How it started. How it's going.