Dell C. "DC" Toedt III

And thus will it always be until such time — if ever — as we modernize our election system.

Just a quick reminder that Trump ostensibly launched this war because he was unable to negotiate a deal very much like the one he blew up just to spite Obama.

If you were at work today and you got a phone call from your wife that France just blew up your kid's school, your lifelong opinion of France is probably not going to be anything other than "Death to France"

Literally the only statement from an elected official I’ve read this morning worth our time. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov take note!!

Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

CC: @hebagowayed.bsky.social

Or just “(modified)”

Texan here: Assuming events stay on roughly the same course† between now and November:

Crockett v. Cornyn: Cornyn.
Crockett v. Paxton: ???
Talarico v. Cornyn: ???
Talarico v. Paxton: Talarico.

† New Mideast war? Depends on how ~that goes.

Do you mean "meaningful distinction"?

YouTube video by Peter D Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race - Please Watch to the End. Thanks.

Cross-posting: Some folks imagine they hit a triple in life but forget they were born and raised on 2d base. Some others' families were forced to bat with yardsticks and run with 50-lb vests — if they were allowed to step up to the plate at all. (Pace Barry Switzer.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5f...

The Brits seem to do OK without judicial invalidation of Acts of Parliament. (Granted, ours is not a parliamentary system; theirs has a whole host of more-fit-for-purpose checks and balances than does ours.)

They do that anyway when it suits their purpose and they think it won't hurt them in the next election. (Compare Barrett, J.'s confirmation so soon after RBG's death with Garland, J.'s blockage.)

Our governance mechanisms need work. But unilateral disarmament is not a sound long-term strategy.

Says who? Marbury v. Madison was a gigantic bootstrap, no?

AMF

> if someone doesn't know anything about the people they are voting for, they shouldn't be voting,

How exactly would we test for that? What'd be the threshold for "knowledge"?

That way lies the old southern racist literacy tests that were used to keep blacks from registering to vote.

> How about if you don't like a politician, you get behind someone who is challenging that politician.

Because:

(A) People have lives, and other things they want to spent their finite time doing.

(B) Incumbency has so many built-in advantages that it tilts the playing field too much.

SCOTUS ~can't~ decide the question if, as part of the SCOTUS term-limits bill, Congress strips the Court of jurisdiction under the Exceptions & Regulations Clause in Article III.

Maybe they all just sit with arms folded and stony looks on their faces the whole time as they all look in one direction away from the podium? Makes for slightly-better TV throughout the speech.

Assume a can opener - Wikipedia

> But the only real longterm solution is to solve the infosphere problem.

That seems like an example of the Assume a Can-Opener fallacy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assume_...

Props to the Coastie pilot for correctly responding that any mistakes were his responsibility — that's what good military officers do, i.e., serve as shitscreens for their juniors when seniors are raging. (The pilot would then of course have taken his OWN 'corrective action' if needed ....)

No, SOTU should go forward on the "show, don't tell" principle plus drip marketing. Gotta convince swing voters that forthwith, MAGA GOP needs to be electorally razed to the ground, and a relentless, implacable de-MAGAfication program kicked off.

NONBFN (not only no but …)

What'd you DO to it? Mine (still in my dresser drawer) looks WAY better ....

The canonical response: "(Glances at watch) Yes."

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 6:1-6, Matthew 6:16-21 - New International Version Giving to the Needy - “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the need...

Today's gospel (Episcopal / Revised Common Lectionary) says not to do what Rubio did — Matt. 6:1-6, 16-21: “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...

Speaking just for myself, by now I've had my fill of efforts to "understand" people who have stuck with Trump.

We know who they are.

There are more of us than of them.

Just have to make sure that diff keeps showing up in election results. (As it has in virtually all special elections so far.)

The comments are genuinely hilarious. (To academics.)

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:

Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.

LOL - adding this to my ambiguities collection and will show my contract drafting students next week.

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

"If an agency wants to cosplay as a military force, it deserves to be evaluated as one,"

WIRED asked an active military officer to evaluate ICE's actions. Their analysis is not good...

www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...

Drip marketing?