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Also wasn't the point that there should be no billionaires? You can't do that f your tax structure depends on there being billionaires! You have to plan for the income distribution you want, not bake in the distribution you have.

NCAR, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Once you break apart a research organization it is difficult to rebuild it. Its institutional knowledge is gone. It is no longer an attractive place to work. And in specialized research, you may literally have no one qualified anymore. It is easy to kill a field. And that is surely a goal here. 2/

This article, and the prior reporting on NIH, miss the human component of this kind of destruction. For research, the human capital is what matters. You cannot split apart a research organization and expect to have the same pieces. People quit, the pipeline of trainees stops, knowledge is lost. 1/

They have to realize, it doesn't matter if they care or not. It matters if Maine voters will care after the ads that Susan Collins will make. Polls mean very little before the negative campaigning starts, especially for a brand-new candidate.

yes for sure, just need some provenance.

I have a vast repository of Ed Martin material should reporters ever want it.

Can I get original links for those Reddit posts, which are presumably scraped from Reddit and now on some Reddit-specific aggregator? Those aren't to my knowledge archived on the regular archive servers.

It wasn't a judgeship, but Trump tried to make Ed Martin US Attorney for DC, and did install him at DOJ. Ed not only was at the Capitol on Jan 6, he was one of the main figures in the Stop the Steal effort building up to Jan 6.

Yes the spending is out of hand; was just explaining that one item.

The lobster and steak are likely for pre-deployment special meals for troops.

yes, that is not good

Thanks for that perspective.

Very glad to answer by DM if you want to discuss - the public discussion is maybe not being productive right now, some people are getting upset and it's not worth it.

Here's Van Hollen today demonstrating leadership

Thanks for that perspective. I am sure the protest itself was self-generated. The only question is whether there was social media nudging.

Regardless, I am sad that they do not feel safe protesting now.

Sorry you are unable to confront the influence of dark money in our politics. We will do a lot better restoring democracy if we can understand how bad-faith actors target all of us. It is hubris for anyone to think that they are immune to it.

That's not organization of individual events, that is pushing a narrative via social media. Which is what I was asking about in this thread.

US politics are awash in money for bad-faith actors and they target all of us.

Yes, setting them up to fail - setting the stage for repression, violence, and arrests.

Whitehouse is great too! We should focus on positives, there are fighters to celebrate.

Not knocking Newsom, just contrasting the amount of attention he gets with the lack of focus on Murphy. Newsom has spoken out too - but Murphy has done so more than any other politician.

Just contrasting the way Murphy has been a bit ignored though he's been the most outspoken politician in the US. Not knocking Newsom, just saying Murphy's done more and should be recognized for it.

Can we all admit Chris Murphy is a pretty great communicator? He's been in action from the start fighting for democracy with words, and he's good at using them. He's done far more than Newsom has. Let's give the man some respect and attention.

Trump still managed to install Tata in the Pentagon - AFTER he lost the election. Nov 10, 2020, the same day Kash Patel was named Chief of Staff to the new SecDef Chris Miller, Tata was named to perform the duties of Undersec. of Defense for Policy. Never has been clear what Tata was put there for.

The word is "no". Made the mistake of assuming that was a good-faith post. Good luck with your efforts to build a social movement for a more progressive society!

But not a student protestor, which is what the conversation was about?

"We" - you were a student in 2024?

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That comment may come from the fact that Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes showed up at one of the Columbia protests, but if anything he was there to provoke, not pretending to be a protestor.

Probably not? There was less dark money in politics in those days, less ability to manipulate. And Civil Rights protests were exquisitely organized by dedicated movements and went on for years.

Thanks for that answer. Yes, for sure about the normies and the non-violence. The vilification was deliberate and that's what makes people wonder if there was bad-faith encouragement just before the election. It's good to know that you don't think it would have changed much.