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Giving real consideration to converting to exclusively focusing on Larry Summers dunk content.

Steve Matth @SteveMa • Mar 20, 2021 ••• Larry Summers on U.S. economic outlook: 33% odds of stagflation 33% odds of recession 33% rapid growth, no surge in inflation

Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely

Can this most recent revelation about Larry Summers and Epstein mean we will never have to hear from this self-important, sexist jackass again?

Curious—how old is the 4th circuit precedent on this? Awarding fees would incentivize so many lawyers who otherwise can’t afford to help immigrants litigate wrongful detention. I’m surprised, given the current bent of the 4th, that there weren’t two votes for this or an appetite at en banc.

With an honorable mention for Tripp and Chip among those whose parents who hedged their bets between venerated generational patronymics and the devil-may-care nickname culture of the anything goes 70s and late 80s.

Strong contender. Scott, Chris, Chad, and Brian/Bryan also doing heavy work among the coastal Southern Gen X contingent of my youth.

Wellpath gonna Wellpath. In my experience of having them as our jail’s med provider, there was clearly expressed minimum standard of decency or medical necessity they would not flout.

When “I know you are, but what am I” grows up to be speaker of the House.

Growing up white during the 80s and early 90s, this is, sadly, 0% surprising.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

The GOP controls the whole Federal government. They have to fund it. If they don't, it's their fault. [see how easy that is].

Raised hand!

Can’t wait for them to find out that the DOE has outsourced accreditation to ABA, and it’s all but impossible to get federally backed student loans without that.

Sat on a call this afternoon with “experts” at a well known legal publisher trying to sell my org on their agentic AI. When I asked them to distinguish between agentic and generative, they offered AI-style word salad. I didn’t bother w/ the follow up about the stochastic/probabilistic distinction.

Nachmanoff was also the well-respected head of the Federal Public Defender’s office for EDVA for many years, who argued a bellwether case in federal criminal law (Kimbrough v US) before the Supreme Court. That case fundamentally shaped my career and outcomes as a FPD. He’s a real one.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Have you ever found yourself lamenting, "Wow, I wish I could just be wresting away control of a half-eaten fried chicken bone that was just on the sidewalk!"? If so, then dog ownership is for you!

All the blame lumped onto bond judges. No reflection on whether legislative choices that have given lip service but little purchase to proven mental health interventions may have contributed to the latest cause célèbre’s death. We are already suffering the effects of bond “reform” in SC. No good.

Centrists need to learn why they /have/ weekends and lazy evenings to indulge their hobby of scolding leftists.

Good doomerism: "on our current trajectory, we're fucked."
Bad doomerism "we're fucked."

Also, for people involved in the criminal legal system for everything from traffic offenses to murder, the law is still very much in play and not always in fair ways. The rule of law has always been an ideal we approach asymptotically. The curve is shallower today, but we cannot stop striving.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Tell me again about the right’s principled stance on political violence.

Here’s mine: I abhor violence. Against people I like and people I dislike. By and against the state. I also abhor hypocrites, liars, and bigots. The killing of such persons is wrong. So is their posthumous rehabilitation.

hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok

You're getting a clear X-ray of America right now.

Look at who this country's powerful institutions choose to elevate, venerate, and celebrate.

Look at the double standards.

Look at the people who adore Charlie Kirk - then spend five minutes reviewing his hateful legacy.

This is America.

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is horrific, it's likely to lead to a very dark spiral that will worsen political violence, and it is also a byproduct of a profoundly broken society awash in 400 million guns.