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The US is making a play for all time worst imperial flame outs right now.

Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

Shocked, I am.

#Satire

www.propublica.org/article/elec...

The number of leaders in history who have made dumb claims about short wars and been massively wrong…..is very, very, high.

Bet the rate’s even higher for illegal warfare.

"They love me in Cuba. It would be a friendly takeover. They already call me the best of America. In Spanish, Bae of Pigs."

#Satire

cc: @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

I just learned that Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Khomenei are not the same person. Here's my plan for regime change in Iran....(1/23)

Trump pointing and shouting

When your junior coauthor changes your two spaces after the full stop to one space.

#Satire

It turns out you can just post the dumbest shit

Road construction tracker: 6 major projects that are reshaping Houston freeways Track billions in Houston’s biggest and most impactful road construction projects on Interstate 45, I-10 the Grand Parkway and the Ship Channel.

By 2040, Houston will have freeways with 100 lanes, and 50 of them will be closed due to construction and accidents.

Here's why rapid transit doesn't make sense.

#Satire

www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

I personally was deeply appalled that there was a Polymarket betting market where people wagered on someone's death.

In unrelated news, I wonder what the oil markets are going to do tomorrow.

#Satire

I personally was deeply appalled that there was a Polymarket betting market where people wagered on someone's death.

In unrelated news, I wonder what the oil markets are going to do tomorrow.

#Satire

Well, I'm in the state of denial...

Road construction tracker: 6 major projects that are reshaping Houston freeways Track billions in Houston’s biggest and most impactful road construction projects on Interstate 45, I-10 the Grand Parkway and the Ship Channel.

By 2040, Houston will have freeways with 100 lanes, and 50 of them will be closed due to construction and accidents.

Here's why rapid transit doesn't make sense.

#Satire

www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

That's just how the cookie crumbles with needless deaths.

Scholar’s Note: The First Amendment, Government Regulation, and No Kings Cross-posted from here. Because this is a blog post, not a law review article, I’ve refrained from formally footnoting it. At the end of the post there is an "Appendix", for those seeking further dis...

Streets are a traditional public forum. We want to be in them, lawfully and safely, protesting ICE, Trump’s Iran war, and more. But so far #SantaFe making that impossible. heidi-says.ghost.io/scholars-not... #NewMexico #NoKings

The Trump administration hates innovation

Well, f*ck.

One of the more frustrating parts of this birthright citizenship and the common law stuff is that the principles people want to talk about span multiple countries and centuries and it’s hard to respond to that.

Is there a common theme for stripping of birthright citizenship? For example, across countries and across times, was it used solely as a tool for oppression?

Screenshot of a tweet from x.com by Senator Dave McCormick that reads: Now would be a good time for Democrats to drop their opposition to DHS funding and pass the bill to support our homeland security. Continuing to play political games with our national security given the unfolding situation in the Middle East is dangerous.

Boy, does this make me think of Justice Jackson’s Youngstown concurrence, in which he warns of the danger of a president unilaterally initiating a war, and then using that war as a bootstrap to claim extraordinary powers at home.

Scholar’s Note: The First Amendment, Government Regulation, and No Kings Almost no feature of the City of Santa’s permitting scheme for political speech in streets and parks is constitutional.

New blog post on our website: "Scholar’s Note: The First Amendment, Government Regulation, and No Kings" by @heidilifeldman.bsky.social. indivisiblesantafe.org/scholars-not...

I'm thrilled to share that my latest article, Repeal By Surrender, is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review! Comments welcome!

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Apart from the face that Charlie Kirk was a white supremacist who should not be celebrated by anyone, he was as anti-education as they came! Not only did he not go to college, but he dedicated his life to attacking academics (myself included) because they deigned to research/teach on equity.

The war on Iran likely brings a new oil price shock and windfall profits.

So, who stands to win?

Our research shows: Last time around (2022), the US reaped the largest fossil fuel profits of any country ($377bn). 50% went to the top 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵

The best books to read before—or after—you learn antitrust law Jonathan B. Baker shares the 5 best books on reads before—or after—you learn antitrust law. Have you read The New Deal and the Problem of Monopoly?

The best books to read before—or after—you learn antitrust law
Something fun I originally posted in 2023
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“And believe me, I know from experience”

Antitrust twitter:

"We're here to talk about the Neo Brandeisian views on things. We have an expert panel, none of whom are Neo Brandeisians."

"I'm here. I'm a Neo Brandeisian."

"You're stupid and you can't read. We can gain no insights with you here. Go away."

#Satire

Correction: Indoctrination IS happening at UT.

It's just the Board of Regents that's doing it.

Indoctrination isn’t happening at UT, despite what regents say UT professor argues claims of widespread campus indoctrination are unfounded, citing research showing students feel free to think independently.

www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

“Trump’s war” is good framing. it’s him, and it’s war.

U.S. Confirms Three Service Members Killed as Iran Retaliates Over Death of Khamenei: Live Updates Three American service members were killed in action, the Pentagon said. At least nine people were killed in a small Israeli city near Jerusalem, as the United States and Israel renewed attacks on Iran.

Breaking News: Three U.S. troops were killed in action and five others were seriously hurt, the Pentagon said, announcing the first American deaths in President Trump’s war with Iran. Follow live updates.