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@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social + @repauchincloss.bsky.social There should be more democrats talking like this

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

Doing great 👍

A middle schooler learning civics for the first time would know that’s the exact opposite of what separation of powers entails.

Yesterday was tough.

It marked the one year anniversary of argument before SCOTUS on Trump's ballot eligibility. Our argument was strong and we were prepared, but the justices just had no stomach for it.

Let's hope they show more backbone as cases against his administration's overreach proceed.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”

"Trump is single-handedly reneging on 80 years of American work to persuade others to trust and rely on the United States. He is remodeling the international image of the U.S. after himself: impulsive, self-seeking, short-sighted, and untrustworthy."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The US constitution was built to avoid centralized power and tyranny.

It is not the constitution that is failing us.

It is the partisans who have promised to uphold the constitution that are failing us.

« Simply put: they are out of their minds » — Kamala D. Harris 🇺🇸

The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!

That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?

Say it again: pardons for "174 [people] charged with using weapons or assaulting police and conspirators who plotted 'to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power'"

Journalism moving forward will be either 1- both-sidism, accepting this daily anti-American clownshow is normal, or 2- tell the truth and side with the Constitution and democracy’s defenders. In our day and age, it truly and regrettably is that simple.

The magic of political punditry. Say anything to fill the airwaves. This is dead wrong and not up to the caliber Jake Tapper should hold as journalism’s standard.

One thing that can be taken away from these hearings is that all nominees have been nervous to answer any question about Donald Trump's limits while in office. This is not accidental. This is the direct result of why these nominees are here in the first place. Trump wants yes men.

A map of the South China Sea and surrounding countries, which are marked as ASEAN members. There's a circle on the sea with the label, "Fight with China."

I made a little picture to help explain to the MAGAts why Pete Hegseth's utter ignorance about ASEAN actually matters, especially for a guy who says he wants to roll back Chinese influence.

The media is terribly responsible, since 2015, for giving the stupidest of ideas an audience. It’s literally the oxygen that propelled the fire that is consuming the country. It’s well past time we treat stupidity how it should be treated: ignore it. It’s destroying the US and the Western world.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump

A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

They live in their own bubble, completely detached from reality. They « tell stories » and think incantations will make public policy. But history will catch up.

North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences on last day in office Roy Cooper’s historic clemency action comes a week after Biden’s resentencings shielded dozens from execution

North Carolina Democratic governor commutes 15 death row sentences on last day in office
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

This isn’t rocket science. He lied. He pushed erroneous garbage without knowing facts, knowing full well his base will never pay attention to the clarification.

Last week, William Webster, the only person to have served as both the Director of the FBI and of the CIA, wrote a letter to all Senators urging them not to confirm Kash Patel or Tulsi Gabbard to the FBI and DNI, respectively. Here is his statement on Pres. Carter's passing:

Harris barely lost despite all the challenges and her own campaign mistakes. Trump has never gotten 50%. A divided man leads a divided and self-destructive country. Also, PA workers, sadly, are going to go through some things under Trump and his policies.

I first learned about US politics and macroeconomics at school in France. Paul Krugman’s columns were nothing short of a compass, and have been for many years, now that I moved to the US and became an American. The world is grateful for all the lessons, Professor. Thank you!
@pkrugman.bsky.social

BREAKING NEWS Democrats won the final House race after the Republican incumbent conceded in California's 13th District, giving the G.O.P. a 220-215 advantage.

Republicans will hold a 53-47 seat majority next year.

226 Kamala Harris 74,898,009 votes (48.43%) 270 TO WIN Estimated >99% of votes counted 312 • Donald J. Trump 77,193,105 votes (49.91%)

220-215. 53-47. 48.43%-49.91%.

No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.

I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.

Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)

This is worth a look. A good reminder that things can go south very easily, and very quickly. Because we let him do it. We should have enforced what used to be the law: no one is above the law.

If you want to understand the rise of RFK and other crackpot anti-science types in the 21st century, you have to understand the fusion between conspiracy theorists and New Age flummery, as I wrote in the new edition of The Death of Expertise: