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Andrew Bloomberg
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Sickos dot jpg
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He/him; left-wing history dad; français par mariage; Minnesotan in WI exile. Posts lots of trees and food, because I'm too lazy for Instagram.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Sickos dot jpg
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Andrew Bloomberg
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We’ve now moved on to the “burning our busted Adirondack chairs” portion of the festivities
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Andrew Bloomberg
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We’re having a “clear out freezer and liquor cabinet before leaving for a year” party, so I’ve thawed, spatchcocked, and am grilling two chickens from the depths of our deep freezer. Later there will be pina coladas.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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"Better Le Pen than Mélenchon" - Macron
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Not sure that “guy who saved penalties in a World Cup winning shootout for one of the biggest soccer countries on earth” counts as “cult” hero but what do I know
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Andrew Bloomberg
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The Lutheran church in our neighborhood has a detective theme for its vacation bible school, presumably to hunt down and expose the secret Jesuits living amongst us
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Andrew Bloomberg
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While I congratulate my opponents, their desire to bring Dutch republicanism to this island remains shocking
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Watching “My Fair Lady” and again thinking about how elegant of a solution “just dub it” is when the person you want to cast can’t sing (looking at you, Russell Crowe in Les Mis)
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Celebrating the 4th of July as God intended: Italian beef shank stew (the amazing Peposo Notturno), polenta, broccolini, and a Negroni
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Turned on the BBC for some fun Tory shit eating schadenfreude, and they have parliamentary seats as paving stones toward the front door of 10 Downing Street, Kornacki wishes he had graphics operating on that level
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Pictured: a person who has put themselves through years of pain in order to go on tv and publicly humiliate themselves in a desperate bid for attention and relevance, and also Britain’s most tattooed mum
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Our neighborhood is having a little 4th of July gathering in the park. I’m normally not one to complain about young people and their lack of patriotism or civic knowledge, but I heard a kid say something truly shocking that I needed to share: “Doritos suck.” I’m horrified.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Multi-ethnic civic patriotism is the only good kind of patriotism, and it’s a big part in why I feel such a sense of fulfillment in being an immigration lawyer.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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For France, there are specific dedicated constituencies for French abroad. Is that true in the UK, or are you tied to a constituency back there?
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Andrew Bloomberg
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We’re about to head to Paris for the year for my (French-American dual citizen) wife’s sabbatical. She just voted online for the National Assembly, and then we’re going to mail our ballots back to Wisconsin in November. The online is very convenient, but actually sticking it in a mailbox is fun.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Guys going across to give William of Orange a briefing on British politics before the invasion like
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Orderly and transparent. Something like "I am fit for the presidency. I understand that there are concerns about my cont fitnessfor a grueling campaign & another 4 years in office. Given the stakes, this cannot be allowed to be a distraction. Consquently, VP Harris has my full confidence"
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Cool and neat that the person who wrote the "all my rowdy friends have become Fascists" thing is now auditioning for the hapless liberal paving the way for fascists position herself
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Andrew Bloomberg
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"We're the adults here, and look at what these fucking nut jobs are doing and want to continue doing to our country."
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Andrew Bloomberg
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With the overturn of Chevron & its intended destruction of the regulatory state, & the immunity decision, I've been thinking a lot about Kershaw's concept of "working toward the Fuhrer" - privately loyal guys who aren't given explicit orders, but instead allowed to anticipate, & then given cover.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Yeah, but the patchwork regime exists now as a result of this. It does need to be met head on, but making it difficult to function is also good (and will also help lots of people, if it slows down things environmental deregulation)
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Obviously the solution is political, not legal, but in the event of a second Trump Admin left-leaning states & lawyers still need to use the overturn of Chevron, & Dem judges, to clog as much of this as possible. If Roberts wants to be a super Parliament we can at least try to McConnell it
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Andrew Bloomberg
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*The Harvard Law Professor in “The Paper Chase” voice* Here’s a dime. Call your mother and tell her you’ll never be equipped for a constitutional crisis
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Andrew Bloomberg
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I’m really appreciating the beauty of Madison, and our part of it, before leaving it for a year. And man are the pond and the little woods by our house lovely on a summer morning after a few days of storms.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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(It should be Harris. But one of the boringly competent Midwestern govs is probably a solid running mate)
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Fernando Wood and the other Copperhead New York Democrats only wish they could have done as much to try to help the Confederates win as their former buddy Daniel Sickles
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What a fantastic close of the match. The Austrians just absolutely going for it, the atmosphere of the Turkish fans and team, that save. By far the most fun in this tournament so far.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Austria, when they can't rely on some Polish hussars
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Andrew Bloomberg
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I get that the English press and fans really have the knives out for the team, but this seems unnecessarily harsh
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Andrew Bloomberg
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The Dutch will save us
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Andrew Bloomberg
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"I'm just calling balls and strikes" *Umpire burns down the stadium*
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Ridiculously French quote (complimentary)
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This will never cease to be strange as hell to me, particularly when I drive through rural areas of WI or IL & see the Trump flags along with very public Christian messaging. America going fascist for a general, or a charismatic mega church pastor, sure, but a gossipy extremely NY developer/tv star?
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Andrew Bloomberg
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The part of Paris where we're going to live for a year starting in two weeks doesn't even need a second round for the NFP guy to win. That's nice!
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Andrew Bloomberg
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One of my main takeaways from the Perlstein books is that the most important guy who grasped this immediately was Reagan
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Andrew Bloomberg
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It's kind of ironic that this is about Liz Cheney, given that both her and her dad deserve to be tried for lots of things - but not for this!
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Tour de France commentators referring to Turin as birthplace of Victor Emmanuel, the "first king of Italy" are opening themselves up to some VERY angry letters from Odoacer
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Wasnt*
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Today I mowed the lawn while listening to an audiobook about the Battle of Gettysburg, tonight I’m swapping between grilling and playing “soccer” with a beachball in the backyard with the girls, reaching previously untapped levels of dad over here
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Yeah I’m cautiously pessimistic
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Yeah I was trying to pick a fight. I do think it’s a meaningful distinction is all (and worth continuing to fight an election even if it’s weighted against you)
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Andrew Bloomberg
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There’s already a model for this in American history, as @jbouie.bsky.social himself has pointed out many times. The Jim Crow South had elections - even competitive ones! Just extremely, uhh, circumscribed
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Andrew Bloomberg
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There will still be elections if the Trumpists win. Fair ones? No, but they’re not going to stop pretending to be representative
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Going on a trip on the official vice presidential yacht
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Andrew Bloomberg
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*Bishop of Digne to Valjean* But remember this my brother/See in this some higher plan/You must use this precious silver/to rehabilitate Petain
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Andrew Bloomberg
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We’ll see what they do in round 2. Macron is saying the right things about working together to defeat the far right, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Among the (many) ridiculous things about Kristoff’s take here is that anybody suggesting that Sherrod Brown should do anything other than continue running for senate from Ohio has a child’s view of politics
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Seeing lots of stuff about how the RN would be the first “non-mainstream” party to gain power in the 5th Republic, and first far-right party to do so in France since WWII - which is wrong, since this is clearly now the mainstream right party in France. Not great!
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Andrew Bloomberg
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Shoulda gone with the Paris Jawmmune
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Andrew Bloomberg
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They would’ve been totally down for watching porn with Potter Stewart though
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