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Sporadic writer and aspiring scholar. Interning for the Alabama Political Reporter.

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IMO the new Republican platform reading just like Trump’s tweets is key.

“Like the campus conservatives I knew who would append “Sad!” to the end of their comments, the Republican Party has begun to speak in Trump’s voice now. And it thinks Trump’s thoughts.”
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How to Drink is a really good channel! I don’t drink at all, but it’s still a fun watch

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Seems like you were right:
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How often do you have two opinions come out on the same day? Not that I'm complaining of course - far from it!

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"At first glance, it seems like the Supreme Court has reinforced one leg of the ‘executive throne’ while whittling away at another. In reality, their goals are far more straightforward." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-courts-a...

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In a slightly different world, we could have gotten a Phillips/Tlaib ticket 😞

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A nice concise read that makes a convincing argument. I do wish it had a comprehensive timeline of state level labor law changes though — Walker mentions states that pass or rescind protections for public sector unions but never in full afaict. Thanks to Dr. Judson Abraham for the recommendation.

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Between this, the Vimes boots theory, Monstrous Regiment, and the entirety of the von Lipwig trilogy really, Pratchett is in my opinion a better observer of the human condition than a lot of more high brow novelists.

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Oh yeah, sorry. I didn’t mean those guys specifically (they're just who I like reading), but former columnists in general.

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Do you draw any inspiration from (former) columnists? I personally am a big Mike Royko and Jimmy Breslin fan atm.

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“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”

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Kagan’s dissent in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimando is *scalding*

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As good as everyone was expecting it to be. I personally don’t find the chapter about Gotti as convincing as the rest of the book, but overall a really fascinating and informative read. Highly recommend.

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A fascinating book about a remarkably ambitious attempt to push for progressive change within and through organized labor. I’m not sure to what extent Vermont is sui generis, but would recommend reading this regardless — it’s also fairly brief.

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Writing this column was fun, despite the infuriating subject matter. I got to quote a horrific section of Robert E. Lee’s grandson’s speech at the dedication of the memorial that as far as I know no one has drawn attention to before. Plus, quoting Lincoln, Garry Wills, and DuBois is always neat.

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See also: Julie Su at the DoL and Jennifer Abruzzo at the NLRB

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How much Republicans despise the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is really fascinating. It has existed for over a decade now and still has to regularly fight off lawsuits and other attacks.

www.alreporter.com/2024/06/18/s...

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One of the best books about American politics I’ve read. Wills covers the Constitution, states’ rights, the 2nd Amendment, and violent anti-government action comprehensively and somehow breezily. I would strongly, strongly recommend taking a day or two to read it.

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The actual podcast has a preface about how no one in Israel/Palestine can agree on basic facts anymore, and about how the guest says a lot of (iirc he doesn’t quite say incorrect) uncomfortable things. It doesn’t seem like that preface is in the transcript.

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I of course agree with that point (see below). My second point to my initial suggestions of the obvious and fairly easy ways to avoid drinking and driving was that for a thousand reasons we need more public transit.
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I would suggest that arguing drinking and driving is an acceptable (or understandable) transgression also encourages disregard for the law. There is a principled case for legalization of all presently illegal drugs however.

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In terms of whether the policy successfully achieved its aims (decreasing drinking, not necessarily increasing crime, and improving health). The article I linked lays it out quite well imo.

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Not drinking. Drinking at home. Uber or Lyft. (yes, we obviously need public transportation and my apologies if I missed the snark in the above post)

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I figure I’ll start keeping track of what books I read here as well. The Second Founding was probably a very timely read in 2019. But it’s *incredibly* timely now due to Trump’s promises to roll back birthright citizenship, the wave of antiLGBTQ laws, and Thomas’ pro-racial gerrymandering opinion.

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I also think it’s been quite underreported that Martha-Ann Alito is obviously a massive Dittohead.

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"Every accusation of illiberalism, of political persecution and legal warfare, borders on proof positive that conservatives are planning something similar." www.liberalcurrents.com/who-exactly/

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I presume states could enact immigration policy, but, just like with marijuana legalization, could not abrogate current immigration policy. Texas' law just makes it even worse and doesn't get rid of federal criminal penalties for undocumented immigration afaik.

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I think it's because comparative politics has more of a norm (out of necessity really) of specialization in specific regions and countries. So if you want to talk about one phenomenon across continents/regions, you basically need coauthors. That's what I would guess at least.

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What does this term mean? "would have been regarded by all the drafters of the Constitution as staring madness" Or is it a typo or something?

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