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Ned Resnikoff

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Been reading Ganz's WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE and the chapter on David Duke's political career feels especially salient this week. Not just for the obvious reasons but for the capsule history of Louisiana as a corrupt authoritarian state ruling a fractious multiethnic society.

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Ned Resnikoff's avatar Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social
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It's a reminder that the form of government now being imposed by the Supreme Court — the counter-majoritarianism, the unbound executive, the sanctioned corruption, the stripping of women's bodily autonomy — has deep roots in American history.

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield 's avatar Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social
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Same, and same

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