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ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com |
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ryan cooper
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not for nothing but Hitler was also notoriously indolent. slept until noon, procrastinated on major decisions, whiled away hours on urban planning fantasies, etc etc
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ryan cooper
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ironic that brain dead centrists like this guy have aligned with so many anti-liberal lefty academics
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ryan cooper
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I reckon why so many downplay Jan 6 is they snidely predicted nothing like it could ever happen
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ryan cooper
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"viewing Trump as something like a fascist leader foresaw the violence of January 6th as a live possibility, while its critics mocked the notion as mere hysteria. Whatever its shortcomings, “Trump as fascist” remains the best guide to what Trump will try to do next"
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ryan cooper
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"Essentially, the Court in Trump v. United States is declaring the Constitution itself unconstitutional." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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ryan cooper
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VP has important duties in the election certification though. and breaking ties in the Senate, which could happen
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ryan cooper
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I will say Starmer better seize the opportunity to at least patch some of the holes in the UK social fabric, otherwise people are going to turn on him in a hurry
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ryan cooper
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grinning ear to ear www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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ryan cooper
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I think the options are coming along pretty nicely. we've got a small hatch (Bolt, returning soon), couple crossovers (Mach E, Ioniq 5), sedans (Ioniq 6), full size SUVs (EV9, Rivian R1S), pickups, etc. only thing I miss badly is a minivan
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ryan cooper
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Teslas are their own thing, unlike every other EV maker they are built like shit and way more expensive and annoying to repair
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ryan cooper
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I reckon it's probably just people who got a real expensive model and are regretting it
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ryan cooper
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yeah I'm not sure what the (very) means in this context. I would also be curious the fraction of first-time buyers, in my experience there is a pretty steep learning curve until you figure out where the good chargers are at, how battery depletion varies with weather, etc
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ryan cooper
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sort of vague but
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Stephen Wolf
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Mississippi news from Tuesday, not 1966:
1) Conservative white officials threatening journalists who exposed massive corruption www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...
2) A federal court overturned conservatives' legislative gerrymanders for discriminating against Black voters www.wlbt.com/2024/07/03/f...
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Kieran
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I found this while reading about powers today and it kinda seems like people knew, but they all didn't care. this is a friend of hers, 5 years ago going "um, i think she might be really bad"
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ryan cooper
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he was published in there yesterday lol
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ryan cooper
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no one could have predicted the Compact people would turn out to be Nazis. impossible to foresee luketurner.com/Nina_Power/
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ryan cooper
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I do agree they'll do that, but I don't think it will be so convincing, and I don't think it will be quite so hysterical because not nearly as many liberals will be joining in. that is giving the NYT ideological permission to go buck wild
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ryan cooper
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alternately alternately, Biden could use some of his new absolute monarch powers to settle any such lawsuits in a timely and decisive fashion
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ryan cooper
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I don't get it. if Biden isn't on the ballot yet, and it's just a Dem placeholder until the convention, then surely it would make no difference? or alternately they will try to kick off the Dem no matter who it is?
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George Pearkes
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Quick thread about the labor market after continuing jobless claims rose much more than expected this morning. What are continuing jobless claims? These are the number of people who are currently receiving jobless benefits. This is hard, actual counts of people, not a sampled survey data set. 1/n
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ryan cooper
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that is another thing, Biden has zero ride or die partisans, but the Khive is not to be trifled with. that matters vis a vis media coverage
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ryan cooper
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well, just a hunch I suppose. it's just that the way Biden looks and talks is so undeniably shocking
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ryan cooper
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can't wait to file a habeas petition as a bullet-riddled corpse. that's freedom baby
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ryan cooper
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well yes, as I was saying earlier the NYT will definitely find an EMAILS to hound her over, but at least the liberal media and half the Dem establishment won't be joining in
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ryan cooper
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this is what has convinced me. even lib pundits (and a whole bunch of leftists) simply can't stop themselves from arguing about this shit 24/7, and I see no sign they are going to stop ever
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ryan cooper
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it's not going to, is the thing. it's going to be EMAILS except worse until election day
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ryan cooper
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indeed it is! but they're not going to stop
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ryan cooper
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I'll frankly admit I have been bullied into accepting a Harris swap just to stop this discourse. fuck it
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ryan cooper
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I mean, Barack Obama won handily twice
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ryan cooper
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intimidating and punishing journalists who expose flagrant state corruption, another classic Jim Crow mechanism
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ryan cooper
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the OG fascists were like this too. got so used to pushing around feckless liberal wimps that they convinced themselves they couldn't lose, until, ah whoops, turns out,
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ryan cooper
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Trump's people are straight up promising Nazi-grade mass deportations, stacking the Justice Department with cronies, and the biggest tax increase on the middle class/cut for the rich in American history. this is the thing you spring on everyone after November www.axios.com/2024/07/02/t...
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ryan cooper
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this guy's political forebears likely could have kept slavery going until the 20th century, but they swallowed their own bullshit, went way too far, and ate mega shit
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ryan cooper
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if there's anything that gives me a slight scrap of hope it's that these guys are *way* too confident. constantly blurting out hideously unpopular shit is not the sensible thing to do before a probable coin flip election
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ryan cooper
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I would get a kick out of Khivers throwing paint balloons at Dash Sulzberger, ngl
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ryan cooper
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in general all these guys were flying blind. a bunch of alcoholic slave owners trying to copy and adapt half-understood Roman shit from 1800 years ago
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chatham harrison is tending a new garden
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It's truly impossible to talk about right-wing political organizing without sounding like you're out of touch with reality, but this is the reality we're facing. It's maddening
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ryan cooper
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eh I don't really agree. in polls often less than half of people can even name the three branches of government, much less describe the stupid ass way legislation is passed. if you just made it a parliament but kept the same names for things it'd stick fine imo
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ryan cooper
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this is true. but I'm increasingly convinced the basic structure of the thing, House-Senate-President, is just completely unworkable today
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ryan cooper
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they are eagerly anticipating outright murdering any protesters who show up. they're counting on it
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ryan cooper
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I'm pretty confident the founders would be *shocked* that we're still (pretending to) follow this janky ass document they hacked together in a couple of months
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ryan cooper
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arguably yes, overturning Chevron is disaster for corporations over the long term due to regulatory risk. same thing is true if Trump becomes dictator, look what happened to billionaires under Putin
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ryan cooper
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states wouldn't have anything to do with it
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ryan cooper
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at what point do you just declare it toast and call a constituent assembly? basically how it was written in the first place after all
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ryan cooper
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interesting to ponder this given the number of massive holes blown in the Constitution over the last 20+ years. impeachment & emoluments clause, article 4 section 4, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th amendments, etc etc, all dead. plus it was suspended outright for 3 weeks in 2021
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ryan cooper
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"Lamar said the techs had to drill into the frunk to get access to the manual release" jalopnik.com/fan-boy-fina...
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Ravin Boodram
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Opinion | Where is Harris' Birth Certificate? By: Bret Stephens
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ryan cooper
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the other thing though is that the NYT would FOR SURE come up with some anti-Harris narrative and beat it to absolute death for the rest of the campaign
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ryan cooper
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wait, I thought a new VP had to be confirmed by congress
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