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John Sisino
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Istud dolebitis.
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John Sisino
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John Sisino
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They probably spent at least 25 years in tense, often bloody negotiations with the Greater New York Metro Brotherhood of Trash Bag Chuckers to make this happen.
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Walter Olson
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Others cite a 2020 paper, itself based on a faulty 2014 survey, which has been multiply refuted since. Here's my colleague
Alex Nowrasteh's takedown: cato.org/blog/nonciti... /5
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Walter Olson
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With nothing better to offer, some are still citing old, refuted numbers. In 2019 it was briefly claimed that 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas. Those numbers fell apart immediately -- see this report by a conservative writer. realclearinvestigations.com/articles/201... /4
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Walter Olson
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But the evidence of mass fraud isn't there, whether you turn to prosecutions, investigations, and audits; surveys of election administrators; statistical tests; or the results of database matching. /3 www.cato.org/blog/no-ille...
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Walter Olson
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As the props have been kicked out from under one #StopTheSteal contention after another (hacked tabulations, hordes of dead / nonexistent voters) we’re on to noncitizen voting claims that cleverly dovetail with public distress about illegal immigration. /2 www.cato.org/commentary/r...
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Walter Olson
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A reminder that whatever the merits either way of the SAVE Act, which passed the House today on mostly partisan lines, the best evidence is that that there's no good reason to think illegal non-citizen voting has changed the outcome of any federal race in the past generation. Links follow. /1
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John Sisino
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Correction: That was the weight of one version of the entire system. However, the system (launcher plus projectile) was *exclusively* transported by jeep (airborne units) or armored personnel carriers. It was categorically *not* a man-portable weapon system.
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John Sisino
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>emotional manipulation—to my knowledge, there's only ever been one crime committed with a bump stock & it's not a foregone conclusion that bump stocks made that crime maximally lethal. Bump stocks overwhelmingly exist so people can say "hold my beer!" & dump a paycheck into a junk washing machine.
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John Sisino
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1. the case is about the separation of powers, not whether or not bump stocks should be legal. 2. The ATF clearly overstepped its authority (evidenced by *years* of ruling that bump stocks were not machine guns nor did they make a rifle equipped with one a machine gun). 3. They're resorting to >
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John Sisino
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A single round weighed 316 pounds. That would have to be carried on top of the 45-90 pounds of other crap that infantrymen (& cav scouts, combat engineers, etc) routinely carry in their ruck sacks. That is in no way, shape, or form "man portable."
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John Sisino
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I think if Congress choses a really specific way of defining "machine gun," it's up to Congress to expand that definition to include moronic, militarily useless range toys (not the Executive).
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John Sisino
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On the contrary: the professional military (& corresponding increase in state power) *increase* the necessity for & importance of a civilian counterbalance.
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John Sisino
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1. not man-portable. 2. not self-survivable. Fun fact: Davy Crocket trainers used depleted uranium to simulate the mass of a real pit. Because of course you fucking would.
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John Sisino
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Facts not in evidence: bribes. & who TF needs to be bribed to do exactly what they'd do anyway?
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John Sisino
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They were thinking about the English Crown's historical practice of calling up the militia & disarming those members who were in a newly disfavored political outgroup (usually defined by religious affiliation).
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John Sisino
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You're cherry picking *a* modern definition. If we're doing Originalism, the relevant definition is the historical one that the framers of the 2nd Amendment understood. Those men were thinking about ensuring that the federal government could not stop The People from arming themselves as infantry.
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John Sisino
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I can't tell if this is satire or blithering stupidity.
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John Sisino
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Indeed. This Slate piece is either an incompetent or mendacious twisting of the bump stock case & the legal question actually at issue. Outright journalistic malpractice.
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John Sisino
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I mean… I'm sure FPC would be glad that you agree with their advocacy but that doesn't square with the original public meaning relevant to the Second Amendment.
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John Sisino
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You realize that doing this without broad public consensus will signal to ~50% of the country that SCOTUS decisions are no longer valid, right?
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John Sisino
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The problem is that Congress wants to do anything but pass legislation. They're content to foist their responsibilities on the President & the courts then campaign on the controversies. Contributing to this are: -Weak parties -Primary elections -Campaign finance laws empowering small donors -etc
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John Sisino
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The first step of fixing a problem is *accurately assessing the problem.*
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John Sisino
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What opinion by Thomas or Alito would you hold out as inconsistent with their normal jurisprudence & therefore substantive evidence of corruption? Or do you judge the validity of court decisions according to the party you arbitrarily think should win?
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John Sisino
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I think you 1st need to realize that foregone conclusions within your echo chamber aren't necessarily accepted by the broader public & that there will be blowback if you don't do the work to build consensus before taking drastic action. Or, y'know, YOLO. Super-Mecha-Trump can't be that bad, right?
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John Sisino
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And it has plastic parts!!!
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John Sisino
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“Originalism” doesn’t mean “ignore all of the amendments.”
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John Sisino
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(But not an “assault rifle.”)
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John Sisino
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You don’t equip infantry with ICBMs. “Arms” included muskets but not cannons (though artillery was (& is) legal for civ ownership). The term was tied to the kit with which you’d equip *infantry*—a suitable long gun, load bearing equipment, etc. An MP-5 is unquestionably “arms.”
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John Sisino
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This is a performative fundraising stunt for her (& also the Republicans you’re railing against). Nothing of any consequence happens, they all get reelected anyway. “tHe OpTiCs ArE sTiLl ImPoRtAnT” 🙄
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John Sisino
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Well, that’s not quite true. It’s going to shake some money out of her small donors. Post offices aren’t going to rename themselves—a girl’s gotta get reelected.
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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Herring & Peaches call for aid!
We have almost 40% of $7500 for a life-saving ATV in 🇺🇦
Herring in the Wall Street Journal, on why ATVs rule: archive.ph/OPKLO
I am his piggy bank:
Venmo: venmo.com/u/Natalia-An...
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Herring is the kindest badass I know.
TY 🥹
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DatNoFact
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As highly unethical as it would be in practice, a reality TV show where political larpers get to live out their fantasies of an ideal society with other equally-deluded contestants would at least be fascinating from a sociological perspective.
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John Sisino
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The Founders gave us a *process* for changing the Constitution, not a license to treat it as if—without any modifications—it means whatever we want. The entire *point* of having a written constitution is that it’s a durable set of rules to play by & difficult to change without broad consensus.
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Walter Olson
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My roundup of short items for Cato on the radicalizing effect of rigged-election lies, a stunt by the Illinois legislature, a non-link between mail voting & fraud, two online RCV panels I spoke on, and how a climate of intimidation deterred a potential Trump prosecutor. www.cato.org/blog/electio...
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Bellingcat
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If you've come here from X we're not having the same issue on this platform as we have there. The link to this article is still being miscategorized as spam despite our reports to X. The link to the investigation below should work on Bluesky as it appears to be an X only issue.
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John Sisino
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A friend of mine kept his only home (that he raises his three children in) by the thinnest possible skin of his teeth.
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John Sisino
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> reasons *on this very subject*) is talking to a different audience about a different subject. It’s at best fallacious to conflate the two.
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John Sisino
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1. Tran quoted Biden out of context. I’m not the least bit a Biden supporter but this instance is objectively deceitful & unfair. 2. Biden is trying to communicate to voters about US policy. The WHO (who I’ll remind you has an established track record of saying things for political vs. scientific >
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John Sisino
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John Sisino
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(Until some completely unforeseen medical advance is made at some unknowable date) COVID is *never* going to be over. We're going to get a vaccine every year that targets the strains which researchers think will be the worst/most dangerous until the collapse of civilization.
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John Sisino
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COVID is now *endemic.* It has been so for a long time. Like the flu, it's going to be with us for the foreseeable future. Do you consider us to still be living in the Influenza pandemic? At some point—one we crossed long ago for most people—people have a need to go back to living life as normal.
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John Sisino
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Incredibly easy blocking decision.
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John Sisino
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Some of *many* reforms that would help: -Stop the Executive from enabling congressional dysfunction by doing their job for them -Nix primary elections -Ranked-choice voting -Repeal McCain-Feingold -Kick cameras out of Congress
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The Kyiv Independent
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Nearly 200 civilian casualties reported after Russian mass attack on Kyiv, other cities in Ukraine; The Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical center, was hit during the attack; and more.
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John Sisino
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My organization has this workbook which probably used to be really useful but has slowly mutated into this hideous, broken abomination that only notionally fulfills its original functions. People insist on using it. It’s my mission in life to finally kill it.
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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦
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This is Russian telegram right now. The text reads: “Evacuated mommies with sick kiddos at the Okhmatdyt hospital struck by a downed missile [translator note: this is a lie, missile was intact]” “Am I the only who’s thinking about hitting them again with a Kinzhal missile?”
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John Sisino
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Speaking of, I gotta go update a workbook that's so massive that it's about to make y'all's lights dim. Sorry about that.
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John Sisino
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Pretty much. My job is basically impossible without Excel yet it is the bane of my existence. And don't get me started on that trash heap they call Dynamics 365.
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John Sisino
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More to the point, why should a user *have* to go through this much trouble to do something so simple?
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