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Seth Masket
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But the trunk stays briefly dry
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"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about the Republican presidential contest: smotus.substack.com
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Seth Masket
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But the trunk stays briefly dry
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Comfortably Numb
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Started/Going
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Seth Masket
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In July, sure...
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Seth Masket
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For a newspaper that works so hard to appear independent of the parties, the NYT is doing an awful lot of work to function as the head of the DNC. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/u...
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Seth Masket
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I’m sure you would find the same sort of thing in the US if we had trains
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Seth Masket
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Women: We would like any pockets at all please. Dockers: Okay, men, here's an extra pocket you didn't even know you needed!
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Seth Masket
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But it was my understanding that individual states couldn't decide who was on their presidential ballot, because reasons
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Seth Masket
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Heritage trying to keep Dems from dumping Biden is the first serious indicator I've seen that that would happen
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Seth Masket
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Star Wars critic: I mean, you would never just have a creepy looking old man someone bend the legislature and the clergy to his liking. Reality: Thanks for the idea.
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Seth Masket
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RNC delegate: “So this how liberty dies! To thunderous applause! [laugh track]”
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Seth Masket
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Earth Shape Agnostic
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Seth Masket
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Somehow the solution to Lucas’ feeble and ham-handed political commentary was to make our political system even dumber to the point that Lucas looked smart
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Seth Masket
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Yes, the convicted felon and insurrection organizer was also a close confidant of the Mr. Roarke of Pedophilia Island, which means we should focus even harder on Biden’s age
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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constitutional lawyers use your fucking brain challenge www.politico.com/news/2024/07...
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Seth Masket
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I think they asked that question and were happy with the answer
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Seth Masket
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[Court rules that all children should be ground up and eaten] NYT: For conservatives, the prospect of ceaseless cycles of people complaining there's nothing new in the pantry might not be in the best interest of the country.
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Media Matters for America
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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Seth Masket
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RFK trying to cut into Trump's lead by abusing a dog and harassing a woman www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Seth Masket
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Biden is unpopular because Americans are unhappy with economic/political conditions and they blame the sitting president for it, not because he's old, and any other Democrat would be saddled with the same issues
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Seth Masket
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Malia Obama about to conquer the world
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Seth Masket
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All very standard. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...
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Seth Masket
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"I cannot overstate how little he wanted to talk about this" seems quite plausible.
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Seth Masket
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I think I did.
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Seth Masket
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Seems like “No we will not delay this because Trump was convicted for actions prior to his presidency” would have been a reasonable response.
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L O L G O P
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Looking for one person to join me today in donating to flipping both statehouses in Arizona to create a new trifecta for democracy. This is the smartest political donation we can make this year.
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Mark Shore
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ordering the release of every tax return ever filed by current Supreme Court justices and their spouses ordering IRS audits of the same crowd-sourcing any undeclared sources of income or gifts ordering the DOJ to vigorously prosecute any hint of tax evasion or evidence of bribery revealed
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Seth Masket
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SCOTUS: Chevron schmevron. We’re the regulators now.
Political science: Okay fine, here’s some data on redistricting for you to consider.
SCOTUS: Fuck off, nerd www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-...
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Seth Masket
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Bill Clinton must feel like a real schmuck for doing that plea bargain
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Seth Masket
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The Supreme Court has ended America’s experiment with self government, which raises important questions about Joe Biden’s age
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Jacob T. Levy
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A tale of two newspapers, and two very different decisions.
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Colson Whitehead
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So...
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
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Seth Masket
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So you think he could have won the center by moving left? He was in a tough position regardless. His party was split on a very big and divisive issue
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Popehat
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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.
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Seth Masket
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I love that folks think SCOTUS established a new general rule, as opposed to just having helped Trump in a way that will not apply to Democratic presidents
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Seth Masket
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Ginsburg died in mid September of 2020
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Seth Masket
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Rule of law. Voting rights. Reproductive care. These are the three demons you must slay to become a successful Justice.
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Jeffrey Vagle
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Tom Pepinsky
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Americanists and lawyers ask, what does the Constitution say? Comparativists ask, who controls the High Court, the militia, and the clerics?
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Seth Masket
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Yes. There was a Republican Senate.
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Seth Masket
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Thing is, now is a good time for one or both of them to retire anyway and be replaced by someone far younger while Dems have the votes. And today calls for a bigger reaction than “I dissent.”
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Seth Masket
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I disagree. A Democratic Senate would make that happen very quickly.
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Seth Masket
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This seems like a good day for Sotomayor and/or Kagan to say "I can no longer work with colleagues who are using their positions of power to undermine the greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known. I am resigning now so that the President can find someone else who can stomach this."
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Seth Masket
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Notably, the percent saying Biden is mentally fit dropped quite a bit, but vote choice didn't budge.
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Seth Masket
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Aemie Coney Baerret was on the fence on this one
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Seth Masket
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Morning Consult survey, taken since 6/27 debate, shows polls moving in Trump's direction by 1% point.
pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/202...
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Seth Masket
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Great moment of fact-checking briefly breaking a character's epistemological bubble, only to see them immediately double down on their initial false beliefs
#HOTD
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Seth Masket
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Hey at the end of the day the Nazis actually left France. So, you know, maybe lighten up.
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Seth Masket
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Originalism!
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There was a lot less traffic then
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