They think we're stupid.

haven't tapped the sign in a while: "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" when and how you are able

One thing that's surprised me is the levels overt sycophancy, just the type of bold lying where everybody knows it's bullshit fabricated laud dear leader. Some of it would make Kim Jong Un blush.

How is this real?

Administrative burdens are political tools. Add administrative requirements or automate them depending on your goal.

The Trumpists are not subtle about their aspirations to transition from democracy to autocracy.

They're over there stumping for the guy with the blueprint.

Nothing like rewarming mosaic theory.

Not to sell Simmons short (I'll read it in full later), but more information, bigger panic seems to be the gist of it.

Based Rick Steves

You need to pay for news

Rich coming from a guy who abandoned his post to install his son.

Shocking from a guy who removed boxes of classified documents and flew them to his club in Florida and stored them next to the toilet.

Clearly a guy that has great respect for sensitive records.

This is a footnote in a remarkable career, but Dr. Kennedy produced an incredible dissertation on FOIA that provided incredible insight into how the law came to be. It's an invaluable resource for anybody in the field and one I assign to graduate students as an example of how good a diss. can be

Not subtle

Textbook psychopathy

NEXT YEAR, we learn our lesson

And since the Supreme Court flipped, they've (largely) ended gerrymandering, protected women's rights and sidelined Robin Vos (who went suppine after the court became an actual instrument of justice and has recently announced his retirement).

A change in the Secretary of DHS gets announced with the seriousness of a pitcher being called up from AAA.

I gotta say, it is efficient!

The sell: It's a 109-year-old journalism program in a city with a celebrated student media, annual year-long investigative fellowships and two standalone news outlets. We have top-notch facilities, great relationships with local media, two professional sports teams and strong university athletics.

We're hiring a sports journalist!

The instructor's primary role would be teaching journalism and sports-specific classes (bonus if you have broadcasting chops, on either side of the camera).

If you have questions or recommendations, send them my way.

(signal boosting is greatly appreciated!)

As a born-and-raised Ohioan, the answer is Skyline.

And I get why people don't like it. It's kinda nasty, but I LOVE IT SO VERY MUCH.

The National Science Foundation’s entire budget is $10 billion.

On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin State Rep. Robin Vos informing people it was incredibly safe to go out and vote in-person, while clad in something that can only be described as a surgeon's full attire.

"InCReDibLy SAfE tO gO oUt"

Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space YouTube video by Spiritualized - Topic

Never fails

We need to come up with some new names!

In a single class this semester, I have a Dylan, a Gavin and a Dylan Gavin.

I'm calling for a federal taskforce to identify and deploy new names for public use.

It's a bit for sure.

Whether he's actually in on the bit is the question.

Can't count the number of times I've stared at a Nick Adams's post and marveled at the stupidity.

"Every good thing you have in your life is the product of someone else's struggle."

These ass-kissing roundtables are so fucking gross.

*gasp*

Are you suggesting these rigidly principled arbiters of justice are actually politicians in robes?

(Scalia was a hack. Reading his opinions was what first tipped me off to SCOTUS just being averaged-brained people with big vocabularies and prestigious degrees.)

The pulling the lever metaphor was such a good one. Really enjoyed the early pod conversation about the failures of U.S. democracy.

It was Bucks 'n Butts, that's what the judges said.