In this economy?

A Christian economy?

Universal healthcare
A livable wage
Debt forgiveness
Care for the orphan widow and stranger

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress amid expulsion threat The Florida Democrat, under indictment on charges of stealing federal funds, resigned just before the House Ethics Committee was set to hold a hearing on whether to recommend she be expelled.

The Florida Democrat, under indictment on charges of stealing federal funds, resigned just before the House Ethics Committee was set to hold a hearing on whether to recommend she be expelled.

The Palantir manifesto said that we live in an era of religious intolerance, but of course they don't mean the government attacking the world's most visible religious figure, or punishing religious organizations providing help to the most vulnerable.
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Simple rule: the Senate should not confirm any appointee to any post who can’t say clearly who legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. Not just who was “installed”, but who won the vote and the electoral college.

Warsh: ha-ha, students are vacuous snowflakes who run to authority to maintain their status
Also Warsh to any question where a factual answer might displease Trump: Sir, that is a great unknowable I could not possibly comment on.

A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

This story is heartbreaking.

Big news to the organizers of CPAC Hungary during the Biden era

This is the same logic Stephen Miller used to make it harder for immigrants to enter the US. It is the same logic that populists have always used to demonize immigrants.

And in RFK Jr's case, he is using it to cover up his own failures.
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If you are still reading this thread, you might also appreciate this thread.
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Take that Habermas!

The Supreme Court has been complicit in the undermining of trust, Moynihan argued: By allowing Trump to claim these powers, the Supreme Court is weakening the ability of a future president or Congress to repair the damage he is doing today. If the court goes all in on unitary executive theory, it weakens the ability of Congress to bind the president from doing bad things.

This guy gets it www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

and because I can't help myself, read @telliotter.bsky.social's story from a few days ago about where major DOGE operatives are now -- from high ranking positions in the US government to major private companies. This story will never truly be over.

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They think the Joe Rogan of the left will Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson: I'II be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We're implicated in this. I misled people.

It'd sure be nice if Kamala Harris' campaign organization wouldn't constantly promote Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, and whatnot. But oh well.

Warsh may be a reasonable guy and capable economist just playing a role here. But if integrity and independence are qualities we value in a Fed Chief, he does not have them.

Every nominee who dodges this question tells us that they have no meaningful commitment to American democracy.

just so we don't have to kill each other for food

Scenes from a personalist regime: A nominee to an independent federal body refuses to acknowledge that the President ever lost an election.

Margin Call movie: CEO says there are three ways to make it - be first, be smarter, or cheat

Me, thinking about how to beat @davekarpf.bsky.social on Palantir takes.

"changes to SNAP are happening alongside cuts to Medicaid. It leads to what Allen calls a “terrible synergistic effect” of people’s food being taken away and people getting sick because of it while health care is stripped away."
Eligibility unchanged: its all policy change via administrative burdens

“The thesis of the book is, effectively, Palantir loves getting big contracts from the Department of Defense. And when you think about it, doesn’t that make Palantir kind of heroic?”

Palantir's Manifesto Is as Subtle as a MAGA Hat Palantir's 22-point manifesto is nonsense, writes Dave Karpf. But it at least it is short enough to be clarifying, he says.

My latest, for @techpolicypress.bsky.social

When I read Alex Karp’s book last year, I thought it should’ve been a tweet. Now Palantir has turned it into a tweet-length manifesto, which could’ve just been a picture of a MAGA hat.

Karp is… not a subtle thinker.
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Signs that government might be paying too much money to what sorta sounds like a cult

a bear is looking at its reflection in a mirror in the woods Alt: a bear is looking at its reflection in a mirror in the woods

Opinion: Why Higher Ed Won't Look Itself in the Mirror
Reality:

If we're not willing to stand up for our enterprise, no one else is going to stand up for us. We've known since at least Socrates that the academy is very rarely going to be broadly popular.

By all means, call out problems! But we also need to start talking about why the academy is necessary and good, not just about its flaws.

Chronicle of Higher Ed headlines are always either "How to Choose AI!" or "Why Academics Except for Me are BAD and WRONG"

Getting a PhD and then working outside academia is dope. My advisees who’ve done that are more or less uniformly happy and feel that they’re using the skills they trained on. (I talked to one today who just landed a great gig). Just wanted to convey that to anyone it might benefit.