it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
gorsuch in particular is just monstrously arrogant. the portrait of a fart sniffer.
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
It's been a miserable 2025, but I'm going to take a moment to celebrate a legitimately good thing that happened. My friend and colleague, Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, and I published a book! 1/
If you are a Dem thinking of running for president and your first order of business isn't putting every person involved first the current administration crime wave on public trial- DO NOT RUN.
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.
Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.
As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
one question to ask the editorial board is whether there is a minimum bar for what constitutes "american democracy." if most people in most states are gerrymandered out of effective political representation, is that democracy?
it is genuinely maddening to see pundits and reporters say things like “well trump has an advantage on crime” while the public consistently says “we think this guy sucks on crime”
Allies of the fascist regime are referring to the residents of our capital city as “cockroaches.”
This is explicitly neo-Nazi language used in service of making Jeffrey Epstein‘s best friend into dictator for life.
And by becoming, I mean it is eroding what little credibly it still had. If @jamellebouie.net leaves, it might as well toss itself in the trash.
(Gift Link) - Douthat was never a serious thinker, but the NYTs is becoming a deeply unserious publication by platforming this “conversation”
Under “normal” circumstances, writing and platforming the 500th rage piece against the “excesses” of radical woke transgender ideology makes you look silly.
Doing it in the midst of the regime’s relentless assault on the fundamental rights of an extremely vulnerable minority makes you complicit.
one of the projects of the court is to expand the ability of states to pursue reactionary ends and constrain the ability of the federal government to set minimum standards *or* of democratic-led states to expand upon existing rights
In the political literature this is known as donating for access. It’s very common. Campaign donations should be interpreted as strategic manifestations of political goals, not expressions of true preference.
It is frightening that the defense of basic rights and democratic self-government against the authoritarian onslaught depends so much on people who are evidently unable and/or unwilling to grasp who and what we are facing and instead just cling to signaling “bipartisanship” and upholding “unity.”
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
very easy to see what is happening. trump will run for a third term, he’ll try to bring the dispute to federal courts, where his election denying judges will rewrite the 22nd amendment to mean it only refers to “consecutive” terms.
screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."
he's right and he's right to say it
America's superrich emerged in two phases: predatory finance followed by quasi-monoplies based on network effects paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
one huge problem with institutions like the NYT or the Democratic Party is that most of the people who succeed in these places are overly deferential to authority and wedded their personal success to American exceptionalism and thus can’t see the collapse of the US around them
he’s just completely vacuous. he talks in television sound-bytes and clearly does not think about a word coming out of his mouth
Pathetically incompetent journalism
the insinuation here that Levitsky’s politics might influence his scholarship has the causation exactly backwards
The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.
All the people I still know in LA laugh and laugh when they hear that "Los Angeles is burning." I made a couple of maps to show just how tiny and localized the protests are. GOPers are working really hard to make an excuse for declaring martial law. People should be very wary of that.
