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Of All Political Leanings and None at All

Bill Kristol wrote:

*****Is it possible to shake Americans out of their vague, obtunded conviction that Trump just wants to make the government more efficient, inject some “common sense” into our immigration system, and lower the price of eggs? Nobody knows—which is why stepping forward takes courage. But staying in the arena requires fai…

Staying Patriotic in Trump’s America

Bill wrote:

*****We have wreckers in charge of our government.

What’s to be done? The courts can help. The media can help. Civil servants can help, by making clear what is happening, and resisting the onslaught as best they can. Even a little malicious compliance wouldn’t hurt.

But there is also something called Congress.

Breaking Things Faster Than You Can Read About It

I highlighted both the Democracy Index from

and the Trump Tyranny Tracker from in this eve-of-Presidents Day essay.

Please read and share.

Presidents Day Wisdom, Redux

Thank you for that, Theresa.

In the interest of concision, I refrained from exploring how the current representative misrepresented the bill.

Below is the bill summary:

*****Under current law, a medical malpractice insurer (insurer) is prohibited from increasing premiums for, refusing to issue, canceling, terminating, or refusing to renew a…

Dangerous and Unconscionable Incitement

JVL wrote:

*****What can [the Court] do prospectively to shift the burden of crisis onto the executive?...What will their reaction be if the executive simply asserts that he cannot be bound by their rulings?*****

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I propose different questions:

The Nature of Crisis

Our civil society thrives when its members engage one another peacefully and honestly, with evidence and arguments. The current representative of House District 39 does not routinely conduct herself in this way. The kind of behavior in which she all too often engages is destructive coming from ordinary people in everyday contexts. That a…

Dangerous and Unconscionable Incitement

JVL wrote:

*****Would it be bad for SCOTUS to bow to Trump and subvert the Constitution rather than accepting a showdown? Yes. But not as bad as forcing a showdown and losing. My tentative view is that it’s better to preserve the possibility that the Court can enforce the law at some point in the future than to prove right now that it can…

Elon Musk and the League of Shadows

As a basic matter, the clemency these violent insurrectionists received is unconscionable to a person possessed of decency and sense. As I noted in a post on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, one recognizes the freeing of these brown shirts to be even more chilling and dangerous when one considers the historical rhyme.

Please read.

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A Smattering of Stormers