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7 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Flames trade down twice in the 1st round
Treviling would be an outstanding GM if Trudeau would get off his ass and pass a statute forbidding him from signing unrestricted free agents
I will stand by my principles even if we didn't get Hendrix 😢

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7 Oct
Democrats need to be prepared to act against lawless Republican judges where they can lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/10/democr…
Note as well that there is no way for the majority of Michigan citizens who support Whitmer's (perfectly lawful) orders to respond, because Michigan's legislature is gerrymandered to be permanently controlled by the state's Republican minority, with John Roberts's approval
And the invocation of long-discredited and dormant doctrines to obstruct state power *in the context of a pandemic* is particularly frightening. These judges are literally more reactionary than the Supreme Court of the Lochner era. supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…
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6 Oct
Indeed, Pelosi's claim to the presidency has considerably more democratic legitimacy than Trump, Pence, or Grassley's
I mean, this is going to be a DISASTER. Congressional Dems were willing to pass a robust stimulus contrary to their electoral interests because of how much avoidable misery Trump and McConnell are determined to inflict on the country out of pure nihilistic spite
Also this REALLY should end any question at all about whether the filibuster needs to go. If Dems get the trifecta a COVID relief bill should be on Biden's desk by January 25th.
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6 Oct
Pelosi: Passes $3 trillion in stimulus funding
Senate Republicans: cannot even agree with themselves on a counter-offer
Trump: "That's it, no stimulus."
Pro-Trump-from-the-"left" galaxy-brained take: "Stimulus talks collapsed because of Pelosi."
I would have used the MTWIDNS acronym except that as far as I can tell he's not even pretending not to be rooting for Trump
If Pelosi wasn't trying to sabotage Trump she would have dropped poison pills like "extended UI benefits" and "state and local aid" and "healthcare funding" and passed the "Corporate Immunity and Fortune 500 Bailout Act of 2020." This is a principled take, from the left.
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6 Oct
It's like how much more Brian Hoyer could that be and the answer is "none." None more Hoyer.
Any other team could have forced the Patriots to start this yutz all year by giving Cam Newton a couple million bucks, a great deal even if he just does Hoyer's usual job of carrying a Surface around the sidelines
LOL Hoyer still thought he had a timeout. Well, that's the problem with playing a kid right out of coll...oh.
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29 Sep
"Everyone who agrees with my position on healthcare hates children" is quite the take
Antonin Scalia voted to block millions of families from accessing healthcare and therefore hated his 9 kids, I guess
And again, we're not guessing here! Barrett has said very explicitly that Sibelius was incorrectly decided in her fawning review of a book arguing that pretty much the entire 20th century regulatory and welfare state is unconstitutional! scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewconten… Image
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29 Sep
Outstanding @jbouie piece about the 1800 and how formal rules are never enough to make a state a democracy; it requires a joint elite commitment to basic democratic principles nytimes.com/2020/09/29/opi…
It would have been perfectly legal for the lame-duck Federalist Congress to just make Adams the president although he lost the election. This was of course very bad constitutional design, but ultimately you're never going to anticipate everything.
Shall I add this to the Week 1 readings alongside @julia_azari's norms/democratic values piece? I think I shall
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