Love to have a conservative majority in the federal courts that, contradictory to 230 years of precedent and practice, insists that governors lack plenary authority to control disease outbreaks.
I would say “we’re lucky that vaccines are close to authorization,” but tell that to the loved ones of anybody who dies unnecessarily because of right-wing jurists’ ideological power trip.
Mm-hm.
Joe Biden’s birthday was in the last week or so, right? What a gift.
To be fairer to Justice Barrett, the only death I recall following the Rose Garden superspreader event was of a Black clergyman — so perhaps she lacks a full appreciation of the stakes?
“A colorful crew this is not — although its racial and gender diversity would fulfill Biden’s pledge to name a cabinet that looks like America. But after four years of chaos, dull looks gorgeous.” americaninterregnum.substack.com/p/reasons-to-b…
“Republicans at the state level have made a notable habit [of] stripping offices of power when Dems take them over. As they pack their belongings, administration officials can do something kindred in spirit: stripping their successors of policy options.” americaninterregnum.substack.com/p/reasons-to-b…
I’m not a boomer — but the best move I made for my mental health and stability, over the last few years, has been mostly tuning out Facebook and Instagram.
FB's platforms are built by design to manipulate human psychology — to foster engagement and to keep people on the site.
Insta has pretty pictures — and both sites give me easy access to old friends. But the only way to win, when engaging on either, is not to play.
“Facebook knowingly pushes polarizing misinformation, particularly to conservatives, because it’s addictive and despite knowing exactly what they’re doing and why it’s wrong and making the world worse.”
Presuming that the rule of law holds and a free and fair vote count proceeds, we’ll publish this through January 20, 2021. If that presumption proves false … well, we have much bigger problems than a newsletter.
As if to prove my point in the newsletter that the right-wing justices of the Supreme Court have taken a side, this news comes about its latest foray into stifling votes:
What has me livid about the president’s coronavirus pageant is that the infections he insists on causing won’t _stay_ on the White House grounds. People who work around him have to come back into our communities — and shop in our grocery stores, and send kids to our schools.
He’s putting all of us in D.C. and its environs at risk. He’s putting the work we’ve done to combat the spread of the coronavirus at risk. He’s putting our ability of kids to see their friends at risk. And he’s doing it for insane, bulls–– reasons.
Recall the Maine wedding cluster of infections? Tracers identified 8 resulting deaths — none involving people who attended the wedding.
It’s no wonder the White House refuses to allow contact tracing. We might learn that Trump’s idiocy killed people. wcvb.com/article/8th-de…