Cruz voted against the legislation because it didn’t cover Cancun
Mike “We are not a democracy” Lee voted against the legislation because it had overwhelming popular support
Josh Hawley voted for the legislation because it did nothing to combat anti-Asian hate crimes
JD Vance announced that safe water is class warfare on normal people who drink soda

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30 Apr
Some personal news: I’m resigning from @basecamp effective immediately.
For journalists asking why, I have two reasons. First, the recent changes at the company with which I strongly disagree. Second, I never worked there.
Tbh, I know even know what @basecamp is, which means I don’t belong there.
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29 Apr
JD Vance, sick of being bestselling author and rich hedge fund manager, decides to deprive poor families of child care
JD Vance, sick of being respected by both sides, decides to beclown himself
JD Vance, sick of selling out his family, decides to sell out other poor people as well.
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27 Apr
“Canceling the Op-Ed,” Journal of Controversial Ideas (forthcoming)
The Op-Ed is Op-Dead
So calling something an “Op-Ed” is racist, now?
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8 Mar
This Meghan interview is explosive. Wow. Just wow.
Meghan didn’t make Kate cry. Kate made Meghan cry.
Meghan was not pridefully holding her baby bump.
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6 Mar
If you think about it, the idea of heaven sounds pretty grifty
"Sure, you'll get your reward if you do what i say, but you get it after you die."
"I should add, that if you don't do what i say, after you die you will be tortured for all eternity. I know that sounds extreme, but I don't make the rules. So, do you feel lucky, punk?"
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5 Mar
Speaking of cancellation, the first article that I wrote with @oonahathaway was on "cancellation" in international law, what we call "outcasting." We argued there that in contrast to domestic law, where centralized institutions do things to scofflaws, /1
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
in international law states enforce the rules by refusing to do things with scofflaws. State outcast scofflaw states by depriving them of the benefits of cooperation. There are many forms of outcasting: if you look for them in international law, they are everywhere /2
In our book, "The Internationalists," Oona and I argued that outcasting is norm in the modern world because war has been outlawed. In the pre-1928 world, war was the way in which legal rights were enforced. Economic sanctions were illegal. This flips after 1928. /3
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