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Paolo

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Freelance healthcare management consultant, former biotech.

  1. Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.

    Alt text: A screenshot of a Fox News tweet. The tweet reads: “Stephen Miller on @seanhannity: ‘The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.’” Below is a paused video of Stephen Miller speaking on Fox News, wearing a suit and tie. The word “KILLERS” in red text appears over his mouth. The tweet timestamp shows 10:10 PM, Aug 25, 2025, with 185.1K views.
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  2. this is why gorsuch is complaining about lower courts defying SCOTUS. a lot of communication between SCOTUS and lower courts is informal, especially in re: shadow docket cases, and SCOTUS has been sending unmistakably clear signals to roll over for trump. and lower courts have responded “make me”

    guys like Alito and Thomas are such fucking outliers among the federal judiciary, even among GOP appointees. most of these people are bright, care that they are perceived that way, and have a legitimate decades long commitment to the legal tradition.

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  3. Understand this man's family are all US citizens. His wife, his kids, are Americans. Only this administration would cavalierly say: "get out" to its own people.

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  4. This isn't meant to be a gotcha question, but something that never ceases to amaze me is why centrist voters are put off by Democrats using the word "patriarchy", and not by Republicans saying "slavery wasn't too bad after all".

    What's the source of this asymmetry?

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