@jimgeraghty I’d think AUMF are probably a better yardstick.
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J Taylor Larue
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J Taylor Larue
@ActuallyTLo
Technology consultant, dog lover.
Atlanta, GA Katılım Nisan 2013
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At what point are we allowed to acknowledge that presidents have been using military force without a declaration of war since 1942?
Michael Beard@staginglight
@jimgeraghty The decision of using military force is made by a positive vote on a Declaration of War by Congress, per Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution. Once such a declaration has been made, then the Commander in Chief administers such military force.
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@indoor_wildling I straight up did not recognize him at first. IDK who told him this was a
look to try.
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Perfect example of how dating the wrong man can ruin you cuz who the fuck is this weird ass man ?
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
Pedro Pascal has taken his mustache off for the Oscars
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@The_DrJ3ckyll @EWErickson I thought you cared about getting TSA funded now?
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@ActuallyTLo @EWErickson The Dems removed/held funding for ICE and Border that had previously passed in the Big Beautiful Bill
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If Obama were bombing Libya and the GOP had shut down Homeland Security, news networks would be profiling people who missed flights to a family funeral because of TSA lines. But because the Democrats are doing it, the press is mostly silent.
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@BrooksAustinBA Indiana defense played like it had the calls and had just done reps of the play. Guys almost never out of place. Incredible.
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The criteria:
For decades in this sport, we could accurately depict national champion contenders based on talent alone.
Talent was the ultimate determiner in outcomes, so much so that we created a Blue Chip ratio that stood undefeated in predictive analysis.
Until Indiana. Indiana went (16-0). Flawless. Overcoming talent discrepancy time and time again. Out-executing the opponent for four quarters on the way to a title.
It's the best coaching job of my lifetime.
Pouchman@ToddPoucher
@BrooksAustinBA @bbbullet_2 Wow! Just wow.. then the same can be said about all the one year wonders! I would love to see your criteria
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@asymmetricinfo I don’t think this is actually supported by the data. The tax raised revenue.
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Norway saw a massive exodus just from slightly raising its wealth tax. I don’t understand why people were so sanguine.
Matthew Zeitlin@MattZeitlin
i think a lot of assumptions about tax flight were made in a different political and technological environment. billionaire types are much more on edge, the taxes being conceived are often *new* (ie not just raising existing rates), and you can work from anywhere now
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Has the press, which has fawned over James Talarico, not brought up his sexual because they’re afraid he’ll end up like Buttigieg with non-white voters?
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The San Francisco Public Defender is refusing to take new cases, which means felons, rapists, and traffickers are automatically dismissed and released.
San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle
San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju’s refusal to take on some new cases is escalating into a rare institutional clash that will force a judge to decide whether to hold him in contempt. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pub…
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@cremieuxrecueil That's not how this works. It just means the defendants(those charged with a crime) will get a private attorney appointed. This is entirely separate from a district attorney.
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'Just elect an insane leftist who doesn't want to actually prosecute any crimes.'
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Kane 謝凱堯@kane
The San Francisco Public Defender is refusing to take new cases, which means felons, rapists, and traffickers are automatically dismissed and released.
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ALTERNATIVELY, your town can elect an insane leftist DA like Austin did.
You can, as a result, get a lot more crime!
Crémieux@cremieuxrecueil
Holy shit If your town elects a Republican prosecutor, firearm homicides go down and young men have MUCH lower death rates. As it turns out, you can just choose to prosecute criminals and that saves lives!
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@neoavatara Wouldn’t denying visas to pregnant women serve the goal in a more targeted fashion?
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Honestly this is one of the easiest things to fix; simply block visitor visas for anyone of reproductive age. I know, that has massive repercussions, but that is the solution to this specific problem.
China’s Birthright Infiltration open.substack.com/pub/commonplac…
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@CBHessick @ASFleischman Thanks. Your comment made me look into to it more, it’s not as cut and dry, but I never intended to defend that point, just using it as a frame of discussion. (As a non-lawyer, without bandwidth to intricately review, I have low confidence in any opinion). Appreciate the reply!
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@ActuallyTLo @ASFleischman It's a general observation. But I think it is also responsive to your statement that Thomas's colonial times argument must be lazy or partisan because you perceive it as demonstrably wrong. But perhaps I misunderstood your statement.
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Clarence Thomas and KBJ are both incredibly smart people with a real set of principles.
Pretending otherwise is just tribalism.
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@ASFleischman Sure, but at some point can’t it become bad faith? Always hard to ascertain other’s intentions but at some point bad faith should be confronted or considered, no?
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@ActuallyTLo Principled people can be biased and wrong.
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@CBHessick @ASFleischman Is that what comes across from my question? Or was this a general observation. I don’t disagree with this sentiment but I try very hard to actually understand the steelman of contrary opinions. Engaging a straw man leads to poor understanding.
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@ActuallyTLo @ASFleischman IMO, one of the most corrosive aspects of modern discussions is that people assume that their own conclusions about arguments being "demonstrably wrong" are objectively correct, and thus anyone who thinks otherwise must be acting in bad faith.
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Jurickson Profar faces 162-game suspension for second failed PED test, per @JeffPassan. Truly mystifying. Team statement from last year said that "(we) are hopeful that Jurickson will learn from this experience."
ajc.com/sports/2026/03…
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The week before the US Olympic hockey win, progressives were telling MAGA they needed to hate Alysa Liu because she's a lefty and all my right-leaning friends were like "we don't care, go USA!"
They have not moved one inch, while progressives have cleanly demonstrated that they will not celebrate US Olympic champions if they are not left-y in the specific ways that progressives demand
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This has the entire thing backwards
The reason the US Olympic hockey team is perceived as MAGA is because progressives threw them under the bus and spit on them in their triumph
Matt Lewis@mattklewis
If the USA Olympic team becomes perceived as a partisan mascot, then the victory stops belonging to the country and starts belonging to MAGA. mattklewis.substack.com/p/usa-usa-term…
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@neoavatara It's unclear whether or not he can reimpose it. Although I would say it's obvious in the statue that that is not the intent.
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And I believe that is ok for 150 days?
After which Congress will have to approve it, or it goes away.
Jake Sherman@JakeSherman
TRUMP says he is signing an order to impose a 10% global tariff
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