Max Coleman

@RWPUSA Who has the authority to penalize such a violation? Hopefully not the DOJ?

A "Department" is the word used to describe part of the Executive Branch. As I said here: “This is a federal office subject to the financial conflict of interest statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 208. They will both have to divest conflicting financial interests or risk violating a criminal statute,” alternet.org/elon-musk-doge/

This helps explain election results - 3 years of structured and unstructured big data --- US24: A 2024 study on the US information ecosystem rappler.com/technology/us2… via @rapplerdotcom

The challenge, after a loss, is to learn something *new.* Most people aren't doing that right now. They're taking in information and trying to fit that within their prevailing world view. The NEW thing I'm learning is: People do not and will not vote for harm mitigation...

This was written many years ago but I think about it often, especially after this election: Letter to a Young Activist in Troubled Times dailygood.org/story/1538/do-…

“There will be prominent voices, including people on the center-left, who will say that anti-Trump Americans should guard against being too alarmist. That’s wrong. Trump aides … aren’t waiting for Inauguration Day — and neither should their opponents.” wapo.st/3Ch7N8B

@richardwarnica Yes! I loved this piece in Harper’s

As a connoisseur of magazine remembrances, I feel confident in saying, this is an all timer.

“If you’re throwing away your vote, don’t envision yourself on a moral mountaintop above the fray, but rather be willing to look into the eye of a woman whose health and life are at risk because of your principles.” nytimes.com/2024/10/30/opi…

Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.) To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but Hillary Clinton was up in the polls too. We can’t fuck this up a second time. — Vote.

What’s Aaron Judge doing handling the Trump assassination case?

These two almost-married gays just added two more votes for @KamalaHarris ! 🏳️‍🌈 #Vote2024

“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty… History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.” —former ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ executive editor Martin Baron wapo.st/40isbQs

An amazing day in Snow Canyon State Park, UT. If you’re ever thinking of going to Zion, Snow Canyon is pretty close by and just as incredible!

"Very frequently every rational economic pursuit, and especially 'entrepreneurial activity,' is looked upon as a disqualification of status ... [we see] this principle's opposition to a distribution of power which is regulated exclusively through the market."

Thinking about Trump's disdain for "elites" in light of Weber's theory of class vs. status: "If mere economic acquisition and naked economic power ... could bestow [honor] upon anyone who has won it, the status order would be threatened at its very root."

@jenni_tabler @Daniel_Laurison Same thing here at U of U… they’ve closed the student center. Luckily there’s now a student-run center but it doesn’t receive any funds from the university. These trends are so depressing… 🏳️‍🌈

@Daniel_Laurison Like oh cool, hope you feel proud you stuck it to a bunch of 18-22 year olds who loved having a place to have lunch and hangout. And now no one is hanging out.

Went into what was formerly the poke pride center/rainbow resource center that is now a generic student support lounge, and there were no students. I've never ever been there and not seen students. All the decor was taken down. Congratulations conservatives you made campus worse.

Pumpkins from the Utah State Fair today (with @rob_rankin4).

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