Athul K. Acharya
@athul.acharya.cc
Civil-rights lawyer
Executive Director of @pubaccountability.org
https://pubaccountability.org/athul-k-acharya
Executive Director of @pubaccountability.org
https://pubaccountability.org/athul-k-acharya
Dick Durbin for my money is a far greater villain than Chuck Schumer
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Dick Durbin for my money is a far greater villain than Chuck Schumer
Oh no, not a [checks notes] SEVENTH Republican justice. That would be a game changer!
Do you think 53 chuck schumers would do anything about the six that are currently running the country or
Do you think 53 chuck schumers would do anything about the six that are currently running the country or
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Oh no, not a [checks notes] SEVENTH Republican justice. That would be a game changer!
Do you think 53 chuck schumers would do anything about the six that are currently running the country or
Do you think 53 chuck schumers would do anything about the six that are currently running the country or
I think my ideal brief-writing voice is Grover Gardner reading Will Durant
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I think my ideal brief-writing voice is Grover Gardner reading Will Durant
I didn’t know you were an Oregonian. You ever up in Portland?
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I didn’t know you were an Oregonian. You ever up in Portland?
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the congestion pricing thing was kinda a massive red flag here. even the median progressive believes that improving overall outcomes is bad if a single hypothetical poor person might be negatively effected
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
the congestion pricing thing was kinda a massive red flag here. even the median progressive believes that improving overall outcomes is bad if a single hypothetical poor person might be negatively effected
Reposted by Athul K. Acharya
This is further evidence for “Fetterman is like this because of the stroke, not because of preexisting disposition to being an asshole” to me
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is further evidence for “Fetterman is like this because of the stroke, not because of preexisting disposition to being an asshole” to me
I actually think student debt is a bad example here, because Biden *did* purport to forgive it, and SCOTUS effectively un-forgave it. It’s more like Trump’s tariffs, which—if prognostication holds—SCOTUS is poised to un-collect. The better analogy is invoking 14A to ignore the debt ceiling
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I actually think student debt is a bad example here, because Biden *did* purport to forgive it, and SCOTUS effectively un-forgave it. It’s more like Trump’s tariffs, which—if prognostication holds—SCOTUS is poised to un-collect. The better analogy is invoking 14A to ignore the debt ceiling
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November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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