Goodmanfound
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Teacher. Concerned about the future of the planet. Austin, TX.
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I wish I were kidding.
Imagine lecturing district court judges for not assuming the Texas Republican Party was full of honest public servants who sincerely have the best interests of their constituents at heart.
Imagine lecturing district court judges for not assuming the Texas Republican Party was full of honest public servants who sincerely have the best interests of their constituents at heart.
Texas clearly did a racial gerrymander, which is illegal.
A district court found that Texas did a racial gerrymander, rejecting the new map because it is illegal.
But the Supreme Court reversed it.
Because? Must assume the gerrymanderers were acting in good faith (despite the evidence otherwise).
A district court found that Texas did a racial gerrymander, rejecting the new map because it is illegal.
But the Supreme Court reversed it.
Because? Must assume the gerrymanderers were acting in good faith (despite the evidence otherwise).
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I wish I were kidding.
Imagine lecturing district court judges for not assuming the Texas Republican Party was full of honest public servants who sincerely have the best interests of their constituents at heart.
Imagine lecturing district court judges for not assuming the Texas Republican Party was full of honest public servants who sincerely have the best interests of their constituents at heart.
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“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we all close our eyes and pretend the Texas GOP actually had pure motives here, you stupid little rubes.”
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we all close our eyes and pretend the Texas GOP actually had pure motives here, you stupid little rubes.”
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President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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By situating the Times as nobly filling the space between the diametrically opposed wants of the “left” and the “right” and suggesting that all of these critiques are ideologically motivated and are equally valid (or invalid), this misses the point of much of the criticism of the paper’s coverage.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By situating the Times as nobly filling the space between the diametrically opposed wants of the “left” and the “right” and suggesting that all of these critiques are ideologically motivated and are equally valid (or invalid), this misses the point of much of the criticism of the paper’s coverage.
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For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
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I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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“Is it frivolous to worry about art when the world is on fire? The Franklin D. Roosevelt administration didn’t think so. In the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic calamity in the country’s history, FDR’s New Deal invested in culture as essential to a more “abundant life” for…citizens”
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Is it frivolous to worry about art when the world is on fire? The Franklin D. Roosevelt administration didn’t think so. In the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic calamity in the country’s history, FDR’s New Deal invested in culture as essential to a more “abundant life” for…citizens”
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Would the Supreme Court rule that taking a bribe for a pardon was an "official act" by the president and immune from prosecution? I'm serious. If Trump announced he was selling pardons for $1M a pop, could anyone do anything about it, short of impeachment? (Which carries no prison sentence.)
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Would the Supreme Court rule that taking a bribe for a pardon was an "official act" by the president and immune from prosecution? I'm serious. If Trump announced he was selling pardons for $1M a pop, could anyone do anything about it, short of impeachment? (Which carries no prison sentence.)
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What could go wrong? (Grown-ass adult pictured.)
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What could go wrong? (Grown-ass adult pictured.)
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Instead of telling pedestrians what to do if there's no crosswalk, push the city to improve infrastructure.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Instead of telling pedestrians what to do if there's no crosswalk, push the city to improve infrastructure.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
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This is what the Haverhill Police Department posted a couple of days after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian. Beside the obvious issue of making it seem like pedestrians and drivers have an equivalent safety responsibility, I hate the idea that pedestrians must adapt to unsafe infrastructure.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is what the Haverhill Police Department posted a couple of days after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian. Beside the obvious issue of making it seem like pedestrians and drivers have an equivalent safety responsibility, I hate the idea that pedestrians must adapt to unsafe infrastructure.
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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Just posting an author share link after popular demand: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m6Dd9C~Iu...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just posting an author share link after popular demand: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m6Dd9C~Iu...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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Calling Putin “transactional” misses the mark. He’s an ideological autocrat who has heavily invested in exporting illiberal nationalist populism across Europe & the U.S. What he fears most is democracy thriving in Ukraine. Any negotiation with him must start from that reality.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Calling Putin “transactional” misses the mark. He’s an ideological autocrat who has heavily invested in exporting illiberal nationalist populism across Europe & the U.S. What he fears most is democracy thriving in Ukraine. Any negotiation with him must start from that reality.
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Trump's rants against Democrats have inspired everything from death threats and pipe bombs to the January 6th assault on the Capitol.
This is a time to take him literally and seriously.
This is a time to take him literally and seriously.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump's rants against Democrats have inspired everything from death threats and pipe bombs to the January 6th assault on the Capitol.
This is a time to take him literally and seriously.
This is a time to take him literally and seriously.
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Another way of putting it is that at some point, what were once discrete, chosen preferences become *culture* - the background habits and ways of thinking that are determined for you simply because you were born in a place. Do most Italians think Catholicism is true? Do most Japanese like sushi?
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Another way of putting it is that at some point, what were once discrete, chosen preferences become *culture* - the background habits and ways of thinking that are determined for you simply because you were born in a place. Do most Italians think Catholicism is true? Do most Japanese like sushi?
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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From this talk I learned that without the nearly immediate and complete end of emissions, the latest modeling shows that the tipping point will be crossed in 2050.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
From this talk I learned that without the nearly immediate and complete end of emissions, the latest modeling shows that the tipping point will be crossed in 2050.
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There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
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We're back in court today defending Alabama birth centers from unnecessary regulations that threaten their existence.
Birth centers provide essential prenatal care to people with low incomes and people in rural areas. Our leaders must make it easier, not harder, to receive reproductive care.
Birth centers provide essential prenatal care to people with low incomes and people in rural areas. Our leaders must make it easier, not harder, to receive reproductive care.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We're back in court today defending Alabama birth centers from unnecessary regulations that threaten their existence.
Birth centers provide essential prenatal care to people with low incomes and people in rural areas. Our leaders must make it easier, not harder, to receive reproductive care.
Birth centers provide essential prenatal care to people with low incomes and people in rural areas. Our leaders must make it easier, not harder, to receive reproductive care.