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From George Orwell’s '1984': “The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. In the end we shall make thought-crime impossible because there will be no words to express it. Every year fewer words and the range of consciousness a little smaller.”
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
From George Orwell’s '1984': “The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. In the end we shall make thought-crime impossible because there will be no words to express it. Every year fewer words and the range of consciousness a little smaller.”
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10/10 In other words, Congress was perfectly capable of passing legislation—bipartisan legislation, even!—to address major national problems WHEN majority party leadership was willing to allow that to happen. And that happened when Democrats had agenda-setting power. /Fin/
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
10/10 In other words, Congress was perfectly capable of passing legislation—bipartisan legislation, even!—to address major national problems WHEN majority party leadership was willing to allow that to happen. And that happened when Democrats had agenda-setting power. /Fin/
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5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
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2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
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An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
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December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”