Kumail Nanjiani with Martin Starr. Both look happy because they both are happy.
Always blue.
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Kumail Nanjiani with Martin Starr. Both look happy because they both are happy.
Always blue.
But if Republicans have their way, it wouldn’t simply be a return to the spoils system of old. It will likely be much worse. Today’s GOP, after all, doesn’t believe in peaceful transfers of power or that the president can or should be constrained by the law. Moreover, it now conceives of itself as an instrument of retribution rather than problem solving or policymaking. Consider what Schedule F world might look like: The next Republican administration could use the federal government to punish its opponents. Democrats might find their Social Security or veterans’ benefits delayed or denied. They might no longer be able to obtain passports. Emergency disaster aid might flow only to those deemed loyal to the administration. Corporations that refuse to pay tribute might be punished. Transform the civil service from an open hand to a closed fist, and things get very frightening very quickly.
the people I talked to for this 2022 story about what Trump would do to the administrative state said I had to imagine a world where Democrats literally stop getting federal benefits of any kind; these examples were pulled from those conversations
newrepublic.com/post/167842/...
On the bright side, this excellent from the CA Dept of Education: "our offer is this: *nothing.*"
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Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
I think he also said something along the lines of them being neurodivergent
it's been a rough week so i thought i'd rotate a gyro for everyone. as a treat
Thank you, Senator!
The clearest sign of intellectual chemistry isn’t agreeing with someone. It’s enjoying your disagreements with them.
Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments.
Creative tension makes beautiful music.
