Eric Bayruns García

Reporting from @axios.com

Money secured by levying tariffs can be used by the executive branch free and clear of Congress. I think this makes *some* sense of these tarrifs.

He nails it.

Completely unsurprising while also completely depressing

Political Philosopher Explains How Being a Corporate Boss Is the Perfect Training Ground for Authoritarian Rule Democracy is muscle memory, and when we lose it at the workplace, we lose it in our government.

Political Philosopher Explains How Being a Corporate Boss Is the Perfect Training Ground for Authoritarian Rule | Elizabeth Anderson on how Elon Musk's workplace authoritarianism supports rising authoritarianism in the U.S. government: workdaymagazine.org/political-ph...

Linking citation and retraction data reveals the demographics of scientific retractions among highly cited authors Retractions are becoming increasingly common but still account for a small minority of published papers. Using a database that links retractions to the top 2% most highly-cited scientists across scien...

'Scientists with retracted publications had younger publication age, higher self-citation rates, and larger publication volume than those without any retracted publications'

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

California State University System to Become “AI-Powered” - Daily Nous The Chancellor of the California State University (CSU) system has announced that its 23 universities will become “AI-powered.” What this ridiculous phrase means is that CSU will be partnering with se...

While many faculty are concerned about the use of AI and its effects on education, one university system's leaders have decided to leap right in...

‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government 404 Media has obtained audio of a meeting held by Thomas Shedd, a Musk-associate who is now heading a team of government coders. In the call one employee pushed back and said one of the planned moves ...

New from 404 Media: inside the gov meeting where Musk ally laid out plans for data sharing across gov/AI. We got audio. In the call an employee pushed back and said the plan would be “illegal.” Musk ally said “we should still push forward and see what we can do.” www.404media.co/things-are-g...

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U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants

Trump is now officially sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay — a military prison known for incredible cruelty and inhumane conditions.

People seeking asylum and refuge do not deserve this and we will fight it. America can and must be better than this. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Black and Latinx hermeneutical resources, hip hop music and white supremacy Abstract. I will argue that the diminishment of hip hop music as a hermeneutical resource for Black and Latinx persons by white supremacy promotes the ubiq

Philosophy folks, here is a piece of mine that takes up how hip hop music is a hermeneutical resource:

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While the racist element is so obvious that it scarce needs much more said on it, there is just something so *galling* about people looking at the distribution of land in South Africa and being shocked, horrified, about violating the sacred rights of property... now. Just... just fuck off. Blimey.

"Non-Ideal Epistemology"–Philosopher Meets Critics #22–McKenna, Rimoldi, McGlynn, Kidd YouTube video by Figments of the Brain

I took part in a nice discussion of my book with three critics: @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social, Ian Kidd and Florencia Rimoldi. Thanks to Paul Silva for organising.

youtu.be/IVCRQ4vczQ8?...

The Long American Counter-Revolution - Boston Review Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day.

Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day. @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social

The War on Critical Race Theory - Boston Review The highly orchestrated right-wing attacks cast a body of scholarship about race in the law as a great threat to American society.

The ultimate aim of the right’s attacks on “wokeism,” “anti-racism,” and “identity politics” is to suppress any talk of race and racism at all.

David Theo Goldberg on the highly orchestrated program, from the Manhattan Institute to the Heritage Foundation:

Wow

Is a copy of this available?

Texas’s anti-immigrant measures hint at extremes Trump second term may bring The state’s Operation Lone Star inflicted harsh treatment on people crossing the border from Mexico

Every article that fails to mention that the US in significant measure created the conditions that migrants flee is an article that contributes to degrading the debate around what the US owes migrants.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily.

"The Biden administration on Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for...Trump to swiftly strip the benefit"

good

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...

Merry Christmas