Free Speech Abolitionist

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leftist politics, federal courts, elections, unions, and Saints football.
Thinking about how fucked up it is that the term “pimp” has come to be a compliment or a word with a positive connotation. A word that describes someone who abuses vulnerable women in the most horrific ways
Mitt Romney to George Santos before SOTU: "You ought to be embarrassed"

smh
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RT @igorbobic
Durbin responding to NYT editorial board urging him to end blue slips:

“I want to continue blue slips with one caveat: I won’t honor a blue slip that I believe discriminates because of race, gender, or sexual discrimination. So we’ll see how this develops.”
https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1623066732880400384

Igor Bobic on Twitter

“Durbin responding to NYT editorial board urging him to end blue slips: “I want to continue blue slips with one caveat: I won’t honor a blue slip that I believe discriminates because of race, gender, or sexual discrimination. So we’ll see how this develops.””

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The New York Times, for instance, had no problem describing Orbán’s crusade against “liberal” education as part of an authoritarian, nationalistic project. They’re definitely treating Florida Orbán differently, approaching him through a deliberately normalizing lens.

So there were AT LEAST two Chinese spy balloons during the Trump administration, but they were not made public (and certainly NOT shot down)!

“Administration officials said Friday there have been other similar incidents of Chinese spy balloons, with one saying it happened twice during the Trump administration but was never made public”

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-antony-blinken-china-b1b03193b7abeb7bbeca169bbc7c2c53

China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky

WASHINGTON (AP) — What in the world was that thing? The massive white orb that drifted across U.S. airspace this week and was shot down by the Air Force over the Atlantic on live television Saturday triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and blew up on social media .

Associated Press
Raytheon announces $22 billion contact for specialized "balloon buster" bombs that work perfectly except in rain, sleet, cold, clouds, or sun
Fun fact: The tax cuts negotiated in 2012 by Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell — making the Bush-era tax cuts permanent save for the top 1% — scored as far more expensive than Trump’s tax cuts
This site is still hopelessly broken. I login every few days to see if things have improved, but it never does.
I had a LOT of Pete defenders tell me this story was totally off base, that the Dept of Transportation could never made unrealistic scheduling an unfair or deceptive practice, even though they have the same authority as the FTC to do so.
hmm...
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/ftc-noncompete-airline-flight-cancellation-buttigieg/
The FTC Banned an Unfair Practice. The Department of Transportation Can, Too.

DOT has the same statutory language to effectively ban deceptive flight cancellations, the way the FTC has banned noncompete agreements.

The American Prospect