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Published: March 22, 2025 16:23

The underlying reason for this is that there's an implicit and deep understanding that the rules are there to preserve the status quo, which includes race and economic hierarchies. To the extent Dems are seen as the party that challenges those even a bit,…

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Published: March 21, 2025 13:17

Trump claimed a mandate to ignore a judge and deport people without due process. I put this in a little bit of historical context. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/is-it-always-wrong-for-a-president?r=whhz

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Published: March 14, 2025 12:09

Had to write this yesterday morning, but I feel it aged decently https://open.substack.com/pub/goodpoliticsbadpolitics/p/american-politics-needs-more-power?r=whhz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Published: March 12, 2025 13:24

And it haunted them for multiple election cycles [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: March 10, 2025 15:20

it was maybe an unorthodox choice to spend like a month teaching my students about the George W. Bush presidency, but I feel like that strategy will pay off for anyone who was paying attention.

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Published: March 10, 2025 14:42

i've read Ruth Marcus for most of my adult life, and I about died in ~2016 when she emailed me to ask for some thoughts about something she was writing. I sometimes disagreed strenuously with what she wrote, but she was also helpful and kind to academics…

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Published: March 7, 2025 13:24

Wrote a thing. https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9780691246970/html

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Published: March 5, 2025 13:50

In a season of loss and dismantling, this hits especially hard. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: March 5, 2025 03:33

Probably the first reference to sexual mutilation in a joint address. Probably. I'm out.

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Published: March 5, 2025 03:26

this somehow turned into the Dundees, except instead of a fictional company it's the most powerful country in the world. Well, we were.

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Published: March 5, 2025 03:24

jfc get eisenhower's name out of your mouth

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Published: March 5, 2025 02:17

a typical function of this type of address is to ask Congress for legislation. Trump hasn't asked Congress for much and has acted like executive orders are a substitute. They are not, and this behavior is very alarming.

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Published: March 5, 2025 02:12

A lot of talk about how Trump's Cabinet is loyal to him. I would phrase it slightly differently: the Cabinet is filled with individuals, who, in contrast with the important figures in past administrations, largely do not have their own national political…

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Published: March 5, 2025 02:04

Everything seems inadequate because none of it seems connected to building any power. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: March 5, 2025 02:03

chowing down on "girl dinner" of feta, various raw veggies, avocado and some impossible nuggets (ok that sounds like a ton of food now that i write it out) and getting mentally prepared to watch and have something to say. No, no one has to watch. But…

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Published: March 3, 2025 16:39

same, though it was well into my late 30s that people kept telling me i'd change my mind. also, this is where people repeat some of the work/vacations/disposal income stuff because maybe we don't want to open our deepest psyche to everyone [contains…

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Published: March 3, 2025 12:51

I wrote a bit about the presidency and the Constitution https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/why-doesnt-somebody-stop-this