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Neil Abrams

@readthedetox.com

Authoritarianism, corruption, rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia. Words in WaPo, Slate, Foreign Policy. PhD, political science. He/him. Subscribe at https://www.readthedetox.com

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's actually been going on since Appomattox. It just got worse & became more blatantly obvious after the massive crimes of the Reagan, GWB, & Trump I administrations.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h ago

People need to go to jail &/or be shunned from polite society for committing unprecedented crimes & constitutional violations. They can't become Harvard & Stanford fellows. They can't be on CNN. They can't get unfettered NYT op-ed access. They can't get 7-figure Wall St parachute jobs. Etc. Etc.

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tomorrow AM on the Posting Through It premium feed: a conversation about ethics in contrarian "journalism," featuring PTI all star guest @robertsilverman.bsky.social and some pain meds Mike got after his surgery this week www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

147: The Michael Tracey Question | Posting Through It

Stop us if you've heard this one before: There's a big story about sexual assault in the news and Michael Tracey has gone viral for making w

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Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 5d ago

Pretty wild to see Alito describe reliance on Obergefell as "much more concrete" than reliance on Roe v. Wade, because Roe was merely about "women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in." If it's a Ladies Issue, he just doesn't give a shit. www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...

"One of the important factors we take into account in deciding whether we should reexamine a past decision is the degree to which there has been reliance on the decision," he said. "Obviously a great deal had changed in the country as a result of Obergefell. There was a lot of reliance in various ways on the decision in Obergefell." I pointed out that people thought Roe v. Wade was settled law of the land, had organized their lives around it. Overturning Roe also would have consequences. Obergefell, he said, was different. "After Obergefell, people of the same sex got married and entered into contracts … it was much more concrete," he said. "Whereas with Roe, the argument was made that it had an effect on people's ideas, women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in, that this would have an effect on the society. It was much more abstract than what would've been involved had we been asked to overrule Obergefell."
Neil Abrams@readthedetox.com · 3w ago

“I am a professional opinion writer whose knowledge of computers is limited to emails, web browsing, and Microsoft Word. Here’a how I think A.I. will evolve over the next ten years.”

Jodi Jacobson@jljacobson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Newsom is so thirsty for support for his presidential bid from billionaires and the worst of the worst people destroying our democracy he will undermine our most fundamental rights at every turn to get what he wants. Anything about the "constant contact" remind you of Trump?

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEVER FORGET: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social was central in pushing the AG's to surrender to Trump billionaire's (Paramount) acquisition of Warner Bros. as he "was in “constant contact” with the parties as talks ebbed and flowed over the weekend." #GruesomeNewsom h/t @ryanlcooper.com ↘️

Neil Abrams@readthedetox.com · 3w ago

For all his anti-Trump grandstanding, Newsom is hopelessly ill-suited to handle this authoritarian moment. If Americans want to restore their democracy, they should kick out every one of these establishment Dem assholes at the soonest opportunity.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEVER FORGET: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social was central in pushing the AG's to surrender to Trump billionaire's (Paramount) acquisition of Warner Bros. as he "was in “constant contact” with the parties as talks ebbed and flowed over the weekend." #GruesomeNewsom h/t @ryanlcooper.com ↘️

Neil Abrams@readthedetox.com · 3w ago

Leaving aside the fact that this ain't gonna happen, the Constitution is not what got us here; powerful people able to *disregard* the Constitution got us here. Constitutions can be nice, but short of abolishing the presidency and supreme court, they don't protect against authoritarianism.

Buttigieg: Democrats Need to Get Serious About Amending the Constitution

The former transportation secretary spoke with The Atlantic’s editor in chief about what comes next for Democrats should they win big in November.

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hilzoy@hilzoy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thread. 😬 Some context: of the ten papers, the author of one yanked it on being contacted; the author of another said they couldn’t meet because of conflicting commitments; the author of a third just didn’t show up. For academics, publications are REALLY important.

Transactions on Machine Learning Research@tmlrorg.bsky.social · 4w ago

TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission? medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · last mo.

How many more months of war and how many more dead Ukrainian civilians will it take before Europeans find a conscience and transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine? What more proof do you need that Moscow does not want to negotiate? Let’s find a solution @de-nva.bsky.social

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Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · last mo.

"I won't let men in girls locker rooms" motherfucker you're letting GIRLS go in the girls locker room, the GOP wants men checking your daughters genitalia! ATTACK, RELENTLESSLY, HOW WEIRD THEY ARE AND HOW THE EPSTEIN PARTY WANTS STRANGERS STARING AT UNDERAGE GIRLS!

Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm going to try and be as polite as possible about this: this isn't a purity test, this is a "will you defend a minority group when the government is working hard to murder them" question, and acting like it's a wedge issue rather than the entire game is a failure of empathy and historical vision.

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