we all agree it’s very clear who is to blame. we just don’t agree who is to blame.

@admitsWrongIfProven somehow we have to undercut the whole dynamic i think.

@admitsWrongIfProven to treat as outside of the community of moral concern and empathy

it’s natural to other those who other you, but where does that take us or leave us?

@ouguoc awwww shucks!

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i find it very frightening to be afraid, so i consider myself something of a phobophobe.

“The investment surge resulting in part from Mr Biden’s policies so far looks like the opposite of pork-barrel politics: most of the money has gone to places that do not favour him.” https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/12/the-south-is-fast-becoming-americas-industrial-heartland

@PedestrianError i guess i was living recently in the SF Bay Area, where what Republicans there were tried to cultivate a “fiscally responsible” good government vibe. but before that, until 2012 i was in Kentucky, and i never encountered anything like the open vindictiveness that’s now normal in Florida.

@kevin end of an era! i'm a bit nostalgic now…

Eliminate the slavery loophole that remains in the US Constitition. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/16/politics/abolition-amendment-slavery-constitution/

one thing that distinguishes Florida politics from other places I've lived is the forthright pettiness of Republican politicians. when they feel slighted they use state power to punish, pretty openly *pour encourager les autres*. https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/15/desantis-vetoes-2-million-for-brevard-zoos-aquarium-project-randy-fine/70327301007/

#Florida #RonDeSantis

i’m a bit disappointed that late capitalism hasn’t released a deplorables brand of biscuit.

there is a tacit religion defined by the kind of person for whom vox.com is a catechism.

@lowqualityfacts i am always at the vanguard.

@mattlehrer @lawfare (in that case, i’d be curious to see them too!)

@mattlehrer @lawfare an interesting piece! but the “silent witness” rule would permit jurors to see everything, just obfuscate what observers among the general public could know. i still wonder how concerns about jurors’ discretion are to be addressed.

I am trying out pixelfed… https://pixelfed.social/p/interfluidity/575261965976234168

are jurors in the Trump documents case going to have to get security clearances?

@SteveRoth @johnquiggin @nyzn They remain on fosstodon! https://fosstodon.org/@interfluidity