frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
First reaction when she was at DOJ: were her parents Dick Tracy comic strip fans (Sparkle Plenty). Second, when she became a judge: almost as cool a name as Learned Hand.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
First reaction when she was at DOJ: were her parents Dick Tracy comic strip fans (Sparkle Plenty). Second, when she became a judge: almost as cool a name as Learned Hand.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Outer banks? Looks like Corolla. Pre-kids, loved going there in September.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
At least he didn’t bite him this time!
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Judges clearly no longer giving DOJ the presumption of regularity.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Up close her eyes have the same expression as the leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t forget Puppy Killer!
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Sad that you’re appropriately suspicious.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s true. Shorter version: he’s a fucking nut.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh FFS - the issue is not the mortgage documents: it’s the definition of “cause” - a legal question - and whether Trump can just assert he has cause or not - also a legal question. The legal standard is then applied to the facts. I fear Welker is being deliberately disingenuous.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Disney. The first to cave, in advance, before Trump even took office. Iger kept his head down and we now see the consequences.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree with your analysis. Disintermediation leading to less reliable non-reality based info, plus deliberate disinformation originally tracking back to malign actors, is why I think we are where we are. Government missteps that can be mischaracterized are the secondary contributors.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Was that the body dump after they killed the guy in their garage? Been so long since I watched the show. May be worth watching to reminisce about when the Russians weren’t so overt in their aggressiveness.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
A friend of mine from the NYT ed board was a guest speaker in a class I taught back pre-pandemic. Raised the quality of headlines even back then. He absolutely refused to engage.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
What’s the basis for the call-up? Wondering because of the overbroad federalization of the guard in the California order - is that in effect? Being used as a basis for this stuff? Or is this like a rotation to Iraq?
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
The police policy is disgusting - but the good natured way the guy who filmed it defused tension at the end by complimenting the two cops, and the way they responded with smiles, should be remembered. Belies Trump’s dystopian vision of DC.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
2 of 4. I think Iowa may be more competitive than you might think if properly cultivated. Sioux City may be a bellwether. I still have a lot of family in northwest iowa and I don’t think the second term version of Trumpism is consistent with the state’s political DNA.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I second that! Great song!
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if this is somehow related to the early retirement of the USAF chief of staff.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
When I was in jr high, a bully kept spitting in the hood of my winter jacket when he walked by at dismissal. One day, I grabbed him and threw him into my locker. Trip to the principal’s office but he quit hassling me. Pritzker’s speech seems for the moment to be the anti-bully pushback we need.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump version of the “auto pen scandal”.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Not one penny for any Democrat until the Dynamic Duo steps down from congressional leadership. I’m not a billionaire but if a lot of us small-dollar donors sign a boycott pledge…maybe a message will be delivered!
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Please Kerry, Joe, Caroline, Joe III - speak out against your brother/cousin/uncle! Do not be silent. Remind people that you warned them about how bad Bobby was - and scream loudly that he’s proved it now!
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, two peas in a pod…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember the title to Brands’ FDR biography: Traitor to his Class. And his cousin Teddy, and JFK and his brothers, shared some tendencies in that direction as well.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Dasha Burns?
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
How about civil litigation? A class action suit against these guys for negligently or willfully exposing private info to malicious actors could have an impact or even Elon Musk…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Doesn’t take the “evening crazies” into account.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Lot of that going around these days. If, that is, the people making those sorts of comments are real and not trolls/bots.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Bot or not? 50/50…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Double tap strikes are a typical tactic in Putin’s genocidal war in Ukraine…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah - though they’re also flaunting their version of the rule of law: the law as I state it, for those who oppose me, but for me it’s whatever I want to do.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonder if it’s Canada vs US. One of the many reasons it’s better north of the border, where there’s still real winter.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I got a subscriber only message when I tried both before and after your reply, and do not want to give CNN what I would need to give to subscribe, for a single article.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Would kill to sell my house in the suburbs and be back on the UWS. But have accumulated too much junk.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not a CNN subscriber, so no access.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I am mad that the story is paywalled so I cannot evaluate it for myself.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree shouldn’t use the jargon. Continue to believe circulating a memo like this, or the poll testing of phrases that I saw this morning, is an own goal since Fox will amplify the existence of the memo to cause dissension, and to make Dems seem out of touch.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
They should be stricken. But putting out this memo is a damn fool own goal. The memo should read “find someone with a high school education, and have a one on one. If they think you are using jargon, stop using the terms they think are jargon-y.” Laying out the terms makes it a Fox story.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
These terms are an issue mostly because media (Fox) tell them Democrats are using these terms even if they aren’t - e.g. Lauren Boebert is the only pol I ever heard say “chest feeding”. The memo is an own goal because people like Sarah Longwell can’t resist drawing attention to it, to Ds’ detriment.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Registered as a Democrat in 1977. Reregistered as no party affiliation and deleted my ActBlue info after Schumer screwed the pooch on the CR in March. Had some hope for Jeffries then, but now see it was misbegotten. Have hope for some of the new age candidates (Turek in Iowa, Platner in Maine).
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
So I think this is more a tactical disagreement than a disagreement over whether Israel’s actions are proper - it’s just a question in my mind of how improper.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I actually don’t think it’s genocide by the letter yet. I think the Israelis are feeling their oats and will talk themselves over the line soon. But in the meantime I would focus on provable war crimes - disproportionate force, failure to exercise care or intentional infliction of harm on civilians.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Been at this long enough. You are stretching intl conventions beyond their meaning, and I fear you will discover, as did the League of Nations in 1935, that there’s no intl law framework there when you need it.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Very Minority Report-y perspective. Not the way the convention works. If there is a chance of genocide, other countries should use political pressure to prevent it, but a country can’t be judged to be in violation of the convention just because someone fears genocide may happen.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Your first sentence is wrong as a matter of law. Your second sentence is an opinion, fine to have though I disagree. That being said I believe that you are sincere and not a troll, and I hope that whether it’s via your agitation or my lawyerly approach, Israel’s policy changes soon.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Then say “Israel is committing war crimes and is unwilling to impose safeguards against genocide. Under Netanyahu, Israel is a rogue state.” Constant bleating that they have committed genocide when the elements of the offense haven’t been proved and/or aren’t crystal clear cheapens the term.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Read it carefully. No holding of genocide. I believe that Ben Gvir, Smotrich, and Netanyahu will cross the line and that there will be such a ruling, but they haven’t yet. And screaming “genocide” won’t create an adjudication of genocide where none exists.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Aside from the highly conditional 1/26/24 ruling (“some acts may be close; don’t cross the genocide line”) please point me to an ICJ ruling on Israel and genocide. Given how things are going in Gaza, they may cross the line, but I know of no ICJ ruling that they have already done so.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
The ICJ indictment does not charge genocide. With good reason. Overheated rhetoric does not help unless either there’s clueless self righteousness (see the song) or the objective is to inflame passions rather than to persuade (bad faith actor). In either case, life is too short to continue this.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Listen to “Angry Young Man” by Billy Joel and think about it. That is, if you are a real person operating in good faith. Good luck to you.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
No defense for what Israel is doing. And i believe US arms shipments violate US law because of how they’re being used in Gaza. But also believe that absolutist attitudes like the one displayed by your post, though understandable, do the cause of stopping Israel’s war crimes more harm than good.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s not forget the nameless headline writers whose online clickbait heds and subheds often misinform even when a story is accurate.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
As Monty Python said, always look on the bright side of life! But have no clue why Gtown would give Jennings this appointment.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Die Heimat - got the right blood and soil connotations. I was in Sankt Gilgen, Austria a few years ago and saw a sign for “Museum der Heimat” and it made my blood run cold…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this for real? It has to be a joke. Please tell me it’s a joke…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Reading the post, it seems highly likely that sparkling witty repartee is beyond her capability.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I think both. Kristol and Luttig are scholars and can see past the next election. Few Democrats can, and even fewer are willing to address - they’re all too addicted to consultant-speak.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
If so, couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
As a lawyer (I.e. a language obsessive) who’s studied just war theory and the applicable conventions, I think Tom is right: war crimes, but likely not “genocide” as that term is defined. But Ben Gvir and Smotrich, and Netanyahu’s Sky Australia interview, are getting closer and closer to the line.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
A great idea. Invitation to participate in the venture could be used as a Good Housekeeping seal with respect to basic journalistic principles (truth) - right now there’s no QC protocol for substacks that’s comparable to that exercised in the old model by legacy structures, leaving readers confused.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Fucking stop and frisk on steroids. Waiting for a bus while black should not merit anything more from a cop than “hey - beautiful day today. Stay safe and have a good one.”
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Would love to hear more - either directly or through popular press or Substack “cutouts.” I have some AI (machine learning) experiences and biases from my work in sports, but don’t know enough about LLMs beyond basic theory to have a POV.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. I read the ruling and it is far from a victory for him - though a partial setback for NYS. But how many people have the time, inclination, or legal training to read and understand what happened. I am so fucking sick of the media treating reality as scripted drama revolving around Trump.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus, since he has no hair to speak of, they won’t have to shave his head when they check him in.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn’t Kirkland try to get firms to “settle” with the Trump admin? Seem to remember a National Law Journal story to that effect. Bill Barr and Brett Kavanaugh’s alma mater…so I give credence to the story.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Spot on.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
As I recall, the Enabling Act passed in 1933 in part because of similar tactics - KPD deputy arrests followed by coercion and instilling fear in non-arrested Center Party and other deputies.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Guess we have to hope they get their comeuppance on judgment day, then…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
It really is all about the fact that the old shopping stuff at Union Station has all closed - for economic reasons (it was an artifact of the late 80s). Just needs to be reimagined and redeveloped for a new era, and you don’t need troops to do that.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me. Glad someone remembers…wish someone in the administration did so as well.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Is he the same guy who was initially nominated to be Labor Secretary in Trump 1.0? The guy who withdrew, after which Trump named Alex Acosta?
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Could never get my ouija board to work. What’s his trick?
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
No way they will be able to get rid of that crap during the inaugural morning turnaround in 2029…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
The untalented Aussie break dancer from the Paris Olympics. Trust me it’s harsh.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
This!!! Keep saying it. Do not concede his falsely claimed power, insist on limiting to his lawful authority, show him up as the man behind the curtain rather than the all-powerful wizard, and then stop paying attention to the man behind the curtain. Once his spell is broken, we can start to heal.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump Doesn’t have the tariff authority he thinks he does. He’s running a bluff and I think that the EU folks know it. And even if he imposes tariffs, them pushing back will weaken his aura, to their benefit.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Publishing the schedule in advance is a mistake by Trump. The EU delegation will be able to plan ahead - they’re likely as aware of Trump’s limited playbook as you are - and counter what Trump has planned.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Kristol has returned to his “Scoop Jackson Democrat roots.” I have it on good authority from a friend in DC that he has been spotted at Spanberger/Sherrill fundraisers.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
“Stunt” was Chris Murphy this morning. Haven’t listened to it, so don’t know the full context, but it was more disappointing to hear than Jeffries and (especially) Schumer comments (or lack thereof) as I’d already written them off but held out hope for Murphy.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Bill is smarter than most congressional democrats.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I doubt these are officers - they are militia guys who may or may not be deputized. Btw - if someone threw a sandwich at the dude who said he didn’t need to answer to bystanders and he tried to chase the thrower, the dude probably would have keeled over after less than a block.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
In the Sept. funding fight, the Dems MUST repeatedly propose riders that require no gaiters and visible badges and IDs as a condition to any expenditures on ICE and CBP, with no override for emergency conditions. GOP will vote them down, but then these videos can be used in “GOP voted for this” ads.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I doubt these guys are actually federal officers - especially the porcine dude who says he doesn’t have to answer to the guys taking the video. He’s either a militia member just doing it for fun or a deputized militia guy. 1/2
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Anything specific today, or just an evergreen truth?
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonder if he was using deliberately provocative language to see prospective jurors’ reactions.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Bet Markwayne Mullin is glad he didn’t take that route home last night…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for pointing out that Pelosi and her inner circle are still powers behind Jeffries. She and Jeffries both need to go.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
I lived in SW during the height of the crack epidemic, after living in Burleith/Glover Park before that. So I know how DC feels when crime is high. And it surely wasn’t last times I was down there this spring, or last year. Empty storefronts and lot of homeless yes (post Covid); crime wave no.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks nice. I those old neighborhoods where everyone has a front porch. Guessing there’s no real rhyme or reason to where they’re patrolling.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Where in dc was this? Looks sort of like glover park, which wasn’t high crime when I lived there…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
He was pretty close to the front from the looks of it - not on the outskirts of the crowd. And doesn’t look like he was wearing business attire…though no body armor either.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
The upset at Bork’s rejection was in good part credentialism (“if he’d been a liberal with that pedigree he’d have been confirmed”). If you ever read “Slouching Toward Gomorrah” (as I did) it would rapidly become clear that he’s a weird dude and that it’s therefore not crazy to vote against him.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Question: are these 103 arrests incremental to the usual Monday and Tuesday arrests in DC? If not, what’s the baseline? Would be interested in figuring out cost-and manpower-efficiency…
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Would agree re monocausality. But think the “lying about sex is NBD” impeachment position was a huge deal. And I view the Thomas hearings as a much bigger deal than Bork, which I analogize to Haynsworth, Carswell, and Fortas hardball. (Btw - think Thomas should have been rejected on qualifications.)
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Mamdani will be the one to do it.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
My personal favorite of his bad takes was The Antitrust Paradox. His theories re efficiency as main antitrust objective have led us to the overly concentrated markets that rip people off today.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Reporters followed Gary Hart and discovered Monkey Business at about the same time. So what? I wish he would have won the nomination instead of Dukakis - he was more qualified - but he didn’t. Better reporters as equal opportunity inquisitors than as the access-hungry lapdogs they are today.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
So tell us how to get the truth across in a media environment dominated by right-wing outlets with a tenuous attachment to the truth. Remember the immigration bill last year? Serious effort to solve the problem on GOP terms. Remember crime bills? Serious efforts. But RW media obscures and lies.
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Please, not George Strait. Would spoil the simple joy of his music for me. (Would have applauded had he gotten the award from either Bush - just not Trump.)
frh.bsky.social (@frh.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone needs to start using lines like “malefactors of great wealth” and talking of economic royalists meeting their match and master. Would resonate.