Imagine debasing yourself Peter Thiel's marketing guy and thinking you have the room to sneer at *anyone* much less a goddamn MacArthur Fellowship winner with a PhD.
"Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man."
Kevin M. Kruse
On this day in 1996, the Supreme Court decided Romer v. Evans, striking down an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that prohibited the state from including gay people in anti-discrimination protections. Justice Scalia wrote a furious dissent. #WeTheMen
Empire strikes back
Jill Hasday
The scale is horrifying. (The proposal is to let companies set their own line speed - but the current max
is already *1,106* hogs/hour.)
Holly Brewer
Shocking stuff from the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust on his latest earnings call:
Friends. I've got a new book website. No cat pics, yet.
But check it out anyway.
www.allisonannatait.com
I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work.
Charlotte Garden
Way to deflect from wealth taxes. Very not transparent.
Tuesday Adams ™ 🌹
More Perfect Union
If you're interested in child support, pipelines to incarceration, and high-wealth exceptionalism, I've got a sneak preview from my forthcoming book for you. The book, The House That Family Money Built, publishes on September 15th with @ucpress.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/allisont...
Jess Calarco
1. 1100 words is only very long if you’re an amoeba.
2. Asking an LLM a question is not a skill.
3. One dead teen is actually too many unless you are a sociopath.
4. You’re welcome.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
seems bad
Aaron Rupar
The Trump administration is about to allow swine and poultry processing plants to vastly speed up their lines. That will make the companies more money while leading to far more worker injuries and food illness outbreaks. newrepublic.com/article/2102...
Explore the legal causes of wealth inequality with Allison Anna Tait, Author.
