Chief Appellate Atty @ EDNC Federal Public Defender & Adjunct Professor at UNC-CH Law School. Enjoy N.O. Saints, BBQ, & craft beer.
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one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"
"For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. "
Audre Lorde didn't lie - and trying to flood the zone with more bullshit than the radical right is a fool's game
Still frustrated that when/if the Trump Administration is gone, the judiciary will immediately go back to "Everything DOJ says is gospel, and they are our best and most trusted litigant."
DOJ should not be able to break to this extent and then pretend it was all a bad phase.
The Carolina Hurricanes have won the Stanley Cup
The need to keep people scared & angry is so toxic.
Why can’t a GOP convention in Texas be “Congratulations! Thanks to a lot of hard work, we have taken control of the state and nation. Things are looking up. Take some time this weekend. Hug your kids. Watch the Spurs. We’ve earned it.”
Contemporary American conservatism is built on victimhood and oppression.
It’s been fascinating to watch its response to winning. It controls the courts, the executive, and the legislature of the nation and most states.
The need to find continued oppression leads them to weird places.
A “leftist” account telling all that there’s no point in voting and no point in fighting fascism because it’s already here. So just give up and let the boot stomp our face. But from the “left”.
We are going to see so much of this until November
The pope being American is much funnier than I anticipated.
NOTEWORTHY: Congress funded ICE and CBP with ZERO votes from democrats. Dems held their ground, and I’m glad for that.