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@constancegrady
will send you recommendations — both old and new — that are worth your time.
It should go without saying that, after the Supreme Court's decision paving the way for a Trump dictatorship, if small-d democrats somehow manage to hold onto power in the United States, court-packing must be on the table.
Grants Pass makes it easier for cities to enforce anti-camping homeless bans, but some groups want to make such enforcement mandatory. They don’t think liberal cities will follow through.
I wrote on what’s coming next after the Supreme Court’s ruling
Wrote about what Biden can learn from LBJ and Harry Truman, both of whom knew when it was time for them to step aside.
“There is a lure in power,” Truman wrote. “It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”
Wrote about why Americans always think crime is on the rise, even when crime rates are going down. Some theories:
1) "Law-and-order" campaigns
2) Bad journalism
3) Sensationalism
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i wrote about one of my favorite nyc activities: watching horseshoe crabs descend on plumb beach to breed
they’ve been doing this for a few hundred million years. we are less than a blip on their timeline