https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1351515483384766470?s=20
This was a fun article, and a little different.
«These non-incidents are good practice: Follow the bead of your attention. Where does it go? Does it slavishly follow the antics of incorrigible exhibitionists? Do you wish it did not?»
Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) Tweeted: Lid. https://t.co/L7U9gAh329 https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1351712128558886914?s=20
Ok, so…. Insanity and bad stuff could still happen tomorrow (although I’m guessing it won’t, because 8 am departure), but… your last night in the White House has to be sad, period. Like the last night in the world’s best VRBO after such a long vacation that you got used to the place. Seriously, sad.
(Man, I hope the next 12 or so hours doesn’t make this post look stupid.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/alejandro-mayorkas-confirmation-hearing-460256
Aaand we’re off. Welcome to Republicans and the Biden presidency, y’all. Can we just crush the Republicans in 2022? (Can we please not sleep through the mid-terms?)
https://davidlat.substack.com/p/the-federalist-society-and-the-capitol
Well… I think this is a lie:
«(under “FAQ,” Frequently Asked Questions):
Q. Does the Federalist Society take positions on legal or policy issues or engage in other forms of political advocacy?
A. No. The Society is about ideas. We do not… sponsor or endorse nominees and candidates for public service.»
Also, yup:
«Sadly, in the intervening two decades or so, the Society has moved away from being a forum for debating ideas that couldn’t be discussed elsewhere in the left-leaning legal profession, which is what so many of us found so attractive, and more toward being a vehicle for advancing Republican politics in the legal and judicial spheres.»
I guess every thing rots and something new must grow in its place.
https://twitter.com/dianabutlerbass/status/1351387248323923970?s=20
Thread.
Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) Tweeted: I know people are acting shocked by the 1776 commission report. But it reads like a Christian homeschooling textbook. Nothing new – same stuff that’s been taught for decades in conservative Christian circles.
[See also https://herereadthis.blog/2021/01/19/on-similarities-with-chinese-propaganda/.]
https://twitter.com/CarlMinzner/status/1351422140482928640?s=20
Carl Minzner (@CarlMinzner) Tweeted: 1) As a China-watcher, *seriously* trippy to read Trump’s 1776 Commission Report. Many terms (patriotic education) & ideas (schools as “hotbeds” of dangerous “revisionism”) could be taken right out of Party propaganda. Compare Chapter 5 (National Revival) w/Xi Jinping’s 复兴之路
(Some day, after I’m dead, my kids will find my blog….)
https://twitter.com/bethbourdon/status/1351233198253092864?s=20
I LOVE THESE. SO SAD/PIERCING/BITTER/TRUE.
(Sorry, boys. You know I love you.)
beth (@bethbourdon) Tweeted: your stepmother believes it’s time you make it on your own and i agree https://t.co/9DQqFrGa4W
Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) Tweeted: I just noticed the suppressor and IR light on the rifles (it makes a laser on you can see in night vision) So this whole rifle is probably like $5k https://twitter.com/StevenBeynon/status/1351233270206369794?s=20
Guns, Ganders, and Goats (@MENA_Conflict) Tweeted: https://t.co/mLdGP7zxwZ https://twitter.com/MENA_Conflict/status/1351354852455157760?s=20
Here, Read This 