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The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

7. Cont: Assign Senate seats based on the square root of population in a state or the log of population in a state. Give small states 1 Senator and the biggest states 3 or 4 Senators. This would still give small states a disproportionately large say, but would make the current system closer to fair.

The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

6. Continued: A better system is Proportional Representation, where elections for House members are done at the entire State level rather than district level. This would end gerrymandering in one fell swoop, and remove the extremist bent of the current system.

The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

5. Stronger State Laws Against Violation of Constitutional Rights. We have Federal laws such as 18 USC 242 that make it illegal to violate constitutional rights under color of law. But DOJ is captured. Every State needs equivalent laws that can charge either State or Federal violations.

The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

4. Deputized Subs for a Corrupt DOJ. When the DOJ in particular is seized by a corrupt President, then law becomes lawless. We need to deputize other bodies to step in to press charges for Federal crimes when DOJ refuses to.

The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

2. End the Pardon Power. The Pardon Power, while well-intentioned, is another tool that allows the President and his delegates to be above the law. The President can instruct his followers and appointees to commit crimes, with all parties knowing he'll pardon them. Corrupt.

The Constitution needs an upgrade. Trump has made clear that the US Constitution & overall system have significant security flaws + traits that benefit extremism. We need structural changes, inc. multiple Constitutional Amendments, to improve resilience to future authoritraians. A starter list: 🧵

Hey, @jgkoomey.bsky.social . Just seeing this as I don't check BlueSky much. And thanks @erikbryn.bsky.social for tagging me. Also cc @ketanjoshi.co So, where I agree: 1. Shutting down higher emissions production is good, as the worst are something like 20% higher total emissions than avg.

8. I wrote a longer thread about this on twitter, here: x.com/ramez/status...

Hey, @jgkoomey.bsky.social . Just seeing this as I don't check BlueSky much. And thanks @erikbryn.bsky.social for tagging me. Also cc @ketanjoshi.co So, where I agree: 1. Shutting down higher emissions production is good, as the worst are something like 20% higher total emissions than avg.

7. Most crucially, the most important political issue of our time is the preservation of US democracy and the prevention and reversal of the authoritarian slide. All policy progress on climate in the US is downstream of that!

Hey, @jgkoomey.bsky.social . Just seeing this as I don't check BlueSky much. And thanks @erikbryn.bsky.social for tagging me. Also cc @ketanjoshi.co So, where I agree: 1. Shutting down higher emissions production is good, as the worst are something like 20% higher total emissions than avg.

5. We're approaching the peak of oil demand, not because of supply constraints, but because of new cheaper technology (EVs). As demand plateaus and declines, supply restrictions will make ever less sense.

Hey, @jgkoomey.bsky.social . Just seeing this as I don't check BlueSky much. And thanks @erikbryn.bsky.social for tagging me. Also cc @ketanjoshi.co So, where I agree: 1. Shutting down higher emissions production is good, as the worst are something like 20% higher total emissions than avg.

Where I disagree: 3. The paper you cite on modeling of oil supply elasticity seems to rely almost entirely on OPEC deciding not to increase production. That's... thin. So I stand by my first point, that, in the real world, supply is highly elastic in the long run.

Hey, @jgkoomey.bsky.social . Just seeing this as I don't check BlueSky much. And thanks @erikbryn.bsky.social for tagging me. Also cc @ketanjoshi.co So, where I agree: 1. Shutting down higher emissions production is good, as the worst are something like 20% higher total emissions than avg.

I didn't want Charlie Kirk's killer to be a liberal, but that's where we are*. Two excerpts from the charging document. Full document linked below. * - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.

Liberal friends posting that the killer is MAGA or a Groyper: Wait for real info. And understand that it's unlikely. 1. Registered 'unaffiliated'. 2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans. 3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.