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the basic premise of these arguments is that January 6 did not constitute an attack on constitutional government. they do not make sense outside of that assumption.

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I would like to pose some hypothetical questions to the insurrection-deniers: Is there anything Trump could have done that *would* have unambiguously constituted insurrection — anything that you’d acknowledge *does* require disqualifying him? 1/

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They will note the presidency is not in scope- effectively He is the state and can’t insurrect against himself… More the law clearly avoids presidency, and impeachment is the remedy and he was not convicted. The end.

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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”

Interestingly zero people got kicked out of schools for advocating the entire Mideast be turned into a sheet of glass post 9/11. Was a pretty common talking point too. I don’t remember any uni presidents getting fired either.

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I appreciate the idealism. But the problem is that speech codes that are ambiguous and based on subsequent consensus are particularly rife for abuse. How does someone who sincerely believes the Palestinians are victims of genocide decide what they’re allowed to say in your system?

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Taylor Swift, one of the world’s most successful and wealthiest pop stars, has come face to face with the climate crisis in Brazil during her global Eras tour. I discuss here how it's a wake-up call for adaptation via @opinion.bsky.social

bloomberg.comTaylor Swift's Eras Tour Confronts the Climate CrisisThe pop star’s gig in Brazil over the weekend wasn’t the first to be affected by climate change — and it won’t be the last.

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