@realcaseyrollins it did. he’s dropped out.

I want to take a moment just to thank Joe Biden.

I did not want him to win the 2020 Democratic primary. I disliked him for much about his long career as Senator and Vice President.

But he governed as the best domestic policy President of my lifetime, by far.

I hope that whoever is next continues and expands that good work.

#JoeBiden

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first they came for the gang members, or for anyone who looked like gang members, and that actually seemed like a good idea. then they came for the price gougers, and, well, okay. but then they came for… https://apnews.com/article/bukele-salvador-crackdown-price-gouging-7e99374c444a81a4009ec09d94857d25 ht #GeorgeSelgin

yeah. you see, it’s all about “little tech”. that’s what they are for. free enterprise. they want to reign in big tech at least as much as the other guys. https://x.com/_richardhall/status/1814637134713639253

there’s no one less trustworthy than an anonymous insider.

“The broligarchs have made their move – and the rest of us need to understand exactly what that means.” #CaroleCadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/20/tech-broligarchs-court-trump-vance-elon-musk-peter-thiel

“I am not a tech genius but it does seem like being able to update every single computer globally simultaneously is its own security flaw.” @Atrios https://www.eschatonblog.com/2024/07/seems-bad_01777332301.html

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hell is misepistemology.

Donald Trump is what the singularity looks like. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/vance-tech-alliance.html

[new draft post] Trump v. United States: Greatest Hits https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/07/19/trump-v-united-states-greatest-hits/index.html

There's a version of "institutionalist" that is not remotely interested in defending anything about the substantive character of our institutions, but which simply triangulates itself, always, to the center of whatever the institutions of the moment happen to be, whether they are wonderful or abhorrent, no matter how they come to evolve, or to devolve.

“it only seems fair to point out that the only major surge in crime in 40 years occurred while Trump was in the White House.” @radleybalko https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-ted-cruzs-fearmongering-rnc-105151488.html

"no tax on tips" plus the supreme court's recent legalization of gratuities promises an exciting new revenue stream for almost everyone in a position of influence.

the freak show we just watched represents itself as america. but it is not america.

"'The Vibes' are no more and no less than a given political elite’s theory of public opinion. This theory provides some information about public opinion, when the political elite is not completely disconnected from it. It usually provides much more information about the beliefs and ideology of the relevant political elite" @henryfarrell https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/what-should-we-do-with-vibes-based via @ryanlcooper

who knew Bukele’s untried indefinite detainees were detained on America’s streets. shocking!

you learn something new every convention speech, i guess.

@djc it is politically untenable, but any higher-ed payments reform is politically untenable under our contemporary sclerotic Congress. the administration could do this under existing law, so it did, by executive order. it’s taken extraordinary stretches to judicially stop it.

(states’ standing claims were based on their “injury” because state agencies that administer Federal loans would have fewer loans to profit from servicing.)

@djc you are getting it right. and yes, it would be better if we could build in the price controls up front. but politically, we don’t eat our vegetables until a crisis forces us to. SAVE is a half solution that provokes a crisis until the other half is filled in. it’s not how you’d want to do things. if we had a more functional legislature, we might impose a full, rational fix. but it does create conditions under which about the only way to fix things is higher-ed price controls.