Evening Roundup, July 28
Featuring The Democracy Movement, Kim Lane Scheppele, "Offsides" with Pablo Torre, Jeff Nesbit, Eric Sorensen, Jen Rubin, & The Deplorable Emil Bove
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Bullying universities
By Kim Lane Scheppele
The Trump administration's pressures go beyond bespoke deals and attack all the ways universities are funded.
Offsides with Pablo Torre: Sports gambling, NCAA antitrust settlements, & little leaguers denied by Trump
It’s been a big few weeks in the world of sports, which seemingly overlaps with the world of politics more and more these days. In the past month alone we’ve seen a Venezuelan little league team denied visas into U.S., and more “executive spasms” from the White House...
The new E.U. trade deal is a tax on American families
By Jeff Nesbit
Who really pays for the new 15% tariff on European goods? You do.
How to Weather the Next Storm
By Eric Sorensen
In the wake of the Texas floods and ongoing cuts to NOAA and NWS, we need a National Weather Safety Board.
Trump Waging War Against Blue States and Cities
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois on Friday threw out the government’s lawsuit claiming federal law preempts local laws limiting cooperation with Trump’s mass deportation effort.
Emil Bove is Deplorable
“I defer to the executive branch,” said Emil Bove. Trump’s former personal lawyer, who has been called a “prosecutor version of a drunk driver,” is a nominee to serve as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. We’re sure there was no one better or more qualified…
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How can you pay such a compliment to Bove by calling him 'deplorable.' He doesn't rise nearly to that level. He is several depths down, deferring to the Executive Branch.
In the name of all that is holy, including the sacred Constitution what (the hell) is that supposed to mean? The Judiciary was created to be independent. That simple, four-syllable word is apparently beyond Bove's comprehension. Find some more adjectives, please. I could name half a dozen r more that are much more apt, but this is a family Substack. Choose your own.
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Oh, all right. In deference to a couple of phone calls from friends, try these (and no, I did not need a 'synonym finder' these came off the top of my head:
Revolting, foolish, mindless, disgusting, contemptible, grotesque, inconceivable, outlandish, nightmarish. That's nine. I'd like to use edgier ones, but good taste prevents me.
The work you is amazing. Pablo is good snd Bove is bad.