An excellent piece from @jkdemp.bsky.social, and all the more so for pointing out — I admit I was reading to see if this would be in there — that Hegseth is expressly pressuring the service academies to emphasize tactical acumen, which how you make soldiers, not leaders.

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Welp -- I'm headed to New Haven and I'm then giving my Washington State speech -- so I've just left Rosie with nice people in their de-luxe apartment in the sky. Miss her already!

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New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations

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Once again, the imperial presidency, created by both parties since WWII, was a grave mistake. It was designed for an era that no longer exists, in which we had two normal pro-democracy political parties. It is now being weaponized by far right authoritarians & we can never do that again.

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The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.

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