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links, etc (1) Election Countdown, 38 Days to Go: What Is Wrong With Our Leading Paper? so much to love in this piece. fallows sticks the landing.

links, etc Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New ‘Message’ on Israel and Palestine well, coates’s back and this promises to be a polarizing banger. this gets a pre-order.

links, etc The End of Judicial Independence long, but worth the read. i learned quite a bit about the judicial branch here and while i’m resistant to the notion of far reaching right-wing conspiracies, it’s clear that right-wing scholars realized the importance of controlling the judiciary far earlier than the political left/center has. the left/center assumes too much good faith and honesty on the part of the judicial branch.

links, etc Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism there’s a lot of media attention on the notion of violent authoritarianism, the expected cronyism of a trump term, etc. this is the first time that i’ve seen someone sit down and really discuss the slow-burn authoritarianism. we saw glimmers of this when the sharpies were busted out to talk about hurricane path projections, etc. but the impacts to scientific research, the impacts to the ability to regulate based on science get hollowed out....

links, etc How the Election-Denial Mindset Works buckle up folks - you know how dumb the average american is … now remember that half the population is dumber than that. The Death of the Minivan i can’t really believe i’m writing this down, but there’s a part of me that kind of misses the practicality of the minivan. i loathed how dorky it was in the late 80s and early 90s when we had one....