Presidents as Economic Managers | National Affairs

Via: Steve Ott  •  Other  •  15 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“There is a familiar narrative that Democratic presidents bring economic growth and job gains, while Republican presidents bring recession and...”

We're all taught never to confuse correlation with causation, especially when small data sets are involved. 

Why the News Is Not the Truth

Via: Steve Ott  •  Op/Ed  •  6 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Journalists and politicians have become ensnared in a symbiotic web of lies that misleads the public.”

The U.S. press, like the U.S. government, is a corrupt and troubled institution. Corrupt not so much in the sense that it accepts bribes but in a systemic sense. It fails to do what it claims to do, what it should do, and what society expects it to do.

Josh Hawley Slams Ketanji Brown Jackson For Letting Pedophiles Like Himself Walk Free

Via: Steve Ott  •  Satire  •  0 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“WASHINGTON—Calling attention to the U.S. Supreme Court nominee's "extremely troubling" record, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) slammed Ketanji Brown...”

At press time, Hawley added it showed a disturbing lack of judgment that Jackson would even listen to him speak.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, Guantanamo and the Role of Defense Attorneys - Lawfare

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  10 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“In taking up the representation of detainees, Ketanji Brown Jackson did a service to the system.”

The American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams’s representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston massacre. People come to serve in the Justice Department with a diverse array of prior private clients; that is one of the...

Turley Advances Nonsense About Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Appease His Racist Fanbase - Above the LawAbove the Law

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  64 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago  •  LOCKED

“Judge Jackson lacks the experience Turley needs to divine a judicial philosophy... assuming you just ignore all the experience.”

But he’s inside the tent. And we’re making s’mores later. Interesting. When Amy Coney Barrett was up for the Supreme Court on the strength of less than three years of judicial experience, Turley made the talk show rounds explaining that her judicial philosophy was abundantly clear. He...

Native Americans are at the heart of Yellowstone. After 150 years, they are finally being heard

Via: Steve Ott  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  9 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“America’s first national park inspired a global movement of ‘fortress conservation’, but we know today indigenous peoples are essential stewards of...”

Native Americans are champions of ecological connectivity, essential for protected areas in an uncertain future under the biodiversity and climate crises. The late Don Shoulderblade, a Cheyenne spiritual leader, helped galvanise action by hundreds of Native American leaders and their allies...

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Essentially Not About NATO

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Instead of taking at face value Putin’s claim of being threatened by the non-existent prospect of Ukrainian membership in NATO, Western leaders and...”

A longer look at Putin’s two decades in power shows that, above all, he fears political competition in the neighborhood. When mass protests over rigged elections swept across the post-Soviet space in 2003-2005, toppling the Georgian and Kyrgyz incumbents and preventing the pro-Russian candidate...

Trump's new social network needs the tech law he hates

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  2 years ago

“The former president tried to kill Section 230, but it's why his TRUTH Social site can ban users who 'annoy' him”

Devin Nunes, the former GOP representative-turned-Trump Media CEO, said on Wednesday that TRUTH Social will be the most "family-friendly" social media site on the market. This means it intends to moderate content that offends social conservatives even more heavily than its Big Tech rivals do. To...

Trump Judge So Excited To Blow Up Voting Rights He LARPs As Supreme Court Justice

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Know your role.”

That might not be clear enough. Let’s try another one that gives Rudofsky more guidance: At the bottom. That means you get to write self-indulgent opinions about how you “regret being bound by [insert the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement here], but until courts reverse this precedent….”...

Remember When Martin Luther King Was Arrested? Because Jonathan Turley Sure Doesn't! - Above the LawAbove the Law

Via: Steve Ott  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  2 years ago

“George Washington University Law School students watch the value of their degree continue to plummet.”

Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley, on Canada PM Justin Trudeau invoking emergency powers to deal with the "Freedom Convoy" blockade: "By this rationale, they could have cracked down on the Civil Rights movement. They could have arrested Martin Luther King."