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Steven L. Taylor
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Sunday, April 20, 2025
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Only 70%? That’s a pretty high number given that most of those CEO’s were probably Trump supporters and pretty much all of them had convinced themselves that what the economy needed is the rapist who bankrupted a casino.
Trump is of course objectively more dangerous than MS-13. Not just because he’s a corrupt psychopath but because he’s POTUS. The most powerful person in the world. Whereas MS-13 is a gang lacking – as far as we know – aircraft carriers and ICBMs. But Trump does add an extra layer of danger, much the way a gun is always dangerous, but even more so in the hands of a toddler.
I expect to see headlines touting that HIV has disappeared since Trump took over following the RFK Jr decision to hobble data collection.
Well, Alito submitted his dissent today (joined by Thomas), in which he claims,
Meanwhile, NBC News is reporting that a bus loaded with prisoners, headed for an airport, and accompanied by a motorcade, had to turn around.
Even though I can parse that out in a way that doesn’t make Ensign a liar, it’s clear that its misleading, and that this administration, even in court, cannot be trusted.
It is still up for grabs how Chief Roberts got hold of this since it should have gone to Alito, who likely would have sat on it.
@Jay L Gischer:
Interesting.
@Jay L Gischer:
@Michael Reynolds:
If Luddite had to guess, he’s a-thinkin that someone’s clerk or ja noticed it come in and ratted (er, I mean, called upstairs to advise that the fecal matter was in a fiery bag) on Alito’s desk.
Or maybe just a co-inky-dink.
But that’s because Luddite’s worked in big law where some partners were dispised as untrustworthy hacks.
@Jay L Gischer: Alito might be so naive he still thinks this regime would never lie to a court, or he may be so thoroughly MAGAtised he’s willing to trash his own institution’s authority for the cause of a MAGA dictatorship. I would lean to the latter explanation.
I really appreciated the comprehensive de-pantsing administered by breaking the story a bus load of prisoners had actually been approaching the airport at midnight right when he was asserting there was “no good reason to think that, under the circumstances, issuing an order at midnight was necessary or appropriate”.
As always, Trump does good theater to get ratings. There were more vehicles with flashing blue lights escorting the bus than attend your average mass shooting.
@Michael Reynolds:
I recall the common “wisdom” re Trump around the election:
“You should take him seriously, not literally”
Oops.