Excellent by @joelowndes.bsky.social: “Just as remembrance is key to national identity, so, as the 19th-century theorist of nationalism Ernst Renan pointed out, is selective forgetting. The making of Kirk into a national symbol requires the erasure of his extensive record of dehumanizing statements”

Excellent by @joelowndes.bsky.social: “Just as remembrance is key to national identity, so, as the 19th-century theorist of nationalism Ernst Renan pointed out, is selective forgetting. The making of Kirk into a national symbol requires the erasure of his extensive record of dehumanizing statements”

Who among us hasn’t received a Cava bag full of cash?

Who among us hasn’t received a Cava bag full of cash?

It is time for a love revolution It is time for a new constitution —Lenny Kravitz

“He has .. sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”

“He has .. sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”

“A hot microphone caught one panelist calling another committee member ‘an idiot,’ although it was unclear who was speaking.”

“A hot microphone caught one panelist calling another committee member ‘an idiot,’ although it was unclear who was speaking.”

Sunrise at Charlestown, MA marina

“Mazower writes in his introduction to On Antisemitism, ‘Anyone who takes antisemitism seriously as an ongoing problem must surely therefore be dismayed by the confusion that exists around the term, not to mention the overuse that threatens to strip it of meaning.’”

It is time for a love revolution It is time for a new constitution —Lenny Kravitz

“Mazower writes in his introduction to On Antisemitism, ‘Anyone who takes antisemitism seriously as an ongoing problem must surely therefore be dismayed by the confusion that exists around the term, not to mention the overuse that threatens to strip it of meaning.’”

Sunrise at Charlestown, MA marina

List of Trump DOJ’s demands of UCLA

List of Trump DOJ’s demands of UCLA

“The report details the deaths of civilians killed during intense Israeli bombing of densely populated areas, the destruction of hospitals and clinics, including…the destruction of educational, religious and cultural sites. The consequence, it said, is the erasure of Palestinian identity”

“The report details the deaths of civilians killed during intense Israeli bombing of densely populated areas, the destruction of hospitals and clinics, including…the destruction of educational, religious and cultural sites. The consequence, it said, is the erasure of Palestinian identity”

View of the Charles from my office

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View of the Charles from my office

“He railed against judges who had become so numb to the daily grind of processing cases that they were no longer capable of distinguishing between inconvenience and injustice.” amzn.to/45LFzNg

lmao

lmao

“He railed against judges who had become so numb to the daily grind of processing cases that they were no longer capable of distinguishing between inconvenience and injustice.” amzn.to/45LFzNg

Justice Sotomayor suggests—implausibly—that justices somehow have a vested property interest in their office. Yet another reason why relying on judges to be reformers is an absolute disaster.

“Is the Constitution Broken?”Brandon Terry, Aziz Rana, @noahfeldman.bsky.social in Boston Common

“Is the Constitution Broken?”Brandon Terry, Aziz Rana, @noahfeldman.bsky.social in Boston Common

WATCH: Tonight on public television across the nation, the premiere of the new documentary “Becoming Thurgood.” It’s so good. Check your PBS and public television schedules. It is part of #HBCUWeek on PBS.

H/T @rickpildes.bsky.social

And I also posted the opposite image. Hope you like both!

“the state’s Supreme Court said in July that the legislature had likely violated the state’s Constitution when it repealed a voter-approved measure known as Proposition Four, which required independent oversight of the redistricting process and forbade partisan gerrymandering.”

“the state’s Supreme Court said in July that the legislature had likely violated the state’s Constitution when it repealed a voter-approved measure known as Proposition Four, which required independent oversight of the redistricting process and forbade partisan gerrymandering.”

The people of Chicago do not want to pass through “armed checkpoints ordered by a wannabe dictator,” Pritzker says.

Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away. By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...

Marsden Hartley’s “Weary of the Truth,” 1940

“Why are federal forces ripping down political signs in public spaces? Their deployment in D.C. is supposed to be about fighting crime, not confiscating disfavored slogans. ‘The way they showed up and just tore it down and left, that’s the way occupying armies act’”

“Why are federal forces ripping down political signs in public spaces? Their deployment in D.C. is supposed to be about fighting crime, not confiscating disfavored slogans. ‘The way they showed up and just tore it down and left, that’s the way occupying armies act’”

If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.

Obama backs Newsom plan to deal with GOP escalations on partisan gerrymandering

“79 percent of residents either somewhat or strongly oppose the efforts, compared to just 17 percent who backed” Trump’s takeover of DC police

“79 percent of residents either somewhat or strongly oppose the efforts, compared to just 17 percent who backed” Trump’s takeover of DC police

Obama backs Newsom plan to deal with GOP escalations on partisan gerrymandering

With plenty of hugs and a few tears, we launched our youngest child on her next adventure.

With plenty of hugs and a few tears, we launched our youngest child on her next adventure.

Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.

Marsden Hartley’s “Weary of the Truth,” 1940

Yale at Golden Hour