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RT @WilliamHogeland: Executive always defines imminent threat" any way it wants. Starts with Hamilton's Report to GW, August 5, 1794 (PAH).

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @WilliamHogeland: Congress had no oversight of executive adventure of summer/fall 1794. Miltia Act had been written to enable prez to act on his own.

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @WilliamHogeland: Re lethal force against citizens on American soil: creating that power in govt was a key reason for forming the nation. #grimhistory

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @normative: New CRS report explaining Obama's cybersecurity executive order & pending bills http://www.fas.org/sgp...

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Holder just said "no" when asked if it's legal for the gov't to kill a US citizen on American soil if there is no imminent threat.

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @daveweigel: RT @ryanjreilly: Eric Holder says there was never an intention for Aaron Swartz to go to prison for more than 3 or 4 months.

March 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd". That is all. http://www.hollywood.com/news...

March 5 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

The advertising you see in the subway stops near Capitol Hill is not for consumer products. https://twitter.com/matthew...

March 5 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Sequestration isn't hitting bank regulators or the Federal Reserve. In case you were worried.

March 3 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @ryangrim: Instead of stopping to concoct elaborate fake terrorist schemes to entrap folks, why not just concoct cheaper plans? #sequestertips

March 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

The *actual* FBI letter on the impacts of sequestration is worth reading. http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/ht-full...

March 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @TelegraphNews: Beppe Grillo: Italy may abandon the euro and return to the lira http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...

March 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @BloombergNews: BREAKING: U.S. State Department's draft Keystone XL environmental report doesn't make definite recommendation on project

March 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

#SequesterTip. Avoid long lines at the airport by using your private jet.

March 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Lines like "we absolutely need to close the deficit" should be accompanied by very serious intent-looking nodding. #tipsforbureaucrats

March 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Because of the sequester, the Department of Labor will apparently stop measuring mass layoffs. But it will increase its irony budget.

February 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Oh look, a one sentence bill to cancel the sequester. https://t.co/w3L1meTugu

February 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Two people in DC had a fight over email. Oh dear me.

February 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

One two three four ... six! #FiveWordTEDTalks

February 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Bloomberg says largest US banks get an annual $83B subsidy from gov't. That's about the size of the sequester cut. http://www.bloomberg.com/news...

February 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

DOJ official says at Congressional briefing they went after #AaronSwartz for his political views. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013...

February 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Does anyone know a good history of the concept of privacy in American law and culture?

February 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Sean Wilentz is a very fancy historian and he does not like @TheOliverStone or Stone's non-fancy history of the US. http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt...

February 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Bad branding... https://twitter.com/matthew...

February 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

This is big. FL Governor Rick Scott accepts Medicaid expansion. http://www.politico.com/story...

February 20 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

If you want to end the sequester, just tell people that the government will stop enforcing the Do Not Call List.

February 20 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

In which CNN cuts off a discussion of political corruption to make sure the panel discusses Michelle Obama's bangs. http://www.youtube.com/watch...

In which CNN cuts off a discussion of political corruption to make sure the panel discusses Michelle Obama's bangs. http://t.co/GH3LlawN

February 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Gonna start using the line "Act your age!" when someone is stupid enough to be shocked at corruption. It's from Primary Colors. #ActYourAge

February 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Free software legend Richard Stallman has a piece out on fixing the problem of Too Big to Fail corporations. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-d...

February 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @onekade: Best protest I've ever seen at the White House was when Act Up brought people to throw the ashes of their perished loved ones onto the lawn.

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