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  • What you’re saying is a nice thought, but it’s a game theory failure.

    In a perfect world, yes, America would not have elected a narcissistic maniac. But in the real world, we did. And Ginsberg, who knew she was in poor health (had cancer like a bazillion times) opted to take a chance.

    Maybe she just calculated poorly, or maybe this was a magnificent act of putting principle above pragmatism. Either way, Roe v. Wade was still overturned and so much for RGBs legacy. The smart move for an 80 year old woman with colon cancer is to find an offramp that lets her preserve her legacy.

    I get it if you disagree, but I don’t think it’s hard to understand why people blame her at least in part for this mess.











  • Because that’s not the whole story.

    Yes, they can (and have) done a few individually.

    The reason they’ve resisted doing that for the most part is two-fold:

    1. They don’t want to normalize what Tuberville is doing. If they “give-in” and start considering promotions individually, then they signal that any senator can use this as a tool.

    2. They think that what Tuberville is doing is ultimately harmful to Republicans and will help Democrats win more seats in the next election. They will run ads saying that Tuberville and his fellow Republicans are hurting American military members and weakening our military readiness.


  • There’s something in the article about auto-delete policies.

    If those policies violated a recordkeeping requirement maybe a jury could infer it was done intentionally in furtherance of a crime

    Or maybe even if it was set to auto delete messages after some really unusually short period. By that I mean if you configured it to delete messages after a few days it might be hard to explain the legitimate business purpose served by such a rule.