Federal courts have made a lot of news lately. Most of it is not good. We ask a lot of our courts, but life was better when America did not know the names of federal district judges like Jeb Boasberg, Tanya Chutkan, Amir Ali, Amy Berman Jackson, and so many others. The present judicial landscape […]
American Civil Rights is now a “right-wing” cause. It was apparently not enough that working out, liking hot girls, and eating red meat are all considered right wing. Nor was it enough that liking America, being patriotic, or flying the stars and stripes are also now right wing by default. In 2025 America, it is […]
Last night, Pete Hegseth was confirmed to be the next Secretary of Defense. With three Republican Senators voting against him – two of them hailing from states that elected President Trump by overwhelming margins – this is the first confirmation process in several years that required the Vice President’s tiebreaker vote. As the confirmation process […]
When Donald Trump succeeds you as the President of the United States, you failed. To understand Trump beyond blindly loving or hating him requires understanding the context in which he emerged. Trump is and always has been a reflection of, and a referendum on, his contemporaries. Not just because he is, by nature, a mud […]
Forward by Vivek: The unofficial mission statement of V for Verbatim this year was to restore some dignity in discourse and respect among peers that has been lost in the fog of political war (repenting as well, for my own contribution to it), and to carve on a slab of internet tube stone for time […]
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