This column alone is worth the yearly subscription. Thank you, Lisa, for educating me and providing the receipts about the sneering rudeness of Miller ( and I thought Bondi was bad?).
Thank you, Lisa for bringing this to our attention. I’m beside myself with what this administration is getting away with, without much control from the other branches of government or the people for that matter.
Stephen Miller did not slip. He revealed the playbook.
Invoking plenary authority in the context of National Guard deployment was not a legal argument. It was a power grab. From a behavioral lens, this is how authoritarian drift operates. Redefine terms. Test the boundaries. Count on institutional silence.
Checks and balances are not failing because they are weak. They are failing because too many actors have chosen not to act. When the judiciary defers and Congress abdicates, the executive expands by default.
Miller said the quiet part out loud. The real problem is how few people pushed back.
Thank you for keeping the lens sharp.
— Johan
Professor of Behavioral Economics and Applied Cognitive Theory
Perhaps I need to reconsider whether reincarnation is possible.
Stephen Miller looks remarkably like Heinrich Himmler, one of the powerful people in Hitler’s inner circle who was a key person behind the Holocaust. And, of course, Miller’s rhetoric is the same as Himmler’s.
Herr Miller and Herr Vought are serving as co-presidents and are perhaps the most vile pair in this lawless administration. Drumpf is so inept and delusional he needs others to tell him what to say and do (notice I didn't say "think" because that's a nonstarter where he's concerned). Miller made CNN's Boris look like a fool. Surely, someone could have told him in his earpiece that Miller was simply not speaking because he knew he'd FU. At least that stopped Miller from spewing his venom lies for a few seconds.
“Miller realized he slipped up by saying Trump has plenary authority under Title 10, but not because he thought he said something incorrect. He slipped up because even he knows it is an outrageous thing for Trump to claim absolute, unreviewable power”
Thanks for your work and the carefully placed links to historical articles that help link together a very broad view. With the judicial focus by Miller I have to ask if he has any partnership with Leonard Leo? Seemingly too much simpatico?..
This column alone is worth the yearly subscription. Thank you, Lisa, for educating me and providing the receipts about the sneering rudeness of Miller ( and I thought Bondi was bad?).
Thank you, Lisa for bringing this to our attention. I’m beside myself with what this administration is getting away with, without much control from the other branches of government or the people for that matter.
Stephen Miller did not slip. He revealed the playbook.
Invoking plenary authority in the context of National Guard deployment was not a legal argument. It was a power grab. From a behavioral lens, this is how authoritarian drift operates. Redefine terms. Test the boundaries. Count on institutional silence.
Checks and balances are not failing because they are weak. They are failing because too many actors have chosen not to act. When the judiciary defers and Congress abdicates, the executive expands by default.
Miller said the quiet part out loud. The real problem is how few people pushed back.
Thank you for keeping the lens sharp.
— Johan
Professor of Behavioral Economics and Applied Cognitive Theory
Former Foreign Service Officer
PS: this report has solidly enticed my motivation to re-up my subscription. Keep up the great work. We need you.!
Perhaps I need to reconsider whether reincarnation is possible.
Stephen Miller looks remarkably like Heinrich Himmler, one of the powerful people in Hitler’s inner circle who was a key person behind the Holocaust. And, of course, Miller’s rhetoric is the same as Himmler’s.
Herr Miller and Herr Vought are serving as co-presidents and are perhaps the most vile pair in this lawless administration. Drumpf is so inept and delusional he needs others to tell him what to say and do (notice I didn't say "think" because that's a nonstarter where he's concerned). Miller made CNN's Boris look like a fool. Surely, someone could have told him in his earpiece that Miller was simply not speaking because he knew he'd FU. At least that stopped Miller from spewing his venom lies for a few seconds.
The law will catch up to Miller and Voight in 2028. It will be extremely unpleasant for them. Karma is on its way.
🎯 Lisa Needham
“Miller realized he slipped up by saying Trump has plenary authority under Title 10, but not because he thought he said something incorrect. He slipped up because even he knows it is an outrageous thing for Trump to claim absolute, unreviewable power”
https://bsky.app/profile/kenaiseasky.bsky.social/post/3m35nz63wqs2q
So disturbing that CNN removed that evidence of Miller’s plan to overturn our democracy.
Thanks for your work and the carefully placed links to historical articles that help link together a very broad view. With the judicial focus by Miller I have to ask if he has any partnership with Leonard Leo? Seemingly too much simpatico?..