Emeritus @BrownUniversity. Writing book on politics & đ. Quasi-avid cyclist; speaking for myself. #MeToo. Iâ„#RI. 2014 #CSA đ: https://xitter.cf/t.co/50L2NAKxv8
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Ross E. Cheit retweeted
Durbin: The timing of Mr. Gaetz's resignation from the house raises serious questions about the contents of the house ethics committee report. We cannot allow this information from a bipartisan investigation to be hidden from the American people.
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Johnson two days ago: "The Speaker of the House is not involved in that. Can't be involved in that."
Johnson today: "I'm going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report because that is not the way we do things in the House."
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Kamala Harris in 1970, aged about six, with her mother and younger sister in Berkeley. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, went to Berkeley in 1958 as a 19 year old student from India
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-inâŠ
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
Just saying, if you pronounce it the Yiddish way ("Vahntz") it means: bedbug, an annoying person.
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This is a great and really important thread from Deeva documenting all of the ways in which the Kindred episode only underscores the need for *more* reforms in federal judicial workplacesâand is not by any means a vindication of the existing policies and procedures.
Iâve been promising a longer thread about Judge Kindredâs resignation, the Order about his misconduct, and ongoing advocacy efforts and reforms to reporting procedures for employees facing misconduct in the federal judiciary. So here goes. 1/
npr.org/2024/07/09/g-s1-8991âŠ
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
Strategy of Champions. Learn how Brownâs Womenâs Rugby Team achieved one of their most successful seasons yet in our feature issue on love, loss and rugby.
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
âGive me a library, and Iâll build a university about it.â
â Benjamin Ide Wheeler, UC president, 1899-1919
Doe Library opened #OTD in 1911. đïž
The @UCBerkeley Library has uplifted and inspired generations of students.
Hereâs to the Library â then, now, and forever. đâš
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
This is why âMake America Great Againâ is so insulting. It wasnât great, for a lot of folks, for a long time. The country moved forward. Stop trying to drag us back.
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
If you canât navigate disclosure forms, you shouldnât be interpreting the constitution.
2011: Justice Thomas didn't disclose wifeâs income due to a âmisunderstanding of the filing instructionsâ
2023: Thomas âinadvertently failed to realizeâ real estate deal needed to be disclosed.
Today: Thomas âinadvertently omittedâ free luxury trips
propublica.org/article/clareâŠ
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
Seriously, you have the Speaker of the House suggesting that he has spoken with justices of the Supreme Court about political matters. Is there some reason this is not a huge scandal.
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
The alito flag story does not teach me anything new about his politics but it does reveal how confident he is that nobody can do anything about him
Ross E. Cheit retweeted
Sometimes it takes a lot of work to make a small but important thing happen. Starting with @ChristinaTkacik's article about the effort to get this historical marker (see: bit.ly/4dJbSjX) + some help from @mkorman & the persistence of Rev. Johnson this finally happened!đ
