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Enforce Multiplier: “Justice Gorsuch was especially vocal in opposing any enforcement mechanism beyond voluntary compliance, arguing that additional measures could undermine the court. The justices’ strength was their independence, he said, and he vowed to have no part in diminishing it.” NYT (Gift Article): Inside the Supreme Court Ethics Debate: Who Judges the Justices? “In private meetings and memos, the justices made new rules for themselves — then split on whether they could, or should, be enforced.”

+ Tactical Weapon Delivery: “The Biden administration is rushing assistance to Ukraine in an effort to put Kyiv ‘in the strongest possible position‘ as Russia steps up its attacks and President Joe Biden prepares to leave office in less than two months.” And you think you are worried about the upcoming transition of power in DC…

+ Delusions of Grandeur: “The organizing principle in Trump’s chaotic campaigns, the animating passion among his supporters, has been a reactionary turn against dizzying change, specifically the economic and cultural transformations of the past half century: the globalization of trade and migration, the transition from an industrial to an information economy, the growing inequality between metropolis and hinterland, the end of the traditional family, the rise of previously disenfranchised groups, the ‘browning’ of the American people.” George Packer in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The End of Democratic Delusions.

+ Performance Anxiety: “The pressures of the American healthcare system have left some families reaching not for GoFundMe to fundraise for medical costs, but TikTok.” Rolling Stone: Americans Are Turning to Tiktok to Pay Their Medical Bills.

+ On the Bright Side: “The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?” Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars.