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Labor Day - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (686+ words) Nor do I agree with most of the remainder of Reagan’s message, although there is a quote at the end I particularly like: “Well, as President Eisenhower told us once: A crisis can be deadly when inert men are smothered…...
Do You Have Questions About The Weather And Climate Change?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (214+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Do You Have Questions About The Weather And Climate Change? Join Meteorologist John Morales and me for a Substack Live Monday at 9pm ET As of this morning, the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are moving…...
The Week Ahead - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
1+ week, 6+ day ago (511+ words) What to expect from the Supreme Court: What to expect in the lower courts: Donald Trump is trying to erase his pal Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction. This is just another verse in the same song: Use the Justice Department to…...
Five Questions with Meteorologist John Morales
2+ week, 1+ day ago (279+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Five Questions with Meteorologist John Morales Wherever you live, you probably have a trusted meteorologist you rely on when extreme weather hits. That’s especially true in parts of the country prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms,…...
It’s Really About 2028
2+ week, 4+ day ago (149+ words) So, we’re clear on which case we’re talking about tonight. It’s this one: Judge Talwani held that USPS violated her injunction by finalizing rules for mail-in ballots, which her order expressly prohibited them from doing. She characterized the government’s behavior…...
An Update: Substack Live with Steve Vladeck
2+ week, 5+ day ago (167+ words) As I’ve observed before, and it’s obviously not an entirely cynical point, the Roberts Court invokes the Purcell principle to protect Republican voters, but seems far less inclined to do so when Democratic voters’ interests are at stake, as it…...
Kash Patel’s Response
3+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance The Atlantic wants the Judge to dismiss Patel’s defamation case; Patel argues it’s too soon for that. Kash Patel filed a defamation case against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick over a story that characterized…...
Deeply Disgusted - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (520+ words) Deeply Disgusted Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Newly anointed Attorney General Todd Blanche has been busy. But instead of doing justice, he’s been doing the president’s political bidding. A violation of the Hatch Act, if…...