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   Rick Bradley (rick@tinnies.club)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 10:57:45 JST Rick Bradley

   in reply to

   • Cory Doctorow
   • Joshua Marshall
   • Dan Gillmor

   @dangillmor @joshtpm @pluralistic noting that there is still no irony at using "unelected" as a criteria to exclude advice and policy, unless it's the unelected and non-governmental co-whatevers of Dept of Grifting Everyone.

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     Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 10:57:46 JST Dan Gillmor

     • Cory Doctorow
     • Joshua Marshall

     Two writers I respect enormously -- @joshtpm and @pluralistic -- posted complementary pieces in recent days, on Democrats, democracy, and institutions.

     https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-party-of-institutions-in-an-era-of-distrust/sharetoken/fdd3e27f-73f6-45dd-a706-ca111139f4ac

     https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/21/policy-based-evidence/#decisions-decisions

     I added some thoughts in my latest newsletter (first item): https://cornerstone.ghost.io/essentials-november-23-24-2024/

     Cory Doctorow repeated this.