Brian Guilbeault

Dad, teacher, coach. Proud blue Badger. I like bikes and sail boats. @AppletonWest / UW-Madison / Marquette Law alum. He/him.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Jose Andres has spent his life giving food to poor people. He’s easily down more good for humanity than Elon ever has or will

[Acyn @Acyn]

Wolfers: For nine out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, “How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?” I would have said that the president is just one factor among many.

That’s what I would have said nine out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.

There’s literally no question about the cause of the current oil price spike. It is that we decided to go to war in Iran on an open-ended, ill-defined mission, and we’re not quite sure what to do. The Iranians took over the Strait of Hormuz, and now the global economy is substantially fractured and global energy markets are in disarray. There’s no question about what caused that. We know that because we actually saw things get a little bit better in June during the ceasefire, but those happy days are behind us.

There’s also no question that tariffs are a complete own goal. They’ve led to higher prices paid by Americans. And that, I think, explains why, if you look at the United States compared to our peers in the G7—think of these as other economies that are kind of like, if the U.S. economy had mates, this is who they’d be—comparable large industrialized economies, the United States right now has higher inflation than any of them. We’re number one, but it’s not one of those good number ones.

And let me just add: it really does hurt my heart because we know how not to screw things up. Any economics textbook, anyone who’s taken introductory economics, would know that there are large economic costs to going to war. They would know that starting a global trade war in a chaotic and incoherent fashion is all downside and no upside.

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

“Indulging the president’s delusions”
Exactly this

[Jamison Daniel @AntiquarianMuse]

This needs to go viral. He’s saying exactly what I’ve thought through all this. Now we need everyone to take note.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

I want to be clear where I stand on this. This is inhumane, sadistic, and a violation of the power and authority the police are given by our government.
It is wrong.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

On the Supreme Court birthright citizenship decision, keep in mind that three justices, Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch, directly disregard the clear language of the Constitution, and a fourth, Kavanaugh, disregarded it but relied instead on a law. That, my friends, is chilling.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Let’s be clear about what’s going on here: They knew this story would hit, may have even been the source. It’s an effort to intimidate people into thinking it’s too risky to work the polls, too risky to vote. Do not bend the knee here. If you haven’t already, register & volunteer

[Brian Guilbeault @badgerbri25]

@SophiaMinnaert @Brewers @BrewersdotTV Give Chris Hook a raise right now. He is almost as valuable as Murph.

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

Name a better take than this on the Iran war, I’ll wait.

[The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpod]

Why did institutions lose the trust of the white working class? David Blight (@davidwblight1) and Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) offer some historical context. #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #Politics

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Some women at a Turning Point USA summit talked about relinquishing their right to vote to create a “more conservative” country. Here’s why we can’t afford to laugh it off as ridiculous.
https://t.co/3dtpBdcO5T

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The question inside Trump's White House wasn't whether suspending habeas corpus was a good idea. It was how much the administration could get away with before the courts stopped them.
That's a warning worth paying attention to.
Read here:
https://t.co/jRv5GR7PGa

[Brian Guilbeault @badgerbri25]

@USWNT @MichelobULTRA I would have given it to the Brazilian keeper. Wow.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

This one hits hard.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The DOJ is literally investigating a sexual assault survivor, E Jean Carroll, instead of a single perpetrator in the Epstein files.

[Brian Guilbeault @badgerbri25]

@mazyar79 @ChicagoBears And it makes it more difficult for the defender to knock it away, which was also an issue for many Bears receivers last year.

[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

Only in America….

A woman can get Raped,

File a complaint,

Win a suit in Civil Court holding her rapist civilly liable…

And then be criminally prosecuted by the U.S. Department Of Justice…

Because she was fucking raped by a rich powerful man who’s well connected.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

We already have a process for determining whether accusers are credible. It’s called a trial. And a jury already decided they believed E Jean Carroll. THIS is weaponization.
https://t.co/wKl1B9YX4v via @NYTimes