Jeff Tulis

Professor of Government Emeritus @UTAustin; sculler; loon counter. Essays in The Bulwark, Atlantic, WaPo, Public Seminar, Democracy Seminar.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

We’re coming together again on March 28 to make it clear to the president that his fear and intimidation aren’t working. In America, we have NO KINGS and power still belongs to the people. https://t.co/UEzDHUXGrd

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
https://t.co/q7fUXM3sKC

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

Urgent and Compelling

https://t.co/OG6B5KoQLE?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

Exceptionally well done and important. Trump is not thinking big, he is thinking bad. He is not changing governing policy, he is destroying governing capacity.

https://t.co/IDygphlN84

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

“Trump is different from other authoritarian leaders. Most don’t want to appear authoritarian. This is a government that is advertising its authoritarianism,” says Steven Levitsky, professor of government at Harvard University.

https://t.co/BNaC4wWk3E

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.

So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

This deserves your attention and wide circulation -- to break through normalization.

https://t.co/HoeoCkpgw0

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Reminder that Congress could, at any time, pass legislation canceling these tariffs and then vote to override a veto.

As prices rise and your 401(k) falls, don't let lawmakers get away with acting like powerless observers of the onslaught. Together they can kill it if they want.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

@TuurDemeester @LorenRotner Merit. Really? How would admitting a student with a 1460 SAT and low grades at a demanding secondary school be merited?

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"The era of letting Republicans break all the rules, not follow any of the laws, run roughshod over the Democrats, while the Democrats continue to just try to protect every possible existing norm and institution, that era is over." Time for Chuck Schumer to get the memo. @Timodc:

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I went to the Senate floor to lay out for my colleagues the stunning story of brazen, open corruption during the first 6 weeks of the Trump presidency.

I think it's a story everyone needs to know.

1/ So a🧵with the highlights from the speech.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

@kewhittington The larger argument in 1971 had to do with the President's overall responsibility for economic health versus Congress's inability to limit its total budget. Hence, the impoundment act addressed both congressional infirmity and presidential overreach.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

@DamonLinker It is not about floor or ceiling, as MAGA wrongly argues. It is about whether Congress (and Presidents) can set priorities for spending through legislation. What to spend money on -- not just how much.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

@jacklgoldsmith Excellent, as usual, as doctrine and as predictive of the Supreme Court today! Theoretically, however, there are very good arguments on the other side not covered, including those in Humphrey's Executor and by Daniel Webster against Andrew Jackson.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

Fearless and inspiring.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If you’re feeling despair today, I completely understand.

But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that has been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.

I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it.

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

Yes, it is taking time for this massive fact to sink in to mainstream reporting, and it may not be absorbed and understood.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“The announcement Saturday of ABC’s settlement of Trump’s defamation lawsuit was a true fire bell in the Trumpist night, an awful herald of so much that may lie ahead.” https://t.co/hb0758GpSc

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

Wow. Fearless and truthful in the face of massive indifference and Orwellian remaking of this political moment.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

"Trump lied about an election being stolen and then sicked a mob on the Capitol. It's funny that you roll your eyes at this, Kevin, because you're the one who went down and resurrected him.”

[Jeff Tulis @jktulis]

@SarahLongwell25 Wow. So terrific that you are on this panel and that you are so fearless and truthful.