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 If the shoe were on the other foot, the Republicans would definitely have bailed out Nancy Pelosi 
 We are all thinking it. Might as well say it. 

Republicans are in disarray. 
 Biggest mistake you can make about the law, and of which I try to disabuse my students, is that taunting the judge who decides your fate is a good idea. It’s not. It’s a bad idea. 
 Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman who won the Nobel Prize that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world are America’s warmup dictators. 

By Matt Taibbi 
 New York State Business Law doesn’t care about your feelings 
 I don’t get enough credit for not having started a Substack. 
 First they came for Lauren Boebert, and whether it was the excitement of seeing a much-anticipated production or the natural anxiety of being in a new environment, when I discussed the events with my campaign team while confirming my enthusiasm for the musical, I did nothing. 
 My review of “The Coming Wave,” Mustafa Suleyman’s new book on the promises and perils of AI https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/08/the-coming-wave-by-mustafa-suleyman-review-a-tech-tsunami 
 What if we appease Donald Trump and hope he learns his lesson?