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An analysis of the political calculations and expectations surrounding John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination and confirmation.
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Supreme Court nominations of the president. Their hope was that he would essentially at worst be a Rehnquist figure.
And Rehnquist had a lot of, well, was very conservative and had a down the line conservative voting record and also came under scrutiny for some sort of some personal questions or questionable decisions in his past.
So am I getting
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Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
July 5, 2024
Little Tech is our term for tech startups, as contrasted to Big Tech incumbents.
Little Tech has run independent of politics for our entire careers. But, as the old Soviet joke goes,... See more
Marc Andreessen πΊπΈx.comThe New Legislators of Silicon Valley - The Ideas Letter
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The speaker differentiates between fatalistic optimism and actionable hope, framing activism as a step-by-step discovery process.
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So I have no optimism because I think optimism is a species of fatalism It the belief that things are going to get better no matter what we do I also have no pessimism because I think things won get worse no matter what we do I have a lot of hope you know the belief that if we do something things might get better
and you know as when i'm being a nov
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