Erik @sisyph.us · 6hI hesitate to do this. In her defense, California is the hardest bar exam in the country. I wonder where in her class at Pepperdine she finished? 90% of Pepperdine grads pass the bar on the first try. So she may well be the bottom 10% of her class. 350
Erik @sisyph.us · 9hTHE LEVERAGE is a novel built partly from the documented record, and the seam between the two is meant to be visible. The history in it is real. Where a real person speaks, the words are theirs. Everything load-bearing is logged, with its source, at theleveragebook.net/registertheleveragebook.netThe Leverage — Source RegisterThe documented record behind The Leverage: events, dates, words, and primary sources — with reported, transposed, and invented material flagged as such. 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 13/10/2026The unintended consequence might be that public executions might be the best way to turn the American public away from the death penalty (especially if the screw it up). 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 10/10/2026I kind of think that the current generation of F1 cars have not been adequately tested in wet conditions. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026The electorate is four groups. Democrats. Republicans. MAGA. and the non partisans. Republicans and non partisans are reachable. I agree MAGA are hopeless. Democrats alone can not win. MAGA alone can not win. Actual GOP can not win. Non partisans can not win. You need 2 or 3 of these groups. 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026How did that work out last time? Two impeachments. Two trials. Two acquittals. His base sees impeachment acquittal as an example the mendacity of the democrats. It activates them. You need to do the opposite. 110
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026We need to focus on 2028. The only way he's leaving before then is if he dies. Win the senate in November. Stop his judicial nominations to stop the bleeding. Everything else is a distraction. 100
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026And if the final vote is 66 to convict then he will STILL be acquitted. And it won't be close to that. Maybe we get 51 or 52 votes to convict. Straight party lines, we'll lose Fetterman. Then what? 100
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026If you don't have 67 votes to convict then what's the point? A big part of the reason he won in 2024 is that he got acquitted twice. It strengthened him politically. 210
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026Show me the list Here's article 2 section 4 constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...constitution.congress.gov 200
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026There is no definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors", it's whatever congress decides it is. The GOP never had 67 votes to convict in the senate and they knew politically an impeachment acquittal is a loser so they did not bother. Hopefully the dems figure that out. 100
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026Being left handed is impeachable if you can convince half of the House and 67 senators it is. If you can't convince them, then nothing gets you to impeachment and removal. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026An impeachable offense is whatever congress decides it is. There's no list. 10491
Erik @sisyph.us · 07/10/2026Does that mean the next President can do very bad things to you? SCOTUS disagrees, at least as far as Biden and Obama are concerned. 070
Erik @sisyph.us · 06/10/2026Wouldn't the first thing Project Meridian should do is kill Trump's idiotic battleship plan? 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 02/10/2026None of these people are willing to tell their boss they they are wrong. 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 02/10/2026You realize that this discussion is being hosted in a data center? The question is scale, not whether we "need this". If you want the internet, you need this. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 02/10/2026You're right, they just needed to watch the "Mr DNA" movie that Hammond played. 031
Erik @sisyph.us · 28/09/2026Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm because it was a bad look for public officials to own companies 000
Reposted by ErikEric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dear Maine Democrats -- Here's your new commercial. You're welcome. 10439121
Erik @sisyph.us · 25/09/2026I just picked all the apples from our trees before the nor'easter picks them for me. I guess I will make pie. 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 21/09/2026There's not much the democrats can do to de-trumpify the executive with one or both chambers of congress. There's essentially nothing other than stop the bleeding by not confirming nominees. They need to win the WH in 2028. 020
Erik @sisyph.us · 21/09/2026The whole point of snipers is that they do not need "large quantities of sniper ammunition." 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 18/09/2026Sadly, congress is not enough. You need a functional Justice Department. 120
Erik @sisyph.us · 18/09/2026South Carolina's fierce independence has historically had its pros and cons 160
Erik @sisyph.us · 18/09/2026The only "locking up" capability congress has is inherent contempt. That can only lock people up until the end of the session. Even then the DOJ will probably just refuse to lock them up. So I guess we have the Sgt at Arms set up a jail in the capitol? 100
Erik @sisyph.us · 18/09/2026What percentage of those detained were visa overstays vs people who illegally crossed the border? 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 16/09/2026There are about 100,000 polling locations in the US. There are fewer than 15,000 FBI agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comKash Patel Suggests FBI Agents Could Go to Election Polling SitesFederal law prohibits armed federal officers or military personnel from being deployed to polling stations. 140
Erik @sisyph.us · 14/09/2026I have updated both the manuscript and the Source Register to incorporate the Dallas loyalty oath. theleveragebook.net/register/ youtu.be/Mqo71euxd_4?...youtu.beTrump Makes Convention Attendees Take Voting Pledge | WSJ NewsYouTube video by WSJ News 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 12/09/2026Michael Cohen, timing, and why I have chosen to publish independently open.substack.com/pub/thelever...open.substack.comMichael Cohen, timing, and why I have chosen to publish independentlyThe Leverage is a novel. 021
Erik @sisyph.us · 06/09/2026Hoover, Angleton, and Philby. open.substack.com/pub/thelever...open.substack.comThe Cases of Spoiled WineA research note behind a scene in The Leverage. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 03/09/2026What we need is for congress to make article 1 great again. They have all the power they need. They do not have the political will to use it. 220
Erik @sisyph.us · 03/09/2026You need both houses of congress, you probably need to kill the filibuster in the senate, and you need the presidency. It's just a statute, like any other law. Of course, they can just switch it back (or add even more) when they are in power. 140
Erik @sisyph.us · 31/08/2026Do they not realize what a burn the "...in he US" phrase on the lower third is? We'll make the crazy guy feel good, but the rest of the world sees the trusth. 001
Erik @sisyph.us · 31/08/2026To change the size of the court you need to pass a statute. You need it to pass the house, you need it to pass the senate, you need the President to sign the law (or you need to pass in congress with enough votes to override the veto). FDR had all three and still could not get it done. 000
Erik @sisyph.us · 27/08/2026THE LEVERAGE is a speculative political thriller about the quietest institution in American politics — from Hoover's files to Epstein's cameras, and the operator running today's version from inside the government. Research and excerpts on my Substack: read.theleveragebook.net?r=8js2rj&utm...read.theleveragebook.netThe Leverage's Substack | SubstackNotes, schedules, and information about my forthcoming novel The Leverage. Click to read The Leverage's Substack, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 16/08/2026This ship will not be commissioned until the mid 2030s. It will have EM catapults when it is in service. 010
Erik @sisyph.us · 12/08/2026True. But the broadcast networks are not doing well financially. So the streamers are starting to buy up rights. We'll see where that goes. 021
Erik @sisyph.us · 06/08/2026Democrats are not the problem. They will largely come around. Getting purple state independents to vote for candidates who self identify as socialists is the challenge. 000