Alan Snyder
@alansnyder.bsky.social
History professor at Christian universities for 35 years. Author of 6 books. Most recent ones on C. S. Lewis, who has been my research and writing focus for the past decade.
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The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Send in the Clowns
The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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There is an old, familiar phrase: "the anatomy of a lie." I see how Trump and his people have implanted the lie that Zelensky and the Ukrainians are ungrateful for American aid. This lie lives in the breasts, and on the tongues, of millions. Amazing, and infuriating.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There is an old, familiar phrase: "the anatomy of a lie." I see how Trump and his people have implanted the lie that Zelensky and the Ukrainians are ungrateful for American aid. This lie lives in the breasts, and on the tongues, of millions. Amazing, and infuriating.
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
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Can you blame anyone for confusing a Kremlin wish list with a Trump "peace plan"?
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can you blame anyone for confusing a Kremlin wish list with a Trump "peace plan"?
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"No, this is not cost-cutting or isolationism. This is picking a side – Putin’s side. Any pretence at even-handedness has gone. The tragic truth is that, kompromat or no kompromat, Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"No, this is not cost-cutting or isolationism. This is picking a side – Putin’s side. Any pretence at even-handedness has gone. The tragic truth is that, kompromat or no kompromat, Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
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"The U.S. must not pressure Ukraine to give up its land, its people, or its future...The Ukrainians are not asking for troops. They are asking for equipment, but mostly for political backing. They are asking us to keep faith with the principles we proclaim."
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
The U.S. Must Not Push Ukraine Into an Unjust, Unstable Peace
It would be a moral betrayal and a strategic blunder.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The U.S. must not pressure Ukraine to give up its land, its people, or its future...The Ukrainians are not asking for troops. They are asking for equipment, but mostly for political backing. They are asking us to keep faith with the principles we proclaim."
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
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"Finally, President Trump might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. It is the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize”—awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Finally, President Trump might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. It is the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize”—awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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A must read about Trump’s mental state. I hope every Republican in Congress reads, I hope all his cabinet members reads and I hope his family reads. Unhinged is answer understatement.
Thanks for the gift article Tom.
Thanks for the gift article Tom.
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A must read about Trump’s mental state. I hope every Republican in Congress reads, I hope all his cabinet members reads and I hope his family reads. Unhinged is answer understatement.
Thanks for the gift article Tom.
Thanks for the gift article Tom.
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“Highest poll numbers”
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“Highest poll numbers”
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Trump: I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my political career.
Fact check: false.
Fact check: false.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump: I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my political career.
Fact check: false.
Fact check: false.
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I said this in my most recent @theatlantic.com article: The lawmakers had to make that video because it's so likely that Trump is, in fact, giving illegal orders, as @gregsargent.bsky.social discusses here.
What's weirdly missing from coverage of the Dem video is any discussion of this Q: Is it reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal orders, or not? The answer is, yes, of course it is.
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I said this in my most recent @theatlantic.com article: The lawmakers had to make that video because it's so likely that Trump is, in fact, giving illegal orders, as @gregsargent.bsky.social discusses here.
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I was honored to speak at a conference “Intent to Destroy: Confronting Russia’s Campaign to Erase Ukraine & Its People” at Georgetown. The mere suggestion of amnesty for Russia's war crimes and genocidal actions against Ukrainians, contained in Trump's 28-point plan, is an unconscionable obscenity.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I was honored to speak at a conference “Intent to Destroy: Confronting Russia’s Campaign to Erase Ukraine & Its People” at Georgetown. The mere suggestion of amnesty for Russia's war crimes and genocidal actions against Ukrainians, contained in Trump's 28-point plan, is an unconscionable obscenity.
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The president's office in the White House is in the shape of an oval. But, with Trump and Mamdani today, it was a horseshoe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The president's office in the White House is in the shape of an oval. But, with Trump and Mamdani today, it was a horseshoe.
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So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
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Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3XKVWa0?utm_...
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3XKVWa0?utm_...
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3XKVWa0?utm_...
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3XKVWa0?utm_...
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Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
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Houlahan says not a single Republican has reached out to her to express concern about the president calling for her death
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Houlahan says not a single Republican has reached out to her to express concern about the president calling for her death
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Trump Guns, from the man who just called for the execution of elected legislators.
this morning's Fox & Friends featured commercials for Trump Watches *and* Trump-branded handguns. a level of presidential grifting that was unfathomable a decade ago.
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump Guns, from the man who just called for the execution of elected legislators.
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Where we are as a country
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Where we are as a country
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"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
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www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
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Question about sedition: does disobeying military orders include getting a podiatrist to write a fake note about bone spurs to help you avoid the draft? If so, someone might be facing execution
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Question about sedition: does disobeying military orders include getting a podiatrist to write a fake note about bone spurs to help you avoid the draft? If so, someone might be facing execution
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Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
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Mike Johnson REFUSES to condemn Trump’s call for the execution of Democratic lawmakers. Instead, he goes after the lawmakers for their “very dangerous” call for the military to refuse to obey ILLEGAL orders.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Mike Johnson REFUSES to condemn Trump’s call for the execution of Democratic lawmakers. Instead, he goes after the lawmakers for their “very dangerous” call for the military to refuse to obey ILLEGAL orders.