Berny Belvedere
@bernybelvedere.bsky.social
Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Philosophy lecturer. Soccer knower. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷
Never forget what these people did
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Never forget what these people did
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I got this mug as a reminder of what’s at stake in the discourse. Can’t let takes represented by that symbol win. This city needs a hero.
April 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I got this mug as a reminder of what’s at stake in the discourse. Can’t let takes represented by that symbol win. This city needs a hero.
Remembering this absolute gem
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Remembering this absolute gem
Leftist media turning to hospitality services to meet financial obligations in Trump’s America
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Leftist media turning to hospitality services to meet financial obligations in Trump’s America
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On the whole I haven’t been much surprised or disappointed by who went Rhinoceros during the Trump era, but I had sort of thought Mike Lee was at least a little smarter, more principled, and/or more decent than he’s proven himself to be.
This guy slowly transformed from con law egghead to catturd3 before our eyes. The whole subculture is a conveyor belt to lobotomyville.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On the whole I haven’t been much surprised or disappointed by who went Rhinoceros during the Trump era, but I had sort of thought Mike Lee was at least a little smarter, more principled, and/or more decent than he’s proven himself to be.
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As @tracinski.bsky.social and others noted a while back, it's not that Trump's appointments are unqualified—it's that they're *anti*-qualified. They're the antithesis of what their respective offices are about.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As @tracinski.bsky.social and others noted a while back, it's not that Trump's appointments are unqualified—it's that they're *anti*-qualified. They're the antithesis of what their respective offices are about.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
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By "affordable housing" Mamdani clearly meant "establish a caliphate." You may hate it, but this is top tier analysis from the ol' ball coach.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
By "affordable housing" Mamdani clearly meant "establish a caliphate." You may hate it, but this is top tier analysis from the ol' ball coach.
Every time I listen to it I am blown away. It never fails.
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Every time I listen to it I am blown away. It never fails.
LFG Pritzker
JB Pritzker Might Become the Face of America’s Resistance by Taking on Trump’s Authoritarianism
By targeting Illinois, the president might have created his nemesis even as the national Democratic Party flails around for an effective message
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
LFG Pritzker
Imagine being in a political movement where these are the two options
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Imagine being in a political movement where these are the two options
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This guy slowly transformed from con law egghead to catturd3 before our eyes. The whole subculture is a conveyor belt to lobotomyville.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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A simple logo featuring his name? Or a HIDDEN CODE INDICATING HIS TRUE ALLEGIANCE?
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A simple logo featuring his name? Or a HIDDEN CODE INDICATING HIS TRUE ALLEGIANCE?
This guy slowly transformed from con law egghead to catturd3 before our eyes. The whole subculture is a conveyor belt to lobotomyville.
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This guy slowly transformed from con law egghead to catturd3 before our eyes. The whole subculture is a conveyor belt to lobotomyville.
As @tracinski.bsky.social and others noted a while back, it's not that Trump's appointments are unqualified—it's that they're *anti*-qualified. They're the antithesis of what their respective offices are about.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As @tracinski.bsky.social and others noted a while back, it's not that Trump's appointments are unqualified—it's that they're *anti*-qualified. They're the antithesis of what their respective offices are about.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
Like this is someone to appoint if you wanted the *opposite* of a fraud watcher.
By "affordable housing" Mamdani clearly meant "establish a caliphate." You may hate it, but this is top tier analysis from the ol' ball coach.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
By "affordable housing" Mamdani clearly meant "establish a caliphate." You may hate it, but this is top tier analysis from the ol' ball coach.
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Ahead of New York City's mayoral election, Tibita Kaneene, the political director of @cnliberalism.org's NYC chapter, lauds Zohran Mamdani as a champion of multiracial and multiethnic democracy, and suggests market-friendly liberals can be cautiously optimistic about a Mamdani victory.
Will Mamdani Govern More as a Democratic Socialist or as an Abundance Liberal?
His policy evolution and the team he’s assembling suggest that he could be moving in a market-friendly direction
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ahead of New York City's mayoral election, Tibita Kaneene, the political director of @cnliberalism.org's NYC chapter, lauds Zohran Mamdani as a champion of multiracial and multiethnic democracy, and suggests market-friendly liberals can be cautiously optimistic about a Mamdani victory.
*hired Candace Owens
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
*hired Candace Owens
"This is the groundwork for a regime of ideological censorship aimed at suppressing organized opposition to and protest against this administration—and enshrining a shrinking MAGA minority's views as dogma that is officially shielded from criticism."
🔥 @tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
🔥 @tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
Trump's New Directive Could Treat All Those Who Oppose Him as Terrorists
NSPM-7's scope is so broad and vague it would allow the president to target anyone who speaks out against him or MAGA as a national security threat
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"This is the groundwork for a regime of ideological censorship aimed at suppressing organized opposition to and protest against this administration—and enshrining a shrinking MAGA minority's views as dogma that is officially shielded from criticism."
🔥 @tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
🔥 @tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
Excellent 🧵
In light of gerry-mania, let's talk...
✨proportional representation✨
✨proportional representation✨
Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system
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October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Excellent 🧵
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Terrific, deeply informed conversation on the president's removal powers, with all sorts of fascinating historical details and reading recommendations. Highly recommend! From @andycraig.bsky.social and @narosenblum.bsky.social
The Founders Never Meant to Give the President Unchecked Removal Powers: A Conversation with Noah Rosenblum
It would be a constitutional mistake for the Roberts Court to overturn Humphrey's Executor and embrace an extreme version of the Unitary Executive Theory
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October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Terrific, deeply informed conversation on the president's removal powers, with all sorts of fascinating historical details and reading recommendations. Highly recommend! From @andycraig.bsky.social and @narosenblum.bsky.social
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The panel on the philosophical roots of illiberalism from @ismapolicy.bsky.social's LibCon2025 is up—and it's really informative and insightful. Give it a read.
@andycraig.bsky.social, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @lkatfield.bsky.social, @tomgpalmer.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @lkatfield.bsky.social, @tomgpalmer.bsky.social
The Neo-Right Rejects Liberalism Because It Wants to Rule by Brute Force Not Consensus: A LibCon2025 Panel Discussion
Its slams on a neutral liberal state are sophistic and stem from a deeply nihilistic worldview
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October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The panel on the philosophical roots of illiberalism from @ismapolicy.bsky.social's LibCon2025 is up—and it's really informative and insightful. Give it a read.
@andycraig.bsky.social, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @lkatfield.bsky.social, @tomgpalmer.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, @lkatfield.bsky.social, @tomgpalmer.bsky.social
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I’d like to hear more about this intriguing theory, actually.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’d like to hear more about this intriguing theory, actually.
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"Authoritarianism is an instinct, a yearning for control, for hierarchy. ... It manifests in different costumes, but it always tells the same story: trust the strongman, fear the outsider, silence the dissenter."
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
Liberalism Is a Bold Force That Ends Corrupt, Oppressive, and Arbitrary Hierarchies
It doesn't defend the status quo, it upends it
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October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Authoritarianism is an instinct, a yearning for control, for hierarchy. ... It manifests in different costumes, but it always tells the same story: trust the strongman, fear the outsider, silence the dissenter."
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
I’d like to hear more about this intriguing theory, actually.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’d like to hear more about this intriguing theory, actually.