Eli Rothman
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Eli Rothman
@elirothman.bsky.social
· May 21
James Carville furiously working the phones to see if Tony Danza is available to be the left's Joe Rogan
Hold me closer Tony Danza
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CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
October 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.
Slightly diminish a book:
The Ew Testament
The Ew Testament
Slightly diminish a book:
Stephen King's The Sit
Stephen King's The Sit
Slightly diminish a book
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
September 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Slightly diminish a book:
The Ew Testament
The Ew Testament
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Donald Trump is waging a fascist takeover of the United States.
Democrats are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks who helped get them into this situation — and whose advice is to avoid discussing what Trump is doing.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Democrats are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks who helped get them into this situation — and whose advice is to avoid discussing what Trump is doing.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Donald Trump is waging a fascist takeover of the United States.
Democrats are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks who helped get them into this situation — and whose advice is to avoid discussing what Trump is doing.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Democrats are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks who helped get them into this situation — and whose advice is to avoid discussing what Trump is doing.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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From the Orwellian 'freedom-is-slavery' level lies to the military intimidation targeting Black people that will soon clash with dissent, everything about Trump's D.C. police takeover reeks of hardcore fascism
Not a distraction. The plan from Day One
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Not a distraction. The plan from Day One
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Trump’s D.C. takeover: Not distraction. Dictatorship. | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Atlanta and a new wave of U.S. mass shooters
www.inquirer.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
From the Orwellian 'freedom-is-slavery' level lies to the military intimidation targeting Black people that will soon clash with dissent, everything about Trump's D.C. police takeover reeks of hardcore fascism
Not a distraction. The plan from Day One
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Not a distraction. The plan from Day One
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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The social ostracism from being associated with ICE has to become overwhelming. We have to show that anybody associated with them cannot be a part of regular society again ever
August 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The social ostracism from being associated with ICE has to become overwhelming. We have to show that anybody associated with them cannot be a part of regular society again ever
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the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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To be clear we’re beyond abolishing ICE now.
Prosecute ICE.
Prosecute ICE.
June 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
To be clear we’re beyond abolishing ICE now.
Prosecute ICE.
Prosecute ICE.
Tell truth and shame the devil.
And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil
By telling truth: tell truth and shame the devil.
By telling truth: tell truth and shame the devil.
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Tell truth and shame the devil.
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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So we're in Arendt's phase of totalitarianism where the regime, in order to sustain its "revolutionary" fervor, turns inwards and creates new enemies among its own ranks.
June 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So we're in Arendt's phase of totalitarianism where the regime, in order to sustain its "revolutionary" fervor, turns inwards and creates new enemies among its own ranks.
Hold me closer Tony Danza
James Carville furiously working the phones to see if Tony Danza is available to be the left's Joe Rogan
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hold me closer Tony Danza
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I think it's very important to note that when you want to run human misery like a business--a business based on rounding up people to ship them to a country they aren't from to work in forced labor camps--you're a slaver.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I think it's very important to note that when you want to run human misery like a business--a business based on rounding up people to ship them to a country they aren't from to work in forced labor camps--you're a slaver.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Far from being 'lawless,' [totalitarianism claims]...the sources of authority from which positive laws received their ultimate legitimation, that...it is more obedient to these suprahuman forces than any government ever was before.
-Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism: Ideology & Terror"
-Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism: Ideology & Terror"
I can (and do) explain the "law" behind Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful abduction and rendition to a for-profit concentration camp.
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest
The only relevant question is not “How can the government do this?” It is “How can we who oppose this fascist regime?”
www.thenation.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Far from being 'lawless,' [totalitarianism claims]...the sources of authority from which positive laws received their ultimate legitimation, that...it is more obedient to these suprahuman forces than any government ever was before.
-Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism: Ideology & Terror"
-Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism: Ideology & Terror"
Same.
the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Same.
Has anyone spotted Lis Smith skulking around California?
The Newsom heel turn is so weird because it comes out of nowhere to the appeal of absolutely no one and is the least organic thing conceivable by human eyes. It is Clinton era “I have hired the finest team of strategists to come up with the worst idea ever”
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Has anyone spotted Lis Smith skulking around California?
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Powerful.
@algreen.house.gov: "There are times when it is better to stand alone, than not stand at all.
This president is disrupting the healthcare system. He is all but defying court orders. At some point, we're all going to have to stand up."
@algreen.house.gov: "There are times when it is better to stand alone, than not stand at all.
This president is disrupting the healthcare system. He is all but defying court orders. At some point, we're all going to have to stand up."
March 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Powerful.
@algreen.house.gov: "There are times when it is better to stand alone, than not stand at all.
This president is disrupting the healthcare system. He is all but defying court orders. At some point, we're all going to have to stand up."
@algreen.house.gov: "There are times when it is better to stand alone, than not stand at all.
This president is disrupting the healthcare system. He is all but defying court orders. At some point, we're all going to have to stand up."
I just love how optimistic the "late stage" is in "late stage capitalism." The belief that we're reaching the end of this bullshit feels entirely unwarranted. You sure there's anything next?
Now *this* is late-stage capitalism.
YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn
Funds would be used to create holding company for 26-year-old’s growing empire of video and food businesses
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just love how optimistic the "late stage" is in "late stage capitalism." The belief that we're reaching the end of this bullshit feels entirely unwarranted. You sure there's anything next?
Josie is one of my favorite voices on Bluesky. Here she recalls her experience with Harvard, The Wall, and the fascism within both. It's a terrific read.
Sending out the bat signal to #musicloverssmackdown if anyone has made it over here.
Sending out the bat signal to #musicloverssmackdown if anyone has made it over here.
A personal essay that will get me in trouble, but it's worth it:
Thought control
Josephine Riesman on Pink Floyd and surrender
flaminghydra.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Josie is one of my favorite voices on Bluesky. Here she recalls her experience with Harvard, The Wall, and the fascism within both. It's a terrific read.
Sending out the bat signal to #musicloverssmackdown if anyone has made it over here.
Sending out the bat signal to #musicloverssmackdown if anyone has made it over here.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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one thing im totally baffled by is how many people around me are totally blasé / not attuned / not frightened by the political situation? maybe if you're not directly affected it's easier to ignore & just think things are normal? the disconnect is so insane
February 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
one thing im totally baffled by is how many people around me are totally blasé / not attuned / not frightened by the political situation? maybe if you're not directly affected it's easier to ignore & just think things are normal? the disconnect is so insane
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DO NOT MEMORY HOLE THE NAZI SALUTE!
Elon Musk did it not once but twice, and with vigor!
It’s been 3 weeks, and there’s been no accountability. Institutionalized Judaism has let him off the hook. It is up to us to remember, to never forget the ancestors who deserve better, and to make it stick.
Elon Musk did it not once but twice, and with vigor!
It’s been 3 weeks, and there’s been no accountability. Institutionalized Judaism has let him off the hook. It is up to us to remember, to never forget the ancestors who deserve better, and to make it stick.
February 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
DO NOT MEMORY HOLE THE NAZI SALUTE!
Elon Musk did it not once but twice, and with vigor!
It’s been 3 weeks, and there’s been no accountability. Institutionalized Judaism has let him off the hook. It is up to us to remember, to never forget the ancestors who deserve better, and to make it stick.
Elon Musk did it not once but twice, and with vigor!
It’s been 3 weeks, and there’s been no accountability. Institutionalized Judaism has let him off the hook. It is up to us to remember, to never forget the ancestors who deserve better, and to make it stick.
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every single republican in office is a fucking oathbreaker who is selling out the constitution and our democratic birthright
February 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
every single republican in office is a fucking oathbreaker who is selling out the constitution and our democratic birthright