Every Effing Day
@everyeffingday.bsky.social
I write about the things the Trump Administration does to undermine democracy and human rights every effing day. https://everyfingday.substack.com/
Consolidating autocratic power requires bringing the military to heel, and the tradition of loyalty to the Constitution and not the man makes the U.S. an especially tough case. But attacks on Mark Kelly and the others may be a path towards a more pliable military to support Trumpian aims.
Trump’s Erdoğan Moment?
Is the hysteria around the six Democrat veterans' video a pretext for something bigger?
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Consolidating autocratic power requires bringing the military to heel, and the tradition of loyalty to the Constitution and not the man makes the U.S. an especially tough case. But attacks on Mark Kelly and the others may be a path towards a more pliable military to support Trumpian aims.
On the back-patting psychology of the plutocrat.
What's good for me is good for you
On the psychology behind Trump Administration support for the "Russian wish list."
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
On the back-patting psychology of the plutocrat.
I've been thinking about white supremacists, and how they seem different than the ones that were around the Pacific Northwest when I grew up. They are more fearful today, more conscious of the truth, which is that their time is up.
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White Fright
What distinguishes white supremacists today is their sense of mortality
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November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I've been thinking about white supremacists, and how they seem different than the ones that were around the Pacific Northwest when I grew up. They are more fearful today, more conscious of the truth, which is that their time is up.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
It's a sad, scary time to be a white supremacist
White Fright
What distinguishes white supremacists today is their sense of mortality
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November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's a sad, scary time to be a white supremacist
"Deportation judge" is a nickname, not a title. Rather like "Hangin' judge."
The Hangin' Judge and the Endless Frontier
The Department of Justice seeks to re-define America for generations.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Deportation judge" is a nickname, not a title. Rather like "Hangin' judge."
Donald Trump cannot distinguish between self-government and governing for yourself.
L'Constitution, C'est Moi
Can you understand government of the people, by the people and for the people if you don't understand "people"?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Donald Trump cannot distinguish between self-government and governing for yourself.
Bias is encoded into the digital public square. How much worse it could be if done on purpose.
Algorithmic Oppression
Unconscious biases are encoded into the structure of our online lives. As Big Tech bends to the Trump authoritarian agenda, will conscious bias make the problem worse?
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November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Bias is encoded into the digital public square. How much worse it could be if done on purpose.
Project Firewall
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Project Firewall
Who benefits when we bring in skilled workers? Who benefits when we don’t?
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Project Firewall
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Cuts to American foreign aid have killed more than half a million people so far. But it's not only the U.S. - many European countries like Germany and the UK have cut back as well. One thing these countries share is the emergence of a hard nativist far right beginning in 2015.
Letting Die
Foreign aid has declined by 28% for next year. The lion's share is because of Trump Administration cuts - but not all.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Cuts to American foreign aid have killed more than half a million people so far. But it's not only the U.S. - many European countries like Germany and the UK have cut back as well. One thing these countries share is the emergence of a hard nativist far right beginning in 2015.
Every fucking day brings bad news. But I am hopeful, because already the cracks are showing, and some fucking day, the dam is going to break.
Some Effing Day
Why I am optimistic-ish.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Every fucking day brings bad news. But I am hopeful, because already the cracks are showing, and some fucking day, the dam is going to break.
Is the no-bid contract DHS made to Noem associates run of the mill graft, or a sign of Eastern European-style kleptocracy at work?
Honor Among Thieves
Kirsti Noem's no-bid media contract seems of a piece with Eastern European alliances of wealth and dictatorial power.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is the no-bid contract DHS made to Noem associates run of the mill graft, or a sign of Eastern European-style kleptocracy at work?
Two more countries have decided to stop sharing intel with the US (probably, many others have quietly done the same). I am not surprised, and you probably are not either. But there is one guy who probably didn't see it coming: the solipsist in chief.
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Good Fences
More countries cut ties with US intelligence.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Two more countries have decided to stop sharing intel with the US (probably, many others have quietly done the same). I am not surprised, and you probably are not either. But there is one guy who probably didn't see it coming: the solipsist in chief.
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"Victory day"? Is the idea that only veterans of victorious wars get recognition?
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"Victory day"? Is the idea that only veterans of victorious wars get recognition?
In the face of Trump’s willingness to inflict mass cruelty, the moral concern of the left makes it vulnerable. But why doesn’t that cruelty inspire similar reactions among conservatives? Here's a theory.
Tragedies and Statistics
Why does mass suffering seem to leave Trump supporters unmoved?
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November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the face of Trump’s willingness to inflict mass cruelty, the moral concern of the left makes it vulnerable. But why doesn’t that cruelty inspire similar reactions among conservatives? Here's a theory.
The trouble in playing politics with psychopaths is that their cruelty can force you into situations where every option is terrible. The key is to follow the Jesuit moral philosophers and think hard about what terrible choices you should make.
Eight Democrats did not make the better bad choice.
Eight Democrats did not make the better bad choice.
Hostage Situations
Eight Democrats caved last night. I am angry, but I can't entirely blame them. The amorality of their opponents makes every option feel like a bad one.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The trouble in playing politics with psychopaths is that their cruelty can force you into situations where every option is terrible. The key is to follow the Jesuit moral philosophers and think hard about what terrible choices you should make.
Eight Democrats did not make the better bad choice.
Eight Democrats did not make the better bad choice.
Donald Trump's favorite president shared his enthusiasm for ethnic cleansing, and unlike Trump so far, he openly defied the Supreme Court. Will Trump follow in his hero's footsteps?
Jackson v. Trump
As Trump flirts with defiance of the courts, I found myself wondering what happened when Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court two hundred years ago.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Donald Trump's favorite president shared his enthusiasm for ethnic cleansing, and unlike Trump so far, he openly defied the Supreme Court. Will Trump follow in his hero's footsteps?
Guerilla Lawfare
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Guerilla Lawfare
The Administration's skirmishes with the judiciary seek to demonstrate both compliance with and defiance of court rulings, for different audiences.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Guerilla Lawfare
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
A couple of developments this week threaten to lock Latin American asylum seekers out of the U.S., and send them to countries many other asylum seekers have fled.
A Wall of Denial
With Belize signing an Asylum Cooperative Agreement with the U.S., and a new rule for immigration judges, few refugees from Latin America will find safe harbor here.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A couple of developments this week threaten to lock Latin American asylum seekers out of the U.S., and send them to countries many other asylum seekers have fled.
Stephen Miller is menacing NYC children because he's mad about our election. We need to make sure we are ready to defend them.
Duck and Cover
ICE raids harm children most. We need to adopt a civil defense model to protect them.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Stephen Miller is menacing NYC children because he's mad about our election. We need to make sure we are ready to defend them.
Propheteering
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Propheteering
JD Vance's protestations of faith, clumsy as they are, may aim to build a Christian redoubt for his future presidency.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Propheteering
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