Jim Vandewalker
@jimvan.bsky.social
Green Swamp dweller, Fear Nothing. "I ain't young like you, I'm old and give out." --Slingblade
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CRAZIFICATION FACTOR HIT
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
CRAZIFICATION FACTOR HIT
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“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
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A story from a few years back, when the team got caught in a whiteout blizzard. Hari is very old now, but he's still the sweetest gentleman I know.
August 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A story from a few years back, when the team got caught in a whiteout blizzard. Hari is very old now, but he's still the sweetest gentleman I know.
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The Trump party prioritized billionaire tax cuts/oligarch subsidies and funding a murderous goon squad over public health & cost of living relief.
Millions of Americans are starting to see their monthly health-insurance bills rise, a new pressure point for a nation still frustrated with the high cost of living on.wsj.com/4sYp8Ja
Health Insurance Is Now More Expensive Than the Mortgage for These Americans
Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare
on.wsj.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
The Trump party prioritized billionaire tax cuts/oligarch subsidies and funding a murderous goon squad over public health & cost of living relief.
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you have to admit, the president saying he doesn't have alzheimer's and then forgetting what it's called and asking his press secretary for the word is pretty funny.
just from a comedy standpoint
just from a comedy standpoint
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
you have to admit, the president saying he doesn't have alzheimer's and then forgetting what it's called and asking his press secretary for the word is pretty funny.
just from a comedy standpoint
just from a comedy standpoint
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As I am often saying, the central pillar of Cantor Thought is Tarpeian Socialism, the idea that in a society of significant size, the occasional slob is going to rob a 7-11 and that's not great, but whatever, but if you're given power by society and abuse it, we push you off a big rock.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
As I am often saying, the central pillar of Cantor Thought is Tarpeian Socialism, the idea that in a society of significant size, the occasional slob is going to rob a 7-11 and that's not great, but whatever, but if you're given power by society and abuse it, we push you off a big rock.
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The "guys with jet ski dealerships who as a group defacto run your state are all Little Hitlers" theory of American politics is undefeated
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The "guys with jet ski dealerships who as a group defacto run your state are all Little Hitlers" theory of American politics is undefeated
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sand cats are not real but are in fact those fake cats that pretend to breathe that great-grandmas really like
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 AM
sand cats are not real but are in fact those fake cats that pretend to breathe that great-grandmas really like
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My resolution for the New Year is to attack and dethrone God.
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 AM
My resolution for the New Year is to attack and dethrone God.
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Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
August 14, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
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You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
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Well, it’s Christmas for me, so have my favorite Christmas story.
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
What Joseph Felt (A Christmas Story) | Jo Walton -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Author
www.jowaltonbooks.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Well, it’s Christmas for me, so have my favorite Christmas story.
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
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“I am worn from warning. What is a warning, anyway, but a declaration of what you love and want to protect?
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
The Miners
The men who would strip the future for parts.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“I am worn from warning. What is a warning, anyway, but a declaration of what you love and want to protect?
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
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Merry Christmas!
Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton
Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Merry Christmas!
Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton
Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton
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As a holiday tradition, we should seek vengeance on our enemies. 😇
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As a holiday tradition, we should seek vengeance on our enemies. 😇
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just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
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I am a video essayist now! My second video is out now, about that terrible OU gender studies essay and what it means when power stops bothering with an argument.
youtu.be/GvCmeuJyT9g?...
youtu.be/GvCmeuJyT9g?...
That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad | An Editor’s Note
YouTube video by Ana Marie Cox
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I am a video essayist now! My second video is out now, about that terrible OU gender studies essay and what it means when power stops bothering with an argument.
youtu.be/GvCmeuJyT9g?...
youtu.be/GvCmeuJyT9g?...
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Every day, I pray this will be the day of that one particular piece of good news. You know, THAT piece of good news, inspiring jubilant celebration. Every close-up of hand makeup heralds hope and possibility. May that joyous day come soon.
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Every day, I pray this will be the day of that one particular piece of good news. You know, THAT piece of good news, inspiring jubilant celebration. Every close-up of hand makeup heralds hope and possibility. May that joyous day come soon.
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You probably had a better Saturday than Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, but that’s because you didn’t order anyone to kill two helpless, unarmed people like Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley did.
December 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You probably had a better Saturday than Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, but that’s because you didn’t order anyone to kill two helpless, unarmed people like Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley did.
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i think this video is pretty good and you should watch it
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
i think this video is pretty good and you should watch it
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Several state and local elections broke campaign spending records, thanks mostly to big donors and super PACs. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Odd-Year Elections Break Spending Records
Several state and local elections this year saw new highs of spending, especially from megadonor-fueled super PACs.
www.brennancenter.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Several state and local elections broke campaign spending records, thanks mostly to big donors and super PACs. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
The skull beneath the skin
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The skull beneath the skin
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Last month's odd-year elections in the states broke spending records, a sign that we haven't yet seen the high-water mark of the big-money flood unleashed by the Supreme Court and other deregulatory actions. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Odd Year Elections Break Spending Records
Several state and local elections this year saw new highs of spending, especially from megadonor-fueled super PACs.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last month's odd-year elections in the states broke spending records, a sign that we haven't yet seen the high-water mark of the big-money flood unleashed by the Supreme Court and other deregulatory actions. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’