John Bingham
@johnbingham.bsky.social
Building off of this, I kinda think Obama might be remembered in a mythical Kennedyish way among our generation.
The last "Great President" before this country went off the deep end of right-wing authoritarianism. His flaws paved over as, compared to what came after, he was a saint
The last "Great President" before this country went off the deep end of right-wing authoritarianism. His flaws paved over as, compared to what came after, he was a saint
I think two big things shaping my political orientation as someone whose life experience with politics has been dominated by Donald Trump.
1. An intense disgust towards populism/anti-expert sentiment of any kind.
2. General intense partisanship due to the GOP's descent into authoritarianism
1. An intense disgust towards populism/anti-expert sentiment of any kind.
2. General intense partisanship due to the GOP's descent into authoritarianism
December 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Building off of this, I kinda think Obama might be remembered in a mythical Kennedyish way among our generation.
The last "Great President" before this country went off the deep end of right-wing authoritarianism. His flaws paved over as, compared to what came after, he was a saint
The last "Great President" before this country went off the deep end of right-wing authoritarianism. His flaws paved over as, compared to what came after, he was a saint
I beat this dead horse a lot, but I am quite worried about what public education is going to look like in Red States in 20 years plus the knock on effects of their systems decaying.
Will there be quite meaningful quality of life differences between Blue and Red states in the coming decades?
Will there be quite meaningful quality of life differences between Blue and Red states in the coming decades?
I don’t really have a lot to say about the OU thing except 1) it’s obviously about the trans instructor and 2) red state publics are all so, so vulnerable to this
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I beat this dead horse a lot, but I am quite worried about what public education is going to look like in Red States in 20 years plus the knock on effects of their systems decaying.
Will there be quite meaningful quality of life differences between Blue and Red states in the coming decades?
Will there be quite meaningful quality of life differences between Blue and Red states in the coming decades?
I do not think there is an Administration in modern history that misunderstood why they were elected or their own coalition more than this one. We're at Bush '07 numbers and the bottom hasn't even fallen out yet!
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I do not think there is an Administration in modern history that misunderstood why they were elected or their own coalition more than this one. We're at Bush '07 numbers and the bottom hasn't even fallen out yet!
Gotta say they honestly deserve an award to get down to Bush ‘07 approvals before things have really blown up economically
Thermostatic backlash going to hit this admin like a hydrogen bomb
Thermostatic backlash going to hit this admin like a hydrogen bomb
👀 those Republican approvals
trump currently putting up george w bush circa 2007 numbers when it comes to approval
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Gotta say they honestly deserve an award to get down to Bush ‘07 approvals before things have really blown up economically
Thermostatic backlash going to hit this admin like a hydrogen bomb
Thermostatic backlash going to hit this admin like a hydrogen bomb
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This becoming a stupid version of FDR's Court Packing fight would be an enormously funny outcome
Idk the mechanism required but like how many GOP Senators would he have to strong arm
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This becoming a stupid version of FDR's Court Packing fight would be an enormously funny outcome
Manchin and Sinema blocking the John Lewis VRA seems like it could become the greatest political disaster of the century if Section 2 is wiped out.
October 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Manchin and Sinema blocking the John Lewis VRA seems like it could become the greatest political disaster of the century if Section 2 is wiped out.
We’re not even in a recession yet lol
AP-NORC poll | 9/11-9/15
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans - AP-NORC
Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June.
apnorc.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We’re not even in a recession yet lol
My God the Children are reading Robert Dahl what are we ever to do??????
the free press trying to make a scandal out of reading robert dahl is very funny (shoutout to dahl, one of the best to ever do it)
One of Bari Weiss’s reporters over at the Free Press was shocked to discover what Columbia students are reading in class:
lol wat
lol wat
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My God the Children are reading Robert Dahl what are we ever to do??????
Wichita is weird because politically it’s very conservative for a city of its size. Very much like a high-plains city. Also its suburbs are VERY red. Underrated center of the GOP dominance of the state (besides them consistently getting Assad margins in rural areas with few major cities to counter)
Wichita area suburbs becoming like Johnson County while JC votes like Washington would transform Kansas politics. Probably is the Wichita suburbs are all less college educated than JC suburbs, but if just Wichita city rockets left………
Combine that with rural losses and KS becomes a swing state
Combine that with rural losses and KS becomes a swing state
August 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wichita is weird because politically it’s very conservative for a city of its size. Very much like a high-plains city. Also its suburbs are VERY red. Underrated center of the GOP dominance of the state (besides them consistently getting Assad margins in rural areas with few major cities to counter)
>1,000 years of no unified Galactic Republic Military
>Creates unified military to defeat rebel government
>Military immediately becomes a tyrannical jackboot oppressing the entire Galaxy
100% get why the New Republic was hesitant to keep a standing army.
>Creates unified military to defeat rebel government
>Military immediately becomes a tyrannical jackboot oppressing the entire Galaxy
100% get why the New Republic was hesitant to keep a standing army.
August 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
>1,000 years of no unified Galactic Republic Military
>Creates unified military to defeat rebel government
>Military immediately becomes a tyrannical jackboot oppressing the entire Galaxy
100% get why the New Republic was hesitant to keep a standing army.
>Creates unified military to defeat rebel government
>Military immediately becomes a tyrannical jackboot oppressing the entire Galaxy
100% get why the New Republic was hesitant to keep a standing army.
If I just cover my ears and go “nanannanananananannaa” then the bad news will go away
🔴 EJ Antoni suggests suspending monthly jobs report - Fox Business.
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If I just cover my ears and go “nanannanananananannaa” then the bad news will go away
Wonder what the universe where we had President John Kasich from 2017-2025 is like
August 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Wonder what the universe where we had President John Kasich from 2017-2025 is like
Broke: Who was President in 2020?
Woke: Who was President in 2431?
Woke: Who was President in 2431?
I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Broke: Who was President in 2020?
Woke: Who was President in 2431?
Woke: Who was President in 2431?
Pro-Imperial conspiracy theorists in 29 ABY arguing the "Death Star" wasn't real and also the Emperor was trying to prevent the Rogue ISB from making one. Alderaan just did that.
May 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Pro-Imperial conspiracy theorists in 29 ABY arguing the "Death Star" wasn't real and also the Emperor was trying to prevent the Rogue ISB from making one. Alderaan just did that.
Yeah think the reason why “Trumpism without Trump” candidates fall flat so often is that they are unable to effectively mask whatever cruelty they espouse. Unlike Trump who’s celebrity status seems to shield him a bit and as a consequence people take him less seriously
Stealing this, but he’s Obama for stupid people. That’s literally what it is
At the very least, the idea that Trump should be easy to beat and could only defeat a terrible candidate is obviously wrong. His unique ability to mobilize first time and sporadic voters alone makes up for a lot of his very real liabilities and then some
May 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yeah think the reason why “Trumpism without Trump” candidates fall flat so often is that they are unable to effectively mask whatever cruelty they espouse. Unlike Trump who’s celebrity status seems to shield him a bit and as a consequence people take him less seriously
Explaining to the Founders the current president is holding a military parade on his birthday (just as Article 2 demands)
May 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Explaining to the Founders the current president is holding a military parade on his birthday (just as Article 2 demands)
Really am not enjoying the natural experiment we are all living through to see how much you can materially worsen the lives of Americans without suffering an electoral loss.
I do think the GOP will be like the dog that caught the car eventually but the losses on the way there are sickening
I do think the GOP will be like the dog that caught the car eventually but the losses on the way there are sickening
May 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Really am not enjoying the natural experiment we are all living through to see how much you can materially worsen the lives of Americans without suffering an electoral loss.
I do think the GOP will be like the dog that caught the car eventually but the losses on the way there are sickening
I do think the GOP will be like the dog that caught the car eventually but the losses on the way there are sickening
I'm not enjoying watching the Federal Government turned into the personal fiefdom of the President.
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I'm not enjoying watching the Federal Government turned into the personal fiefdom of the President.
Wonder if the Admin eventually pushes a sham impeachment against a random Federal judge that completely blows up in the House and rips the GOP apart
Massive falling out between this Admin and conservative judges honestly kinda makes me feel better about the next couple years. Though I do worry what they might do if they start feeling really desperate
May 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wonder if the Admin eventually pushes a sham impeachment against a random Federal judge that completely blows up in the House and rips the GOP apart
Based on the inconsistent lore of Star Wars I think most planets were basically used to at least 1,000 years of home rule with the Republic having a pretty light presence. The Empire basically throws that out the window and as a consequence lose the support of local elites they need to rule.
Seems like the rebels basically consolidated a whole bunch of already existing planetary militaries into a single cohesive force. The Mon Calamari (as shown in the Clone Wars) basically run their own military and navy.
Although creating a unified command probably would take a bit given the scale
Although creating a unified command probably would take a bit given the scale
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Based on the inconsistent lore of Star Wars I think most planets were basically used to at least 1,000 years of home rule with the Republic having a pretty light presence. The Empire basically throws that out the window and as a consequence lose the support of local elites they need to rule.
"Invasion" "Citizen-alien" or whatever language I keep seeing come from the Claremont genuinely gives me chills. The degree to which the right is embracing this formatting is greatly worrying
you do genuinely wonder how the fact that the country is governed by the claremont freaks ends up going
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Invasion" "Citizen-alien" or whatever language I keep seeing come from the Claremont genuinely gives me chills. The degree to which the right is embracing this formatting is greatly worrying
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uhhhh it looks like Dems just flipped a R+17 Pennsylvania State Senate seat in Amish country…
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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"Liberation Day" is going to age wonderfully once we end up in the Great Malaise
March 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Liberation Day" is going to age wonderfully once we end up in the Great Malaise
Institutions structure behavior through the combined decisions of thousands of different actors. If a critical mass of people don’t give a shit then it kinda all falls apart
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Institutions structure behavior through the combined decisions of thousands of different actors. If a critical mass of people don’t give a shit then it kinda all falls apart