Justin Glawe
@justinglawe.bsky.social
Domestic war correspondent and creator of @americandoom.bsky.social, a newsletter chronicling the madness of the moment. www.american-doom.com. Peoria born.
Among the news deluge this week were a handful of developments that help us to understand the chaos to come next year. Let’s start with Monday’s pardons.
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The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
Trump's abuse of the pardon power makes everything else look like child's play.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Among the news deluge this week were a handful of developments that help us to understand the chaos to come next year. Let’s start with Monday’s pardons.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-pard...
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-pard...
The technical definition of big, if true: after weeks of trying to straighten this out, I report for the Guardian today that Georgia’s election deniers are in talks with the DOJ and claiming a federal investigation into bogus 2020 fraud claims.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Justice department allegedly investigating debunked 2020 Georgia election fraud claims
Claim, by election deniers, would signal latest step by DoJ in moving away from protecting Americans’ voting rights
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The technical definition of big, if true: after weeks of trying to straighten this out, I report for the Guardian today that Georgia’s election deniers are in talks with the DOJ and claiming a federal investigation into bogus 2020 fraud claims.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
Wait, so private home ownership is a right now? Sweet! Hey, do healthcare next!
I know Americans will believe anything, but I don’t think they buy this to any meaningful degree, it’s just astoundingly stupid
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Wait, so private home ownership is a right now? Sweet! Hey, do healthcare next!
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They’re starting to drop the rhetoric as their tactics grow more violent & our economy continues to flounder.
First it was:
Criminals
Now it’s:
Individuals “taking” jobs from “Americans”
Who’s next?
Dissidents
Purged politicians
You
First it was:
Criminals
Now it’s:
Individuals “taking” jobs from “Americans”
Who’s next?
Dissidents
Purged politicians
You
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
They’re starting to drop the rhetoric as their tactics grow more violent & our economy continues to flounder.
First it was:
Criminals
Now it’s:
Individuals “taking” jobs from “Americans”
Who’s next?
Dissidents
Purged politicians
You
First it was:
Criminals
Now it’s:
Individuals “taking” jobs from “Americans”
Who’s next?
Dissidents
Purged politicians
You
I’m not sure that “Trump isn’t releasing the files because Obama and Biden didn’t either” is gonna fly with the Republican conspiracy base.
CNN: Why do you think the WH working so hard to keep Epstein info from being released?
PETE SESSIONS: Probably for the same reason that Obama and Biden's administration did not release this data
CNN: As far as I know, neither Obama or Biden is mentioned in these documents. Trump is repeatedly
PETE SESSIONS: Probably for the same reason that Obama and Biden's administration did not release this data
CNN: As far as I know, neither Obama or Biden is mentioned in these documents. Trump is repeatedly
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m not sure that “Trump isn’t releasing the files because Obama and Biden didn’t either” is gonna fly with the Republican conspiracy base.
A brief update from Alternate America on this busy news morning: On Fox, a man with an ill-fitting cowboy hat is speaking at an ICE press conference about "Operation Dirtbag," which targeted undocumented immigrants who are sex offenders. No word yet on sex offenders who born and raised in Florida.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A brief update from Alternate America on this busy news morning: On Fox, a man with an ill-fitting cowboy hat is speaking at an ICE press conference about "Operation Dirtbag," which targeted undocumented immigrants who are sex offenders. No word yet on sex offenders who born and raised in Florida.
And you can do it on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which has accounted for $2 billion of the $5 billion the Trumps have made this year for their own cryptocurrency venture. Oh, and thanks to a pardon from Eric's dad, the founder of Binance won't have to serve time in prison.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And you can do it on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which has accounted for $2 billion of the $5 billion the Trumps have made this year for their own cryptocurrency venture. Oh, and thanks to a pardon from Eric's dad, the founder of Binance won't have to serve time in prison.
Busy day for Trump today as the government reopens and Congress roils over whether to release records about his longtime friendship with the world's most notorious pedophile.
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Busy day for Trump today as the government reopens and Congress roils over whether to release records about his longtime friendship with the world's most notorious pedophile.
A perfect circle is Epstein helping Russia to blackmail Trump with real estate deals and other kompromat ahead of the 2016 election and us finding out about it almost 10 years later as Trump becomes president-for-life.
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A perfect circle is Epstein helping Russia to blackmail Trump with real estate deals and other kompromat ahead of the 2016 election and us finding out about it almost 10 years later as Trump becomes president-for-life.
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Trump used executive orders to attack voting machines, mail-in and absentee voting, and has pardoned 77 people involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election. This continues to push election denier ideology to be echoed with state-level compliance.
Read more:
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Read more:
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
Ongoing threats to the system
Pardons for election interference, threats to absentee and mail-in voting, a system rigged against opposition.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump used executive orders to attack voting machines, mail-in and absentee voting, and has pardoned 77 people involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election. This continues to push election denier ideology to be echoed with state-level compliance.
Read more:
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
Read more:
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
Republican efforts to interfere in the next election and cast doubt on Democrat wins in the mid-terms are in full swing. A roundup of much you’ve probably missed at today’s @americandoom.bsky.social:
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
Ongoing threats to the system
Pardons for election interference, threats to absentee and mail-in voting, a system rigged against opposition.
www.american-doom.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Republican efforts to interfere in the next election and cast doubt on Democrat wins in the mid-terms are in full swing. A roundup of much you’ve probably missed at today’s @americandoom.bsky.social:
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
www.american-doom.com/p/ongoing-th...
If you just call it something else, it’s not the thing everyone knows it actually is. Conman 101.
MSNBC: How does a $20b bailout of Argentina help Americans?
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If you just call it something else, it’s not the thing everyone knows it actually is. Conman 101.
This weekend’s strange (and obviously very anecdotal) evidence of what I’m told by Republicans is a great economy: a single roll of electrical tape cost me more than three dollars.
I was shocked!
I was shocked!
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This weekend’s strange (and obviously very anecdotal) evidence of what I’m told by Republicans is a great economy: a single roll of electrical tape cost me more than three dollars.
I was shocked!
I was shocked!
Even the “straight news” side of Fox is staffed by Trump fans. Baier and his son often golf with Trump. A recent appearance by Baier on Sean Hannity’s radio show makes clear the Fox anchor and the president are quite close.
“.. Video that was posted Friday night also shows him seated at a banquet table next to one of his occasional golf buddies, Fox News anchor Bret Baier.”
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@thedailybeast.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Even the “straight news” side of Fox is staffed by Trump fans. Baier and his son often golf with Trump. A recent appearance by Baier on Sean Hannity’s radio show makes clear the Fox anchor and the president are quite close.
They’re so close to figuring it out but just can’t get there.
Scalise: "Ronald Reagan said it best: Freedom is only one generation away from extinction if we don't fight to defend it. Those words of Reagan's still ring true today."
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They’re so close to figuring it out but just can’t get there.
Seems like we should be questioning the cognitive health or at least the eyesight of a guy who struggles to read a teleprompter.
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Seems like we should be questioning the cognitive health or at least the eyesight of a guy who struggles to read a teleprompter.
Democrats won by 25 points in races for two spots on Georgia’s public utilities board. Either voters are very into public utilities or they’re so sick of Trump and Republicans they’ll vote for any Democrat on the ticket. Probably a bit of both. Today’s Doom:
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Some good news
Democratic wins across the country and in an obscure race in Georgia provide a bit of hope ahead of a dark winter.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Democrats won by 25 points in races for two spots on Georgia’s public utilities board. Either voters are very into public utilities or they’re so sick of Trump and Republicans they’ll vote for any Democrat on the ticket. Probably a bit of both. Today’s Doom:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
Until he’s safely out of office — and probably for some time after, God willing — Trump is always on the ballot. That’s the price he pays for making everything about him.
I got bad news for Trump about every election going forward from now until the end of time
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Until he’s safely out of office — and probably for some time after, God willing — Trump is always on the ballot. That’s the price he pays for making everything about him.
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Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
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Your favorite journalist is barely subsisting (if at all) on UI, side gigs, a struggling newsletter, SNAP, and/or a horrifying freelance rat race before either crashing out spectacularly or barely rebuilding their career while the worst ppl u know are raking in the dough at the top of CBS News
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Your favorite journalist is barely subsisting (if at all) on UI, side gigs, a struggling newsletter, SNAP, and/or a horrifying freelance rat race before either crashing out spectacularly or barely rebuilding their career while the worst ppl u know are raking in the dough at the top of CBS News
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DAILY MEMO: Agents Ziptie Minor and Tear Gas Oxnard Residents While Searching for ‘Anti-Ice’ Protester From Camarillo Raid
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
DAILY MEMO: Agents Ziptie Minor and Tear Gas Oxnard Residents While Searching for ‘Anti-Ice’ Protester From Camarillo Raid
And go Blackhawks.
Barefoot dude in pajama pants is the kind of hero we need so desperately right now.
Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor.
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And go Blackhawks.
Indiscriminately firing tear gas with no apparent warning (in violation of a federal court order) because they got called out in one of Chicago’s most affluent neighborhoods.
Chicago continues to resist and I couldn’t be prouder.
Chicago continues to resist and I couldn’t be prouder.
This is located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, close to Fullerton and Sheffield. It's a densely populated area near DePaul University. I'm pleased to see the community standing up against these despicable individuals.
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Indiscriminately firing tear gas with no apparent warning (in violation of a federal court order) because they got called out in one of Chicago’s most affluent neighborhoods.
Chicago continues to resist and I couldn’t be prouder.
Chicago continues to resist and I couldn’t be prouder.
Give it a couple months and “AI or something” will be to blame for widespread election fraud.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Give it a couple months and “AI or something” will be to blame for widespread election fraud.