Julian Sanchez
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He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
I mean, I think there’s a pretty good chance we’ll ALSO see a dramatic market collapse when the AI bubble obscuring some of the effects of Trump’s moronic economic policy pops.
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
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So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
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December 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I mean, I think there’s a pretty good chance we’ll ALSO see a dramatic market collapse when the AI bubble obscuring some of the effects of Trump’s moronic economic policy pops.
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This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
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Who’s going to tell him that he was watching a show starring the sons of 2 immigrants?
December 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Who’s going to tell him that he was watching a show starring the sons of 2 immigrants?
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Research rarely surprises, and that is not a failure. Its value lies in carefully (dis)confirming, qualifying, or bounding what we already think we know.
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Research rarely surprises, and that is not a failure. Its value lies in carefully (dis)confirming, qualifying, or bounding what we already think we know.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
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"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
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December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
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The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.
December 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
If he weren’t one of the worst human beings on the planet, this would really be quite sad.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
If he weren’t one of the worst human beings on the planet, this would really be quite sad.
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This is bad. :(
David Stern, the CISA official behind the agency's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative (PRNI), has quit the agency after he was forced to relocate to FEMA's Boston office by the new DHS leadership
www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
CISA loses key employee behind early ransomware warnings
The future of a program that has helped prevent an estimated $9 billion in economic damages is now unclear.
www.cybersecuritydive.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is bad. :(
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“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
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December 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
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J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
Stayed in a hotel visiting my mother last night, and even the yule log channel is now AI generated. It’s a log! Just point a camera at fireplace! It’s free!
I hate to have to tell you this, and on Christmas morning no less, but I just saw Walton Goggins in an ad for GoDaddy’s new AI tool
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Stayed in a hotel visiting my mother last night, and even the yule log channel is now AI generated. It’s a log! Just point a camera at fireplace! It’s free!
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We might not be able to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” around a TV together like we once used to, but we can still listen to its classic soundtrack—that rare artistic artifact that transcends what it was made to accompany, writes Anna Holmes:
The Sound of a 'Charlie Brown' Christmas
Growing up, my holidays were profoundly shaped by the soundtrack to a classic animated special.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We might not be able to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” around a TV together like we once used to, but we can still listen to its classic soundtrack—that rare artistic artifact that transcends what it was made to accompany, writes Anna Holmes:
Because we've seen the piece now, and Weiss' stated reasons for taking the extraordinary step of pulling a scheduled, promoted piece at the last minute are pretty obviously frivolous.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because we've seen the piece now, and Weiss' stated reasons for taking the extraordinary step of pulling a scheduled, promoted piece at the last minute are pretty obviously frivolous.
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I am telling you that a large part of their dysfunction is that several Trump officials imagine themselves, constantly, as being in a social media sizzle reel where they display status and dominance over others. Their online personas are driving their actual behavior.
Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in. trib.al/9pBbwTB
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am telling you that a large part of their dysfunction is that several Trump officials imagine themselves, constantly, as being in a social media sizzle reel where they display status and dominance over others. Their online personas are driving their actual behavior.
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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
So a pharmacists’ college is now offering a course in the nonsense pseudoscience of homeopathy… funded by a manufacturer of homeopathic products. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/homeopathy...
Homeopathy isn’t medicine. Why is this pharmacy school pretending it is?
The University of the Pacific’s Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy is embracing 18th-century nonsense, funded by the very people who profit from it.
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So a pharmacists’ college is now offering a course in the nonsense pseudoscience of homeopathy… funded by a manufacturer of homeopathic products. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/homeopathy...
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ICE is out of control.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ICE is out of control.
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This is disgraceful. They should be at home with their families. Instead, Trump is forcing them to walk around in the cold for his fascist national security theater. DC is absolutely dead this time of year. There’s nobody here to “terrorize.” Just pathetic all around.
National Guard wearing Santa hats while patrolling in DC.
December 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is disgraceful. They should be at home with their families. Instead, Trump is forcing them to walk around in the cold for his fascist national security theater. DC is absolutely dead this time of year. There’s nobody here to “terrorize.” Just pathetic all around.
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What's endlessly frustrating is that Trump has done nothing in the last year that he didn't openly campaign on doing if he regained the presidency, but checked-out voters didn't bother paying attention, and lots of politically informed voters refused to believe him. So much rotten ignorance.
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What's endlessly frustrating is that Trump has done nothing in the last year that he didn't openly campaign on doing if he regained the presidency, but checked-out voters didn't bother paying attention, and lots of politically informed voters refused to believe him. So much rotten ignorance.