The Shallow State
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Behavioral science. Politics. Documentary films. Commentary. Snark. Truth. Dogs.*
* esp. beagles.
#UNFIT (2020). #UNTRUTH (2022/2024).
We WILL resist, support each other, AND enjoy life while we do.
* esp. beagles.
#UNFIT (2020). #UNTRUTH (2022/2024).
We WILL resist, support each other, AND enjoy life while we do.
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Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.
Trump is speaking now and while I am fixated on his words, I'm more fixated how terrible he looks and sounds and how labored his speech is.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Trump is speaking now and while I am fixated on his words, I'm more fixated how terrible he looks and sounds and how labored his speech is.
I wanted to add an observation, that this sure is one whopper of a distraction from Epstein, Jack Smith, and bad polling, and one colossal infusion of narcissistic energy for a weakened and diminished old man who has been embarrassed by advancing ill health and progressive cognitive decline.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I wanted to add an observation, that this sure is one whopper of a distraction from Epstein, Jack Smith, and bad polling, and one colossal infusion of narcissistic energy for a weakened and diminished old man who has been embarrassed by advancing ill health and progressive cognitive decline.
I saw a quote from Rubio stating that Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Apparently, our policy is that we can now seize foreign presidents, transport them here, and our courts can try these foreign presidents to hold them accountable for crimes ... but we CANNOT do this with a US president.
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I saw a quote from Rubio stating that Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Apparently, our policy is that we can now seize foreign presidents, transport them here, and our courts can try these foreign presidents to hold them accountable for crimes ... but we CANNOT do this with a US president.
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When America abdicates its role as a defender of freedom and becomes the oppressor, it emboldens dictators everywhere.
We are about to learn some hard lessons.
One being how instrumental we used to be at preventing the world from descending into madness.
We are about to learn some hard lessons.
One being how instrumental we used to be at preventing the world from descending into madness.
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
When America abdicates its role as a defender of freedom and becomes the oppressor, it emboldens dictators everywhere.
We are about to learn some hard lessons.
One being how instrumental we used to be at preventing the world from descending into madness.
We are about to learn some hard lessons.
One being how instrumental we used to be at preventing the world from descending into madness.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee just released a transcript of Jack Smith's recent closed-door deposition. That they released it on New Year's Eve is pretty much all the evidence you need that Republicans didn't want to call attention to its content. Accordingly, nice job and HNY, Jack!
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee just released a transcript of Jack Smith's recent closed-door deposition. That they released it on New Year's Eve is pretty much all the evidence you need that Republicans didn't want to call attention to its content. Accordingly, nice job and HNY, Jack!
I don't know the exact number, and it will undoubtedly change further before I finish typing this post, but in the short time since the Kennedy Center voted to rename itself to include Trump’s name, over 4 trillion shows have cancelled.
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I don't know the exact number, and it will undoubtedly change further before I finish typing this post, but in the short time since the Kennedy Center voted to rename itself to include Trump’s name, over 4 trillion shows have cancelled.
JUST IN: Netanyahu has just announced that Israel is awarding the Israel Prize to President Trump. It's the first time this prize has ever been awarded to a non-Israeli or pedophile.
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
JUST IN: Netanyahu has just announced that Israel is awarding the Israel Prize to President Trump. It's the first time this prize has ever been awarded to a non-Israeli or pedophile.
Even Nazi Minister of Propaganda Josef Goebbels never had the temerity to suggest Germany "wanted to see Jews succeed" or that Hitler "was very generous in his feeling toward Jews." He knew nobody would believe it.
Trump is a more brazen liar, targeting a more ignorant audience.
Trump is a more brazen liar, targeting a more ignorant audience.
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Even Nazi Minister of Propaganda Josef Goebbels never had the temerity to suggest Germany "wanted to see Jews succeed" or that Hitler "was very generous in his feeling toward Jews." He knew nobody would believe it.
Trump is a more brazen liar, targeting a more ignorant audience.
Trump is a more brazen liar, targeting a more ignorant audience.
I understand that kitchen table issues are big factors in voters' perceptions. And the Epstein files are significant, as they should be. But - I have to tell you - IMO - listening to Trump speak to and paraphrase Putin - there's nothing else that shouts his unfitness as loudly.
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I understand that kitchen table issues are big factors in voters' perceptions. And the Epstein files are significant, as they should be. But - I have to tell you - IMO - listening to Trump speak to and paraphrase Putin - there's nothing else that shouts his unfitness as loudly.
Trump is compromised by Putin, as he always was, as he is with Epstein.
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump is compromised by Putin, as he always was, as he is with Epstein.
I'm beginning to think Trump's four-prong strategy of denying reality, demeaning women, dishonoring veterans, and dozing off during cabinet meetings might not be working out so well.
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'm beginning to think Trump's four-prong strategy of denying reality, demeaning women, dishonoring veterans, and dozing off during cabinet meetings might not be working out so well.
It's ironic that the man who has most wanted his name and face to be seen everywhere, is now also the most panicked person ever over ... his name and face being seen.
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's ironic that the man who has most wanted his name and face to be seen everywhere, is now also the most panicked person ever over ... his name and face being seen.
Trump's master plan of proving his complete and total innocence by behaving as guilty as humanly possible might not be working.
December 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump's master plan of proving his complete and total innocence by behaving as guilty as humanly possible might not be working.
Trump made well over a hundred posts today in what can only be described as a frantic hypomanic haze.
He ended his last major post with "Enjoy what might be your last Merry Christmas!"
Translation: He suspects this is HIS last Merry Christmas.
He ended his last major post with "Enjoy what might be your last Merry Christmas!"
Translation: He suspects this is HIS last Merry Christmas.
December 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Trump made well over a hundred posts today in what can only be described as a frantic hypomanic haze.
He ended his last major post with "Enjoy what might be your last Merry Christmas!"
Translation: He suspects this is HIS last Merry Christmas.
He ended his last major post with "Enjoy what might be your last Merry Christmas!"
Translation: He suspects this is HIS last Merry Christmas.
Wow. All I can say is that consciousness of guilt must be impossible to contain when you have immunity, unbridled cravings, dementia, a desperation to reverse decline, and an overarching need to feign grandiosity while you think you still can.
December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Wow. All I can say is that consciousness of guilt must be impossible to contain when you have immunity, unbridled cravings, dementia, a desperation to reverse decline, and an overarching need to feign grandiosity while you think you still can.
I think the most easily boycott-able Trump-complicit entity, is CBS. We don't "need" to watch it. I might miss watching a major NFL game, but that's it. IMO, it's MUCH easier to boycott CBS than Amazon. Weiss is SO f*cking detestable. And smugly so.
We're not talking about boycotting them enough.
We're not talking about boycotting them enough.
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I think the most easily boycott-able Trump-complicit entity, is CBS. We don't "need" to watch it. I might miss watching a major NFL game, but that's it. IMO, it's MUCH easier to boycott CBS than Amazon. Weiss is SO f*cking detestable. And smugly so.
We're not talking about boycotting them enough.
We're not talking about boycotting them enough.
Foreign countries pay our tariffs. Nobody cares about Epstein anymore. My polls are better than ever. Job growth is up. Ukraine started the war. My health is perfect. Affordability is a hoax. I've ended 9 wars. I aced a cognitive exam; the questions were hard.
Somebody should give him a polygraph.
Somebody should give him a polygraph.
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Foreign countries pay our tariffs. Nobody cares about Epstein anymore. My polls are better than ever. Job growth is up. Ukraine started the war. My health is perfect. Affordability is a hoax. I've ended 9 wars. I aced a cognitive exam; the questions were hard.
Somebody should give him a polygraph.
Somebody should give him a polygraph.
Legacy news outlets gloss over the fact that Trump's SPECIFIC claim of “never being on Epstein’s plane” is now revealed by federal records as a lie. Add this to his panic, incongruities, inconsistencies, and behavioral strangenesses. Report it, guys!
Normalization on steroids.
Normalization on steroids.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Legacy news outlets gloss over the fact that Trump's SPECIFIC claim of “never being on Epstein’s plane” is now revealed by federal records as a lie. Add this to his panic, incongruities, inconsistencies, and behavioral strangenesses. Report it, guys!
Normalization on steroids.
Normalization on steroids.
LUTNICK: "When the US economy grows 4.3%, that means that Americans overall - all of us - are going to earn 4.3% more money."
TRANSLATION: "I'm a clown and people watching me are idiots."
TRANSLATION: "I'm a clown and people watching me are idiots."
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
LUTNICK: "When the US economy grows 4.3%, that means that Americans overall - all of us - are going to earn 4.3% more money."
TRANSLATION: "I'm a clown and people watching me are idiots."
TRANSLATION: "I'm a clown and people watching me are idiots."
I've seen back and forth on this and other platforms about whether Bondi should be impeached. For me, it's a question that raises another question, and that is: If you don't impeach an AG for this, wtf WOULD you impeach an AG for?
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I've seen back and forth on this and other platforms about whether Bondi should be impeached. For me, it's a question that raises another question, and that is: If you don't impeach an AG for this, wtf WOULD you impeach an AG for?
Khanna and Massie announced they are bringing inherent contempt charges against Bondi. Khanna, reacting today to DOJ's attempt to slow-walk docs against what was agreed: "Massie & I are different. We do not do memes or speeches. We WILL take action to fight a corrupt system."
December 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Khanna and Massie announced they are bringing inherent contempt charges against Bondi. Khanna, reacting today to DOJ's attempt to slow-walk docs against what was agreed: "Massie & I are different. We do not do memes or speeches. We WILL take action to fight a corrupt system."
I wonder if Bondi has spoken this sentence yet: "OK, sir, I will agree to that, but I'm going to need a pardon in advance, in writing, like now."
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I wonder if Bondi has spoken this sentence yet: "OK, sir, I will agree to that, but I'm going to need a pardon in advance, in writing, like now."
We've never seen corruption in government like this. This isn't about violating the rule of law; it's about utterly disregarding it. It isn't about selective corruption. It's corruption as the baseline.
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We've never seen corruption in government like this. This isn't about violating the rule of law; it's about utterly disregarding it. It isn't about selective corruption. It's corruption as the baseline.
In hilarious comedy news, Elise Stefanik has dropped out of the NY Governor's race and furthermore, will not be seeking reelection in Congress.
Sorry - I meant to post this a few minutes earlier, but I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath.
Sorry - I meant to post this a few minutes earlier, but I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath.
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In hilarious comedy news, Elise Stefanik has dropped out of the NY Governor's race and furthermore, will not be seeking reelection in Congress.
Sorry - I meant to post this a few minutes earlier, but I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath.
Sorry - I meant to post this a few minutes earlier, but I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath.