Russ Silva
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A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump.
Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
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transphobes don't actually have opinions on science, they just think they're so enlightened that their beliefs must be inherently scientific
"Biology is deeply important to me!"
- Transphobe who hasn't bothered to learn basic biological facts of the topic they're opining on
- Transphobe who hasn't bothered to learn basic biological facts of the topic they're opining on
March 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
transphobes don't actually have opinions on science, they just think they're so enlightened that their beliefs must be inherently scientific
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Like, when you argue against most public figures, you are implicitly arguing with their organization and/or fanbase. When you argue with Brianna Wu you're arguing with literally just a single annoying and unintelligent person.
June 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Like, when you argue against most public figures, you are implicitly arguing with their organization and/or fanbase. When you argue with Brianna Wu you're arguing with literally just a single annoying and unintelligent person.
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To my knowledge, Brianna Wu neither has a real job in politics nor does she have any significant fanbase. She has name recognition but is otherwise a nobody. Is there any point to talking about her?
June 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
To my knowledge, Brianna Wu neither has a real job in politics nor does she have any significant fanbase. She has name recognition but is otherwise a nobody. Is there any point to talking about her?
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump's whole deal is "I FIRE PEOPLE!!!" so it's worth noting who he *doesn't* fire
Notice that he didn’t “lash” out at the “staffer” who allegedly posted it, he’s vowing retribution against those critical of the racist video.
No staffer has been reprimanded or fired. Trump did that racism.
No staffer has been reprimanded or fired. Trump did that racism.
Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, Trump hadn’t let go.
He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences.
He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences.
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Trump's whole deal is "I FIRE PEOPLE!!!" so it's worth noting who he *doesn't* fire
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So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
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It's exactly this. Musk never gets called on the fact that he's been 10 years out from a moon colony for the last 16 years; Republicans never get called on anything; why wouldn't CEOs start testing out this new accountability-free zone and just say whatever's convenient to manipulate the moment?
I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It's exactly this. Musk never gets called on the fact that he's been 10 years out from a moon colony for the last 16 years; Republicans never get called on anything; why wouldn't CEOs start testing out this new accountability-free zone and just say whatever's convenient to manipulate the moment?
Despite how much I loathe it I confess I do not know how to criticize The Atlantic appropriately. The task simply overwhelms me.
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Despite how much I loathe it I confess I do not know how to criticize The Atlantic appropriately. The task simply overwhelms me.
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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They're going to try to put this woman in federal prison for 50 years, and she probably knew that going in.
But jury nullification is still a thing.
But jury nullification is still a thing.
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They're going to try to put this woman in federal prison for 50 years, and she probably knew that going in.
But jury nullification is still a thing.
But jury nullification is still a thing.
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This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Villains from a Roald Dahl novel. Despicable
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Villains from a Roald Dahl novel. Despicable
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📰 This week's #AbuseOfPowerWatch newsletter by @yunao08.bsky.social has dropped.
Abuses of power are happening everyday around us under the Trump administration and we're shining a light.
Read more ⤵️
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/abuse-of-p...
Abuses of power are happening everyday around us under the Trump administration and we're shining a light.
Read more ⤵️
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/abuse-of-p...
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
📰 This week's #AbuseOfPowerWatch newsletter by @yunao08.bsky.social has dropped.
Abuses of power are happening everyday around us under the Trump administration and we're shining a light.
Read more ⤵️
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/abuse-of-p...
Abuses of power are happening everyday around us under the Trump administration and we're shining a light.
Read more ⤵️
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/abuse-of-p...
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Trump’s 1st year in office had the worst job growth this decade, excluding COVID.
In that same year, the 1% got a TRILLION dollars in tax cuts, the Trump family got $1.4 BILLION richer, & Americans paid $192 BILLION in tariff-related costs.
Working people are getting fleeced.
In that same year, the 1% got a TRILLION dollars in tax cuts, the Trump family got $1.4 BILLION richer, & Americans paid $192 BILLION in tariff-related costs.
Working people are getting fleeced.
U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Trump’s 1st year in office had the worst job growth this decade, excluding COVID.
In that same year, the 1% got a TRILLION dollars in tax cuts, the Trump family got $1.4 BILLION richer, & Americans paid $192 BILLION in tariff-related costs.
Working people are getting fleeced.
In that same year, the 1% got a TRILLION dollars in tax cuts, the Trump family got $1.4 BILLION richer, & Americans paid $192 BILLION in tariff-related costs.
Working people are getting fleeced.
This is pretty good. Minimal bothsidesing. It's mostly just quotes from experts repeatedly explaining that Musk is a white supremacist.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This is pretty good. Minimal bothsidesing. It's mostly just quotes from experts repeatedly explaining that Musk is a white supremacist.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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We need to stop treating Trump’s interference in midterms as a hypothetical. He’s already interfering with the vote, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social. ICE terrorizing blue cities, DOJ demanding voter rolls, FBI seizing ballots all intended as voter suppression www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfH...
Justice Department issues GRAVE THREAT ahead of election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
We need to stop treating Trump’s interference in midterms as a hypothetical. He’s already interfering with the vote, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social. ICE terrorizing blue cities, DOJ demanding voter rolls, FBI seizing ballots all intended as voter suppression www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfH...
The Trump administration's constant lies make it even more important to record them.
Another way to phrase this is, “ICE shot someone and got caught lying about it.”
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The Trump administration's constant lies make it even more important to record them.
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If Platner makes the Senate it will be devastating to the effort to denormalize and stigmatize Nazi dogwhistles and symbology. Him and his tattoo will be trotted out every time we try and call something out.
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If Platner makes the Senate it will be devastating to the effort to denormalize and stigmatize Nazi dogwhistles and symbology. Him and his tattoo will be trotted out every time we try and call something out.
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I keep thinking about this. It's such an extreme reaction. But what else can you say? Do Platner defenders understand how utterly unhinged they sound?
Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I keep thinking about this. It's such an extreme reaction. But what else can you say? Do Platner defenders understand how utterly unhinged they sound?
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No, we don't have to allow people who had Nazi tattoos on their chests for twenty years to become UNITED STATES SENATORS. It's perfectly fine to simply say no to that and let Platner keep oyster fishing or whatever.
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US Senators are some of the most powerful people in the country and indeed in the entire world. They should be exceptional people, people we can look up to without reservation, people so virtuous it embarrasses us by comparison.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No, we don't have to allow people who had Nazi tattoos on their chests for twenty years to become UNITED STATES SENATORS. It's perfectly fine to simply say no to that and let Platner keep oyster fishing or whatever.
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Was not expecting misaligned AI to give off "bitter loser" energy, but here we are
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Was not expecting misaligned AI to give off "bitter loser" energy, but here we are
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
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A few news cycles later, and Trump's ICE and CBP are already using the ludicrous Democratic Party push for body cameras to talk about increased funding.
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A few news cycles later, and Trump's ICE and CBP are already using the ludicrous Democratic Party push for body cameras to talk about increased funding.
Despicable nativist propaganda.
This is how CBS Evening News depicted data showing that less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and less than 2% had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Despicable nativist propaganda.