Sar mc Donnell
@sarmcdonnell.bsky.social
Irish, living in France, geopolitics geek, and curious to know more.
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2/ “[T]he New Right has doubled down on its authoritarian tendencies by reviving the cultural teachings of Carl Schmitt, one of Nazi Germany's chief legal minds…”
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
2/ “[T]he New Right has doubled down on its authoritarian tendencies by reviving the cultural teachings of Carl Schmitt, one of Nazi Germany's chief legal minds…”
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“The American New Right Looks Like the European Old Right” 9/26/25 … 1/ reason.com/2025/09/26/t...
The American New Right looks like the European old right
When conservatives reject constitutional limits on executive power and foment civil conflict, what exactly are they conserving?
reason.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“The American New Right Looks Like the European Old Right” 9/26/25 … 1/ reason.com/2025/09/26/t...
What is trump? 👇👇
This descriptive quote from @acitrano.bsky.social says it all.
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face."
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face."
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What is trump? 👇👇
The insane nazi guy who is pushing for violence all over the place, has obviously practiced this line all weekend. Wannabe mini Gobbels is apparently delighted with his delivery
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The insane nazi guy who is pushing for violence all over the place, has obviously practiced this line all weekend. Wannabe mini Gobbels is apparently delighted with his delivery
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That Stephen Miller believes that some form of civil conflict would "cleanse" American society was visible for anyone willing to look long before Trump's victory in November 2024
October 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That Stephen Miller believes that some form of civil conflict would "cleanse" American society was visible for anyone willing to look long before Trump's victory in November 2024
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An administrative detail many are missing with the Trump administration is how Stephen Miller has taken the institutional backwater that was the Homeland Security Council and seems to be trying to turn it into the central node of National Security policy to sideline Rubio's NSC
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An administrative detail many are missing with the Trump administration is how Stephen Miller has taken the institutional backwater that was the Homeland Security Council and seems to be trying to turn it into the central node of National Security policy to sideline Rubio's NSC
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America is now governed by a delusional crank surrounded by courtier cliques willing to smash US institutions in pursuit of their rival versions of kleptocratic authoritarianism.
Yet much of the US news media and analysis scene still seem unable to grapple with the implosion of their normality
Yet much of the US news media and analysis scene still seem unable to grapple with the implosion of their normality
May 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
America is now governed by a delusional crank surrounded by courtier cliques willing to smash US institutions in pursuit of their rival versions of kleptocratic authoritarianism.
Yet much of the US news media and analysis scene still seem unable to grapple with the implosion of their normality
Yet much of the US news media and analysis scene still seem unable to grapple with the implosion of their normality
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Groypers obsessed with guns in a right-wing civil war:
"7-8 years ago, Nick Fuentes et al declared war on Charlie Kirk, their stand-in for their hate. Theyd go to TPUSA events and press him from the right on immigration, Israel, "anti-white" etc, though without going mask-off on their own views..."
"7-8 years ago, Nick Fuentes et al declared war on Charlie Kirk, their stand-in for their hate. Theyd go to TPUSA events and press him from the right on immigration, Israel, "anti-white" etc, though without going mask-off on their own views..."
9/10 Groyper warning and explanation from Texas Monthly writer focused on the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them:
"sustained, decadelong hate campaign against Charlie Kirk from those to his right
striking right wing folks have immediately jumped to "violent leftist"
"sustained, decadelong hate campaign against Charlie Kirk from those to his right
striking right wing folks have immediately jumped to "violent leftist"
There is an entire generation of white supremacists who cut their extremism teeth harassing Charlie Kirk at TPUSA conferences a decade ago. Their radicalization is inextricably linked to their hatred of him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Groypers obsessed with guns in a right-wing civil war:
"7-8 years ago, Nick Fuentes et al declared war on Charlie Kirk, their stand-in for their hate. Theyd go to TPUSA events and press him from the right on immigration, Israel, "anti-white" etc, though without going mask-off on their own views..."
"7-8 years ago, Nick Fuentes et al declared war on Charlie Kirk, their stand-in for their hate. Theyd go to TPUSA events and press him from the right on immigration, Israel, "anti-white" etc, though without going mask-off on their own views..."
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and America—
America took the one for dumbasses
And that has made all the difference.
America took the one for dumbasses
And that has made all the difference.
"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two roads diverged in a wood, and America—
America took the one for dumbasses
And that has made all the difference.
America took the one for dumbasses
And that has made all the difference.
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MAGA Trump leaders have been searching for a Kirov assassination moment to justify purges that follow for a year.
Anyone who falls into that trap is not just criminal but also a fool.
Anyone who falls into that trap is not just criminal but also a fool.
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
MAGA Trump leaders have been searching for a Kirov assassination moment to justify purges that follow for a year.
Anyone who falls into that trap is not just criminal but also a fool.
Anyone who falls into that trap is not just criminal but also a fool.
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Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.
Asking the best questions, why is this being leaked now?
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Asking the best questions, why is this being leaked now?
Systematic trump denial when he’s been caught doing bad stuff
Phase 1 : I know nothing
Phase 1 : I know nothing
Q: Can you say if the administration has engaged with North Korea on that incident?
TRUMP: I don't know anything about it
Q: Can you confirm that it happened?
TRUMP: I'm hearing it now for the first time
(Trump reportedly approved the botched operation)
TRUMP: I don't know anything about it
Q: Can you confirm that it happened?
TRUMP: I'm hearing it now for the first time
(Trump reportedly approved the botched operation)
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Systematic trump denial when he’s been caught doing bad stuff
Phase 1 : I know nothing
Phase 1 : I know nothing
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🇮🇪🎶 “Quoi que l’avenir lui réserve, en combinant déploration du déclin du Tigre celtique et danse dans une fontaine de centre commercial, CMAT a déjà donné à la pop irlandaise du XXIe siècle l’une de ses images marquantes”
Entre danse, mélancolie et politique, CMAT, le séisme pop irlandais
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September 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🇮🇪🎶 “Quoi que l’avenir lui réserve, en combinant déploration du déclin du Tigre celtique et danse dans une fontaine de centre commercial, CMAT a déjà donné à la pop irlandaise du XXIe siècle l’une de ses images marquantes”
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CMAT relasing Euro-Country "was the end of Bertie's chances. By making the financial crash a culturally live issue again, she channelled 1.21Gws of raw artistic power directly into Bertie's campaign and sent it like a DeLorean, back into all those futures lost. "
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Presidential Selection
The time is ticking down to pick the candidates to replace Michael D. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
August 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CMAT relasing Euro-Country "was the end of Bertie's chances. By making the financial crash a culturally live issue again, she channelled 1.21Gws of raw artistic power directly into Bertie's campaign and sent it like a DeLorean, back into all those futures lost. "
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)
"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
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What?
August 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What?
trump’s administration is turning the screws faster than expected
Screening applicants for “Anti-America ideologies or activities."
Screening applicants for “Anti-America ideologies or activities."
NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.
August 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
trump’s administration is turning the screws faster than expected
Screening applicants for “Anti-America ideologies or activities."
Screening applicants for “Anti-America ideologies or activities."
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"Trump and his captains like Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff are actually running a protection racket"
www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...
www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Trump and his captains like Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff are actually running a protection racket"
www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...
www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...
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Here is the Trump effect on Russian attacks on Ukraine.
August 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Here is the Trump effect on Russian attacks on Ukraine.
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To perhaps labour the point: anyone going to the FIFA World Cup next year is taking a risk that cannot be justified.
Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
August 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To perhaps labour the point: anyone going to the FIFA World Cup next year is taking a risk that cannot be justified.
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Too much attention in Europe being paid to Trump's incoherently futile diplomacy and not enough to his dangerously destabilising actions in US domestic politics
August 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Too much attention in Europe being paid to Trump's incoherently futile diplomacy and not enough to his dangerously destabilising actions in US domestic politics
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It’s literally how it feels to me
#Ukrainianview
#Ukrainianview
August 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s literally how it feels to me
#Ukrainianview
#Ukrainianview
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Reup: Jeffrey Epstein is important not just (or even primarily) because Trump might be implicated in the files, but bc he lost his super power -- his ability to command and direct attention over it.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/j...
Jeffrey Epstein Is about Trump's Failing Ability to Command Attention - emptywheel
It doesn't matter why Trump's super power of commanding and redirecting attention is failing with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. If that power fails with his base, it will make it far harder for him to ...
www.emptywheel.net
July 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reup: Jeffrey Epstein is important not just (or even primarily) because Trump might be implicated in the files, but bc he lost his super power -- his ability to command and direct attention over it.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/j...