singletrack
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The background to Jeb Bush’s “please clap” comment in 2016 was actually way more depressing in retrospect — he was saying he wasn’t going to be a divisive jerk and his audience of Republican voters just sat there stone-faced.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The background to Jeb Bush’s “please clap” comment in 2016 was actually way more depressing in retrospect — he was saying he wasn’t going to be a divisive jerk and his audience of Republican voters just sat there stone-faced.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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I'm seeking to connect with writers in or near Springfield, Ohio. Please feel free to email me at adam @ liberalcurrents dot com, or connect with me on signal
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I'm seeking to connect with writers in or near Springfield, Ohio. Please feel free to email me at adam @ liberalcurrents dot com, or connect with me on signal
@jonrauch.bsky.social I'm glad to see you finally acknowledging it, but I'm surprised that you're not really grappling with why you were personally so late to recognizing it or dismissive of people who got there earlier.
Seems like an opportunity for reflection or like some mea culpas might be due.
Seems like an opportunity for reflection or like some mea culpas might be due.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM
@jonrauch.bsky.social I'm glad to see you finally acknowledging it, but I'm surprised that you're not really grappling with why you were personally so late to recognizing it or dismissive of people who got there earlier.
Seems like an opportunity for reflection or like some mea culpas might be due.
Seems like an opportunity for reflection or like some mea culpas might be due.
another day volunteering for the greenland invasion. everyone keeps asking if they can fuck the penguin. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
another day volunteering for the greenland invasion. everyone keeps asking if they can fuck the penguin. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it
All I’m saying is that there’s no evidence that Ted Cruz doesn’t munch on Texas’s power lines shortly before migrating south to warmer climates to spawn.
If 25% of the population believed that a creature called ‘Glonzo’ caused high power prices by chewing through transmission lines, any competent politician would be negligent in not trying to find a way to exploit this. This doesn’t mean that these people wouldn’t be fucking morons.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
All I’m saying is that there’s no evidence that Ted Cruz doesn’t munch on Texas’s power lines shortly before migrating south to warmer climates to spawn.
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I do think there is something like The Blob and I also think it cannot be blamed for Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Both are bad, albeit in distinct ways.
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I do think there is something like The Blob and I also think it cannot be blamed for Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Both are bad, albeit in distinct ways.
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Reupping this because it is even clearer this the end goal of Trump and Vance and Rubio. It will be the most catastrophic strategic own goal as well.
I am telling you, he and Vance are going to make the US leave NATO.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Reupping this because it is even clearer this the end goal of Trump and Vance and Rubio. It will be the most catastrophic strategic own goal as well.
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures....
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
January 11, 2026 at 8:11 AM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures....
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
Really sketchy and misleading fundraising email from the @roycoopernc.bsky.social campaign — they edited the sender’s name to make it look like I’d already talked to them even though it was the first email from them.
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Really sketchy and misleading fundraising email from the @roycoopernc.bsky.social campaign — they edited the sender’s name to make it look like I’d already talked to them even though it was the first email from them.
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it's Khmer Last Christmas season
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
it's Khmer Last Christmas season
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alt history where the louisiana territory stays culturally french but has a revolution to become independent; spain keeps the western US but mexico still has a revolutionary war; and Greater Mexico is the dominant superpower in north america
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
alt history where the louisiana territory stays culturally french but has a revolution to become independent; spain keeps the western US but mexico still has a revolutionary war; and Greater Mexico is the dominant superpower in north america
“I think the subnivean domain will define the 21st century.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think the subnivean domain will define the 21st century.”
If you want to support a media outlet that’s not completely spineless, consider donating to the Liberal Currents fundraiser today:
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November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If you want to support a media outlet that’s not completely spineless, consider donating to the Liberal Currents fundraiser today:
gofund.me/0f0dd35fe
gofund.me/0f0dd35fe
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There is a reason that consolidating control over the media system is one of the very first things that authoritarians do, every single time. And Trump has sought to do exactly that.
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is a reason that consolidating control over the media system is one of the very first things that authoritarians do, every single time. And Trump has sought to do exactly that.
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
One of my favorite political publications, Liberal Currents, is doing a fundraiser to try to transition from a volunteer-run part-time group blog to a full-time organization with a higher rate of output. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of my favorite political publications, Liberal Currents, is doing a fundraiser to try to transition from a volunteer-run part-time group blog to a full-time organization with a higher rate of output. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Their heads were buried in the sand.
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Their heads were buried in the sand.
Ruin a science fiction story by replacing a character:
Foundation, but instead of Hari Seldon it’s Nicholas Nassim Taleb.
Foundation, but instead of Hari Seldon it’s Nicholas Nassim Taleb.
maybe I’ve been watching too much Foundation, but….
Way too many people seem convinced that the day Trump dies all this somehow goes away.
People will snap out of it. No one will be able to harness his base.
I think this is simply wrong. But I also think Trump will still be “speaking” to MAGA after he’s gone.
People will snap out of it. No one will be able to harness his base.
I think this is simply wrong. But I also think Trump will still be “speaking” to MAGA after he’s gone.
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ruin a science fiction story by replacing a character:
Foundation, but instead of Hari Seldon it’s Nicholas Nassim Taleb.
Foundation, but instead of Hari Seldon it’s Nicholas Nassim Taleb.
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i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
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If you’re going to say that, the least you can do is be logically consistent and oppose nominating him on the grounds that you might accidentally make Kavanaugh’s evil doppelgänger a Supreme Court justice.
October 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you’re going to say that, the least you can do is be logically consistent and oppose nominating him on the grounds that you might accidentally make Kavanaugh’s evil doppelgänger a Supreme Court justice.
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Imma be real with you guys the "TESCREAL" stuff is basically the libleft version of rightist paranoia over "Cultural Marxism", where you just smash together a half-dozen things that annoy you and go "these things are all connected and being pushed by a nefarious secret cabal of my political enemies"
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imma be real with you guys the "TESCREAL" stuff is basically the libleft version of rightist paranoia over "Cultural Marxism", where you just smash together a half-dozen things that annoy you and go "these things are all connected and being pushed by a nefarious secret cabal of my political enemies"
Happy Gathering All The Generals And Admirals In A Single Location Day to all those who celebrate!
September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happy Gathering All The Generals And Admirals In A Single Location Day to all those who celebrate!
(someone who has heard today that today is the start of the apocalypse, didn’t pay attention to the details, and is frantically trying to check whether it’s started yet):
“Status”
“Skills”
“Stats”
“Inventory”
“System information”
“Log out”
“Status”
“Skills”
“Stats”
“Inventory”
“System information”
“Log out”
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
(someone who has heard today that today is the start of the apocalypse, didn’t pay attention to the details, and is frantically trying to check whether it’s started yet):
“Status”
“Skills”
“Stats”
“Inventory”
“System information”
“Log out”
“Status”
“Skills”
“Stats”
“Inventory”
“System information”
“Log out”
“Curtis Yarvin and I discuss how creating hereditary duchies in California, New York, and Vermont will secure our nation’s ideological diversity.”
September 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Curtis Yarvin and I discuss how creating hereditary duchies in California, New York, and Vermont will secure our nation’s ideological diversity.”