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"Dictators drift together." — Graham Greene
Dad, dev, writer.
Dad, dev, writer.
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Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans.
-New York Times, 39 AD
-New York Times, 39 AD
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans.
-New York Times, 39 AD
-New York Times, 39 AD
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This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
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at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition
Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."
Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?
Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition
If you’re having trouble keeping track of all the criminality and fascist violence that has occurred over the last 9 months, this is a superb recap.
This Congress isn’t just wearing blindfolds; it has poked its own eyes out so that it won’t have to witness the epic levels of corruption and self-dealing at the highest office. My latest at @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2010...
Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion
The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.
newrepublic.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
If you’re having trouble keeping track of all the criminality and fascist violence that has occurred over the last 9 months, this is a superb recap.
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Oligargle my balls and National Guard deez nuts.
June 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Oligargle my balls and National Guard deez nuts.
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This is not a man defending the rule of law. This is a man continuing the project he began in his first term and tried to complete on January 6th: replacing the rule of law with himself.
Trump: The Scofflaw Strongman
Trump says he’s defending “law and order” in Los Angeles. The record of his words and deeds on January 6th proves that’s a lie.
www.thebulwark.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is not a man defending the rule of law. This is a man continuing the project he began in his first term and tried to complete on January 6th: replacing the rule of law with himself.
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“People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they can possibly find about these ancient and powerful beings instead of blindly accepting the narrow range of depictions put forth by the mainstream media,” Kennedy wrote theonion.com/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
WASHINGTON—Claiming the fantastical creatures were “way too cool” to leave their investigation to a handful of so-called experts, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement Friday encouraging Americans to do their own research about dragons. “People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they […]
theonion.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“People, especially new parents looking for awesome bedtime stories, need to be reading everything they can possibly find about these ancient and powerful beings instead of blindly accepting the narrow range of depictions put forth by the mainstream media,” Kennedy wrote theonion.com/rfk-jr-...
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Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
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April 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
![[text from the Declaration of Independence]
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvyj3hxm4opuuddzrhcbiio6/bafkreiahlp7acp6y2hakkfu5h66vg2ifckdo6b7fqaebenki3qoxswp73e@jpeg)
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
Just some standard fucking springtime thievery.
Say it with me: #MAGA is a criminal movement.
Everything else is window dressing.
Say it with me: #MAGA is a criminal movement.
Everything else is window dressing.
NEW: The Trump Admin has been "covertly" withholding FEMA funds from Democratic states, seemingly as retaliation for sanctuary laws, a judge ruled.
Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.
Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.
Trump slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
The Trump administration had claimed FEMA was just launching a new manual review process for allocations — a process the states showed is covertly based on Trump's funding freeze.
www.courthousenews.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Just some standard fucking springtime thievery.
Say it with me: #MAGA is a criminal movement.
Everything else is window dressing.
Say it with me: #MAGA is a criminal movement.
Everything else is window dressing.
Fantastic piece.
Large swaths of the rural and suburban (mostly) white populace are in the grip of a collective derangement.
Only a coalition of the sane, determined and unified, can resist it.
Large swaths of the rural and suburban (mostly) white populace are in the grip of a collective derangement.
Only a coalition of the sane, determined and unified, can resist it.
I wrote about how America seems to have gone mad and what that does to anyone trying to stay sane. Read at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Fantastic piece.
Large swaths of the rural and suburban (mostly) white populace are in the grip of a collective derangement.
Only a coalition of the sane, determined and unified, can resist it.
Large swaths of the rural and suburban (mostly) white populace are in the grip of a collective derangement.
Only a coalition of the sane, determined and unified, can resist it.
Abbott is a #MAGA stooge and a criminal, just like most of the #TXGOP. He belongs in prison, not the Governor’s mansion.
Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.
April 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
March 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s important, from time to time and in these uncertain times, to indulge in some good old-fashioned schadenfreude.
Especially, when the “schaden” is so appropriate.
So … lol.
#Stefanik
Especially, when the “schaden” is so appropriate.
So … lol.
#Stefanik
The White House intends to withdraw Representative Elise Stefanik's nomination to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations, according to Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho
Trump to Pull Stefanik’s UN Nomination, GOP Senator Says
The White House intends to withdraw Representative Elise Stefanik’s nomination to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations, according to Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho.
www.bloomberg.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s important, from time to time and in these uncertain times, to indulge in some good old-fashioned schadenfreude.
Especially, when the “schaden” is so appropriate.
So … lol.
#Stefanik
Especially, when the “schaden” is so appropriate.
So … lol.
#Stefanik
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WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
March 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
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They never want to have free and fair elections again. That's the end game. Right wing rule.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump orders states to require proof of citizenship in federal elections
Election experts said Trump was claiming power he does not have and said lawsuits over the measure were all but guaranteed.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
They never want to have free and fair elections again. That's the end game. Right wing rule.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Claims that Trump is trying to roll the US back to the 1950s, or even to the Gilded Age, are--as usual--thinking way too small.
Trump is trying to roll back governance to a PRE MAGNA CARTA world--centuries before the US existed--in which there's an absolute monarch & he answers to no one.
Trump is trying to roll back governance to a PRE MAGNA CARTA world--centuries before the US existed--in which there's an absolute monarch & he answers to no one.
Speaker Mike Johnson floats the possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
nbcnews.to
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Claims that Trump is trying to roll the US back to the 1950s, or even to the Gilded Age, are--as usual--thinking way too small.
Trump is trying to roll back governance to a PRE MAGNA CARTA world--centuries before the US existed--in which there's an absolute monarch & he answers to no one.
Trump is trying to roll back governance to a PRE MAGNA CARTA world--centuries before the US existed--in which there's an absolute monarch & he answers to no one.
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In this week’s episode of Serious Trouble I described Greg Gutfeld as what would happen if Gollum had a meth habit and a cable show. I want to let people know that I have heard, and take to heart, and will consider moving forward, their criticism that this characterization was unjustified to Gollum.
March 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In this week’s episode of Serious Trouble I described Greg Gutfeld as what would happen if Gollum had a meth habit and a cable show. I want to let people know that I have heard, and take to heart, and will consider moving forward, their criticism that this characterization was unjustified to Gollum.
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Since when does deportation mean "we send you to rot in a Salvadoran prison" and not "we send you back to live in your country of origin"
March 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since when does deportation mean "we send you to rot in a Salvadoran prison" and not "we send you back to live in your country of origin"
Imagine CNN’s approach to this interview if this level of corruption was coming from Democrats.
I mean, what a toothless question.
How about this:
“We haven’t seen this kind of corruption since the Gilded Age, except now we have weapons powerful enough to destroy civilization. Your thoughts?”
I mean, what a toothless question.
How about this:
“We haven’t seen this kind of corruption since the Gilded Age, except now we have weapons powerful enough to destroy civilization. Your thoughts?”
CNN: Do you believe Elon Musk should be a key part of helping deter conflict with China? He already holds billions in contracts with DoD.
REP. PAT HARRIGAN: I think that's the president's perogative
REP. PAT HARRIGAN: I think that's the president's perogative
March 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Imagine CNN’s approach to this interview if this level of corruption was coming from Democrats.
I mean, what a toothless question.
How about this:
“We haven’t seen this kind of corruption since the Gilded Age, except now we have weapons powerful enough to destroy civilization. Your thoughts?”
I mean, what a toothless question.
How about this:
“We haven’t seen this kind of corruption since the Gilded Age, except now we have weapons powerful enough to destroy civilization. Your thoughts?”
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Note to my fellow CA journalists: It's too late to be early on this story, but it's not too late to get it right.
This thing bubbled up in California, hidden in plain sight, but the press largely missed it.
I know it seemed complex & weird. Unfortunately, it's also very real.
Yell at your editor
This thing bubbled up in California, hidden in plain sight, but the press largely missed it.
I know it seemed complex & weird. Unfortunately, it's also very real.
Yell at your editor
31 years after Jamaica Kincaid gave me a signed copy of the @newyorker.com and told me to never stop writing, I finally made the grade.
I discussed tech’s hostile takeover of the USA with @janemayer.bsky.social , @sbg1.bsky.social on the Political Scene pod.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I discussed tech’s hostile takeover of the USA with @janemayer.bsky.social , @sbg1.bsky.social on the Political Scene pod.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
Politics Podcast · 156 Episodes · Updated Semiweekly
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March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Note to my fellow CA journalists: It's too late to be early on this story, but it's not too late to get it right.
This thing bubbled up in California, hidden in plain sight, but the press largely missed it.
I know it seemed complex & weird. Unfortunately, it's also very real.
Yell at your editor
This thing bubbled up in California, hidden in plain sight, but the press largely missed it.
I know it seemed complex & weird. Unfortunately, it's also very real.
Yell at your editor
For those playing fascism bingo, you can now dot the “hostile expansionism,” square.
If you already had:
- hyper-nationalist nativism
- “return to a former (apocryphal) greatness” rhetoric
- minority scapegoating
- rejection of rule of law & democracy
- institutionalized corruption
You … lost.
If you already had:
- hyper-nationalist nativism
- “return to a former (apocryphal) greatness” rhetoric
- minority scapegoating
- rejection of rule of law & democracy
- institutionalized corruption
You … lost.
Marco Rubio in Canada: "The president has made his argument as to why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States."
March 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For those playing fascism bingo, you can now dot the “hostile expansionism,” square.
If you already had:
- hyper-nationalist nativism
- “return to a former (apocryphal) greatness” rhetoric
- minority scapegoating
- rejection of rule of law & democracy
- institutionalized corruption
You … lost.
If you already had:
- hyper-nationalist nativism
- “return to a former (apocryphal) greatness” rhetoric
- minority scapegoating
- rejection of rule of law & democracy
- institutionalized corruption
You … lost.