Thomas Bartscherer
@tbartscherer.bsky.social
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
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New online: Robert Pippin, @agcallard.bsky.social, Ben Jeffery, Rory O’Connell, Laura Baudot, Thomas Bartscherer, Jonny Thakkar, Jon Baskin, Leon Wieseltier and J.M. Coetzee remember Jonathan Lear.
Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) | The Point Magazine
Jonathan Lear, who died last month at his home in Hyde Park, Chicago, was, in addition to being a distinguished professor in the University of […]
thepointmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New online: Robert Pippin, @agcallard.bsky.social, Ben Jeffery, Rory O’Connell, Laura Baudot, Thomas Bartscherer, Jonny Thakkar, Jon Baskin, Leon Wieseltier and J.M. Coetzee remember Jonathan Lear.
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The Loquaciousness of the Sirens
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Loquaciousness of the Sirens
The most sinister version of amateur hour: "The government’s team consisted of Ms. Halligan, a former White House aide and personal lawyer to Mr. Trump who is working on the first criminal case of her career." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The most sinister version of amateur hour: "The government’s team consisted of Ms. Halligan, a former White House aide and personal lawyer to Mr. Trump who is working on the first criminal case of her career." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Mary Shelley would like a word.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Mary Shelley would like a word.
Mary Shelley would like a word.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Mary Shelley would like a word.
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The Loquaciousness of the Sirens
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Loquaciousness of the Sirens
Like Saturn, the revolution will eat its own children.
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Like Saturn, the revolution will eat its own children.
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Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.
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We’re thrilled with our collaboration with @bardcollege.bsky.social student radio station WXBC on this broadcast of select talks and interviews from #ArendtCon2025 #JoyInDarkTimes
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @tbartscherer.bsky.social
wxbc.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @tbartscherer.bsky.social
wxbc.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
WXBC | Hannah Arendt Center Special Programming
Since 1947, WXBC has served as Bard College’s only student-run, free-form, experimental radio station. We broadcast live, 16-hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, straight from our studio in Annandale-on-Hudson...
wxbc.mixlr.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We’re thrilled with our collaboration with @bardcollege.bsky.social student radio station WXBC on this broadcast of select talks and interviews from #ArendtCon2025 #JoyInDarkTimes
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @tbartscherer.bsky.social
wxbc.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @tbartscherer.bsky.social
wxbc.mixlr.com/recordings/2...
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The face of the opposition.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The face of the opposition.
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"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
—Federal judge Mark Wolf explaining why he has resigned, giving up his lifetime appointment
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
—Federal judge Mark Wolf explaining why he has resigned, giving up his lifetime appointment
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
—Federal judge Mark Wolf explaining why he has resigned, giving up his lifetime appointment
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
—Federal judge Mark Wolf explaining why he has resigned, giving up his lifetime appointment
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
U.S. Senate
senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
The face of the opposition.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The face of the opposition.
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In NY, contact Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and urge them not to vote to reopen the government without concessions regarding ACA subsidies.
Schumer DC line:
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand:
(202) 224-4451
Schumer DC line:
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand:
(202) 224-4451
Contact | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
www.schumer.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In NY, contact Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and urge them not to vote to reopen the government without concessions regarding ACA subsidies.
Schumer DC line:
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand:
(202) 224-4451
Schumer DC line:
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand:
(202) 224-4451
Wow.
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wow.
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
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Mississippi Democrats won two closely watched special elections for State Senate on Tuesday, according to unofficial results and Republican and Democratic officials, breaking the Republican supermajority and bringing more Black voices to the state capital.
Democrats in Mississippi Break the G.O.P.’s State House Supermajority
Tuesday’s special election was forced by a court-ordered redistricting to offer Black voters a chance for more representation in the State Capital.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mississippi Democrats won two closely watched special elections for State Senate on Tuesday, according to unofficial results and Republican and Democratic officials, breaking the Republican supermajority and bringing more Black voices to the state capital.
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Strange desire to listen to the news all day....
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Strange desire to listen to the news all day....
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Appreciate how @tbartscherer.bsky.social manages to slip in some mourning for Katia Mitova, a friend who also died this past year. V. introduced me to Katia and also gave me Lear's Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life when we were first getting to know one another.
New online: Robert Pippin, @agcallard.bsky.social, Ben Jeffery, Rory O’Connell, Laura Baudot, Thomas Bartscherer, Jonny Thakkar, Jon Baskin, Leon Wieseltier and J.M. Coetzee remember Jonathan Lear.
Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) | The Point Magazine
Jonathan Lear, who died last month at his home in Hyde Park, Chicago, was, in addition to being a distinguished professor in the University of […]
thepointmag.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Appreciate how @tbartscherer.bsky.social manages to slip in some mourning for Katia Mitova, a friend who also died this past year. V. introduced me to Katia and also gave me Lear's Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life when we were first getting to know one another.
Strange desire to listen to the news all day....
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Strange desire to listen to the news all day....
