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Well, the color of the shirt rings true for me.
July 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Well, the color of the shirt rings true for me.
Reclaiming the flag
May 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reclaiming the flag
"the present government invites a terror attack. Most of the people directing the relevant agencies are incompetent; the next few layers down have been purged in culture wars; much the remaining personnel have resigned, been fired, or are demoralized"
By distracting us with fake terrorism, this administration is inviting the real thing.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
snyder.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"the present government invites a terror attack. Most of the people directing the relevant agencies are incompetent; the next few layers down have been purged in culture wars; much the remaining personnel have resigned, been fired, or are demoralized"
Bread would be back...except that I'm Paleo...
April 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Bread would be back...except that I'm Paleo...
As Snyder pointed out in Black Earth, we tend to think of bureaucracy as the key mechanism of Nazi extermination, but bureaucracy slowed things down. It was statelessness (coupled with lack of passports) that made the killings possible
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
As Snyder pointed out in Black Earth, we tend to think of bureaucracy as the key mechanism of Nazi extermination, but bureaucracy slowed things down. It was statelessness (coupled with lack of passports) that made the killings possible
A great conference. Here are my reflections. Thank you,
@principlesfirst.bsky.social!
@principlesfirst.bsky.social!
Two days with former Republicans who won’t bend the knee for Trump
The Principles First conference
amielhandelsman.medium.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A great conference. Here are my reflections. Thank you,
@principlesfirst.bsky.social!
@principlesfirst.bsky.social!
Is Trump (a) on Putin's payroll (b) being blackmailed by Putin (c) both or (d) neither?
March 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Is Trump (a) on Putin's payroll (b) being blackmailed by Putin (c) both or (d) neither?
Brilliant. One add: hospitality means cutting slack to a foreign leader who is speaking their second (or third) language. When Zelensky said "You will feel it in the future," Trump reacted angrily to the word "feel." Any other American President would have had the grace to cut Zelensky some slack.
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Brilliant. One add: hospitality means cutting slack to a foreign leader who is speaking their second (or third) language. When Zelensky said "You will feel it in the future," Trump reacted angrily to the word "feel." Any other American President would have had the grace to cut Zelensky some slack.
Resurrecting this photo from December 2016
March 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Resurrecting this photo from December 2016
The drama triangle from psychology has three roles: victim, rescuer, and persecutor. Trump and Vance played all three in the meeting with Zelensky, but mostly persecutor. Zelensky, for his part, managed to stay out of the drama triangle for the bulk of the conversation, a remarkable achievement.
February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The drama triangle from psychology has three roles: victim, rescuer, and persecutor. Trump and Vance played all three in the meeting with Zelensky, but mostly persecutor. Zelensky, for his part, managed to stay out of the drama triangle for the bulk of the conversation, a remarkable achievement.
There are tens of thousands of articles and posts from bright and accomplished people that refer to the "Russiagate Hoax" as an accepted fact. Perhaps it's time for these folks to use Find/Replace to substitute the word "hoax" with "scandal." All the evidence is right there today.
February 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There are tens of thousands of articles and posts from bright and accomplished people that refer to the "Russiagate Hoax" as an accepted fact. Perhaps it's time for these folks to use Find/Replace to substitute the word "hoax" with "scandal." All the evidence is right there today.
Before attending Principles First, I went to a very different event.
What I saw last Thursday at a MAGA conference
A day at CPAC
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February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Before attending Principles First, I went to a very different event.
We are responsible not only for our actions but our moods, because they are infectious. An appreciation of @simonwdc.bsky.social and Hopium.
amielhandelsman.medium.com/a-voice-for-...
amielhandelsman.medium.com/a-voice-for-...
A voice for Democratic commitment over complaint
Simon Rosenberg and Hopium
amielhandelsman.medium.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are responsible not only for our actions but our moods, because they are infectious. An appreciation of @simonwdc.bsky.social and Hopium.
amielhandelsman.medium.com/a-voice-for-...
amielhandelsman.medium.com/a-voice-for-...
Glad to be here. First post. Aiming for a mood of lighthearted sobriety. Wrote this a week ago when the car had a few fewer clowns than it does today.
tinyurl.com/murmx365
tinyurl.com/murmx365
A Cabinet of buffoons, bomb throwers, and bottom-feeders?
Republican Senators get to decide
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November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Glad to be here. First post. Aiming for a mood of lighthearted sobriety. Wrote this a week ago when the car had a few fewer clowns than it does today.
tinyurl.com/murmx365
tinyurl.com/murmx365