Annie Lewis
@annielewis.bsky.social
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
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Musk is the beneficiary of more than $3 billion in federal contracts across 17 government agencies. But he’s looking for cost cuts everywhere else: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...
U.S. Agencies Fund, and Fight With, Elon Musk. A Trump Presidency Could Give Him Power Over Them.
Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Musk is the beneficiary of more than $3 billion in federal contracts across 17 government agencies. But he’s looking for cost cuts everywhere else: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...
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😳https://youtu.be/YLLxDCC0d9o
Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
YouTube video by The Golden Circle
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
😳https://youtu.be/YLLxDCC0d9o
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“American politics has an ingrained philistinism and anti-intellectualism that has been the cause of infinite mischief.”
—Irving Kristol (born OTD in 1920)
—Irving Kristol (born OTD in 1920)
January 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“American politics has an ingrained philistinism and anti-intellectualism that has been the cause of infinite mischief.”
—Irving Kristol (born OTD in 1920)
—Irving Kristol (born OTD in 1920)
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Remembering this nugget from @davidfrum.bsky.social’s March 2017 cover story:
“The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How to Build an Autocracy
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Remembering this nugget from @davidfrum.bsky.social’s March 2017 cover story:
“The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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"There was one person who understood this all along. As he explained: 'When you’re a star, they let you do it...Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.'
This has been our president-elect’s guiding principle. Our country hasn’t yet proved him wrong."
www.thebulwark.com/p/take-trump...
This has been our president-elect’s guiding principle. Our country hasn’t yet proved him wrong."
www.thebulwark.com/p/take-trump...
January 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"There was one person who understood this all along. As he explained: 'When you’re a star, they let you do it...Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.'
This has been our president-elect’s guiding principle. Our country hasn’t yet proved him wrong."
www.thebulwark.com/p/take-trump...
This has been our president-elect’s guiding principle. Our country hasn’t yet proved him wrong."
www.thebulwark.com/p/take-trump...
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A cat with fur and eyes that are split into two distinct colors.
January 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A cat with fur and eyes that are split into two distinct colors.
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“Everything looks like a conspiracy if you don’t know how anything works. Our systems and institutions are run by the college-educated. Those who are not will regard [them] as a mysterious ‘elite’ running things in ways they don’t understand.”
www.discoursemagazine.com/p/the-thinki...
www.discoursemagazine.com/p/the-thinki...
The Thinking Man’s Majority
Democrats should embrace becoming the party of educated voters
www.discoursemagazine.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Everything looks like a conspiracy if you don’t know how anything works. Our systems and institutions are run by the college-educated. Those who are not will regard [them] as a mysterious ‘elite’ running things in ways they don’t understand.”
www.discoursemagazine.com/p/the-thinki...
www.discoursemagazine.com/p/the-thinki...
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Emotionally Distant Family Spends Holidays Watching Touching Family Dramas Together
theonion.com/emotionally-...
theonion.com/emotionally-...
December 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Emotionally Distant Family Spends Holidays Watching Touching Family Dramas Together
theonion.com/emotionally-...
theonion.com/emotionally-...
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Elon Musk is a TRUE megalomaniac. The DSM-V lists it as a condition under narcissistic disorder, with 6 traits most pronounced:
Presumptuousness (believing they're essential); feeling omnipotent; feeling indestructible; unable to admit mistakes; hypersensitive; and strong sense of vanity.
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Presumptuousness (believing they're essential); feeling omnipotent; feeling indestructible; unable to admit mistakes; hypersensitive; and strong sense of vanity.
(more)
December 19, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Elon Musk is a TRUE megalomaniac. The DSM-V lists it as a condition under narcissistic disorder, with 6 traits most pronounced:
Presumptuousness (believing they're essential); feeling omnipotent; feeling indestructible; unable to admit mistakes; hypersensitive; and strong sense of vanity.
(more)
Presumptuousness (believing they're essential); feeling omnipotent; feeling indestructible; unable to admit mistakes; hypersensitive; and strong sense of vanity.
(more)
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✨It rarely gets the centre of attention because of the lantern tower but the 12th Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral is jaw-dropping - so I put my tilt-shift lens to use..📸
December 18, 2024 at 6:55 AM
✨It rarely gets the centre of attention because of the lantern tower but the 12th Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral is jaw-dropping - so I put my tilt-shift lens to use..📸
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According to Fox, Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register over the bad Selzer poll.
This is new. In the past, Trump would threaten to file outlandish lawsuits all the time.
Now, he's really filing them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
This is new. In the past, Trump would threaten to file outlandish lawsuits all the time.
Now, he's really filing them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump sues Des Moines Register, top pollster for 'brazen election interference,' fraud over Harris poll
The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
www.foxnews.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:13 PM
According to Fox, Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register over the bad Selzer poll.
This is new. In the past, Trump would threaten to file outlandish lawsuits all the time.
Now, he's really filing them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
This is new. In the past, Trump would threaten to file outlandish lawsuits all the time.
Now, he's really filing them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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About this image: This is clearly a nonsensical argument, why does it keep circulating?
1. Outrage.
2. The image carries the appearance of common sense proof.
3. The (red) land covers GOP-territory--targeted propaganda bait.
1. Outrage.
2. The image carries the appearance of common sense proof.
3. The (red) land covers GOP-territory--targeted propaganda bait.
December 14, 2024 at 11:07 PM
About this image: This is clearly a nonsensical argument, why does it keep circulating?
1. Outrage.
2. The image carries the appearance of common sense proof.
3. The (red) land covers GOP-territory--targeted propaganda bait.
1. Outrage.
2. The image carries the appearance of common sense proof.
3. The (red) land covers GOP-territory--targeted propaganda bait.
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Fearful of Putin's influence, people are rallying in support of a pro-democracy candidate in Buchafest, Romania. Except for America, where people are too fucking stupid to understand the stakes, the entire democratic world is rising up against the threat of authoritarian fascism.
December 8, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Fearful of Putin's influence, people are rallying in support of a pro-democracy candidate in Buchafest, Romania. Except for America, where people are too fucking stupid to understand the stakes, the entire democratic world is rising up against the threat of authoritarian fascism.
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it's a bad day for the international network of dictators who live in similar palaces
🇸🇾👀 Syrian rebels have entered Assad's palace in Damascus. What Russia has been building in this country for almost 10 years has been destroyed.
‼️ This morning, the rebels announced the beginning of a new era. People in Syria are celebrating in the streets.
‼️ This morning, the rebels announced the beginning of a new era. People in Syria are celebrating in the streets.
December 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM
it's a bad day for the international network of dictators who live in similar palaces
Bullies feed on creating fear. These two have served up an entree and two desserts.
"Fear is infectious. Let it spread, and it will paralyze us all," writes David Frum.
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Bullies feed on creating fear. These two have served up an entree and two desserts.
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Under a second Trump term, America could become a global bully, @davidfrum.bsky.social writes—and this will only leave the country weaker:
Marauding Nation
In Trump’s second term, the U.S. could become a global bully.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Under a second Trump term, America could become a global bully, @davidfrum.bsky.social writes—and this will only leave the country weaker:
My favorite, George Mason, prescient as always. Thank you, @sykescharlie.bsky.social
Today seems a good time to remember that Founding Father George Mason argued against giving the president sweeping pardon power.
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December 2, 2024 at 4:57 PM
My favorite, George Mason, prescient as always. Thank you, @sykescharlie.bsky.social
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I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.
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MALIGNANT NARCISSISM: A malignant narcissist has an inflated sense of accomplishment, excessive need for admiration, is hypersensitive to criticism, arrogant, envious, quick to hostility, deceitful, manipulative, transgresses social norms, quick to blame others, and lacks moral conscience. (more)
November 30, 2024 at 6:25 PM
MALIGNANT NARCISSISM: A malignant narcissist has an inflated sense of accomplishment, excessive need for admiration, is hypersensitive to criticism, arrogant, envious, quick to hostility, deceitful, manipulative, transgresses social norms, quick to blame others, and lacks moral conscience. (more)
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i keep seeing people saying “no way to know why dems lost” and it makes me want to lose my mind
they lost bc disengaged voters bought gop bullshit and its pretty obvious this was the payoff of a generational effort on the right to work the refs in media…
they lost bc disengaged voters bought gop bullshit and its pretty obvious this was the payoff of a generational effort on the right to work the refs in media…
November 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
i keep seeing people saying “no way to know why dems lost” and it makes me want to lose my mind
they lost bc disengaged voters bought gop bullshit and its pretty obvious this was the payoff of a generational effort on the right to work the refs in media…
they lost bc disengaged voters bought gop bullshit and its pretty obvious this was the payoff of a generational effort on the right to work the refs in media…