Alexander Reid Ross
@areidross.bsky.social
Charité envers les autres; Dignité envers soi-même; Sincérité devant Dieu.
- George Sand
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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party
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My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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making RFK Jr's fantasism into a struggle of heresy against orthodoxy is inappropriate. it sets him up as a kind of Protestant saint, and unequivocally accepts the sophomoric denunciation of science as a religion, which tends to come from a pretentious reaction to rigor and conscientiousness.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
making RFK Jr's fantasism into a struggle of heresy against orthodoxy is inappropriate. it sets him up as a kind of Protestant saint, and unequivocally accepts the sophomoric denunciation of science as a religion, which tends to come from a pretentious reaction to rigor and conscientiousness.
the russiagate deniers have always viciously ridiculed anyone who pointed out stuff like this, so it's nice that it's a bit more out-in-the-open I guess. been known for over a decade tho.
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the russiagate deniers have always viciously ridiculed anyone who pointed out stuff like this, so it's nice that it's a bit more out-in-the-open I guess. been known for over a decade tho.
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
just trump standing up to the "warhawk wing" of the republican party
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
just trump standing up to the "warhawk wing" of the republican party
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Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
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Okay why is Trump suddenly dressed like an Emerson College music professor?
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Okay why is Trump suddenly dressed like an Emerson College music professor?
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What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
To repeat: the Trump administration peace deal was always a deal for peace between Russia and the US, not Russia and Ukraine. In it, it seems, the US gets Ukraine's resources, Russia gets Ukraine's land, and Ukraine gets to say thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
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Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
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In Episode 2 of our new Stories from the States podcast, you’ll meet Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain in Ohio. He was detained by ICE for 73 days, and now shares his experience. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/21/7...
73 days in ICE detention: an Ohio hospital chaplain speaks out • Ohio Capital Journal
In Episode 2 of our new Stories from the States podcast, you’ll meet Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain in Ohio. He was detained by ICE for 73 days, and now shares his…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In Episode 2 of our new Stories from the States podcast, you’ll meet Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain in Ohio. He was detained by ICE for 73 days, and now shares his experience. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/21/7...
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I’ve written a lot about birth and freebirth and have my own history with “natural” birth and it’s hard… these women have done such harm AND we have to better address a failure in the medical model and the actual abuse that led so many women to them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve written a lot about birth and freebirth and have my own history with “natural” birth and it’s hard… these women have done such harm AND we have to better address a failure in the medical model and the actual abuse that led so many women to them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
well u gotta hand it to the Warriors, they fought hard all the way to the end, but the Blazers were stunning, and you absolutely have to Love it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
well u gotta hand it to the Warriors, they fought hard all the way to the end, but the Blazers were stunning, and you absolutely have to Love it.
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A volunteer-led organization fighting for victims of marital rape in India is seeking to end the cycle of violence. [Content advisory]
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'My Husband Rapes Me Every Night': How a Volunteer-Led Organization is Ending the Cycle of Violence in Bhavnagar, India - UNICORN RIOT
The Indian based SNEHA Foundation is combatting marital rape through communal education while also pushing for legal reforms.
unicornriot.ninja
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A volunteer-led organization fighting for victims of marital rape in India is seeking to end the cycle of violence. [Content advisory]
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And, like, while that quote can maybe be defended as stumbling while trying to walk a balanced line, if parsed carefully
RTing Ryan Grim's red-brown dreams is a lot less defensible
RTing Ryan Grim's red-brown dreams is a lot less defensible
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
And, like, while that quote can maybe be defended as stumbling while trying to walk a balanced line, if parsed carefully
RTing Ryan Grim's red-brown dreams is a lot less defensible
RTing Ryan Grim's red-brown dreams is a lot less defensible
delighted to report that the Slackers' 2025 EP "Money is King" is a banger, instant classic, sublime, up there with "Wasted Days" and "Close My Eyes." smoooooth bass lines, funky riffs, vic has never sounded better or produced more poetic lyrics. mind blowing from the Church of Slack.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
delighted to report that the Slackers' 2025 EP "Money is King" is a banger, instant classic, sublime, up there with "Wasted Days" and "Close My Eyes." smoooooth bass lines, funky riffs, vic has never sounded better or produced more poetic lyrics. mind blowing from the Church of Slack.
Tom Waits - "Anywhere I Lay My Head"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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November 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Rejoice, O Allen, Texas, since thou art so great,
That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,
And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad!"
- Dante, probably
That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,
And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad!"
- Dante, probably
Two North Texas men allegedly plotted to invade an island off Haiti, kill all the men and turn the women and children into their sex slaves. The two were charged while trying to organize a mercenary force.
2 North Texas men indicted in alleged plot to invade Haitian island, kill all men, enslave women and children
Two North Texas men are facing charges after allegedly plotting to invade an island off Haiti, kill all the men and turn the women and children into their sex slaves, according to the U.S. Attorney's ...
www.cbsnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"Rejoice, O Allen, Texas, since thou art so great,
That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,
And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad!"
- Dante, probably
That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,
And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad!"
- Dante, probably
trump is also doing a charm offensive to avoid significant repercussions for saying that his Democratic Party opponents should be executed
I disagree with the conventional wisdom here - I think both Trump and Mamdani come away winners. Mamdani hopefully gets better treatment for New York, but Trump also gets a powerful weapon against Dems who don't smile for pictures with him. They all have TDS after all
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
trump is also doing a charm offensive to avoid significant repercussions for saying that his Democratic Party opponents should be executed
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EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
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#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment - Sentinel Colorado
'His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him'
sentinelcolorado.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
pro: offensively, the blazers had an absolutely incredible half. scored 65 points!!
con: golden state got more points
con: golden state got more points
Steph is in one of THOSE zones and good gravy...
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
pro: offensively, the blazers had an absolutely incredible half. scored 65 points!!
con: golden state got more points
con: golden state got more points
nobody would've created this using AI in a thousand years, bc it's just that wild. truth is stranger than fiction.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
nobody would've created this using AI in a thousand years, bc it's just that wild. truth is stranger than fiction.
golden state is awesome because ur like, "ah this game has been gritty, but we've held onto an 8 point lead pretty much the whole, oh" ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
golden state is awesome because ur like, "ah this game has been gritty, but we've held onto an 8 point lead pretty much the whole, oh" ...
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“70 other human cases of bird flu have been reported in the US as part of the outbreak, according to the CDC. Another elderly person… died in January after a bird flu infection.”
There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available
There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available
heartbreaking & really frightening with the people leading our cdc drumming up anti vaccine sentiment & spreading falsehoods about vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/h...
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans | CNN
A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“70 other human cases of bird flu have been reported in the US as part of the outbreak, according to the CDC. Another elderly person… died in January after a bird flu infection.”
There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available
There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available
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Instagram is letting neo-Nazism go mainstream. Influencers like Hayden McDougall and Dylan Shane push Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and extremist merch to millions — all under Meta’s watch. A platform built for connection is now powering the spread of openly extremist ideology.
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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Instagram is letting neo-Nazism go mainstream. Influencers like Hayden McDougall and Dylan Shane push Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and extremist merch to millions — all under Meta’s watch. A platform built for connection is now powering the spread of openly extremist ideology.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
heinous person: "honestly, I don't see what's so heinous about all this stuff!" *gestures around at incredibly heinous stuff*
☠️☠️☠️ #AcademicSky
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
heinous person: "honestly, I don't see what's so heinous about all this stuff!" *gestures around at incredibly heinous stuff*