Autarkh
@autarkh.bsky.social
Cosmopolitan pro-market progressive. Dad. Surfer. Lawyer. Data/Stats, IT, Science, Polisci/Econ, Soccer geek. Guerrilla poster. Allergic to cranks. #ResistAgain
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Autarkh
@autarkh.bsky.social
· Apr 20
Gonna try to use this more and Twitter less.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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I think it's probably tempting to think that a democracy ends when elections are cancelled.
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's writing has been really valuable (for my own thinking) in showing how much more there is to think about and watch out for.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's writing has been really valuable (for my own thinking) in showing how much more there is to think about and watch out for.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
This is how Trump ends democracy
The past week has revealed Trump’s road map to one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?
www.vox.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I think it's probably tempting to think that a democracy ends when elections are cancelled.
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's writing has been really valuable (for my own thinking) in showing how much more there is to think about and watch out for.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's writing has been really valuable (for my own thinking) in showing how much more there is to think about and watch out for.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
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Horse race coverage, but the horses are democracy and authoritarianism
They’re not making the slightest pretense of doing anything but weaponizing a federal agency against Trump’s enemies, and the New York Times’ response is “Well played, sire!”
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Horse race coverage, but the horses are democracy and authoritarianism
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“Now, I feel a little differently”
July 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Now, I feel a little differently”
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NASA saves Voyager 1 mission by successfully reviving frozen thrusters from almost 24 billion kilometers away
July 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
NASA saves Voyager 1 mission by successfully reviving frozen thrusters from almost 24 billion kilometers away
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Dems should hold a field hearing in texas asap.
July 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Dems should hold a field hearing in texas asap.
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Quite literally, no other country in the world has directly threatened the territorial sovereignty of 🇲🇽 or 🇨🇦 for many years, so this is very much an accurate perception.
Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
July 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Quite literally, no other country in the world has directly threatened the territorial sovereignty of 🇲🇽 or 🇨🇦 for many years, so this is very much an accurate perception.
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He's going to announce so many insane tariffs tomorrow lol
July 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
He's going to announce so many insane tariffs tomorrow lol
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So let me get this straight. In two days we went from “the Epstein list doesn’t exist” to “the Epstein list that certainly exists was created by Obama n such”
Ya ok
Ya ok
July 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
So let me get this straight. In two days we went from “the Epstein list doesn’t exist” to “the Epstein list that certainly exists was created by Obama n such”
Ya ok
Ya ok
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“ICE” bounty hunters made this possible. By making it easy to cosplay as federal agents: masked faces, no visible ID, no official vehicles, and gear that any yahoo can buy on Amazon. They look like criminals!
🚨 Man arrested who pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in Houston.
🚨 Man arrested who pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in Houston.
June 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“ICE” bounty hunters made this possible. By making it easy to cosplay as federal agents: masked faces, no visible ID, no official vehicles, and gear that any yahoo can buy on Amazon. They look like criminals!
🚨 Man arrested who pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in Houston.
🚨 Man arrested who pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in Houston.
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The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
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Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
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I am reminded of this clip right now:
June 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I am reminded of this clip right now:
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
June 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
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June 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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"The media continues to cover politics as if it is still the 1990s. 'Both parties are basically center-right or center-left parties.' The journalism infrastructure in our country wants to pretend that that’s the world that we live in. The instinct is to treat everything politicians say as valid."
“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
www.publicnotice.co
June 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"The media continues to cover politics as if it is still the 1990s. 'Both parties are basically center-right or center-left parties.' The journalism infrastructure in our country wants to pretend that that’s the world that we live in. The instinct is to treat everything politicians say as valid."
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I hate everything about this. The definition of spiteful idiocy. 🔌🚗 🔌💡
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I hate everything about this. The definition of spiteful idiocy. 🔌🚗 🔌💡
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A Reagan-appointed judge today blocked the Trump admin's cuts to NIH funding diversity and gender.
The judge called the cuts "arbitrary and capricious" and said he "had never seen such discrimination in 40 years on the bench."
The judge called the cuts "arbitrary and capricious" and said he "had never seen such discrimination in 40 years on the bench."
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A Reagan-appointed judge today blocked the Trump admin's cuts to NIH funding diversity and gender.
The judge called the cuts "arbitrary and capricious" and said he "had never seen such discrimination in 40 years on the bench."
The judge called the cuts "arbitrary and capricious" and said he "had never seen such discrimination in 40 years on the bench."
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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NEW Economist/YouGov Jun 13-16
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NEW Economist/YouGov Jun 13-16
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 41% | 54% (-13)
Last week 43% | 52%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats 5% | 93%
Independents 29% | 60%
Republicans 87% | 11%
Men 45% | 48%
Women 37% | 59%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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Sean Duffy warns he will withhold infrastructure repair money from states that don’t help in ICE raids
Sean Duffy warns he will withhold cash from states that don’t help ICE
‘To cities that stand by while rioters destroy transportation infrastructure — don’t expect a red cent from DOT,’ transportation secretary says
www.independent.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sean Duffy warns he will withhold infrastructure repair money from states that don’t help in ICE raids