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As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
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Is this a fucking joke?
March 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Is this a fucking joke?
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Published by Dr. Seuss in 1941
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Published by Dr. Seuss in 1941
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
What the actual hyper-grifting fuck?
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What the actual hyper-grifting fuck?
Fuck 45 and his mafioso-style hostage-taking "deal making." Protect Ukraine. Leave their resources alone.
"...Americans had resisted security guarantees being included in the draft.
The precise wording regarding Ukraine’s security in the latest draft was unclear."
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/e...
"...Americans had resisted security guarantees being included in the draft.
The precise wording regarding Ukraine’s security in the latest draft was unclear."
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/e...
US and Ukraine agree to terms on natural resources and reconstruction deal: Ukrainian official | CNN
The US and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official.
www.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fuck 45 and his mafioso-style hostage-taking "deal making." Protect Ukraine. Leave their resources alone.
"...Americans had resisted security guarantees being included in the draft.
The precise wording regarding Ukraine’s security in the latest draft was unclear."
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/e...
"...Americans had resisted security guarantees being included in the draft.
The precise wording regarding Ukraine’s security in the latest draft was unclear."
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/e...
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Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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seriously, fuck this guy
February 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
seriously, fuck this guy
For those hoping to fix things in the midterms and the 2028 presidential election...
CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
For those hoping to fix things in the midterms and the 2028 presidential election...
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People who refuse to sanitize what’s going on, who’s in charge on the Right, how extreme their goals are, tend to be discarded as “alarmists” or “hysterics.” Those who sanitize it all are upheld as “reasonable” voices.
As a result, the broader public perception constantly underestimates the threat.
As a result, the broader public perception constantly underestimates the threat.
I'm working on a couple of upcoming talks and can't get over how simply describing what is happening right now with attacks on the NSF, NIH, Diversity, etc. makes me sound like a raving lunatic.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
They've launched an all-out assault on empirical reality.
February 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
People who refuse to sanitize what’s going on, who’s in charge on the Right, how extreme their goals are, tend to be discarded as “alarmists” or “hysterics.” Those who sanitize it all are upheld as “reasonable” voices.
As a result, the broader public perception constantly underestimates the threat.
As a result, the broader public perception constantly underestimates the threat.
"Efficiency" should henceforth be read as "inhumanity." But, hey, at least the trains will run on time.
February 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Efficiency" should henceforth be read as "inhumanity." But, hey, at least the trains will run on time.
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What do we do when working within the system no longer works? This is the great and for many, unaskable, question looming above Washington on this dark, cold February night. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The Shriek of the Fox
In the February darkness, a glimpse into a terrifying moment unlike any other in our history...
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What do we do when working within the system no longer works? This is the great and for many, unaskable, question looming above Washington on this dark, cold February night. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
February 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
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Not even trying to hide it…
February 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not even trying to hide it…
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This has been my most ambitious piece of writing so far. It's long. And I will be working on a much shorter version for a wider audience. But I also don't want to lose sight of the deep truths lurking around us. So, here is The Plot Against America. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This has been my most ambitious piece of writing so far. It's long. And I will be working on a much shorter version for a wider audience. But I also don't want to lose sight of the deep truths lurking around us. So, here is The Plot Against America. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
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That link doesn’t work — use this instead: www.senate.mo.gov/Senators/Mem...
Rusty Black - Missouri Senate
www.senate.mo.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
That link doesn’t work — use this instead: www.senate.mo.gov/Senators/Mem...
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I’ve always said this was a big key to Trump’s appeal: What perversely excites a lot of people is that he represents liberation from the tyranny of basic decency.
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’ve always said this was a big key to Trump’s appeal: What perversely excites a lot of people is that he represents liberation from the tyranny of basic decency.
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Endless thanks to @felicia.day for all her support and belief in us from the very beginning. She is truly a magical human being.
February 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Endless thanks to @felicia.day for all her support and belief in us from the very beginning. She is truly a magical human being.
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What Trump has realized is that laws function around the expectation that they're followed, and both the political opposition and the press has resigned itself to the idea that he isn't expected to follow laws, which means he can ignore them with no consequence.
Ellen Weintraub, the commissioner and chair of the FEC, says she's received a letter from the White House trying to remove her.
"There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it."
"There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it."
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What Trump has realized is that laws function around the expectation that they're followed, and both the political opposition and the press has resigned itself to the idea that he isn't expected to follow laws, which means he can ignore them with no consequence.
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The sort of "asymmetrical slippery slope-ism" that structures our political discourse is a never ending source of irritation.
December 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The sort of "asymmetrical slippery slope-ism" that structures our political discourse is a never ending source of irritation.
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Every one of these guys thinks they’re Oppenheimer mixed with Andrew Carnegie and they own something called SplortDotCom that got bought by Boozoo
2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text
February 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Every one of these guys thinks they’re Oppenheimer mixed with Andrew Carnegie and they own something called SplortDotCom that got bought by Boozoo
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Their plan was to sit back and let them "screw up" while complaining about the price of eggs. Many of them are still expressing anger that people want them to do something else
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Their plan was to sit back and let them "screw up" while complaining about the price of eggs. Many of them are still expressing anger that people want them to do something else