Reposted by caroline
In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims
Reposted by caroline
But it’s not a cult
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
But it’s not a cult
Every time. You think, that’s it, there’s no way he could be more gross. But no, somehow he always manages it. Every single time.
"When we look back on 2025, this Rob Reiner tweet won’t make the top hundred worst things he did or said." Which is why we are an unserious country.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4936Eye
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Every time. You think, that’s it, there’s no way he could be more gross. But no, somehow he always manages it. Every single time.
Fortnightly prayer: Incompetence, you’re still our only hope.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fortnightly prayer: Incompetence, you’re still our only hope.
Reposted by caroline
SOUTHCOM head steps down early & one US official says "Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats...." Bulk of article then discusses overwhelming view (incl every IL scholar & mil expert i know) that strikes are illegal.
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
SOUTHCOM head steps down early & one US official says "Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats...." Bulk of article then discusses overwhelming view (incl every IL scholar & mil expert i know) that strikes are illegal.
Reposted by caroline
I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.
Reposted by caroline
1999: someday the internet will be a record of everything that ever happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI
(via Axios)
(via Axios)
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
1999: someday the internet will be a record of everything that ever happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
Reposted by caroline
You will very rarely see this type of identity politics named and condemned as such bsky.app/profile/atru...
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You will very rarely see this type of identity politics named and condemned as such bsky.app/profile/atru...
Reposted by caroline
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
Reposted by caroline
When something is absolutely, blatantly, shamelessly false, it's not only okay to call it a lie, it's irresponsible not to.
The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie
No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When something is absolutely, blatantly, shamelessly false, it's not only okay to call it a lie, it's irresponsible not to.
Reposted by caroline
Good.
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Good.
Reposted by caroline
Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by caroline
This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
September 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.
Reposted by caroline
Just destroying a business for no reason.
September 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just destroying a business for no reason.
They seldom ask what’s a man. They always ask what’s a woman, then demand we’re reduced to defining ourselves by parts of our bodies and their function.
Like we can’t see where that’s going. Like we haven’t been there.
I’m a woman, what would they know about everything I am.
Like we can’t see where that’s going. Like we haven’t been there.
I’m a woman, what would they know about everything I am.
Mace: Mayor Bowser, what is a woman?
Bowser: I’m a woman. Are you a woman?
Bowser: I’m a woman. Are you a woman?
September 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They seldom ask what’s a man. They always ask what’s a woman, then demand we’re reduced to defining ourselves by parts of our bodies and their function.
Like we can’t see where that’s going. Like we haven’t been there.
I’m a woman, what would they know about everything I am.
Like we can’t see where that’s going. Like we haven’t been there.
I’m a woman, what would they know about everything I am.
Reposted by caroline
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
That’s not only true, feels good to say/hear it, but we get pulled in the weeds with it anyway. The problem is the problem, the problem is not anyone calling it out. For some reason, though, we just can’t find our way to talk about the problem yet.
ZINKE: A news outlet called President Trump a Nazi 3,000 times. 3,000 times!
SEAWRIGHT: His own vice president called him a Nazi
SEAWRIGHT: His own vice president called him a Nazi
September 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
That’s not only true, feels good to say/hear it, but we get pulled in the weeds with it anyway. The problem is the problem, the problem is not anyone calling it out. For some reason, though, we just can’t find our way to talk about the problem yet.
Reposted by caroline
I'm just an ordinary First Amendment lawyer but I'm pretty sure you can't transform "protesting the president" into criminal activity by recharacterizing it as "inflicting harm on the United States."
Deputy AG Blanche: RICO is available to all kinds of organizations committing crimes and committing wrongful acts… So is it sheer happenstance that individuals show up at a restaurant where the president is trying to enjoy dinner and accost him with vile words?
September 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm just an ordinary First Amendment lawyer but I'm pretty sure you can't transform "protesting the president" into criminal activity by recharacterizing it as "inflicting harm on the United States."
Reposted by caroline
Rarely does this regime give such a compliment to the folks fighting back. Please work to make this courage contagious: nokings.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Rarely does this regime give such a compliment to the folks fighting back. Please work to make this courage contagious: nokings.org
Reposted by caroline
I spent a quarter century being lectured by libertarians and republicans about how minimal government oversight of large companies was radical socialism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country?
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
August 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I spent a quarter century being lectured by libertarians and republicans about how minimal government oversight of large companies was radical socialism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
Reposted by caroline
God forbid Americans see democracies (Brazil, S. Korea…) holding presidents accountable for illegal activities. They might get ideas.
August 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
God forbid Americans see democracies (Brazil, S. Korea…) holding presidents accountable for illegal activities. They might get ideas.