Charles Snodgrass
@charles-snodgrass.bsky.social
English Professor | Certified Whisky Ambassador | Chess Player | Aesthete-in-Training
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Tear the fascists down - Woody Guthrie
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Clutch for today's playlist. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Exercising academic freedom is paramount for truth seeking. Yale Professors Marci Shore (History), Timothy Snyder (History), and Jason Stanley (Philosophy) contextualize where our nation is really at now and why they are leaving the U.S. "There is no such thing as a ship that can't sink."
We’re Experts in Fascism. We’re Leaving the U.S. | NYT Opinion
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May 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Exercising academic freedom is paramount for truth seeking. Yale Professors Marci Shore (History), Timothy Snyder (History), and Jason Stanley (Philosophy) contextualize where our nation is really at now and why they are leaving the U.S. "There is no such thing as a ship that can't sink."
I found today's episode of *The New Yorker* Radio Hour podcast that just aired today helpful historical context; perhaps you will, too. *The New Yorker* Editor David Remnick interviews Russia scholar and historian Stephen Kotkin (Hoover Institute) about America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine.
What Trump Has Got Wrong—and Right—About the War in Ukraine; Plus, How Bob Menendez Came By His Gold Bars | The New Yorker Radio Hour | WNYC Studios
The Russia scholar Stephen Kotkin looks at America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine. Plus, how the former senator got the gold bars that sent him to prison.
www.wnycstudios.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I found today's episode of *The New Yorker* Radio Hour podcast that just aired today helpful historical context; perhaps you will, too. *The New Yorker* Editor David Remnick interviews Russia scholar and historian Stephen Kotkin (Hoover Institute) about America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine.
Compelling, if not utterly disturbing, reading.
TLDR: Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Curtis Yarvin, and J.D. Vance have been planning this government take over for years.
TLDR: Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Curtis Yarvin, and J.D. Vance have been planning this government take over for years.
Democracy Is Done: The Rise of Corporate Monarchy
The Real Agenda Behind Elon's Coup & Trump's Chaotic First 3 Weeks
shanealmgren.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Compelling, if not utterly disturbing, reading.
TLDR: Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Curtis Yarvin, and J.D. Vance have been planning this government take over for years.
TLDR: Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Curtis Yarvin, and J.D. Vance have been planning this government take over for years.
In our own Time of Troubles it becomes too easy to lose sight that:
February 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In our own Time of Troubles it becomes too easy to lose sight that:
Clutch for today's playlist. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Tear the fascists down - Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Mshrms
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Clutch for today's playlist. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
February 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Newly-nominated F.B.I. Director Kash Patel published this list of 60 "cabal of tyrants” and “the most dangerous threat to our democracy” in his 2023 *Government Gangsters* book. Make no mistake: it's a "deep state" hit-list to satisfy a petulant "President."
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February 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Newly-nominated F.B.I. Director Kash Patel published this list of 60 "cabal of tyrants” and “the most dangerous threat to our democracy” in his 2023 *Government Gangsters* book. Make no mistake: it's a "deep state" hit-list to satisfy a petulant "President."
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Every fed employee should have a copy of the Joshua Fisher declaration on their desk
February 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Every fed employee should have a copy of the Joshua Fisher declaration on their desk
I find it ironic and hypocritical that the now Republican-led DOJ — most of whom are staunch 2nd Amendment supporters — would bristle at the use of the phrase of "actual weapons" within the metaphor of a "bar fight." Let's call this letter what it is: rhetorical legerdemain for censorship.
So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.
February 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I find it ironic and hypocritical that the now Republican-led DOJ — most of whom are staunch 2nd Amendment supporters — would bristle at the use of the phrase of "actual weapons" within the metaphor of a "bar fight." Let's call this letter what it is: rhetorical legerdemain for censorship.
Because on @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social you can spew any misinformation, disinformation, or blatant propaganda, and the audience will accept it as fact.
I posted this was a lie right after Musk said it. This is the Commander of the ISS. Musk responded to this post by throwing a temper tantrum and calling for ISS to be defunded.
February 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Because on @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social you can spew any misinformation, disinformation, or blatant propaganda, and the audience will accept it as fact.
Holy Over-reach, Batman! 😲A sadly topical Washington Post podcast episode that aired today — Martine Powers interviewing Jacob Bogage, the Post’s Congressional Economic Correspondent.
#FascismReturns
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#FascismReturns
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DOGE wants access to your tax data. Why?
Podcast Episode · Post Reports · 02/18/2025 · 21m
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February 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Holy Over-reach, Batman! 😲A sadly topical Washington Post podcast episode that aired today — Martine Powers interviewing Jacob Bogage, the Post’s Congressional Economic Correspondent.
#FascismReturns
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
#FascismReturns
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GO AOC! 👍🏼💪🏼
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
GO AOC! 👍🏼💪🏼
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Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
for the second time today, Tom Homan is on Fox News confirming that he asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Well put.
I have chosen to live my life with animals, because they enjoy silence; don’t cherish their own opinions; live only in the present moment; don’t spend their days comparing themselves to others; and are generally grateful for the gift of life.
February 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Well put.
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A rare moment of honesty from Trump’s lawyer
February 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A rare moment of honesty from Trump’s lawyer
Seems accurate, alas.
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Seems accurate, alas.
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Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Who was it who said we are in a POST-colonial era?
UPDATE: Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the “Riviera of the Middle East” under U.S. ownership.
Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip
Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Who was it who said we are in a POST-colonial era?
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I talked to @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about why experts on Orban and Hungary see all the same patterns playing out in the autocratic takeover.
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Donald Trump’s Orbán Playbook Is Working Exactly as Intended
The events of the past two weeks are unimaginable to most Americans.
slate.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I talked to @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about why experts on Orban and Hungary see all the same patterns playing out in the autocratic takeover.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The thing I've been waiting for!
NEW Public Resource
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
January 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The thing I've been waiting for!
“We must state the truth: this is a constitutional crisis. It’s a massive, illegal power grab that the House and Senate have a sworn duty to stop," Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X Tuesday.
AOC Rips Trump as White House Scrambles to Fix Medicaid Freeze
Donald Trump shut down Medicaid access in every single state.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
WTActualF??!
Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”
January 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
WTActualF??!
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The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
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From Tom Nichols’ *The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters* (Oxford UP, 2nd ed.). Unfortunately, it seems like Nichols nails it here given Drumpf’s current and ongoing appointments.
January 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
From Tom Nichols’ *The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters* (Oxford UP, 2nd ed.). Unfortunately, it seems like Nichols nails it here given Drumpf’s current and ongoing appointments.