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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
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The powers that be in US media decided a while ago democracy and rule of law are boring. A reality TV / prestige antihero show about a personalist dictatorship is more exciting.
So instead of “President Interferes, Violating Constitutional Principle,” it’s “Will Voters Stupidly Make Him Hit Them?”
So instead of “President Interferes, Violating Constitutional Principle,” it’s “Will Voters Stupidly Make Him Hit Them?”
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The powers that be in US media decided a while ago democracy and rule of law are boring. A reality TV / prestige antihero show about a personalist dictatorship is more exciting.
So instead of “President Interferes, Violating Constitutional Principle,” it’s “Will Voters Stupidly Make Him Hit Them?”
So instead of “President Interferes, Violating Constitutional Principle,” it’s “Will Voters Stupidly Make Him Hit Them?”
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Dems: "It's really important that we not seem like we're overreacting, so we'll keep our criticism inside-voice - no allegations of authoritarianism, only a focus on policy."
MAGA: "Great. In that case we'll ignore the Constitution, invade the capital, set up checkpoints, prosecute critics."
MAGA: "Great. In that case we'll ignore the Constitution, invade the capital, set up checkpoints, prosecute critics."
August 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Dems: "It's really important that we not seem like we're overreacting, so we'll keep our criticism inside-voice - no allegations of authoritarianism, only a focus on policy."
MAGA: "Great. In that case we'll ignore the Constitution, invade the capital, set up checkpoints, prosecute critics."
MAGA: "Great. In that case we'll ignore the Constitution, invade the capital, set up checkpoints, prosecute critics."
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Wall Street Financier: "I just like a candidate who is pro-business & pro-economic growth. That's why I supported a guy, who raises and cancels tariffs without thinking; fires the person who brings him numbers he doesn't like; and is thinking of integrating crypto schemes into our financial system.
August 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wall Street Financier: "I just like a candidate who is pro-business & pro-economic growth. That's why I supported a guy, who raises and cancels tariffs without thinking; fires the person who brings him numbers he doesn't like; and is thinking of integrating crypto schemes into our financial system.
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It's infuriating that the entire political universe understands why this is happening - Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are gutter bigots whose nativist politics are rooted in their all-consuming hatred of nonwhite foreigners - but for some reason we can't say it out loud.
Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students
Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.
www.forbes.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's infuriating that the entire political universe understands why this is happening - Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are gutter bigots whose nativist politics are rooted in their all-consuming hatred of nonwhite foreigners - but for some reason we can't say it out loud.
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The authoritarians have agency. Stop acting like these are acts of God. There is no "fight" between Columbia/Harvard and Trump. Trump is attacking Columbia/Harvard.
(Also, the idea that the procedural violations are equivalent is absurd.)
(Also, the idea that the procedural violations are equivalent is absurd.)
A master class in passive voice and false equivalence from AEI's Rick Hess. The consequences "were going to follow", like the laws of physics, and not a decision that his fellow travelers made and are responsible for.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
July 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The authoritarians have agency. Stop acting like these are acts of God. There is no "fight" between Columbia/Harvard and Trump. Trump is attacking Columbia/Harvard.
(Also, the idea that the procedural violations are equivalent is absurd.)
(Also, the idea that the procedural violations are equivalent is absurd.)
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there’s something that really rankles about all of these utterly unqualified dipshits who got their jobs because trump liked how they looked on television spending all their time on television telling other people to get a job
Oz: "When the program was created 60 years ago, it never dawned on anyone that you would take able-bodied individuals who could work & put them on Medicaid. Today the average able-bodied person on Medicaid who doesn't work, they watch 6.1 hours of TV or just hang out. Go out & try to get a job."
July 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
there’s something that really rankles about all of these utterly unqualified dipshits who got their jobs because trump liked how they looked on television spending all their time on television telling other people to get a job
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really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
Curtis Yarvin, who has been profiled in media like Politico and The Wall Street Journal, has publicly stated in the past that he thinks black people are naturally fit to be slaves.
July 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
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Standing up for immigrants means not freaking out when an immigrant celebrates their country of origin
June 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Standing up for immigrants means not freaking out when an immigrant celebrates their country of origin
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Nazi Germany, 1935: “Was President Hindenburg mentally fit in 1932?”
May 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nazi Germany, 1935: “Was President Hindenburg mentally fit in 1932?”
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The US government, which has claimed it has to destroy American universities because a few pro-Palestinian protesters are evidence of unchecked anti-Semitism, is defending an actual neo-Nazi party in Germany.
May 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The US government, which has claimed it has to destroy American universities because a few pro-Palestinian protesters are evidence of unchecked anti-Semitism, is defending an actual neo-Nazi party in Germany.
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They’ll pressure a NATO ally to release a sex trafficker and racketeer but they won’t pressure a tiny dictatorship to return a man it’s holding on our behalf, who they admit they sent there by accident
April 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
They’ll pressure a NATO ally to release a sex trafficker and racketeer but they won’t pressure a tiny dictatorship to return a man it’s holding on our behalf, who they admit they sent there by accident
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The administration says that criminal immigrants can be deported to a foreign forced labor prison without a hearing that could determine if the person is actually a criminal or actually an immigrant and that if it makes a mistake it can’t be rectified because the person is now outside their control.
April 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The administration says that criminal immigrants can be deported to a foreign forced labor prison without a hearing that could determine if the person is actually a criminal or actually an immigrant and that if it makes a mistake it can’t be rectified because the person is now outside their control.
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Trump refuses to repatriate innocent man from El Salvador prison because man has no history of sexual misconduct.
April 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trump refuses to repatriate innocent man from El Salvador prison because man has no history of sexual misconduct.
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There's no reason to beat around the bush on this: Trump's Ukraine plan is literally just to make Ukraine an American colony. He's trying to divide up the country with Russia like Germany did with Poland.
March 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
There's no reason to beat around the bush on this: Trump's Ukraine plan is literally just to make Ukraine an American colony. He's trying to divide up the country with Russia like Germany did with Poland.
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Today in the casual media normalization of authoritarianism
President Donald Trump targeted another elite law firm that has represented clients he considers his political enemies, sending a forceful message that he is willing to punish firms who work for people or groups that oppose his administration’s agenda.
Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes
Trump hit another major law firm that worked for his political rivals with an executive order seeking to limit its ability to work for the U.S. government.
wapo.st
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today in the casual media normalization of authoritarianism
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"We have accomplished more in 43 days" than other administrations in 8 years, and he's right. in the sense, that they have done more damage, harmed more poor kids abroad, undermined more laws, fired more civil servants including veterans etc etc
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"We have accomplished more in 43 days" than other administrations in 8 years, and he's right. in the sense, that they have done more damage, harmed more poor kids abroad, undermined more laws, fired more civil servants including veterans etc etc
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One annoying thing about the "run the government like a business" guys is that they also are terrible at running businesses. I run my podcast "like a business" in the sense that things are made to a high quality and shipped on time, but it seems their only version of "good business" is "layoffs"
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One annoying thing about the "run the government like a business" guys is that they also are terrible at running businesses. I run my podcast "like a business" in the sense that things are made to a high quality and shipped on time, but it seems their only version of "good business" is "layoffs"
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President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in Washington, seeking backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
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The US is now demanding massive war reparations:
-from Ukraine, which acted in self-defense against Russian aggression
-for the US, which did not get attacked or even fight in the war
-as compensation for resources the US used in ways that served US interests, when most US money went to US companies
-from Ukraine, which acted in self-defense against Russian aggression
-for the US, which did not get attacked or even fight in the war
-as compensation for resources the US used in ways that served US interests, when most US money went to US companies
February 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The US is now demanding massive war reparations:
-from Ukraine, which acted in self-defense against Russian aggression
-for the US, which did not get attacked or even fight in the war
-as compensation for resources the US used in ways that served US interests, when most US money went to US companies
-from Ukraine, which acted in self-defense against Russian aggression
-for the US, which did not get attacked or even fight in the war
-as compensation for resources the US used in ways that served US interests, when most US money went to US companies