"It really is like, you know, if you were a bank robber and you also had the power to zero out the budget of the police department that was otherwise going to arrest you for robbing the bank. That's what this is. It's not complicated."
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It really appears that an angry Afrikaner has partnered with Putin to vindictively dismantle the elements of US and Western power that overthrew their rancid regimes.

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Turns out the person we all need in this moment is...an administrative law prof who also has a PhD in political science. More A+ content from @nicholasbednar.bsky.social (with runner-up points to @qjurecic.bsky.social for the phrase "Rumsfeld-ian deluge") www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

February 4, 2025:

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

Introducing @gaslitnation.bsky.social's Reject Hypernormalization Survey—a six-question, anonymous survey designed to help us stay grounded in the truth by paying attention to the changes happening all around us. Take a few minutes to participate: www.gaslitnationpod.com/survey-rejec...

We need a national strike across critical industries. Union leaders that represent everyone from teachers to auto workers to factory workers to nurses and so on need to coordinate across their industries and send a message to this administration. The PEOPLE must unite against the oligarchy!

The week ahead that wasnt supposed to be: Trump avoids being sentenced following his criminal conviction in Manhattan while his appointees and cronies make it plain the Project 2025 is on tap joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGERS. In this NEW episode of Talking Feds, a roundtable of @hcrichardson.bsky.social Bill Kristol & Mara Liasson gives a sober account of Trump’s post-election maneuvers, which pose grave threats to constitutional norms and the national security. Link: bit.ly/GaetzTF

This place has now become big enough to do what Muskland used to do — give me a sense of what smart people are thinking and, importantly, what they don't know. For example, it turns out that many aren't aware that it's well established that most people don't connect wage growth with inflation 1/

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RFK Jr for HHS. Yet another singularly perverse pick. The health and welfare power of the US now in the hands of an anti-vaccine activist. Imagine if he had been in place during Covid. Worse than bleach...