George Ouwendijk
@geo-ouwendijk.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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There's much overlap between the American "anti-leftist" tradition and the American conservative tradition. I'd argue that the "anti-leftist" tradition (with roots in the more McCarthyite/fascistic threads of the anti-communist tradition) attracted "conservatives" with a more authoritarian bent.
May 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There's much overlap between the American "anti-leftist" tradition and the American conservative tradition. I'd argue that the "anti-leftist" tradition (with roots in the more McCarthyite/fascistic threads of the anti-communist tradition) attracted "conservatives" with a more authoritarian bent.
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This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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Two great historians of the American Revolution in New York State have passed away this semester. Though both lived and taught in Texas, they could not have been farther apart politically. To me, as a historian of this state, their work mattered deeply.
michaelleroyoberg.com/history-and-...
michaelleroyoberg.com/history-and-...
James Kirby Martin and Edward Countryman
Earlier this semester I learned that James Kirby Martin passed away. He was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Houston. Last week, I learned that Professor Edward Countryman of Sout…
michaelleroyoberg.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Two great historians of the American Revolution in New York State have passed away this semester. Though both lived and taught in Texas, they could not have been farther apart politically. To me, as a historian of this state, their work mattered deeply.
michaelleroyoberg.com/history-and-...
michaelleroyoberg.com/history-and-...
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The Trump regime is working to deter dissent.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
March 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Trump regime is working to deter dissent.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
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‼️ Bernie Sanders and AOC are attracting HUGE crowds at rallies out West, which the MSM isn't covering‼️
🤔 WHY aren't they in Florida campaigning for DEM Congressional Candidates Gay Valimont & Josh Weil, whose Special Elections are on April 1st❓️❓️❓️
🤔 WHY aren't they in Florida campaigning for DEM Congressional Candidates Gay Valimont & Josh Weil, whose Special Elections are on April 1st❓️❓️❓️
March 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‼️ Bernie Sanders and AOC are attracting HUGE crowds at rallies out West, which the MSM isn't covering‼️
🤔 WHY aren't they in Florida campaigning for DEM Congressional Candidates Gay Valimont & Josh Weil, whose Special Elections are on April 1st❓️❓️❓️
🤔 WHY aren't they in Florida campaigning for DEM Congressional Candidates Gay Valimont & Josh Weil, whose Special Elections are on April 1st❓️❓️❓️
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Sunday evening reading:
Taking stock of where we are after two months of Trumpist rule, exploring that space between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy where America exists now, reflecting on what competitive authoritarianism means in theory and practice.
Taking stock of where we are after two months of Trumpist rule, exploring that space between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy where America exists now, reflecting on what competitive authoritarianism means in theory and practice.
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sunday evening reading:
Taking stock of where we are after two months of Trumpist rule, exploring that space between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy where America exists now, reflecting on what competitive authoritarianism means in theory and practice.
Taking stock of where we are after two months of Trumpist rule, exploring that space between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy where America exists now, reflecting on what competitive authoritarianism means in theory and practice.
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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
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Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
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Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, decentralized, online networks coming together.
Experts warn that recent school shootings show growth in new radicalization pattern
Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, decentralized, online networks coming together.
www.npr.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, decentralized, online networks coming together.
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we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal
President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance moved to betray a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
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I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.
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If you're looking for details for your calls, House Dems produced this tool where you can how many people in your district are at risk of losing jobs, health care, and food on the table from the House GOP budget.
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
February 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you're looking for details for your calls, House Dems produced this tool where you can how many people in your district are at risk of losing jobs, health care, and food on the table from the House GOP budget.
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
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MAGA, the German Far Right, and the Transnational Assault on Democracy
A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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MAGA, the German Far Right, and the Transnational Assault on Democracy
A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe
thomaszimmer.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
MAGA, the German Far Right, and the Transnational Assault on Democracy
A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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HHS told that they don't have to respond to Musk's "what did you do last week" email
For those that do respond, they offer the following advice: "Assume what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly."
For those that do respond, they offer the following advice: "Assume what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly."
February 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
HHS told that they don't have to respond to Musk's "what did you do last week" email
For those that do respond, they offer the following advice: "Assume what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly."
For those that do respond, they offer the following advice: "Assume what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly."
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Maddow tries to shake Jeffries into meeting the moment: "Policy doesn't feel like the main convo…we are in the middle of a Ketamine-fueled autocratic power grab rendering Congress irrelevant, making the rule of law an afterthought if not a joke”:
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...
February 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Maddow tries to shake Jeffries into meeting the moment: "Policy doesn't feel like the main convo…we are in the middle of a Ketamine-fueled autocratic power grab rendering Congress irrelevant, making the rule of law an afterthought if not a joke”:
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...
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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA:
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Elon's 'Pointless Bloodbath' at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless or drunk pilots out of the skies. Officials are baffled.
www.rollingstone.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA:
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
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Jamie Raskin:
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
February 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Jamie Raskin:
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
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Dynamic to watch: Republicans who can't bear what Trump is doing to their constituents but who are too scared to speak up against it.
February 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Dynamic to watch: Republicans who can't bear what Trump is doing to their constituents but who are too scared to speak up against it.
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This, my darlings. This.
February 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This, my darlings. This.
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
February 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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In elections on Tuesday:
Dems swept the race for Westchester County (NY) Executive by a landslide over a Trump-aligned candidate heavily backed by the GOP.
Candidates backed by Dems flipped key mayoral and local government posts in Oklahoma — turning out GOP-backed mayor of Norman by 20 points.
Dems swept the race for Westchester County (NY) Executive by a landslide over a Trump-aligned candidate heavily backed by the GOP.
Candidates backed by Dems flipped key mayoral and local government posts in Oklahoma — turning out GOP-backed mayor of Norman by 20 points.
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In elections on Tuesday:
Dems swept the race for Westchester County (NY) Executive by a landslide over a Trump-aligned candidate heavily backed by the GOP.
Candidates backed by Dems flipped key mayoral and local government posts in Oklahoma — turning out GOP-backed mayor of Norman by 20 points.
Dems swept the race for Westchester County (NY) Executive by a landslide over a Trump-aligned candidate heavily backed by the GOP.
Candidates backed by Dems flipped key mayoral and local government posts in Oklahoma — turning out GOP-backed mayor of Norman by 20 points.