Hopefull Critic
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Suspicious & Hopefull about human race.
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My latest: Trump’s batshit ruling style is beginning to evince a pattern: A completely unhinged opening salvo followed by a humiliating climbdown at the first sign of pushback. This carries important implications for how he might be stopped and even removed altogether. 🧵
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Behold the first edition of my new weekly round-up of whatever the hell I feel like talking about.
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April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My latest: Trump’s batshit ruling style is beginning to evince a pattern: A completely unhinged opening salvo followed by a humiliating climbdown at the first sign of pushback. This carries important implications for how he might be stopped and even removed altogether. 🧵
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My latest:
As bad as things are now, we have not begun to see what Trump’s authoritarian regime is capable of. That’s because the traditional checks on presidential power have vanished. Before we consider how to get out of this, we must first understand how we got here. 🧵
As bad as things are now, we have not begun to see what Trump’s authoritarian regime is capable of. That’s because the traditional checks on presidential power have vanished. Before we consider how to get out of this, we must first understand how we got here. 🧵
Things Are Going To Get Worse
The rails are off American authoritarianism.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My latest:
As bad as things are now, we have not begun to see what Trump’s authoritarian regime is capable of. That’s because the traditional checks on presidential power have vanished. Before we consider how to get out of this, we must first understand how we got here. 🧵
As bad as things are now, we have not begun to see what Trump’s authoritarian regime is capable of. That’s because the traditional checks on presidential power have vanished. Before we consider how to get out of this, we must first understand how we got here. 🧵
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My latest:
Contrary to recent warnings, the U.S. is not headed toward authoritarianism; it is already there. The distinction might seem trivial but actually holds important implications. It means the old modes of defeating incumbents no longer apply. New ones are needed instead. 🧵
Contrary to recent warnings, the U.S. is not headed toward authoritarianism; it is already there. The distinction might seem trivial but actually holds important implications. It means the old modes of defeating incumbents no longer apply. New ones are needed instead. 🧵
Authoritarianism Is Here
We must act accordingly.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My latest:
Contrary to recent warnings, the U.S. is not headed toward authoritarianism; it is already there. The distinction might seem trivial but actually holds important implications. It means the old modes of defeating incumbents no longer apply. New ones are needed instead. 🧵
Contrary to recent warnings, the U.S. is not headed toward authoritarianism; it is already there. The distinction might seem trivial but actually holds important implications. It means the old modes of defeating incumbents no longer apply. New ones are needed instead. 🧵
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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Serious North Korean s****.
The US Attorneys are not the presidents' lawyers. And they should not be "standing against entities... that refuse to put America first" as the President defines it.
They are defenders of the Constitution and the laws of this country. What a perversion of justice.
The US Attorneys are not the presidents' lawyers. And they should not be "standing against entities... that refuse to put America first" as the President defines it.
They are defenders of the Constitution and the laws of this country. What a perversion of justice.
The U.S. attorney in Washington says DOJ "will be vigilant in standing against entities" like the Associated Press, that "refuse to put America first."
The AP's transgression is, apparently, not adopting the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
The AP's transgression is, apparently, not adopting the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
February 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Serious North Korean s****.
The US Attorneys are not the presidents' lawyers. And they should not be "standing against entities... that refuse to put America first" as the President defines it.
They are defenders of the Constitution and the laws of this country. What a perversion of justice.
The US Attorneys are not the presidents' lawyers. And they should not be "standing against entities... that refuse to put America first" as the President defines it.
They are defenders of the Constitution and the laws of this country. What a perversion of justice.