@man-in-the-arena.bsky.social
US Army Veteran
Federal civil servant
Pro-Democracy, Anti-Fascist
Lefty
Federal civil servant
Pro-Democracy, Anti-Fascist
Lefty
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"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in."
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling
Consumers “don’t have a clue what’s going on,” said Raymond Robertson, a labor economist.
fortune.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I am not kidding even a little about the necessity of starting with Reconstruction 2 if there is to be any hope of making this a country worthy of survival.
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am not kidding even a little about the necessity of starting with Reconstruction 2 if there is to be any hope of making this a country worthy of survival.
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I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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*Court rules that Trump's policies are illegal but allows them to stand anyway* is the best summary of America in 2025 I know.
Appeals court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as illegal but leaves them in place
Trump’s cornerstone economic policy faced another challenge as a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority under an emergency powers act to impose them.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
*Court rules that Trump's policies are illegal but allows them to stand anyway* is the best summary of America in 2025 I know.
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Some of the names have changed since I wrote this last November, but the central reality is, sadly, upon us.
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
Decapitation Strike
Preserving America from Trump's Appointments
snyder.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Some of the names have changed since I wrote this last November, but the central reality is, sadly, upon us.
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
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weeks after Gretchen Whitmer took part in multiple photo ops with Trump, Trump says he's "looking at" pardoning men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her
May 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
weeks after Gretchen Whitmer took part in multiple photo ops with Trump, Trump says he's "looking at" pardoning men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her
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Claremont fellow Scott Yenor via Claremont’s The American Mind seeks to reassure conservative women w/ jobs (eg, Megyn Kelley) that “tradwives” can have “side-hustles.” 🙄
Yenor belongs to a secretive Christian men’s society started by Charles Haywood who explicitly advocates sex discrimination. 1/
Yenor belongs to a secretive Christian men’s society started by Charles Haywood who explicitly advocates sex discrimination. 1/
May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Claremont fellow Scott Yenor via Claremont’s The American Mind seeks to reassure conservative women w/ jobs (eg, Megyn Kelley) that “tradwives” can have “side-hustles.” 🙄
Yenor belongs to a secretive Christian men’s society started by Charles Haywood who explicitly advocates sex discrimination. 1/
Yenor belongs to a secretive Christian men’s society started by Charles Haywood who explicitly advocates sex discrimination. 1/
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The rule of law lives or dies on our willingness to act—occasionally with grim resolve. It’s time for people who value justice to screw their courage to the sticking place.
Let’s Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers
Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.
newrepublic.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The rule of law lives or dies on our willingness to act—occasionally with grim resolve. It’s time for people who value justice to screw their courage to the sticking place.
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This is a funny story because of how it establishes that all around the world, even the most nihilistic ultra-rich freaks are realizing this shit is stupid, wasteful, and unnecessary and Trump is like "the big plane has a couch in it, it's the highest premium leather," www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump
The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.
www.forbes.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is a funny story because of how it establishes that all around the world, even the most nihilistic ultra-rich freaks are realizing this shit is stupid, wasteful, and unnecessary and Trump is like "the big plane has a couch in it, it's the highest premium leather," www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
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This ruling would effectively make the Voting Rights Act unenforceable in 7 states if not overturned. Trump's Justice Department could just refuse to sue to enforce it.
Less than 10% of successful VRA §2 cases since the 1980s were brought solely by DOJ—even a future Dem DOJ would face severe limits
Less than 10% of successful VRA §2 cases since the 1980s were brought solely by DOJ—even a future Dem DOJ would face severe limits
Breaking: Eighth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote Holds Private Plaintiffs Cannot Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through a Section 1983 Action, a Ruling Which if Applied Nationally Would Devastate Voting Rights Act Enforcement in the United States electionlawblog.org?p=149897
Breaking: Eighth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote Holds Private Plaintiffs Cannot Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through a Section 1983 Action, a Ruling Which if Applied Nationally Would Devastate Vot...
The Eighth Circuit had earlier reached the remarkably wrong conclusion that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act contains no private right of action (meaning that only the U.S. Department of Justice, an...
electionlawblog.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This ruling would effectively make the Voting Rights Act unenforceable in 7 states if not overturned. Trump's Justice Department could just refuse to sue to enforce it.
Less than 10% of successful VRA §2 cases since the 1980s were brought solely by DOJ—even a future Dem DOJ would face severe limits
Less than 10% of successful VRA §2 cases since the 1980s were brought solely by DOJ—even a future Dem DOJ would face severe limits
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This new Times piece on the last month of American bombing of Yemen has some insane details.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
May 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This new Times piece on the last month of American bombing of Yemen has some insane details.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
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Trump saluting Saudi officials at the Royal Court in Riyadh
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trump saluting Saudi officials at the Royal Court in Riyadh
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Sources told WIRED that Capitol Police prevented the men from entering the copyright office, but a spokesperson for the law enforcement agency denied that officers escorted anyone out or denied them entry.
Two Men Claiming to Be Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office
The men appeared at the US Copyright Office days after after the Trump administration fired its leader, who had just published a report about the use of copyrighted materials for AI training.
www.wired.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sources told WIRED that Capitol Police prevented the men from entering the copyright office, but a spokesperson for the law enforcement agency denied that officers escorted anyone out or denied them entry.
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The Qatari "gift" to Trump is actually only one in a long list of the administration's corrupt acts and conflicts of interest.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Qatari "gift" to Trump is actually only one in a long list of the administration's corrupt acts and conflicts of interest.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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In a new Op-Ed, “Article 3 Project” Senior Counsel Josh Hammer—a Claremont alum, NatCon signatory, Federalist Society campus speaker, & Newsweek editor—asks “Did the Trump administration ‘politicize’ law enforcement by siccing ICE agents on WH critics & foes?” His answer? “I simply do not care.” 1/
Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction
Both sides of America's fraught political divide must come to accept a Cold War-era paradigm of mutually assured destruction.
www.newsweek.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a new Op-Ed, “Article 3 Project” Senior Counsel Josh Hammer—a Claremont alum, NatCon signatory, Federalist Society campus speaker, & Newsweek editor—asks “Did the Trump administration ‘politicize’ law enforcement by siccing ICE agents on WH critics & foes?” His answer? “I simply do not care.” 1/
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I cannot emphasize enough how alarming it is the president does not understand how bad these supply chain shortages will hurt the overall US economy for the short and long-term as a result of his economic policies and his administration's approach to international trade.
REPORTER: But we're seeing as a result that ports here in the US, the traffic has really slowed and now thousands of dockworkers are truck drivers are worried about their jobs
TRUMP: That means we lose less money ... when you say it slowed down, that's a good thing, not a bad thing
TRUMP: That means we lose less money ... when you say it slowed down, that's a good thing, not a bad thing
May 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how alarming it is the president does not understand how bad these supply chain shortages will hurt the overall US economy for the short and long-term as a result of his economic policies and his administration's approach to international trade.
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"While Musk celebrated his first cuts, DOGE began going after entire offices and agencies it viewed as politically progressive or opposed to its goals. The GSA’s 18F office ... was one of the first targets."
Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House
From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"While Musk celebrated his first cuts, DOGE began going after entire offices and agencies it viewed as politically progressive or opposed to its goals. The GSA’s 18F office ... was one of the first targets."
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#Libya #TrumpDeportations
Just last year the State Department cited “harsh and life-threatening” conditions in Libya’s detention centers and found that migrants in those facilities, including children, had “no access to immigration courts or due process.”
Just last year the State Department cited “harsh and life-threatening” conditions in Libya’s detention centers and found that migrants in those facilities, including children, had “no access to immigration courts or due process.”
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#Libya #TrumpDeportations
Just last year the State Department cited “harsh and life-threatening” conditions in Libya’s detention centers and found that migrants in those facilities, including children, had “no access to immigration courts or due process.”
Just last year the State Department cited “harsh and life-threatening” conditions in Libya’s detention centers and found that migrants in those facilities, including children, had “no access to immigration courts or due process.”
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my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It
Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
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New from 404 Media: Mike Waltz has inadvertently revealed the obscure app the government is using to archive Signal messages. Made by a company called TeleMessage. Use of the Signal clone raises questions about how messages being secured, what classification of info
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
www.404media.co
May 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New from 404 Media: Mike Waltz has inadvertently revealed the obscure app the government is using to archive Signal messages. Made by a company called TeleMessage. Use of the Signal clone raises questions about how messages being secured, what classification of info
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
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People still do not grasp that the constitutional right to due process is afforded anyone inside the U.S. REGARDLESS of status. Even if you’re just visiting here.
WATCH: @abbyphillip.bsky.social patiently tries to get batya & scott jennings to understand their views about deporting people to foreign prisons without due process are un-American and anti-constitutional. (And they both know it) 🇺🇸
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
People still do not grasp that the constitutional right to due process is afforded anyone inside the U.S. REGARDLESS of status. Even if you’re just visiting here.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
May 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".