Mitch
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The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
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counterpoint: these exact same losers say the exact same thing every time anybody talks back or puts a girl in a video game or whatever so i don't think the liberal urge to performatively flinch at the canned backlash is a useful reflex in 2025
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
counterpoint: these exact same losers say the exact same thing every time anybody talks back or puts a girl in a video game or whatever so i don't think the liberal urge to performatively flinch at the canned backlash is a useful reflex in 2025
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"It’s important that we Americans be given false little wars to fight every few days, else we start to forget who’s who and what’s what, or we start to think about our actual wars, which makes us sad or guilty or frustrated, and we start talking about how complicated everything is."
I wrote about God and Cracker Barrel johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/christ-in-...
Christ in the Cracker Barrel Parking Lot
A reading from the Book of Americans.
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"It’s important that we Americans be given false little wars to fight every few days, else we start to forget who’s who and what’s what, or we start to think about our actual wars, which makes us sad or guilty or frustrated, and we start talking about how complicated everything is."
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this is what that have in mind for every city fyi. urban residents kept under the gun so suburban commuters and tourists can feel safe and gawk at the sights. they do not think cities should be anything but a spot for someone else to visit.
Trump: "We are going to make DC totally safe. When people come from Iowa, Indiana, all of the beautiful places, they're not going to go home in a body bag."
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
this is what that have in mind for every city fyi. urban residents kept under the gun so suburban commuters and tourists can feel safe and gawk at the sights. they do not think cities should be anything but a spot for someone else to visit.
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Texas is a very free state in the same sense that a lobotomy is a very effective mental health procedure.
What kind of a "Free State" Texas claims to be when THIS is how the State govt does business?
It's not "Freedom" when your choices are to accept surveillance by the state's police or lose your freedom.
Unless, of course, "Free State" means that govt is free to abuse citizen's rights as it wishes.
It's not "Freedom" when your choices are to accept surveillance by the state's police or lose your freedom.
Unless, of course, "Free State" means that govt is free to abuse citizen's rights as it wishes.
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Texas is a very free state in the same sense that a lobotomy is a very effective mental health procedure.
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Don't miss @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social's essential piece on the enduring legacy of the Texas Pledge, an incredibly weird thing we all had to do in school and can't forget how no matter how hard we try:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
It's impossible to forget Texas' weirdest daily ritual
It's a ubiquitous part of most Texans' childhoods. But why are we the only ones who do it?
www.chron.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Don't miss @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social's essential piece on the enduring legacy of the Texas Pledge, an incredibly weird thing we all had to do in school and can't forget how no matter how hard we try:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Reality is bad enough. I don't like fear-mongering, and I don't even like engaging with it to explain it away. The bottom line, generally speaking, is that whatever is actually going on is far more nuanced than influencers seeking clicks will ever explain.
August 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reality is bad enough. I don't like fear-mongering, and I don't even like engaging with it to explain it away. The bottom line, generally speaking, is that whatever is actually going on is far more nuanced than influencers seeking clicks will ever explain.
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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It's always this stupid. Always.
Honest question for the historians of empires: is the end always this stupid or are we breaking new ground here?
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's always this stupid. Always.
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Tapper writes this without acknowledging that Milk himself served in the US Navy during the Korean War, or that Milk was assassinated while serving honorably in public office
June 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tapper writes this without acknowledging that Milk himself served in the US Navy during the Korean War, or that Milk was assassinated while serving honorably in public office
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Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
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The entire federal government to LGBTQ people today: drop dead www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The entire federal government to LGBTQ people today: drop dead www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
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Exactly.
June 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Exactly.
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Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.
June 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.
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man i gotta say i think it's bad that a thin-skinned conspiracy theorist now runs the fbi
Patel gets mad at Patty Murray and says he's "not gonna tolerate" her line of questioning
May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
man i gotta say i think it's bad that a thin-skinned conspiracy theorist now runs the fbi
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Last year, @skornhaber.bsky.social visited the music historian Ted Gioia to talk about civilization’s death. “Music is turning into a rights-management business,” he told Kornhaber—and it’s destroying true artistry.
Has America’s creative energy really been sapped?
Has America’s creative energy really been sapped?
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
Meet the critics who believe the arts are in terminal decline.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Last year, @skornhaber.bsky.social visited the music historian Ted Gioia to talk about civilization’s death. “Music is turning into a rights-management business,” he told Kornhaber—and it’s destroying true artistry.
Has America’s creative energy really been sapped?
Has America’s creative energy really been sapped?
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Mitt Romney absolutely hit the nail on the head with people like this. They have tied their self-worth to their offices to such a dramatic extent that the cannot psychologically handle even contemplating the idea of "retirement". Giving up their status would be an unthinkable blow.
What a statement from 84-year-old Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn:
“Nancy left her seat. Steny left his seat. I left my seat. What the hell I’m supposed to do now?” Clyburn said when asked whether the party needed to think of bringing in younger members. “What do you want—me to give up my life?”
“Nancy left her seat. Steny left his seat. I left my seat. What the hell I’m supposed to do now?” Clyburn said when asked whether the party needed to think of bringing in younger members. “What do you want—me to give up my life?”
House Democrats Are Having a Public Fight About Their Oldest Lawmakers
Democrats serve later in life than Republicans, fueling tensions between leaders and the younger generations.
www.wsj.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Mitt Romney absolutely hit the nail on the head with people like this. They have tied their self-worth to their offices to such a dramatic extent that the cannot psychologically handle even contemplating the idea of "retirement". Giving up their status would be an unthinkable blow.
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"It's just a gay barber," the foot soldier for authoritarianism says of the government sending someone to prison camp.
April 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"It's just a gay barber," the foot soldier for authoritarianism says of the government sending someone to prison camp.
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@schumer.senate.gov to the residents of Washington DC: drop dead
March 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@schumer.senate.gov to the residents of Washington DC: drop dead
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Millennials got in right after they took the lead out of the gasoline but before everyone had cell phones and social media in high school. We are the only sane generation.
There is only one good generation. Some might even call it the greatest generation
I think all this shit kinda shows that Gen X is worse than the Boomers. Sorry
March 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Millennials got in right after they took the lead out of the gasoline but before everyone had cell phones and social media in high school. We are the only sane generation.
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This was a total WWE style “backstage” drama moment fully setup by Trump & Vance to denigrate and embarrass Zelensky.
Trump to Zelenskyy: "Don't tell us what we're gonna feel. You're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're gonna feel. We're gonna feel very good and very strong. You're right now not in a very good position. You're gambling with World War 3."
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This was a total WWE style “backstage” drama moment fully setup by Trump & Vance to denigrate and embarrass Zelensky.
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GOAT inflation is both rampant and really fucking annoying. But really, Gene Hackman was better at his job than just about anyone else in history was
February 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
GOAT inflation is both rampant and really fucking annoying. But really, Gene Hackman was better at his job than just about anyone else in history was