@morestableunion.bsky.social
Retired State Department. Stabilization Advisor from civil reconnaissance patrols to the White House, now trying to stabilize the Home Front. Also, Star Wars!
As a NDU student, the Surgeon General reminded us one day that 30 years ago, every seat in the auditorium would have an ashtray built in, 2/3 of us would be smoking, and the other 1/3 would think it’s fine.
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As a NDU student, the Surgeon General reminded us one day that 30 years ago, every seat in the auditorium would have an ashtray built in, 2/3 of us would be smoking, and the other 1/3 would think it’s fine.
Oh, that’s fine, no businesses were counting on federal employees to buy groceries or gifts from them.
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oh, that’s fine, no businesses were counting on federal employees to buy groceries or gifts from them.
Yet another price Trump hasn’t been able to bring down.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yet another price Trump hasn’t been able to bring down.
That speech was a donation to the DNC.
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
That speech was a donation to the DNC.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
This is straight gangsterism. Favor my political party or I cut off your state.
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is straight gangsterism. Favor my political party or I cut off your state.
“Look at me—I’m the Navy SEAL now.”
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Look at me—I’m the Navy SEAL now.”
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
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It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
The Supreme Court is reviewing the idea of birthright citizenship, a black letter element of the Constitution.
We are in what Russell Vought called a “post-constitutional order,” or what Locke and Hobbes would call the “state of nature.” Govern yourselves accordingly.
We are in what Russell Vought called a “post-constitutional order,” or what Locke and Hobbes would call the “state of nature.” Govern yourselves accordingly.
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The Supreme Court is reviewing the idea of birthright citizenship, a black letter element of the Constitution.
We are in what Russell Vought called a “post-constitutional order,” or what Locke and Hobbes would call the “state of nature.” Govern yourselves accordingly.
We are in what Russell Vought called a “post-constitutional order,” or what Locke and Hobbes would call the “state of nature.” Govern yourselves accordingly.
Disgusting.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Disgusting.
If you want to claim Rachel Levine was a DEI hire and there were better not-transgendered candidates for SG, that’s an argument. But changing their name is just childlishly dickish.
Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you want to claim Rachel Levine was a DEI hire and there were better not-transgendered candidates for SG, that’s an argument. But changing their name is just childlishly dickish.
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One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
The Donald J Trump Institute for People Who Can’t Peace Good, and Want to Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Donald J Trump Institute for People Who Can’t Peace Good, and Want to Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
I guess Rick figured he stole all there was left to steal from US health care. Vulture picked that carcass clean.
Rick Scott on the GOP healthcare plan: "We do food stamps that way. We don't give the money to a grocery store. Let's not give it to an insurance company. Then grocery store says, 'Oh, here's what I'm gonna give you. You're gonna get a lot more broccoli this week.' No. Let's give it to the family"
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I guess Rick figured he stole all there was left to steal from US health care. Vulture picked that carcass clean.
As I was saying….
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x.com/acyn/status/...
Acyn on X: "Trump: https://t.co/oBxzZlwWag" / X
Trump: https://t.co/oBxzZlwWag
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November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As I was saying….
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A very, very angry and sad MSU mini-edition Trump is having a great Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/morestab...
The "Trump's Thanksgiving Triumph" Mini-Edition
Wednesday marked the perfect success of the President's plan
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A very, very angry and sad MSU mini-edition Trump is having a great Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/morestab...
Aren’t all these GOP legislators terrified of violence from their own base the same legislators who post Xmas cards of their family armed up as a rifle squad?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Aren’t all these GOP legislators terrified of violence from their own base the same legislators who post Xmas cards of their family armed up as a rifle squad?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
open.substack.com/pub/morestab... MSU is up! Let’s talk about the rabid duck, Trenton, the shutdown, and Crooked Con.
The "Rabid Duck" Edition
Is Trump finally a lame duck? Also, let’s After Action Review the Battle of Trenton, the shutdown, and Crooked Con!
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
open.substack.com/pub/morestab... MSU is up! Let’s talk about the rabid duck, Trenton, the shutdown, and Crooked Con.
If elected your president, my first act will be giving the Medal of Freedom to the person who told JD that tux shirt looked great.
It is real:
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If elected your president, my first act will be giving the Medal of Freedom to the person who told JD that tux shirt looked great.
This is insane but I’m laughing at the insurance execs who donated to his campaign.
So, uh, he switches from ALL CAPS to a whisper:
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is insane but I’m laughing at the insurance execs who donated to his campaign.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
50/50 this ends in America with a White House looting to rival 1814.
50/50 this ends in America with a White House looting to rival 1814.
You spend your adult life fighting against a dictator with opulent, garish tastes. You finally prevail and walk the insides of the dictator’s abandoned palaces: gaudy, obscene, covered in gold bought with the people’s money.
And then the next thing you know…
And then the next thing you know…
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
50/50 this ends in America with a White House looting to rival 1814.
50/50 this ends in America with a White House looting to rival 1814.
MSU is up! This edition: I do an After Action Review on the No Kings protests, and look a bit at dissolving congress and conditioning the military for violence against Americans. open.substack.com/pub/morestab...
The "After Action Review" Edition
Let's do an AAR of the "No Kings" protests
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
MSU is up! This edition: I do an After Action Review on the No Kings protests, and look a bit at dissolving congress and conditioning the military for violence against Americans. open.substack.com/pub/morestab...
I don’t worry too much about this. 1. They’re mostly doing it b/c they’re cheap, and 2. This will simplify the roundup greatly when we win.
Doing this in anticipation of what, one might ask
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I don’t worry too much about this. 1. They’re mostly doing it b/c they’re cheap, and 2. This will simplify the roundup greatly when we win.
RETVRN!
A strong, integrated military. Robust support for the Atlantic Alliance. Bloodless, flannel suit wearing killers in the IC.
Aggressive civil rights reforms and national health insurance at home, the Marshall Plan abroad.
And a 91% marginal tax rate.
Aggressive civil rights reforms and national health insurance at home, the Marshall Plan abroad.
And a 91% marginal tax rate.
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
RETVRN!