@myellin.bsky.social
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My review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's S Tier new book "Furious Minds" on MAGA intellectuals is out with @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
Big Ideas, No Scruples
To understand this troubling moment in American democracy, look at the history and making of the New Right.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's S Tier new book "Furious Minds" on MAGA intellectuals is out with @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
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Johnson’s refusal to seat Grijalva feels like a foreshadowing of this GOP plan to stay in power post-2026 regardless of the outcome of the election. This thread is about a well connected Oregon MAGA activist who just podcasted it out.
Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Johnson’s refusal to seat Grijalva feels like a foreshadowing of this GOP plan to stay in power post-2026 regardless of the outcome of the election. This thread is about a well connected Oregon MAGA activist who just podcasted it out.
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I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
October 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious.
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all of this
It's deeply weird that people managing oceans of money still think Trump will NOT do what he clearly IS doing - imposing absurdly high tariffs on a whim. He loves doing this and no one will stop him! So why assume we'll see a sudden outbreak of sanity?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/b...
Stocks Shrug Off Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
all of this
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The whole speech is lies, fabrications and untruths. It’s an alternative universe. The upside down.
Trump: "The largest spending cut -- $1.7 trillion, and yet you won't even notice it. It's just waste, fraud, and abuse."
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The whole speech is lies, fabrications and untruths. It’s an alternative universe. The upside down.
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“In our fractious polity, fresh insults to constitutional norms and settled practices of governance occur daily. That is why the phrase constitutional crisis no longer describes our situation. The Constitution has failed, and we no longer know which institution will rescue it.”
@jrakove.bsky.social
@jrakove.bsky.social
It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
washingtonmonthly.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“In our fractious polity, fresh insults to constitutional norms and settled practices of governance occur daily. That is why the phrase constitutional crisis no longer describes our situation. The Constitution has failed, and we no longer know which institution will rescue it.”
@jrakove.bsky.social
@jrakove.bsky.social
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One of the things @kerryhowley.bsky.social describes people at DOD close to tears about is the possibility that Whiskey Pete will be in charge if, say, Israel were to attack Iran.
Just some exceptional timing for publication of this, I guess.
Just some exceptional timing for publication of this, I guess.
June 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One of the things @kerryhowley.bsky.social describes people at DOD close to tears about is the possibility that Whiskey Pete will be in charge if, say, Israel were to attack Iran.
Just some exceptional timing for publication of this, I guess.
Just some exceptional timing for publication of this, I guess.
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Voila, like we said on @pivotpod.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump
Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Voila, like we said on @pivotpod.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
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/4 SO: this is a completely false description of fraud. What it is is laying the groundwork to belittle and demean and intimidate anyone who complaints about Social Security collapsing.
These people are absolute scum.
These people are absolute scum.
March 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
/4 SO: this is a completely false description of fraud. What it is is laying the groundwork to belittle and demean and intimidate anyone who complaints about Social Security collapsing.
These people are absolute scum.
These people are absolute scum.
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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“The End of US Democracy and the Implications for International Relations”
by
Benjamin E. Goldsmith - Professor in the School of Politics & International Relations, Australian National University
www.e-ir.info/pdf/107784
by
Benjamin E. Goldsmith - Professor in the School of Politics & International Relations, Australian National University
www.e-ir.info/pdf/107784
March 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“The End of US Democracy and the Implications for International Relations”
by
Benjamin E. Goldsmith - Professor in the School of Politics & International Relations, Australian National University
www.e-ir.info/pdf/107784
by
Benjamin E. Goldsmith - Professor in the School of Politics & International Relations, Australian National University
www.e-ir.info/pdf/107784
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Transgenic mice not transgender mice.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Transgenic mice not transgender mice.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
www.huffpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
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There’s a recorded measles related death of a young child in red state Texas.
MAGA Chaos agent anti-vax fraudster RFK Jr lied by saying it’s not unusual and measles outbreaks happen all the time.
There hasn’t been a Measles death in the US in a decade. They want to kill us all.
MAGA Chaos agent anti-vax fraudster RFK Jr lied by saying it’s not unusual and measles outbreaks happen all the time.
There hasn’t been a Measles death in the US in a decade. They want to kill us all.
February 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There’s a recorded measles related death of a young child in red state Texas.
MAGA Chaos agent anti-vax fraudster RFK Jr lied by saying it’s not unusual and measles outbreaks happen all the time.
There hasn’t been a Measles death in the US in a decade. They want to kill us all.
MAGA Chaos agent anti-vax fraudster RFK Jr lied by saying it’s not unusual and measles outbreaks happen all the time.
There hasn’t been a Measles death in the US in a decade. They want to kill us all.
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"Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated."
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated."
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
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🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I really feel like the Bulwark people are increasingly aware that they're pretty much the only right-of-center commentators with moral values and a commitment to the constitutional order. In other words, they are classical liberals first, conservatives second, and Republicans last (or not at all).
it's so fascinating to me that the Bulwark is more consistently and honestly anti-Trump than the Free Press
February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I really feel like the Bulwark people are increasingly aware that they're pretty much the only right-of-center commentators with moral values and a commitment to the constitutional order. In other words, they are classical liberals first, conservatives second, and Republicans last (or not at all).
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Catching up on this Musk Oval Office appearance and, optics aside, it's like a brave explorer holding a press conference from the first peak in the Dunning-Kruger range. Just so much confident opining on stuff that even casual observers can spot as completely wrong.
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Catching up on this Musk Oval Office appearance and, optics aside, it's like a brave explorer holding a press conference from the first peak in the Dunning-Kruger range. Just so much confident opining on stuff that even casual observers can spot as completely wrong.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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A statement from the Kennedy Center
February 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A statement from the Kennedy Center
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And there it is: Russell Vought is confirmed.
I wrote a long profile of him, his worldview, his political project: He’s one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and a radical ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
He is at war with pluralistic democracy.
I wrote a long profile of him, his worldview, his political project: He’s one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and a radical ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
He is at war with pluralistic democracy.
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
And there it is: Russell Vought is confirmed.
I wrote a long profile of him, his worldview, his political project: He’s one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and a radical ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
He is at war with pluralistic democracy.
I wrote a long profile of him, his worldview, his political project: He’s one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and a radical ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
He is at war with pluralistic democracy.
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The insurrectionists have seized power. They are purging their enemies.
Does the broader public have a sense of how extraordinary this moment is?
Does the broader public have a sense of how extraordinary this moment is?
Fired Jan. 6 prosecutors were told they were terminated "based upon your actions in the prosecution of persons relating to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021," and cited Trump calling it a "grave national injustice."
February 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The insurrectionists have seized power. They are purging their enemies.
Does the broader public have a sense of how extraordinary this moment is?
Does the broader public have a sense of how extraordinary this moment is?