Nerdygrrl
@nerdygrrl.bsky.social
Bigfoot Hunter Extraordinaire. Berenstein Bears Truther.
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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My daughter is flying Ryan Air from Edinburgh to London for £19. A bag bigger than 24cm is £70, so she is packing light. There is no expectation of luxury.
Tom is correct. We want disposable luxury here. All of the benefits; none of the restrictions
Tom is correct. We want disposable luxury here. All of the benefits; none of the restrictions
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My daughter is flying Ryan Air from Edinburgh to London for £19. A bag bigger than 24cm is £70, so she is packing light. There is no expectation of luxury.
Tom is correct. We want disposable luxury here. All of the benefits; none of the restrictions
Tom is correct. We want disposable luxury here. All of the benefits; none of the restrictions
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“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
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"Bongino will be the guy responsible for signing off on FISA applications" is something so insane that if you'd said it to anyone in natsec in 2014 they would have had an immediate stroke
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"Bongino will be the guy responsible for signing off on FISA applications" is something so insane that if you'd said it to anyone in natsec in 2014 they would have had an immediate stroke
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“We just like that he makes the right people mad. He hates the people we hate.” — Tom Nichols describes a significant portion of Trump voters who like Trump for his vengefulness, who see in Trump’s anger a reflection of their own anger.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“We just like that he makes the right people mad. He hates the people we hate.” — Tom Nichols describes a significant portion of Trump voters who like Trump for his vengefulness, who see in Trump’s anger a reflection of their own anger.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
The Mafia Presidency
Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
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Nah that is not what is happening. People will very specifically claim that average Americans have less purchasing power and are more financially squeezed than in the 80s. I promise: these are just INCORRECT BELIEFS. It’s the progressive equivalent of the people who think crime is always increasing
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nah that is not what is happening. People will very specifically claim that average Americans have less purchasing power and are more financially squeezed than in the 80s. I promise: these are just INCORRECT BELIEFS. It’s the progressive equivalent of the people who think crime is always increasing
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This is objectively nonsense but people believe it because nostalgia is one of the most powerful political forces on earth - especially if it's imagined nostalgia on the part of people who never experienced the times they claim to miss. /1
Things are objectively worse now than the 80s or 90s.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is objectively nonsense but people believe it because nostalgia is one of the most powerful political forces on earth - especially if it's imagined nostalgia on the part of people who never experienced the times they claim to miss. /1
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"As comical as many of Trump’s comments were, the president’s nakedly partisan appeal to U.S. military officers was a violation of every standard of American civil-military relations, and exactly what George Washington feared could happen with an unscrupulous commander in chief."
The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"As comical as many of Trump’s comments were, the president’s nakedly partisan appeal to U.S. military officers was a violation of every standard of American civil-military relations, and exactly what George Washington feared could happen with an unscrupulous commander in chief."
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Yes. And stop thumb-sucking about how you're really living in 1925 or 1933 or 1942 and you're the oppressed hero of your own anti-fascist adventure movie.
Jesus, people. Tom isn't arguing that they aren't fascist assholes, he's telling you that they haven't succeeded in creating a fascist state.
Yet.
So fucking sack up and fight on every front by any means necessary.
Yet.
So fucking sack up and fight on every front by any means necessary.
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yes. And stop thumb-sucking about how you're really living in 1925 or 1933 or 1942 and you're the oppressed hero of your own anti-fascist adventure movie.
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If I ever have a podcast or show I'm gonna call it "The Fairness Doctrine, with Tom Nichols"
September 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If I ever have a podcast or show I'm gonna call it "The Fairness Doctrine, with Tom Nichols"
Unintended consequences or something....
The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
September 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Unintended consequences or something....
Womp-womp....an unserious society for sure.
In a Sept. 10 focus group of Latino Trump voters, "Every single one of the seven participants said they regretted voting for Trump."
"They were angry over the state of the economy and frustrated by Trump’s handling of immigration and deportations."
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social has the story.
"They were angry over the state of the economy and frustrated by Trump’s handling of immigration and deportations."
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social has the story.
Exclusive Focus Group: Trump Bleeding Latino Voters
He won the presidency with their support—now they’re angrily turning against him.
www.thebulwark.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Womp-womp....an unserious society for sure.
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"The number of Americans missing work for National Guard deployments or other military or civic duty is at a 19-year high, adding disruption to a labor market that’s already under strain."
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
September 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"The number of Americans missing work for National Guard deployments or other military or civic duty is at a 19-year high, adding disruption to a labor market that’s already under strain."
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
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Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous
Something Is Very Wrong Online
Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
www.theatlantic.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous
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Thank you to people who are explaining groypers to me by (unknowingly) sending my own writing to me.
September 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thank you to people who are explaining groypers to me by (unknowingly) sending my own writing to me.
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You might think, "why would some working-class schmuck who's near the bottom of the hierarchy *support* this?" The answer is that even the lowest white man is promised domination over his family, over women, and over other races. They get shit on from above, but are allowed shit on those below.
September 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
You might think, "why would some working-class schmuck who's near the bottom of the hierarchy *support* this?" The answer is that even the lowest white man is promised domination over his family, over women, and over other races. They get shit on from above, but are allowed shit on those below.
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The Trump administration’s decision to grant military-funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt is the latest move to turn the perpetrators of one of America’s darkest days into heroes, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
Triumph of the Insurrectionists
The Trump administration is on a mission to turn the perpetrators of January 6 into heroes.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Trump administration’s decision to grant military-funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt is the latest move to turn the perpetrators of one of America’s darkest days into heroes, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
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This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Lord save us:
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
The Bari Market
With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.
puck.news
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Just popping over here to see how @radiofreetom.bsky.social feels about Travis Kelce proposing in shorts to Taylor Swift
August 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just popping over here to see how @radiofreetom.bsky.social feels about Travis Kelce proposing in shorts to Taylor Swift