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"So many Christians feel like their identity has just been stolen away from them by Christian Nationalism, by this absolute corruption of the Christian faith that's going on by MAGA and the whole of Trump world." - @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"So many Christians feel like their identity has just been stolen away from them by Christian Nationalism, by this absolute corruption of the Christian faith that's going on by MAGA and the whole of Trump world." - @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
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Chris Buskirk founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network w/ JD Vance in 2019. In 2021, he published this essay titled: “Rewarding Enemies, Punishing Friends *** The post-Trump nationalist-populist movement must learn who its real friends are.” It begins by quoting former Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt 1/
Rewarding Enemies, Punishing Friends › American Greatness
“The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced,” wrote Carl Schmitt, “is that between friend and enemy.” It seems self-evident enough that one ought to…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Chris Buskirk founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network w/ JD Vance in 2019. In 2021, he published this essay titled: “Rewarding Enemies, Punishing Friends *** The post-Trump nationalist-populist movement must learn who its real friends are.” It begins by quoting former Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt 1/
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2/ “‘The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced,’ wrote Carl Schmitt, ‘is that between friend and enemy.’ It seems self-evident enough that one ought to reward friends & punish enemies,” but Schmitt’s dictum remains relevant bc it is so often ignored.”
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
2/ “‘The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced,’ wrote Carl Schmitt, ‘is that between friend and enemy.’ It seems self-evident enough that one ought to reward friends & punish enemies,” but Schmitt’s dictum remains relevant bc it is so often ignored.”
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At Y! Sports: I wrote about Ryan Rollins, the Milwaukee Bucks' overnight success four years in the making, and how the reward for doing one of the hardest things there is in the NBA is doing something even harder: yhoo.it/47Se8Va
Who is Ryan Rollins? The Bucks might have found a breakout star to complement Giannis Antetokounmpo
Following Damian Lillard's exit, the Bucks were in desperate need of a lead guard. Enter the second-round pick out of Toledo in the 2022 NBA Draft.
yhoo.it
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At Y! Sports: I wrote about Ryan Rollins, the Milwaukee Bucks' overnight success four years in the making, and how the reward for doing one of the hardest things there is in the NBA is doing something even harder: yhoo.it/47Se8Va
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This is exactly right, with one addition to the end:
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is exactly right, with one addition to the end:
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
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I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵
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In America’s sacred spaces—
the Capitol & White House, our wilderness, Arlington—
we are reminded of American divinity—our secular, binding religion that we are forever in pursuit of a more perfect union
The President used each to show he has no American faith
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
the Capitol & White House, our wilderness, Arlington—
we are reminded of American divinity—our secular, binding religion that we are forever in pursuit of a more perfect union
The President used each to show he has no American faith
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In America’s sacred spaces—
the Capitol & White House, our wilderness, Arlington—
we are reminded of American divinity—our secular, binding religion that we are forever in pursuit of a more perfect union
The President used each to show he has no American faith
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
the Capitol & White House, our wilderness, Arlington—
we are reminded of American divinity—our secular, binding religion that we are forever in pursuit of a more perfect union
The President used each to show he has no American faith
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
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How do people not care? How do people support this?
I do not know my country anymore.
I do not know my country anymore.
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
How do people not care? How do people support this?
I do not know my country anymore.
I do not know my country anymore.
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Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
Our new study finds that the upper atmosphere is becoming more sheared and less stratified because of climate change. Both these changes are making the air less stable and more conducive to turbulence.
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Chicago chief federal judge Virginia Kendall (northern district of IL) announces that courts have run out of money to pay salaries and are reducing operations to "constitutional functions.” The damage of this shutdown to society and workers is real
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Chicago chief federal judge Virginia Kendall (northern district of IL) announces that courts have run out of money to pay salaries and are reducing operations to "constitutional functions.” The damage of this shutdown to society and workers is real
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New in PN: How the Supreme Court taught Trump to rewrite history
"If you’re wondering where Trump learned the trick of recasting American history as uniquely belonging to him, look no further than the current Supreme Court’s manipulation of the core legal principle of stare decisis."
"If you’re wondering where Trump learned the trick of recasting American history as uniquely belonging to him, look no further than the current Supreme Court’s manipulation of the core legal principle of stare decisis."
How the Supreme Court taught Trump to rewrite history
"He who controls the present controls the past."
www.publicnotice.co
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New in PN: How the Supreme Court taught Trump to rewrite history
"If you’re wondering where Trump learned the trick of recasting American history as uniquely belonging to him, look no further than the current Supreme Court’s manipulation of the core legal principle of stare decisis."
"If you’re wondering where Trump learned the trick of recasting American history as uniquely belonging to him, look no further than the current Supreme Court’s manipulation of the core legal principle of stare decisis."
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This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered
Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered
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Today’s “One First” looks at how #SCOTUS and its defenders have responded to criticisms of the Court’s behavior in Trump cases either by knocking down straw men or by attacking the critics—without meaningfully defending what the Court is actually *doing*:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today’s “One First” looks at how #SCOTUS and its defenders have responded to criticisms of the Court’s behavior in Trump cases either by knocking down straw men or by attacking the critics—without meaningfully defending what the Court is actually *doing*:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
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just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly
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this is the list of ideological identifiers laid out in the NSPM-7 that would predict violence, and are all of course, incredibly reasonable positions or just ridiculous framing, like “extremism on gender” which is just being pro-trans:
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is the list of ideological identifiers laid out in the NSPM-7 that would predict violence, and are all of course, incredibly reasonable positions or just ridiculous framing, like “extremism on gender” which is just being pro-trans:
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It's a wonderfully Chicago thing that one of the city's most beloved public figures was a nun.
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's a wonderfully Chicago thing that one of the city's most beloved public figures was a nun.
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I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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It’s hard to convey the insanity of a thirty-something White House staffer getting an interim US Attorney appointment and marching into the grand jury room alone four days later to indict the former Deputy Attorney General and Director of the FBI
September 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It’s hard to convey the insanity of a thirty-something White House staffer getting an interim US Attorney appointment and marching into the grand jury room alone four days later to indict the former Deputy Attorney General and Director of the FBI
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We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
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In Global Health Council, Roberts *alone* has had the district court injunction on hold under a single-Justice administrative stay. That stay may be allowing Trump to effectively retroactively veto congressional appropriations that expire on 9/30.
4:30 p.m. on a Friday, and there are *5* emergency applications from the Trump administration pending at #SCOTUS:
1) Slaughter (FTC removal);
2) Global Health Council (pocket rescissions);
3) Cook (Fed Board removal for "cause");
4) Orr (gender identity on passports); and
5) Noem (Venezuela TPS).
1) Slaughter (FTC removal);
2) Global Health Council (pocket rescissions);
3) Cook (Fed Board removal for "cause");
4) Orr (gender identity on passports); and
5) Noem (Venezuela TPS).
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In Global Health Council, Roberts *alone* has had the district court injunction on hold under a single-Justice administrative stay. That stay may be allowing Trump to effectively retroactively veto congressional appropriations that expire on 9/30.
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Gonna write some brief troll mitigation tips for you all because like any successful, happy woman on the internet, i’ve had ‘em
Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
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Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
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September 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Gonna write some brief troll mitigation tips for you all because like any successful, happy woman on the internet, i’ve had ‘em
Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
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Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
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