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Bill Patrick
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Now do Trump going bankrupt how many times?
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Gillibrand’s participation also rips the rug out from under the total bs that there’s a “war on Christianity,” or on religion. Ceding one’s religiosity to far-right authoritarians, a US Senator no less, is not a great plan for countering first amendment attacks.
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Online addictions are quite real, including shopping, food ordering, and every other part of life you might pick up your phone to fulfill your needs. The algorithms, combined with your personal data, may be stronger than social shaming, also via algorithms, might possibly help. Switching to paper rn
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Good reporting, but I'm honestly not sure whether Gillibrand's colab is good or bad, given the rift growing w/in the religious right, as some say, "hey wait, the constitution really does protect my religious liberty, and this GOP just wants my money." Maybe Gillibrand is doing the Lord's work?
January 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
. . . against a well-organized and well-funded effort to establish one-party-rule via a constitutional crisis.

Internecine enmities among supporters of the rule of law will slow legal defenses, the efficacy of citizen protests, and electing reliable leaders. Thank you, Jim, for all you do!
January 31, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Growing the organizing idea of a counterinsurgency is key in growing an opposition. Please continue this and helping readers understand how the party in power can also be leading a mostly political (but indeed also violent) insurgency. We're defending the constitution. . .
January 31, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Edsall’s the best NYT columnist. In as rough shape as the D party is, it’s now clearly the only home for social, economic, religious, and academic freedom. The authoritarian and social dominance oriented elites have jumped the shark here, literally into outer space. D’s just need rel sm changes.
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Vance’s sighs of, “Gosh guys, I know this looks really bad but just do what I do and make up a nice little story about it and then it doesn’t look bad at all” are indeed deeply unserious, not to mention pathological given his education. Musk is even worse with the crazy bro-splaining.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I'll allow it. Thanks for asking.
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
True, much of the media nurtures internacine enmities for profit; whitewashing Trump included. But Trump hardly "caused this whole situation." That's wishful thinking or clickbait itself. We have a small RW authoritarian and skipping dipshit problem that's much bigger than Trump, media anger aside.
January 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Move fast and scoop things.
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This is a big scoop and further details the scope of the far-right insurgency within the US. The “Chairman for life,” setup itself is an overt challenge to the constitution. Troy’s reporting detailing the use of the USPTO to house the legal framework of a supranational org is critically important.
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
It’s not bad news, however, it’s most likely that Bovino wants out, not a policy shift. Miller continues to call Pretti a terrorist.

Be careful protestors, and thank you. The evidence that ICE officers have directives to shoot protestors with guns or “threatening vehicles” w/out thought remains.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Trump will go, likely resigning in 27. Vance will give him the pardons he needs and Musk will direct a dark money funded ‘28 election of epic proportions, 10B to 50B+, because he still wants trillions for Mars. Luckily these schemers are too smart by half and Americans won’t be fooled again. Right?
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 AM
💯%, thanks for the article. Hegseth’s threats are further evidence, if anyone needs it, that America faces a far-right insurgency, not just a grifting, egomaniacal Presidency. Let this insurgency circle the wagons around its empty unAmerican policies, then starve it of oxygen like Nichols does here.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Yep, guns and clickbait to the rescue! Fire away!
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Respectfully: why do you assume a majority of non-voters, had they voted in ‘24, wouldn’t have voted R? Engaging on social media for personal expression is great, but embracing your own identity crisis as proof of responsibility turns into a counterproductive blame game. It won’t stop Trump.
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Your vitriol is better directed at our culture which could do more to encourage participation. And non-voters aren’t simply apathetic either, they often feel alienated from politics because they don’t have social opportunities to get engaged with the issues. 89% of CO Dems voted in ‘24. FYI
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Bessent demonstrates the troubling scope of this far-right movement. It’s big, it is full of absurdly wealthy schemers with limited wisdom, and it hopes to choke out the constitution.
January 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Musk just put $10M into a Kentucky primary. Is this far-right movement really mostly a Trump problem?
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Curious, which of the Trump admin policies doesn’t have the support of the GOP and won’t be pursued by the far more sophisticated JD Vance?
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM