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"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...
Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base
[FREE TO READ] When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners
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December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...
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This is correct. And even on a practical level, our politics would be better if both politicians and voters understood this, when speaking of "mandates".
to quote myself on this
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is correct. And even on a practical level, our politics would be better if both politicians and voters understood this, when speaking of "mandates".
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I always get frustrated when Europeans - in some misguided attempt to seem agreeable and open-minded to visiting Americans - behave like everything is normal. Everything is not normal, and Americans need to hear this loud and clear every time you talk to them.
Good prime @theguardian.com on European reactions to the US National Security Strategy, including comments from @maxbergmann.bsky.social, @mijrahman.bsky.social, @alanderminna.bsky.social and me:
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I always get frustrated when Europeans - in some misguided attempt to seem agreeable and open-minded to visiting Americans - behave like everything is normal. Everything is not normal, and Americans need to hear this loud and clear every time you talk to them.
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What will fearless Bari Weiss say!?!
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What will fearless Bari Weiss say!?!
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“Every drug boat we kill saves 25,000 lives” might be the stupidest lie ever. Let me explain why. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
www.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“Every drug boat we kill saves 25,000 lives” might be the stupidest lie ever. Let me explain why. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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It's always the ones you most expect.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's always the ones you most expect.
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Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
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Had missed this detail: Paramount’s David Ellison talked to Trump at the Kennedy Center Awards on Sunday and sat next to FCC Chair Brendan Carr
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Had missed this detail: Paramount’s David Ellison talked to Trump at the Kennedy Center Awards on Sunday and sat next to FCC Chair Brendan Carr
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What if Trumpism wanes, Dems sweep, the public recommits to liberal democracy, and . . . it doesn't matter because the institutions have been compromised beyond repair? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What if Trumpism wanes, Dems sweep, the public recommits to liberal democracy, and . . . it doesn't matter because the institutions have been compromised beyond repair? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
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um okay? Appreciate the candor?
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
um okay? Appreciate the candor?
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oh my god, he admit it x.com/Acyn/status/...
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
oh my god, he admit it x.com/Acyn/status/...
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Brett Ratner could be the biggest immediate loser in this WB/Netflix situation. Why does Paramount need to spend $100M if they aren't going to need Trump to help them buy WB?
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Brett Ratner could be the biggest immediate loser in this WB/Netflix situation. Why does Paramount need to spend $100M if they aren't going to need Trump to help them buy WB?
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
It's not all bad news is what I'm saying.
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Hegemonic suicide
The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far-right conspiracy theories about Europe
Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hegemonic suicide
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Irony is dead
BARTIROMO: How is it possible that the Democrats have been able to rally around 'affordability' and make people think that's what they're focused on and not what Republicans are focused on?
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Irony is dead
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Make no mistake, if the 14th Amendment should fall - I am not saying it will, there are plenty of obstacles, I am speaking hypothetically - but if it should fall, no one is safe. It is challenging for most families to prove legal citizenship beyond a generation or two.
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Make no mistake, if the 14th Amendment should fall - I am not saying it will, there are plenty of obstacles, I am speaking hypothetically - but if it should fall, no one is safe. It is challenging for most families to prove legal citizenship beyond a generation or two.
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The 14th Amendment is as clearly and unambiguously written as any law on the books. Politically it was intended to suppress former Confederates and prevent the conditions that led to the Civil War. To attack it is to give comfort to their heirs and cut into the seams of our society.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 14th Amendment is as clearly and unambiguously written as any law on the books. Politically it was intended to suppress former Confederates and prevent the conditions that led to the Civil War. To attack it is to give comfort to their heirs and cut into the seams of our society.
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I agree that he has increasingly radicalized over time, but his brand was always dogwhistle racism. He basically always spoke in bad faith. He may not have been an outright nazi 15 years ago, but am I surprised? No. Not remotely.
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I agree that he has increasingly radicalized over time, but his brand was always dogwhistle racism. He basically always spoke in bad faith. He may not have been an outright nazi 15 years ago, but am I surprised? No. Not remotely.
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it is incredible that tucker carlson, specifically, became an unambiguous nazi
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
it is incredible that tucker carlson, specifically, became an unambiguous nazi
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He named the son Buckley.
it is incredible that tucker carlson, specifically, became an unambiguous nazi
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
He named the son Buckley.
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There is a real cognitive dissonance in viewing wokeness in higher education as a serious moral and ethical dilemma, while at the same time outsourcing that decision-making to a machine because you're too lazy to do it yourself.
As a technology of coercion, AI is essential for enforcing right wing speech codes and punishing liberal thought crime at universities.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There is a real cognitive dissonance in viewing wokeness in higher education as a serious moral and ethical dilemma, while at the same time outsourcing that decision-making to a machine because you're too lazy to do it yourself.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
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The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Liberals: Stop the Masochism
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...