Rick Perlstein
@rickperlstein.bsky.social
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
The land that never has been yet..."
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How much you wanna bet Dana White paid Glenn Beck to run this on his website. Or, owns a piece of his web site.
By the way: did you know that Dana White is SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find gambling in his sport.
By the way: did you know that Dana White is SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find gambling in his sport.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
How much you wanna bet Dana White paid Glenn Beck to run this on his website. Or, owns a piece of his web site.
By the way: did you know that Dana White is SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find gambling in his sport.
By the way: did you know that Dana White is SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find gambling in his sport.
Chicago welcomes migrants. Sorry, MAGA.
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Chicago welcomes migrants. Sorry, MAGA.
The kidnapping was Wednesday morning. A thousand neighbors rallied in solidarity Wednesday night. That's how mobilized Chicago is.
We shall overcome.
We shall overcome.
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The kidnapping was Wednesday morning. A thousand neighbors rallied in solidarity Wednesday night. That's how mobilized Chicago is.
We shall overcome.
We shall overcome.
Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)
Something for the history books, billionairws advocating "working well" with the dictator.
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Something for the history books, billionairws advocating "working well" with the dictator.
In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.
Sad next chapter to this post.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sad next chapter to this post.
ICE has been staging in this parking lot. Local patrolers called an impromptu protest. Thousands of honking cars affirm to neighbors that the invasion cannot stand. Dozens getting to know each other, exchanging tips on identifying ICE cars to stop the next kidnapping, etc. Little things help.
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ICE has been staging in this parking lot. Local patrolers called an impromptu protest. Thousands of honking cars affirm to neighbors that the invasion cannot stand. Dozens getting to know each other, exchanging tips on identifying ICE cars to stop the next kidnapping, etc. Little things help.
Impressive propaganda, this framing. Another word for "fantasy" is VISION. Without which, I've heard it said, the people perish. And besides, it's only fantasy if you can't imagine or accept a fairer system of taxation.
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Impressive propaganda, this framing. Another word for "fantasy" is VISION. Without which, I've heard it said, the people perish. And besides, it's only fantasy if you can't imagine or accept a fairer system of taxation.
What is this gesture Bovino gave on his way out of the courtroom flaunting his sidearm?
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What is this gesture Bovino gave on his way out of the courtroom flaunting his sidearm?
This part of the Washington Post subscriber survey looks for all the world to me like an attempt to see how wingnutty they can get without losing profit.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This part of the Washington Post subscriber survey looks for all the world to me like an attempt to see how wingnutty they can get without losing profit.
There is now something called "Grokipedia." This is from the entry on me. I have never written a single word on T.S. Eliot in my life.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There is now something called "Grokipedia." This is from the entry on me. I have never written a single word on T.S. Eliot in my life.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The bottom line, and what I'm getting at, is that the price of admission to the Republican Party today is lying in the service of the dictator, like something out of Orwell's 1984; in this case, lying about the past.
Here's the rest of the doc for those who are interested.
Here's the rest of the doc for those who are interested.
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The bottom line, and what I'm getting at, is that the price of admission to the Republican Party today is lying in the service of the dictator, like something out of Orwell's 1984; in this case, lying about the past.
Here's the rest of the doc for those who are interested.
Here's the rest of the doc for those who are interested.
It eventually become NAFTA. The historical irony: the deal Clinton signed had nothing about "peoples" flowing more freely, just money. As I explain in REAGANLAND, in direct contradiction to the Reagan Foundation's lies, what Reagan himself called "open borders" was central to his's moral vision.
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It eventually become NAFTA. The historical irony: the deal Clinton signed had nothing about "peoples" flowing more freely, just money. As I explain in REAGANLAND, in direct contradiction to the Reagan Foundation's lies, what Reagan himself called "open borders" was central to his's moral vision.
Let's talk about the grotesque Führerprinzip sweeping Republican institutions. With receipts.
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Let's talk about the grotesque Führerprinzip sweeping Republican institutions. With receipts.
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
Chicago fixing to disturb ICE's sleep at their hotel.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Chicago fixing to disturb ICE's sleep at their hotel.
There is no journalistic task more imperative than getting eyes inside this process. The kind of thing historians wait for archives of dictatorships to open, when figuring out how the REAL nightmare begin.
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There is no journalistic task more imperative than getting eyes inside this process. The kind of thing historians wait for archives of dictatorships to open, when figuring out how the REAL nightmare begin.
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...