Ryan Tirman
@ryantirman.bsky.social
"This is indeed a disturbing universe." - Maggie Simpson
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The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.”
Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?
Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.”
Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?
Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?
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Trump was impeached, twice.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
August 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump was impeached, twice.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
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"The year is 2025, and an AI model belonging to the richest man in the world has turned into a neo-Nazi."
Why is Elon Musk’s chatbot spewing anti-Semitic bile? @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social report:
Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust
The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"The year is 2025, and an AI model belonging to the richest man in the world has turned into a neo-Nazi."
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Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
July 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
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Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
July 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
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the trahison des clerics continues apace
Breaking News: The University of Pennsylvania struck a deal with the Trump administration to limit how transgender athletes may participate in its programs. https://trib.al/GxRNLyq
Penn Agrees to Limit Participation of Transgender Athletes
In a deal with the Trump administration, the University of Pennsylvania will not allow transgender women to participate in women’s sports.
trib.al
July 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
the trahison des clerics continues apace
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All the older Republicans who’ve worshipped Reagan their whole lives, just mumbling “yes, yes, President Trump came up with that, yes, yes, Dear Leader is all wise and all knowing.”
Leavitt: "Nobody knows what it means to accomplish peace through strength better than President Trump. He is the one who came up with that motto and that foreign policy doctrine."
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
All the older Republicans who’ve worshipped Reagan their whole lives, just mumbling “yes, yes, President Trump came up with that, yes, yes, Dear Leader is all wise and all knowing.”
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Trump administration to vet social media accounts of student visa applicants
It won't end there.
It won't end there.
May 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump administration to vet social media accounts of student visa applicants
It won't end there.
It won't end there.
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“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
Atul Gawande on Instagram: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantling of USAID (even assuming...
9 likes, 0 comments - atul.gawande on May 24, 2025: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantlin...
www.instagram.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
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"This is not an idle question" is the subhead you write when you know it is, in fact, an idle question.
"The future of the party." Good lord, political media has lost its damned minds.
May 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"This is not an idle question" is the subhead you write when you know it is, in fact, an idle question.
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“They thought they made one-shot deals which they would fulfill,” said Harold Hongju Koh, a professor of international law at Yale Law School. “But the administration seems to think that they have subjected these firms to indentured servitude.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.
To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his ...
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“They thought they made one-shot deals which they would fulfill,” said Harold Hongju Koh, a professor of international law at Yale Law School. “But the administration seems to think that they have subjected these firms to indentured servitude.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
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This was 100% predictable (and predicted). The big firms that capitulated will cave and do whatever Trump wants. He owns them and will humiliate them for the next 3+ years.
If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity.
If you are a law student -- is this what you want?
If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity.
If you are a law student -- is this what you want?
April 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This was 100% predictable (and predicted). The big firms that capitulated will cave and do whatever Trump wants. He owns them and will humiliate them for the next 3+ years.
If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity.
If you are a law student -- is this what you want?
If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity.
If you are a law student -- is this what you want?
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Let's be clear about one thing: this "anti-Christian bias task force" isn't protecting anyone's rights. It's about punishing dissent and opening the door to even more suppression from the Trump administration.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech
Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Let's be clear about one thing: this "anti-Christian bias task force" isn't protecting anyone's rights. It's about punishing dissent and opening the door to even more suppression from the Trump administration.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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Amidst all of the horrors of the Trump administration, one stands above the rest: the trafficking of 270 men to El Salvador's CECOT prison.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
April 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Amidst all of the horrors of the Trump administration, one stands above the rest: the trafficking of 270 men to El Salvador's CECOT prison.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
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“There is little precedent in modern U.S. history for Trump’s actions. But the president is following a playbook from other countries whose leaders have sought to undermine democratic systems and the rule of law, including Russia, Turkey and Hungary.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
The result has been called an extraordinary threat to the constitutional rights of due process and representation, as well as a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“There is little precedent in modern U.S. history for Trump’s actions. But the president is following a playbook from other countries whose leaders have sought to undermine democratic systems and the rule of law, including Russia, Turkey and Hungary.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States
Trump’s Oval Office mob show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s Luca Brasi—with nukes.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
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“European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: ‘Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.’”
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
www.politico.eu
February 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: ‘Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.’”
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"Fear is the common denominator in all of this—palpable, paralyzing, and quite justifiable fear. Fear now stalks the land. This is the most visceral indication that America has entered an existential era for the future of democracy." — Larry Diamond
Trump's America Is in a Free Fall—Not a Slippery Slope—to Tyranny
He is instilling fear not just among lawmakers but every sector of society that dares to criticize him or hold him accountable
www.theunpopulist.net
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Fear is the common denominator in all of this—palpable, paralyzing, and quite justifiable fear. Fear now stalks the land. This is the most visceral indication that America has entered an existential era for the future of democracy." — Larry Diamond
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After the disturbing news this morning about the Washington Post's opinion section, Democracy Docket sent out the following.
If you want to support its commitment to pro-democracy news, information, opinion and analysis, become a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
If you want to support its commitment to pro-democracy news, information, opinion and analysis, become a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
February 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
After the disturbing news this morning about the Washington Post's opinion section, Democracy Docket sent out the following.
If you want to support its commitment to pro-democracy news, information, opinion and analysis, become a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
If you want to support its commitment to pro-democracy news, information, opinion and analysis, become a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
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I wrote about the Free Press's shameful decision to publish Hanania's apologia for Nazi salutes www.unpopularfront.news/p/enough
Enough!
This Bullshit Has to End
www.unpopularfront.news
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I wrote about the Free Press's shameful decision to publish Hanania's apologia for Nazi salutes www.unpopularfront.news/p/enough
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Hate to break it to you, Senator, but Trump is not Neville Chamberlain. As misguided and naive as Chamberlain was, he was at least acting in good faith and in what he believed was the cause of peace.
Trump is Joachim von Ribbentrop—or worse.
Trump is Joachim von Ribbentrop—or worse.
World needs Churchill, gets Neville Chamberlain instead.
February 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hate to break it to you, Senator, but Trump is not Neville Chamberlain. As misguided and naive as Chamberlain was, he was at least acting in good faith and in what he believed was the cause of peace.
Trump is Joachim von Ribbentrop—or worse.
Trump is Joachim von Ribbentrop—or worse.
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Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.
February 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.
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What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause. The group …
thehill.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.