Saren
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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“When I see footage of a UFC fight or another story about Trump’s insatiable cruelty, I don’t recoil because these things are alien to me but because they speak to the basest parts of the nature we all share. I recoil in recognition—of my neighbors and of myself.”
Trump’s White House UFC fight is an elevation of brutality.
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
Fascism has appeal because its energies exist within all of us. We all have the capacity for hate and violence. What makes liberal democracy unique is how it asks us to transcend our basest selves.
www.liberalcurrents.com/merry-christ...
Merry Christmas, I Don’t Want To Fight: Trump’s White House UFC Event and The Politics of Violence
Trump is seeking to elevate America’s most violent professional sport to an emblem of national identity.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“When I see footage of a UFC fight or another story about Trump’s insatiable cruelty, I don’t recoil because these things are alien to me but because they speak to the basest parts of the nature we all share. I recoil in recognition—of my neighbors and of myself.”
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Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
Not a single one of these is a legitimate reason for a federal investigation
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Not a single one of these is a legitimate reason for a federal investigation
I feel seen
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
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December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I feel seen
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At 11am, watch @klonick.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social discuss the European Commission's announcement that they are fining X 120 million Euros for impersonation scams with “verification,” broken advertising transpaency system, and blocking researchers from its platform.
LIVE SOON: Lawfare Live: The EU Fines X 120 M Euros - What Comes Next?
Starting Dec 5 at 11:00 AM EST
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
At 11am, watch @klonick.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social discuss the European Commission's announcement that they are fining X 120 million Euros for impersonation scams with “verification,” broken advertising transpaency system, and blocking researchers from its platform.
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we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
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anyone from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s team follow me here? trying to get a press pass for the rally with bernie tonight. help!
September 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
anyone from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s team follow me here? trying to get a press pass for the rally with bernie tonight. help!
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I hope you’ll read my latest essay @liberalcurrents.com.
It’s about the importance of virtue for any republic and whether a country willing to re-elect Donald Trump after all he’s done is too far gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com/inherent-vic...
It’s about the importance of virtue for any republic and whether a country willing to re-elect Donald Trump after all he’s done is too far gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com/inherent-vic...
Inherent Vice: Can America Come Back From Who We’ve Become?
At the richest moment in world history, in an unparalleled time of comforts and luxuries, we have elected self-harm and self-pity.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I hope you’ll read my latest essay @liberalcurrents.com.
It’s about the importance of virtue for any republic and whether a country willing to re-elect Donald Trump after all he’s done is too far gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com/inherent-vic...
It’s about the importance of virtue for any republic and whether a country willing to re-elect Donald Trump after all he’s done is too far gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com/inherent-vic...
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My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So.
Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
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I'm at the US Courthouse media room. I'll try to live blog for @lawfaremedia.org the hearing in the case over the dismantling of CFPB before Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Unions claim Trump Adm has ordered reductions in force that violate her injunction even as narrowed by the DC Circuit.
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April 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm at the US Courthouse media room. I'll try to live blog for @lawfaremedia.org the hearing in the case over the dismantling of CFPB before Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Unions claim Trump Adm has ordered reductions in force that violate her injunction even as narrowed by the DC Circuit.
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Hey everyone. Working on a new project focused on telling the stories of the people that Trump’s policies are hurting. If that’s you, use the link below to get in touch.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Hey everyone. Working on a new project focused on telling the stories of the people that Trump’s policies are hurting. If that’s you, use the link below to get in touch.
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There are some very bad stories going around about the Mahmoud Kahlil case. The hearing today was before an immigration judge — which is located within the Justice Department. They are NOT a "federal judge" in the sense that anyone reading at least one nationwide story saying so thinks of it.
April 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There are some very bad stories going around about the Mahmoud Kahlil case. The hearing today was before an immigration judge — which is located within the Justice Department. They are NOT a "federal judge" in the sense that anyone reading at least one nationwide story saying so thinks of it.
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In 1 hour, watch @BenjaminWittes.bsky.social, @AnnaBower.bsky.social, @RParloff.bsky.social, @QJurecic.bsky.social, and Bob Bauer dscuss the litigation against actions from the Trump administration, including the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Gracia to El Salvador, the Alien Enemies Act, and more.
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, April 11
On April 11 at 4 pm ET, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, and Roger Parloff, Lawf...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In 1 hour, watch @BenjaminWittes.bsky.social, @AnnaBower.bsky.social, @RParloff.bsky.social, @QJurecic.bsky.social, and Bob Bauer dscuss the litigation against actions from the Trump administration, including the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Gracia to El Salvador, the Alien Enemies Act, and more.
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I wrote about how America seems to have gone mad and what that does to anyone trying to stay sane. Read at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I wrote about how America seems to have gone mad and what that does to anyone trying to stay sane. Read at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
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Trump: "We're gonna get good elections pretty soon. There's a lot of clamor for it ... the states are just an agent of the federal government."
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump: "We're gonna get good elections pretty soon. There's a lot of clamor for it ... the states are just an agent of the federal government."
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Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread):
1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.
1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.
April 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread):
1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.
1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.
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As a 20 year communications professional I’d like to offer Democrats my most sophisticated advice: While Trump is punching himself in the nuts, you could choose to 1. Also punch him in the nuts; or 2. Punch yourself in the nuts. I strongly advise number 1.
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As a 20 year communications professional I’d like to offer Democrats my most sophisticated advice: While Trump is punching himself in the nuts, you could choose to 1. Also punch him in the nuts; or 2. Punch yourself in the nuts. I strongly advise number 1.
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Markets are experiencing Stockholm Syndrome right now but at some point the real world will have to reckon with the fact that 10% universal tariffs plus 125% tariffs on China (and maybe the EU?) and sector tariffs on steel, aluminum, lumber, and pharmaceuticals are still a huge problem
*TRUMP: AUTHORIZED A 90 DAY PAUSE ON NONRETALIATING COUNTRIES
April 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Markets are experiencing Stockholm Syndrome right now but at some point the real world will have to reckon with the fact that 10% universal tariffs plus 125% tariffs on China (and maybe the EU?) and sector tariffs on steel, aluminum, lumber, and pharmaceuticals are still a huge problem
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Erez Reuveni argued on behalf of the Justice Department during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case.
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
April 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Erez Reuveni argued on behalf of the Justice Department during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case.
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
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I like it when my colleagues get angry and decide to make short, cathartic videos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCQ...
“What happened? You helped elect Donald Trump you fuc*ing moron”
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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April 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I like it when my colleagues get angry and decide to make short, cathartic videos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCQ...
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WOW. Rep. @jayapal.house.gov says CBP's internal affairs department found that a Chinese woman who had overstayed a visa was arrested by Border Patrol and hung herself in a cell. She wasn't found for two hours—even though the records reported multiple welfare checks (suggesting records falsified?).
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
WOW. Rep. @jayapal.house.gov says CBP's internal affairs department found that a Chinese woman who had overstayed a visa was arrested by Border Patrol and hung herself in a cell. She wasn't found for two hours—even though the records reported multiple welfare checks (suggesting records falsified?).
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Rage rant about the government admitting they wrongly sent a man to the El Salvador gulag and are not going to do anything about it.
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Evil
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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April 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rage rant about the government admitting they wrongly sent a man to the El Salvador gulag and are not going to do anything about it.
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...