Scott Hollis
@scotthollis.bsky.social
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As this tweet from 9 years ago today reminds us, the dismantling of the institutions and habits of mind that make modern governance possible in a pluralistic democracy has been a project that "conservatives" like Gorsuch have been on board with for a long time.
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As this tweet from 9 years ago today reminds us, the dismantling of the institutions and habits of mind that make modern governance possible in a pluralistic democracy has been a project that "conservatives" like Gorsuch have been on board with for a long time.
Every single person in this administration can eat a bag of dicks. Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Every single person in this administration can eat a bag of dicks. Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.
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the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
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also you know what else is dangerous to individual liberty? a totally unconstrained executive, which we're seeing right now thanks, in part, to kavanaugh's own actions as a justice!
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
also you know what else is dangerous to individual liberty? a totally unconstrained executive, which we're seeing right now thanks, in part, to kavanaugh's own actions as a justice!
He is just the worst person you could possibly imagine. A miserable failure of a human being.
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks. n.pr/48oR7tq
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks.
n.pr
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He is just the worst person you could possibly imagine. A miserable failure of a human being.
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"Look, I know you don’t understand how I’m suddenly the guy making decisions about everybody’s kids when I look and talk like a guy who should never be around a kid ever again, but you need to know that I’m doing what’s best for your children."
I’m Robert F. Kennedy and I Hate Your Kids—I Mean, Um, Vaccines
“A federal vaccine committee took a major step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of remaking the childhood vaccine schedule, vot...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Look, I know you don’t understand how I’m suddenly the guy making decisions about everybody’s kids when I look and talk like a guy who should never be around a kid ever again, but you need to know that I’m doing what’s best for your children."
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i still cringe at how democrats ran away from obamacare in the 2010 cycle. and they still lost! imagine a universe where they ran on "we just made your lives better and the gop wants to bring back preexisting conditions. lets rumble"
There’s an alternate universe where Obamacare was popular almost immediately instead of being treated like a sword to fall on if Dems weren’t obsessed with apologizing for making government work better.
obamacare still winning, nearly 16 years on
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
i still cringe at how democrats ran away from obamacare in the 2010 cycle. and they still lost! imagine a universe where they ran on "we just made your lives better and the gop wants to bring back preexisting conditions. lets rumble"
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All these arguments about how the stuff we have is obsolete ignore how badly other countries want what we have.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
This is a wild framing.
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
All these arguments about how the stuff we have is obsolete ignore how badly other countries want what we have.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
You know who doesn't think drones can replace cruise missiles? Ukraine.
You know who doesn't think carriers and next gen fighters are obsolete? China.
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fam our government is a fucking fascist wax museum
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
fam our government is a fucking fascist wax museum
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (1964)
YouTube video by Bob Hardy
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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It's only class warfare if it's from the Class Warfare region - otherwise it's just sparkling proletariat discontent.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It's only class warfare if it's from the Class Warfare region - otherwise it's just sparkling proletariat discontent.
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Watching him dance is like watching arthritis audition for “Dancing with the Stars: Mobility Scooter Edition.”
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Watching him dance is like watching arthritis audition for “Dancing with the Stars: Mobility Scooter Edition.”
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"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
"We all knew he was a piece of shit but we voted for him anyway because we are also pieces of shit."
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"We all knew he was a piece of shit but we voted for him anyway because we are also pieces of shit."
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I speak truth to the void
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I speak truth to the void
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TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
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The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
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As always, note that these people are describing a world they want to watch. They think real life is a feed to scroll through, and they want some better content. Never once occurs to them that they might inhabit the world they demand we live in for their entertainment.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
As always, note that these people are describing a world they want to watch. They think real life is a feed to scroll through, and they want some better content. Never once occurs to them that they might inhabit the world they demand we live in for their entertainment.
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They’re all like “The purge should be real, time to cull the weak” as if a single one of them would be alive 12 hours into it. It’s adorable.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They’re all like “The purge should be real, time to cull the weak” as if a single one of them would be alive 12 hours into it. It’s adorable.
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OK. Let's start with the tech billionaires.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
OK. Let's start with the tech billionaires.