@shankofamerica.bsky.social
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This little item by Luke Broadwater on the abrupt, wholly unannounced destruction of a major component of the White House complex is a microcosm of the dysfunctional relationship the press has with this mendacious administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This little item by Luke Broadwater on the abrupt, wholly unannounced destruction of a major component of the White House complex is a microcosm of the dysfunctional relationship the press has with this mendacious administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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NEW: "If Donald Trump were an actual Russian sleeper agent, a formal Kremlin asset, I cannot think of anything he would be doing differently. Can you?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
How Tariffs Destroy an Industry: A Case Study
A policy based on lies, that will accomplish nothing except pain and wanton economic destruction.
www.thebulwark.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
NEW: "If Donald Trump were an actual Russian sleeper agent, a formal Kremlin asset, I cannot think of anything he would be doing differently. Can you?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
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Two papers that made me realize that public support for antidemocratic politicians is more personalistic-cultish and less ideological than I thought
Kim & Patterson 2024: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@noamgidron.bsky.social et al 2025: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Kim & Patterson 2024: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@noamgidron.bsky.social et al 2025: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
March 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Two papers that made me realize that public support for antidemocratic politicians is more personalistic-cultish and less ideological than I thought
Kim & Patterson 2024: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@noamgidron.bsky.social et al 2025: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Kim & Patterson 2024: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@noamgidron.bsky.social et al 2025: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Nikolay Patrushev: To achieve success in the election, Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations....he will be obliged to fulfill them.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Nikolay Patrushev: To achieve success in the election, Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations....he will be obliged to fulfill them.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
CNN: Why the US president would choose the Kremlin over America’s traditional partners remains the subject of intense speculation.
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Unsatisfactory headlines in WaPo, NYT, AP, WSJ. Completely missing the point, which is Trump siding with Putin over Zelensky
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Unsatisfactory headlines in WaPo, NYT, AP, WSJ. Completely missing the point, which is Trump siding with Putin over Zelensky
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MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds.
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
February 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds.
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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just another one of those things that would be a huge scandal if it were the other party, but as it stands we'll be lucky if this gets any national coverage
The DC police last week sought to arrest a sitting member of Congress, a Florida Republican, for physically assaulting a woman in DC. But the US attorney’s office didn’t sign off on it. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
Florida congressman investigated for alleged DC assault as police probe their own handling
D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.
www.nbcwashington.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
just another one of those things that would be a huge scandal if it were the other party, but as it stands we'll be lucky if this gets any national coverage
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This is the way this regime should be covered.
I'm sending my fourth weekly dispatch of how the US media *should* be covering the unprecedented coup by Musk's junta later this morning. Sign up here to get it straight to your inbox: www.doomsdayscenario.co
Doomsday Scenario
Reporting and thoughts from Garrett M. Graff, trying to answer if things are as bad as they seem.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is the way this regime should be covered.
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Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social!
"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."
"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."
A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social!
"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."
"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."
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A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.
February 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.
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I don't know how to drive home to people that the republican house and senate HAVE NO LINE
There's nothing trump can do that will get them to say no.
Stop thinking "surely they can't let THIS go"
They can. They have. They will.
There's nothing trump can do that will get them to say no.
Stop thinking "surely they can't let THIS go"
They can. They have. They will.
I think there’s some truth to this.
But Musk / Trump have to roll out their coup quickly. And as they go cutting NIH, defense and agriculture they are going to run into further internal questions about whether GOP Sen can let these things go. Even the House, one has to expect. What will they do?
But Musk / Trump have to roll out their coup quickly. And as they go cutting NIH, defense and agriculture they are going to run into further internal questions about whether GOP Sen can let these things go. Even the House, one has to expect. What will they do?
People are delusional about what happens if Musk and Trump ignore the law, the Constitution, and court orders. Everyone is acting like this is a standoff over USAID and a few other programs, and then we'll go back to politics as normal.
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I don't know how to drive home to people that the republican house and senate HAVE NO LINE
There's nothing trump can do that will get them to say no.
Stop thinking "surely they can't let THIS go"
They can. They have. They will.
There's nothing trump can do that will get them to say no.
Stop thinking "surely they can't let THIS go"
They can. They have. They will.
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@normornstein.bsky.social also pointed out how much China is benefitting from Elon’s actions. It’s almost like he’s gutting USAID to purposely hand China a major win. Is Trump trying to build a tower there too?
@lastword.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com is on 🔥 tonight. Sharing the truth: We are not a country that follows the Rule of Law
@normornstein.bsky.social @ejdionne.bsky.social adding important context
#ThisIsACoup
@normornstein.bsky.social @ejdionne.bsky.social adding important context
#ThisIsACoup
February 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
@normornstein.bsky.social also pointed out how much China is benefitting from Elon’s actions. It’s almost like he’s gutting USAID to purposely hand China a major win. Is Trump trying to build a tower there too?
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Every time I say it people push back but-
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
Instructive to understand what made MAGA:
"Americans think that foreign aid gobbles up a massive 25% of the federal budget, polls say. The real figure is closer to 1% ($68bn in 2023, not counting most aid to Ukraine). That’s a very modest 0.25% of GDP"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
"Americans think that foreign aid gobbles up a massive 25% of the federal budget, polls say. The real figure is closer to 1% ($68bn in 2023, not counting most aid to Ukraine). That’s a very modest 0.25% of GDP"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
By cutting off assistance to foreigners, America hurts itself
Donald Trump’s chaotic aid freeze makes his country weaker
www.economist.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Every time I say it people push back but-
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
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To review, the FAA administrator was forced out because of a business vendetta of Elon Musk’s, Trump froze the hiring of new ATCs despite staff shortages, Musk launched an underhanded attempt to hollow out the whole federal workforce, and then the first US airliner crashed in 16 years.
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
To review, the FAA administrator was forced out because of a business vendetta of Elon Musk’s, Trump froze the hiring of new ATCs despite staff shortages, Musk launched an underhanded attempt to hollow out the whole federal workforce, and then the first US airliner crashed in 16 years.
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Spot the difference
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spot the difference
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the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
the crazy part is this means the facebook we’ve all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version
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This is all nonsense. There’s zero jurisdiction. Just release the fucking report. Cannon has no more say than I do.
The 11th Cir. won't block the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report, but it won't exactly enable it, either.
The appeals court leaves in place Judge Cannon's order blocking disclosure.
The appeals court leaves in place Judge Cannon's order blocking disclosure.
January 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is all nonsense. There’s zero jurisdiction. Just release the fucking report. Cannon has no more say than I do.
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Even if the scope were limited to 'people celebrated a murder,' this decivilization warning didn't come after the right lionized Kyle Rittenhouse, or cheered for Daniel Penny
The warning about "decivilization" didn't come after any one of a number of school shootings. It didn't come after January 6. It was after a health insurance company CEO's shooting wasn't received with national mourning:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Decivilization May Already Be Under Way
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshe...
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Even if the scope were limited to 'people celebrated a murder,' this decivilization warning didn't come after the right lionized Kyle Rittenhouse, or cheered for Daniel Penny