At least he proved ivermectin isn't a cure for cancer. There's that

there's a desperation to slam the lid shut on our teetering democratic system. theres an urgency because they fear, probably correctly, that their existence has become such that a society of free people can no longer tolerate them. it's their pile of money or us, and they're choosing their money

The rich aren't the only ones guilty of vilifying the very idea of taxes. The idea that taxes are bad and tax cuts are good is corrosive and it's crept into every layer of our society. It's stupid, harmful, selfish, and makes life worse for everyone.

They can't actually control how the 65% of us who aren't completely braindead on MAGA propaganda react.

The Jimmy Kimmel fight and the National Guard fight — both lost by Trump — show that his super-confidence that he can just bellow us into submission is not rooted in reality.

Once Congress accepted those illegal layoffs and shutdowns of agencies funded by Congress, with barely any fight, I sort of thought it was over, in an important sense. The field wasn't gonna be contested. You needed some South Korea style fight immediately, on the ground, and it didn't happen.

Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.