The Happy Warrior
@thehappywarrior.bsky.social
Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?
A determination to be happy in-spite of all that occurs.
That every man in arms should wish to be?
A determination to be happy in-spite of all that occurs.
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I did an interview where I talked at length about why liberal analyses of how to win elections are wrong, why social media matters so much, what’s changed, what’s the same, why Marxists are deeply unsuited for this moment, how people think, and more.
renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
All that is solid melts into posts: an interview with Will Stancil
In recent years, the American researcher (and committed social media poster) Will Stancil has emerged as one of the most prominent and vociferous critics of materialist theories of politics, and of th...
renewal.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I did an interview where I talked at length about why liberal analyses of how to win elections are wrong, why social media matters so much, what’s changed, what’s the same, why Marxists are deeply unsuited for this moment, how people think, and more.
renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
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"If Trump decided to bulldoze the entire White House complex, pave it over, and move the seat of executive power permanently to Camp David, or Mar-a-Lago, or Moscow, could he do that?" We do in fact have to ask this.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/of-kings-a...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/of-kings-a...
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"If Trump decided to bulldoze the entire White House complex, pave it over, and move the seat of executive power permanently to Camp David, or Mar-a-Lago, or Moscow, could he do that?" We do in fact have to ask this.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/of-kings-a...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/of-kings-a...
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If I ran for President in 2028, I’d run on taking a bulldozer to Trump’s ballroom, an utter desecration of the peoples’ house. In fact, I’d invite the American people one weekend to bring their own sledgehammers & crowbars to the White House to help tear that abomination down.
This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If I ran for President in 2028, I’d run on taking a bulldozer to Trump’s ballroom, an utter desecration of the peoples’ house. In fact, I’d invite the American people one weekend to bring their own sledgehammers & crowbars to the White House to help tear that abomination down.
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️
The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority
World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️
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George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
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"In the span of a decade, print media went from having a monopoly on display ads to being worst-in-class in a crowded business. This was the fundamental disruption the internet unleashed on journalism." Some of how we got here, plus welcome @crampell.bsky.social! www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.
We drink their milkshake.
www.thebulwark.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"In the span of a decade, print media went from having a monopoly on display ads to being worst-in-class in a crowded business. This was the fundamental disruption the internet unleashed on journalism." Some of how we got here, plus welcome @crampell.bsky.social! www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
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“The Bulwark is a written, video, and audio product. And as we grow, we are looking for people who can excel across all those mediums,” CEO Sarah Longwell said in a statement. “Catherine is not just one of those people — she’s one of the best of those people.”
Hell yeah. @crampell.bsky.social
Former Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark | Semafor www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
Former Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark | Semafor www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark
Catherine Rampell will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter for the anti-Trump media brand.
www.semafor.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“The Bulwark is a written, video, and audio product. And as we grow, we are looking for people who can excel across all those mediums,” CEO Sarah Longwell said in a statement. “Catherine is not just one of those people — she’s one of the best of those people.”
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There are days when it can feel like it’s already over and the bad guys won. That’s how they want us to feel. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. Let’s not make it easy for them.
October 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
There are days when it can feel like it’s already over and the bad guys won. That’s how they want us to feel. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. Let’s not make it easy for them.
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Stephen miller is actively calling for a civil war right now on Twitter.
I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.
I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.
October 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Stephen miller is actively calling for a civil war right now on Twitter.
I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.
I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.
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an important dynamic in 2024 was voters saying "oh well he won't actually do the things that he promised to do" because for like four cycles in a row presidents have been elected to make sweeping changes and have basically fizzled
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
an important dynamic in 2024 was voters saying "oh well he won't actually do the things that he promised to do" because for like four cycles in a row presidents have been elected to make sweeping changes and have basically fizzled
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this is a great piece and a very important thing to keep in mind
it is possible to be clear-eyed about what we’re facing without throwing up your hands and going, well, I guess we’ve lost forever, nothing we can do about it
we have not and we shouldn’t make it easier for them
it is possible to be clear-eyed about what we’re facing without throwing up your hands and going, well, I guess we’ve lost forever, nothing we can do about it
we have not and we shouldn’t make it easier for them
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
this is a great piece and a very important thing to keep in mind
it is possible to be clear-eyed about what we’re facing without throwing up your hands and going, well, I guess we’ve lost forever, nothing we can do about it
we have not and we shouldn’t make it easier for them
it is possible to be clear-eyed about what we’re facing without throwing up your hands and going, well, I guess we’ve lost forever, nothing we can do about it
we have not and we shouldn’t make it easier for them
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The professionalism that our most senior military commanders exhibited with their silence today despite repeated attempts by Hegseth & Trump begging them to please clap was encouraging, & should be an example to all troops when they try to exploit them for partisan politics. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The professionalism that our most senior military commanders exhibited with their silence today despite repeated attempts by Hegseth & Trump begging them to please clap was encouraging, & should be an example to all troops when they try to exploit them for partisan politics. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Yes, Bluesky is a great demonstration of how the problem with fragmented information ecosystem is STRUCTRUAL, not that the wrong people own them. The admins here are not malicious and don't do very much. The problem is that the basic choose-your-own-reality dynamic still pervades.
This site has helped disabuse me of that thought - it's definitely better than Xitter but it's pretty clear now that something malign arises structurally from having this kind of a website regardless of the light touch/general good intentions of the admins
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yes, Bluesky is a great demonstration of how the problem with fragmented information ecosystem is STRUCTRUAL, not that the wrong people own them. The admins here are not malicious and don't do very much. The problem is that the basic choose-your-own-reality dynamic still pervades.
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Can guarantee this will be the best combined source for a) some fascinating and underexplored public opinion research and b) wildly adorable little animations you will click on today
Check out our new CNN poll deep dive into who political independents are, how they engage with politics and what they think about the current political moment. The classic swing voter appears to be a thing of the past. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
What does an independent mean in politics?
New CNN poll results identify five distinct types of independents.
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Can guarantee this will be the best combined source for a) some fascinating and underexplored public opinion research and b) wildly adorable little animations you will click on today
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I get very frustrated when Christians complain that they don’t feel at home in our culture. You’re not supposed to feel at home, in any culture. If you’re doing it right and taking it seriously, you’re 100% supposed to feel like a fish out of water.
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I get very frustrated when Christians complain that they don’t feel at home in our culture. You’re not supposed to feel at home, in any culture. If you’re doing it right and taking it seriously, you’re 100% supposed to feel like a fish out of water.
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this is why we need to bring back shame
there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society
the rules cannot be set by the worst of us
there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society
the rules cannot be set by the worst of us
the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
this is why we need to bring back shame
there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society
the rules cannot be set by the worst of us
there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society
the rules cannot be set by the worst of us
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Idk but I've increasingly sold myself on an explanation of contemporary American politics as the traditional electoral battleground (rurals) leaping red sharply, while the old GOP heartlands (suburbs) and new battlegrounds have lurched left but still remain fairly red
Idk it really seems like the story of the last 40 years is suburbs going supernova for republicans in the 70s and 80s, rurals going from contested to red from in the 2000s and 2010s, while most suburbs have shifted left from cherry red to light red (some have become blue or even sapphire)
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Idk but I've increasingly sold myself on an explanation of contemporary American politics as the traditional electoral battleground (rurals) leaping red sharply, while the old GOP heartlands (suburbs) and new battlegrounds have lurched left but still remain fairly red
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
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I cannot emphasize this enough:
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I cannot emphasize this enough:
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
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this is, somewhat surprisingly, a pretty good rundown of why kirk was so important to republicans (generally) and trump (specifically), from a tactical standpoint, and explains why elected republicans who aren't trump seem genuinely kind of devastated
Why Charlie Kirk Had No Counterpart on the Left
Over the past decade, Kirk built an entirely new infrastructure for the GOP.
www.politico.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this is, somewhat surprisingly, a pretty good rundown of why kirk was so important to republicans (generally) and trump (specifically), from a tactical standpoint, and explains why elected republicans who aren't trump seem genuinely kind of devastated
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the answer to "why has the supreme court gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has elon musk gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has my uncle gone insane" which is that people mostly mirror the prevailing beliefs in their social environment and they're immersed in nazi media
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the answer to "why has the supreme court gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has elon musk gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has my uncle gone insane" which is that people mostly mirror the prevailing beliefs in their social environment and they're immersed in nazi media
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How is it that some politicians who drape themselves in the Bible and can’t talk enough about their professed faith can lie, deceive and side with people who do really bad things?
Simple.
Their conscience doesn’t work anymore. 1 Timothy 4:1-2.
Simple.
Their conscience doesn’t work anymore. 1 Timothy 4:1-2.
September 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How is it that some politicians who drape themselves in the Bible and can’t talk enough about their professed faith can lie, deceive and side with people who do really bad things?
Simple.
Their conscience doesn’t work anymore. 1 Timothy 4:1-2.
Simple.
Their conscience doesn’t work anymore. 1 Timothy 4:1-2.
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it took 2000 years but finally we know what "the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit" is.
"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators.
Fantasy or faith? One company's AI-generated Bible content stirs controversy
"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it took 2000 years but finally we know what "the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit" is.