Brett Miller
@themonarchtimes.bsky.social
Calling it "January 6th" has been a huge mistake. It should forever be known as "The Trump Insurrection." Likes/reposts don't mean I endorse everything that person ever said.
In 2025, the media treated Trump's executive orders and other proclamations as if they were the law of the land, regardless of their illegality or his lack of authority. I think going forward we will start to see the media give them more of the 'old man yells at clouds' treatment they deserve.
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In 2025, the media treated Trump's executive orders and other proclamations as if they were the law of the land, regardless of their illegality or his lack of authority. I think going forward we will start to see the media give them more of the 'old man yells at clouds' treatment they deserve.
What are the odds that one of these Republican gerrymandered districts ends up unexpectedly flipping blue in 2026?
i think this is the first time i’ve seen the “even though they lost they actually won” headline construction used for democrats
Despite loss, Democrats overperformed in bright red Tennessee House race
Aftyn Behn is on pace to significantly outperform Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nashville area district Tuesday night.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What are the odds that one of these Republican gerrymandered districts ends up unexpectedly flipping blue in 2026?
Now would be a great time for Democrats and any left-leaning media or launch a non-stop chorus of attacks on Trump for inciting violence.
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Now would be a great time for Democrats and any left-leaning media or launch a non-stop chorus of attacks on Trump for inciting violence.
Good summary of what's going on in the White House.
The office is functionally vacant not just in a "he's very bad" sense but because he is literally unable to wield effective control over the government, and so non compos mentis that his orders are either disregarded as gibberish he'll forget or followed even though he's unable to validly give them.
“Oh damn, the president ordered the murder of his political opponents” is super bad and to a large extent so is “nobody under him lifted one single finger toward that goal” because who is exercising the power of the presidency at that point?
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Good summary of what's going on in the White House.
This has been a very real phenomena over the past 10 years and is a very underrated reason for how we got a second Trump term.
Democrats are responsible for every intemperate comment from every random anonymous internet communist.
But the Republican president who is at the center of a cult of personality that has consumed the entire GOP can call for mass executions, and somehow this isn’t laid at the feet of Republicans.
But the Republican president who is at the center of a cult of personality that has consumed the entire GOP can call for mass executions, and somehow this isn’t laid at the feet of Republicans.
Weird. Nothing on the @nytimes.com homepage about the President of the United States calling for the execution of members of the opposition in response to their political speech.
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This has been a very real phenomena over the past 10 years and is a very underrated reason for how we got a second Trump term.
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Legally, morally, and practically, the office of president of the United States is vacant.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Legally, morally, and practically, the office of president of the United States is vacant.
I'm very skeptical that the current Democratic leadership will have what it takes to force MAGA out of power when the time comes. But even if they do, I know for certain that they don't have what it takes to do what must be done afterward.
are you really going to imprison the goons terrorizing our cities? you just capitulated in a fight that you were very clearly winning
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm very skeptical that the current Democratic leadership will have what it takes to force MAGA out of power when the time comes. But even if they do, I know for certain that they don't have what it takes to do what must be done afterward.
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They already had this, when they passed axing ACA credits. There's no ambiguity that Republicans did that and you can attack them for it. The marginal advantage of having another vote for messaging purposes is, at best, extremely thin, and even negative if it lets some Rs cast a meaningless yes vote
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They already had this, when they passed axing ACA credits. There's no ambiguity that Republicans did that and you can attack them for it. The marginal advantage of having another vote for messaging purposes is, at best, extremely thin, and even negative if it lets some Rs cast a meaningless yes vote
I agree with this and think that it's been obvious for much of this year. Hopefully, the mainstream media will finally get the message.
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I agree with this and think that it's been obvious for much of this year. Hopefully, the mainstream media will finally get the message.
This is the way. As long as MAGA controls the federal government, the single focus must be to win back every bit of power possible along the way to the 2028 election, at which point we will need everyone to come together to fight the MAGA coup attempt to invalidate it and retain power.
A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is the way. As long as MAGA controls the federal government, the single focus must be to win back every bit of power possible along the way to the 2028 election, at which point we will need everyone to come together to fight the MAGA coup attempt to invalidate it and retain power.
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There's a reason I wrote about how the only way they know to communicate is through trolling ...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There's a reason I wrote about how the only way they know to communicate is through trolling ...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
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After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
This is a really great explanation of the current US government in a nutshell. I would also include bigotry as another driver of policy.
Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.
lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is a really great explanation of the current US government in a nutshell. I would also include bigotry as another driver of policy.
A giant ballroom attached to the White House sounds like the perfect place to convene a special court to have public trials for all the crimes committed by Trump and the members of his Administration.
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A giant ballroom attached to the White House sounds like the perfect place to convene a special court to have public trials for all the crimes committed by Trump and the members of his Administration.
Stop and take a moment to think about this.
the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Stop and take a moment to think about this.
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For all his "ha ha look at me wearing a crown" shtick, note none of their chosen response features his own supporters. His AI slop doesn't show cheering crowds of MAGA-hatted followers. It doesn't lay claim to his own popular support. It's all literally a king, just him alone, versus the people.
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
For all his "ha ha look at me wearing a crown" shtick, note none of their chosen response features his own supporters. His AI slop doesn't show cheering crowds of MAGA-hatted followers. It doesn't lay claim to his own popular support. It's all literally a king, just him alone, versus the people.
Can’t stress this enough. They are so blinded by their hatred of the out groups, they will automatically adopt any position that opposes them, no matter what.
The latest AP-NORC poll had Trump at 37% approval, but, sure, lean into Trump-is-King. Good idea.
MAGA really doesn't know how to think about anything except to take the opposite position of their enemies, real or perceived.
MAGA really doesn't know how to think about anything except to take the opposite position of their enemies, real or perceived.
Really think the biggest win today aside from just numbers is negatively polarizing the regime of 12-year-olds into fully adopting #YESKINGS as their official stance.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Can’t stress this enough. They are so blinded by their hatred of the out groups, they will automatically adopt any position that opposes them, no matter what.
This is exactly why the regime will eventually force people to express loyalty and support. Remaining silent won’t even be an acceptable option.
This is why they will never be satisfied by political power, no matter how absolute and unchecked it is. They will always be perpetually aggrieved against the mere existence of cultural trends and civil society they dislike, and thus even more determined to use the government to stamp them out.
a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is exactly why the regime will eventually force people to express loyalty and support. Remaining silent won’t even be an acceptable option.
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Excellent analysis of MAGA's attempt to take over the military in their war against American society.
I wrote about Tuesday’s Quantico fascism fest. Something I think it’s important to stress is that the military can be a place for advancing social policy, for good or ill.
Hegseth is using it to implement his white Christian nationalist views. www.liberalcurrents.com/war-fighters...
Hegseth is using it to implement his white Christian nationalist views. www.liberalcurrents.com/war-fighters...
War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on The American People
Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Excellent analysis of MAGA's attempt to take over the military in their war against American society.
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Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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Disney reverses course on Kimmel. Lessons:
-Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular
-Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact
-Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones
-Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular
-Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact
-Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones
September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Disney reverses course on Kimmel. Lessons:
-Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular
-Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact
-Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones
-Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular
-Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact
-Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones
For the far right, Charlie Kirk memorials are the new Confederate monuments.
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
For the far right, Charlie Kirk memorials are the new Confederate monuments.