Alexander Reid Ross
@areidross.bsky.social
Charité envers les autres; Dignité envers soi-même; Sincérité devant Dieu.
- George Sand
Pinned
Lacerations, or Taking the Continuing Fascism Debate with a Grain of Salt
by Alexander Reid Ross The Debate With The Atlantic’s latest foray into the fascism debate, a whole deluge of discourse spilled out over the social medias about what to do with its changing c…
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I wrote some thoughts about the return of the fascism debate. Feedback appreciated.
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no true anglo-irish-scotsman
February 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM
no true anglo-irish-scotsman
It's snowing raining sunshining
February 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
It's snowing raining sunshining
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I feel like we've all lost sight of the fact of the sheer magnitude of the failure of Putin's latest offensive, i.e. the one that began in 2024—mainly because it's been so baked into the day-to-day.
Far and away the least successful offensive we've seen in not just years, but decades.
Far and away the least successful offensive we've seen in not just years, but decades.
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I feel like we've all lost sight of the fact of the sheer magnitude of the failure of Putin's latest offensive, i.e. the one that began in 2024—mainly because it's been so baked into the day-to-day.
Far and away the least successful offensive we've seen in not just years, but decades.
Far and away the least successful offensive we've seen in not just years, but decades.
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Guess who’s back.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Guess who’s back.
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This is why Portland f-ing rules.
Blazer's Edge is sending a record-breaking 2600 kids to a Blazers game this year!! Thank YOU for donating!!
www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazer...
www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazer...
Astonishing News About Blazer’s Edge Night!
What??? That’s unprecedented.
www.blazersedge.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This is why Portland f-ing rules.
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
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Never the most famous or glamorous actor of his generation but he’s in more good movies making them better with memorable performances in roles large and small than just about anyone else. RIP Robert Duvall
February 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Never the most famous or glamorous actor of his generation but he’s in more good movies making them better with memorable performances in roles large and small than just about anyone else. RIP Robert Duvall
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Civil rights groups sue to protect voter data FBI seized from Georgia office
Fulton county office was raided in January amid Donald Trump’s claims that 2020 election was fraudulent
Fulton county office was raided in January amid Donald Trump’s claims that 2020 election was fraudulent
Civil rights groups sue to protect voter data FBI seized from Georgia office
Fulton county office was raided in January amid Donald Trump’s claims that 2020 election was fraudulent
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Civil rights groups sue to protect voter data FBI seized from Georgia office
Fulton county office was raided in January amid Donald Trump’s claims that 2020 election was fraudulent
Fulton county office was raided in January amid Donald Trump’s claims that 2020 election was fraudulent
incoming golden age of Canadian dominance. moving from global crypto to global syrup currencies. overnight shift. could be big!
EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
incoming golden age of Canadian dominance. moving from global crypto to global syrup currencies. overnight shift. could be big!
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The coverup is Official official: “The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.”
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The coverup is Official official: “The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.”
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Fed. judge holds that it likely violated the law for the Trump administration to remove displays and exhibits about enslaved people at President Washington's first official residence in Philadelphia.
PI issued to stop Trump from trashing President's House.
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PI issued to stop Trump from trashing President's House.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Fed. judge holds that it likely violated the law for the Trump administration to remove displays and exhibits about enslaved people at President Washington's first official residence in Philadelphia.
PI issued to stop Trump from trashing President's House.
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PI issued to stop Trump from trashing President's House.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“If the murder of Alex Pretti…cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings…making the victim the perpetrator, the perpetrator the victim.” —@fotoole.bsky.social
The Crime of Witness | Fintan O’Toole
Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
www.nybooks.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
“If the murder of Alex Pretti…cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings…making the victim the perpetrator, the perpetrator the victim.” —@fotoole.bsky.social
it's funny that this is basically just Abundance bro stuff taken to its logical extreme
Pethokoukis thinks the reason why Elon Musk failed to build the Hyperloop was that the procedural requirements under NEPA were just too demanding.
(Paging @parismarx.com)
I really need to introduce James to the local wallet inspector.
(Paging @parismarx.com)
I really need to introduce James to the local wallet inspector.
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
it's funny that this is basically just Abundance bro stuff taken to its logical extreme
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Karen Attiah’s work on preserving/expanding access to all of this cool academic work is one of the few bright spots in a depressing time for higher education.
NEW:
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
The New School Cancelled Their Class on Global Soccer and World Politics. We Are Going To Teach it Anyway.
When institutions abandon critical thinking, we build our own classrooms.
karenattiah.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Karen Attiah’s work on preserving/expanding access to all of this cool academic work is one of the few bright spots in a depressing time for higher education.
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AI is like Bill Brasky.
"AI taught me to love a woman... and discipline a child."
"AI taught me to love a woman... and discipline a child."
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
AI is like Bill Brasky.
"AI taught me to love a woman... and discipline a child."
"AI taught me to love a woman... and discipline a child."
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If enough people buy it in hardcover, yes. Not an ideal answer but how the business works. Even books that win awards don’t get paperbacks unless they sell enough copies in hardcover.
There will be ebook and audiobook editions, too, which will be cheaper than hardcover.
There will be ebook and audiobook editions, too, which will be cheaper than hardcover.
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If enough people buy it in hardcover, yes. Not an ideal answer but how the business works. Even books that win awards don’t get paperbacks unless they sell enough copies in hardcover.
There will be ebook and audiobook editions, too, which will be cheaper than hardcover.
There will be ebook and audiobook editions, too, which will be cheaper than hardcover.
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The huge success of "actually eating steak and butter every day is GOOD for me" is great evidence for the Everyone is 12 Now theory
Fun fact: half of the “experts” who wrote RFK Jr’s new food guidelines—which push people to eat more red meat, saturated fats, beef tallow, & full fat dairy—have financial ties to the livestock & dairy industries
Looks like RFK Jr & Makary CREATED a corrupt food pyramid
Looks like RFK Jr & Makary CREATED a corrupt food pyramid
Makary: "We ended what was a corrupt food pyramid"
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The huge success of "actually eating steak and butter every day is GOOD for me" is great evidence for the Everyone is 12 Now theory
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"US businesses and consumers last year paid for nearly 90% of 2025’s import taxes, the Fed branch found." edition.cnn.com/2026/02/12/b...
A year in, it’s official: Americans, not foreigners, are paying for Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirms what economists have long warned about: The burden of tariffs is borne almost entirely by the people living in the country that imposes ...
edition.cnn.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"US businesses and consumers last year paid for nearly 90% of 2025’s import taxes, the Fed branch found." edition.cnn.com/2026/02/12/b...
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NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault, Epstein files show.
substack.com/@sollenberge...
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FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault, Epstein files show.
substack.com/@sollenberge...
substack.com/@sollenberge...
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Michelle Haas did not seek to bring her case to the Texas Supreme Court. That's the end of the road. We won.
In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Michelle Haas did not seek to bring her case to the Texas Supreme Court. That's the end of the road. We won.
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Harper’s Letter signers are assembling their rapid response team, I’m sure
Chaya Raichik is trying to get an elementary-school teacher fired for reposting a single viral video with zero additional commentary
February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Harper’s Letter signers are assembling their rapid response team, I’m sure
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
the amazing thing about the anti-Mellon shank job is its resistance to actually contending with any of the ideas being described. for instance, the author glides past something that I think is one of the coolest and most interesting projects on earth:
borderlandsshakespeare.org/the-bard-in-...
borderlandsshakespeare.org/the-bard-in-...
The Bard in the Borderlands - Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva
The Bard in the Borderlands brings a wide range of Borderlands Shakespeare plays together for the first time scholarly edition.
borderlandsshakespeare.org
February 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
the amazing thing about the anti-Mellon shank job is its resistance to actually contending with any of the ideas being described. for instance, the author glides past something that I think is one of the coolest and most interesting projects on earth:
borderlandsshakespeare.org/the-bard-in-...
borderlandsshakespeare.org/the-bard-in-...
