dwightolin
@dwightolin.bsky.social
Understated yet subtly condescending
“We are trapped in the space between the liberal democracy most Americans grew up in and the dark, belligerent authoritarian state that our government seeks to impose. The important thing isn’t really the name we give to this political development, but our ability to see what’s happening clearly.”
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“We are trapped in the space between the liberal democracy most Americans grew up in and the dark, belligerent authoritarian state that our government seeks to impose. The important thing isn’t really the name we give to this political development, but our ability to see what’s happening clearly.”
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The host of celebrity apprentice did this to us
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The host of celebrity apprentice did this to us
“The factory meat industry has polluted thousands of miles of America’s rivers, killed billions of fish, pushed thousands of family farmers off their land, sickened and killed thousands of U.S. citizens, and treated millions of farm animals with unspeakable cruelty.” —Robert F. Kennedy (2004)
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“The factory meat industry has polluted thousands of miles of America’s rivers, killed billions of fish, pushed thousands of family farmers off their land, sickened and killed thousands of U.S. citizens, and treated millions of farm animals with unspeakable cruelty.” —Robert F. Kennedy (2004)
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it’s so awesome that we’re boiling the oceans for this
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
it’s so awesome that we’re boiling the oceans for this
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
“He is putting his powers as a public entertainer, one who lives his private faith openly and fearlessly, to great use for the country he loves so desperately.”
Opinion | Stephen Colbert Hits a High Note
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December 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“He is putting his powers as a public entertainer, one who lives his private faith openly and fearlessly, to great use for the country he loves so desperately.”
Summary: “It has been a gruesome year for those who see Donald Trump’s kakistocracy clearly. . . . Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.”
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Summary: “It has been a gruesome year for those who see Donald Trump’s kakistocracy clearly. . . . Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.”
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if they had just shown it on 60 Minutes nobody would have seen it
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they had just shown it on 60 Minutes nobody would have seen it
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Armed Parkland police officers ran away
Armed Uvalde police officers refused to act
Unarmed Arab Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed took 2 bullets to protect Jewish neighbors & stopped the mass shooter with his bare hands
Never forget: A good guy w/o a gun had more courage than 100s of cops with unlimited guns
Armed Uvalde police officers refused to act
Unarmed Arab Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed took 2 bullets to protect Jewish neighbors & stopped the mass shooter with his bare hands
Never forget: A good guy w/o a gun had more courage than 100s of cops with unlimited guns
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Armed Parkland police officers ran away
Armed Uvalde police officers refused to act
Unarmed Arab Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed took 2 bullets to protect Jewish neighbors & stopped the mass shooter with his bare hands
Never forget: A good guy w/o a gun had more courage than 100s of cops with unlimited guns
Armed Uvalde police officers refused to act
Unarmed Arab Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed took 2 bullets to protect Jewish neighbors & stopped the mass shooter with his bare hands
Never forget: A good guy w/o a gun had more courage than 100s of cops with unlimited guns
“A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world. Sometimes, to win, you must show that there are principles for which you are prepared to lose.”
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Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
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December 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world. Sometimes, to win, you must show that there are principles for which you are prepared to lose.”
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aren’t you supposed to use your feet
Like hands above the ocean tides holding onto to a shipwreck.
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
aren’t you supposed to use your feet
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
“The emails depict a group whose highest commitment is to their own permanence in the class that decides things. When principles conflict with staying in the network, the network wins.”
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“The emails depict a group whose highest commitment is to their own permanence in the class that decides things. When principles conflict with staying in the network, the network wins.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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We can now confirm that Tony Bennett is no longer the U.Va. basketball coach
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We can now confirm that Tony Bennett is no longer the U.Va. basketball coach
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Guys, stop reading the Epstein emails, it clearly states at the end of each one that we're not allowed to.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Guys, stop reading the Epstein emails, it clearly states at the end of each one that we're not allowed to.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
“Maybe [the Democratic establishment] are embittered and resentful that where their calculated, cynical, focus-grouped campaign strategy of insincerity and manipulation has failed, Mamdani’s unabashedly sincere campaign of joy and principle has succeeded.”
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Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Maybe [the Democratic establishment] are embittered and resentful that where their calculated, cynical, focus-grouped campaign strategy of insincerity and manipulation has failed, Mamdani’s unabashedly sincere campaign of joy and principle has succeeded.”
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“Cognitive degradation threatens our claim to self-rule: It is far from obvious that the denizens of the subcognitive society would be fit to participate in the democratic processes that determine how we structure our societies and lives.”
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Cognitive degradation threatens our claim to self-rule: It is far from obvious that the denizens of the subcognitive society would be fit to participate in the democratic processes that determine how we structure our societies and lives.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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