Larry Levitsky
@lsquared52.bsky.social
Once upon a time, a book publishing and tech executive…now, a Patriot in exile, in Vermont.
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The Grid and the Scam.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The Grid and the Scam.
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The Grab Them By The doctrine
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "The United States has demonstrated to the people around the world that we can touch you anywhere at any time or our choosing"
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The Grab Them By The doctrine
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I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
The shit and the madness is flying by us at such dizzying pace, that’s it’s difficult to underscore the most emblematic, but Enrique Tarrio being revealed as an ICE officer is a candidate. ICE = SS
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 AM
The shit and the madness is flying by us at such dizzying pace, that’s it’s difficult to underscore the most emblematic, but Enrique Tarrio being revealed as an ICE officer is a candidate. ICE = SS
“For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules.
Not anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Not anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules.
Not anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Not anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
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Heritage Foundation is back with a plan to save America by making alimony illegal and banning porn.
They call it Project Handmaid (no they don't)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
They call it Project Handmaid (no they don't)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and births through discouraging online dating, restricting pornography and creating tax credits for families.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Heritage Foundation is back with a plan to save America by making alimony illegal and banning porn.
They call it Project Handmaid (no they don't)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
They call it Project Handmaid (no they don't)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
Thread!
@jeffsharlet,You definitely have the cred, dear trusted source! Even tho your message is soundly bleak, you’ve given me a sliver of hope. Thx!
@jeffsharlet,You definitely have the cred, dear trusted source! Even tho your message is soundly bleak, you’ve given me a sliver of hope. Thx!
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Thread!
@jeffsharlet,You definitely have the cred, dear trusted source! Even tho your message is soundly bleak, you’ve given me a sliver of hope. Thx!
@jeffsharlet,You definitely have the cred, dear trusted source! Even tho your message is soundly bleak, you’ve given me a sliver of hope. Thx!
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On tRump’s recent speech:
“There was a way in which this speech felt like the foreigner in a country where his solution to the fact that nobody can understand him is to speak more loudly in his own language.”
From Political Gabfest:
On tRump’s recent speech:
“There was a way in which this speech felt like the foreigner in a country where his solution to the fact that nobody can understand him is to speak more loudly in his own language.”
From Political Gabfest:
Susie Wiles is a Sane Enabler
Podcast Episode · Political Gabfest · 12/18/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@jdickerson.bsky.social
On tRump’s recent speech:
“There was a way in which this speech felt like the foreigner in a country where his solution to the fact that nobody can understand him is to speak more loudly in his own language.”
From Political Gabfest:
On tRump’s recent speech:
“There was a way in which this speech felt like the foreigner in a country where his solution to the fact that nobody can understand him is to speak more loudly in his own language.”
From Political Gabfest:
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one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
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The most genuinely human Trump ever seems to me is when he’s desperately fighting to stay awake.
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The most genuinely human Trump ever seems to me is when he’s desperately fighting to stay awake.
I rarely agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Friedman, but this resonates!:
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
Opinion | On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I rarely agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Friedman, but this resonates!:
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
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I'm going to keep posting this 2017 Pareene article till it stops being relevant (forever?) www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...
Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm going to keep posting this 2017 Pareene article till it stops being relevant (forever?) www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...
👀 Ignore Cassandra at our collective risks!!!
The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
👀 Ignore Cassandra at our collective risks!!!
The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.
Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants
The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.
nyti.ms
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.