a moveable beast…
@moveablebeast.bsky.social
“rootless cosmopolitan globalist”
Reposted by a moveable beast…
This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
Reposted by a moveable beast…
The Republicans’ problem is that their entire health care plan has been to be against stuff: Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
thehill.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Republicans’ problem is that their entire health care plan has been to be against stuff: Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Reposted by a moveable beast…
This is James Bennet, the former NYT opinion editor who didn't read Tom Cotton's "let's unleash the military on American cities" op-ed before running it and then got fired. Also, he hired both Bari Weiss and Bret Stephens. He's more responsible than most for the republic's ruination.
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is James Bennet, the former NYT opinion editor who didn't read Tom Cotton's "let's unleash the military on American cities" op-ed before running it and then got fired. Also, he hired both Bari Weiss and Bret Stephens. He's more responsible than most for the republic's ruination.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Up next in our series on drivers of the affordability crisis: technology.
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
Prices in the Machine - The American Prospect
AI’s real contribution to humanity could be maximizing corporate profit by preying on personal data to raise prices. In fact, it’s already happening.
prospect.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Up next in our series on drivers of the affordability crisis: technology.
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
Reposted by a moveable beast…
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Reposted by a moveable beast…
"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill, even if the politics haven’t | CNN Politics
As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its only health clinic.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Mexican remittances data suggests the period of behavior changes in response to ICE/CBP abductions has peaked. Remittances dropped sharply earlier this year driven by volumes but those are now stabilizing as people adapt to the new reality. Implications for labor markets and some consumer spending.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Mexican remittances data suggests the period of behavior changes in response to ICE/CBP abductions has peaked. Remittances dropped sharply earlier this year driven by volumes but those are now stabilizing as people adapt to the new reality. Implications for labor markets and some consumer spending.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Your regular reminder that any member of Congress can introduce any bill on any topic at any time and most go nowhere and are simply publicity stunts. Anyway, Moreno (a dumb used car salesman) apparently doesn’t grasp that the US does not control other countries’ citizenship laws.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Your regular reminder that any member of Congress can introduce any bill on any topic at any time and most go nowhere and are simply publicity stunts. Anyway, Moreno (a dumb used car salesman) apparently doesn’t grasp that the US does not control other countries’ citizenship laws.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
blatantly unconstitutional messaging bill gunna blatantly unconstitutional messaging bill
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
blatantly unconstitutional messaging bill gunna blatantly unconstitutional messaging bill
Reposted by a moveable beast…
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Reposted by a moveable beast…
"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
Or are they the same thing?
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
Reposted by a moveable beast…
"In April, he welcomed Witkoff to the St. Petersburg presidential library for another three-hour meeting with Putin. Witkoff took his own notes, relying on a Kremlin translator..."
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"In April, he welcomed Witkoff to the St. Petersburg presidential library for another three-hour meeting with Putin. Witkoff took his own notes, relying on a Kremlin translator..."
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Yet another long feature article about political violence that refuses to acknowledge the basic reality that right-wing violence is far more common than left-wing violence.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yet another long feature article about political violence that refuses to acknowledge the basic reality that right-wing violence is far more common than left-wing violence.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
See this one yesterday?
The folks pushing this inside the National Archives are the ones who fired me as director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library right before the shutdown started. Happy to share more if you’re interested.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The folks pushing this inside the National Archives are the ones who fired me as director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library right before the shutdown started. Happy to share more if you’re interested.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The campaign to make Richard Nixon great again
The late president, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, actually wasn’t a crook, pundits on the right argue.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
See this one yesterday?
The folks pushing this inside the National Archives are the ones who fired me as director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library right before the shutdown started. Happy to share more if you’re interested.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The folks pushing this inside the National Archives are the ones who fired me as director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library right before the shutdown started. Happy to share more if you’re interested.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Reposted by a moveable beast…
if you’re the secretary of defense and you are posting on social media about your likely illegal drone strikes “omgg guys what we are doing is legal!! trust me!” you have lost the PR battle
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
if you’re the secretary of defense and you are posting on social media about your likely illegal drone strikes “omgg guys what we are doing is legal!! trust me!” you have lost the PR battle
Reposted by a moveable beast…
To liberals who understand the stakes but feel at sea when it comes to solutions: The Reconstruction Papers will provide solutions. It will lay out a vision to rebuild for our era rather than repairing relics of the past. Let go of your grief for a flawed liberal past, embrace the liberal future.
A Preview of a Project We'll Pursue if Fully Funded
Investing in a positive vision for a liberal future, rather than remaining in a defensive crouch on behalf of a liberal past.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
To liberals who understand the stakes but feel at sea when it comes to solutions: The Reconstruction Papers will provide solutions. It will lay out a vision to rebuild for our era rather than repairing relics of the past. Let go of your grief for a flawed liberal past, embrace the liberal future.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
This is an actual post from the actual embarrassment who is the actual Secretary of Defense.
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is an actual post from the actual embarrassment who is the actual Secretary of Defense.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Reposted by a moveable beast…
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"