Paul Bushmiller
@paulbusmiller.bsky.social
University Library Cataloging Clerk by Trade; Govt & Pol major UMCP, Navy photo-intell rating (in a past life), quasi-anarchistic free-form radio is my jam. Originally a New Englander
I don't like criticizing people I fault Trump, as a major break in the post-war continuity of things (& well, the enlightenment) I fault Yglesias for obstinately trying stake out centerist positions - as a signifier of discernment
If that makes me a BlueSky Hukbalahap, Let 101 flowers bloom
If that makes me a BlueSky Hukbalahap, Let 101 flowers bloom
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don't like criticizing people I fault Trump, as a major break in the post-war continuity of things (& well, the enlightenment) I fault Yglesias for obstinately trying stake out centerist positions - as a signifier of discernment
If that makes me a BlueSky Hukbalahap, Let 101 flowers bloom
If that makes me a BlueSky Hukbalahap, Let 101 flowers bloom
There was a WPost editorial a day ago presenting this Administration as normal An anodyne policy review A view shared by the rest of the mainstream media Which is either incompetent or willful misdirection Ignoring our de-evolution into a closed gormless "family" business
Opinion | This alliance has become transactional. Here’s how to repair it.
As the transatlantic alliance shifts, Trump’s tough love is no reason to get in bed with China.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There was a WPost editorial a day ago presenting this Administration as normal An anodyne policy review A view shared by the rest of the mainstream media Which is either incompetent or willful misdirection Ignoring our de-evolution into a closed gormless "family" business
Haven’t taken any photos I really thought were good recently, but this one made me happy in an old school kinda way Cold beach Lewes De. Sunset
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Haven’t taken any photos I really thought were good recently, but this one made me happy in an old school kinda way Cold beach Lewes De. Sunset
Yesterday's news but; that Rally, that Truff Social post, the Visa edicts. Is he simply demented or Mad as a Hatter A Venn diagram of Trump's psyche would locate him at the confluence of lecherous, larcenous & lumpen, A lunatic
I would need to brush up on my Haruspex to know more
I would need to brush up on my Haruspex to know more
Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants
President Trump was on the road in Pennsylvania Tuesday to address affordability, an issue that has dragged down his approval ratings. But at the event the president reverted to campaign mode, deliver...
www.pbs.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yesterday's news but; that Rally, that Truff Social post, the Visa edicts. Is he simply demented or Mad as a Hatter A Venn diagram of Trump's psyche would locate him at the confluence of lecherous, larcenous & lumpen, A lunatic
I would need to brush up on my Haruspex to know more
I would need to brush up on my Haruspex to know more
There is no truth (that I know of) to the scuttlebutt that Trump wants to name his grand & glittering ballroom "House of the Golden Dawn" That is a scurrilous rumour
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There is no truth (that I know of) to the scuttlebutt that Trump wants to name his grand & glittering ballroom "House of the Golden Dawn" That is a scurrilous rumour
Once thought their project was to unravel post-war American: Great Society Civil Rights New Deal to Jim Crow By spring their ambitions were greater - upend the enlightenment past the dead-end of Rococo Monarchies to absolutist mercantile city states of the Medieval
www.vox.com/politics/471...
www.vox.com/politics/471...
“Neo-royalism”: A new way to understand the Trump administration
America’s foreign policy makes sense if you imagine a monarchy.
www.vox.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Once thought their project was to unravel post-war American: Great Society Civil Rights New Deal to Jim Crow By spring their ambitions were greater - upend the enlightenment past the dead-end of Rococo Monarchies to absolutist mercantile city states of the Medieval
www.vox.com/politics/471...
www.vox.com/politics/471...
Recently became aware of a further wrinkle to a dubious notion that's been around Unitary Executive Theory- that all administrative agencies belong to the president Now it is being promulgated as a concept that only he can divine speak for & act on the will of the people, once Ur-elected
A Scholar’s ‘Bombshell’ Questioned Trump’s Power to Fire Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Recently became aware of a further wrinkle to a dubious notion that's been around Unitary Executive Theory- that all administrative agencies belong to the president Now it is being promulgated as a concept that only he can divine speak for & act on the will of the people, once Ur-elected
These news stories on Caribbean drug "interdictions" have left me a little flat The boats pictured open cigarette hulls chained 150(+) outboards wrapped bales were what would be used - shore to ship, shore to shore The trade would be fixed & set on a keenly economic basis
Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in the Americas
The Trump administration has set forth a national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
These news stories on Caribbean drug "interdictions" have left me a little flat The boats pictured open cigarette hulls chained 150(+) outboards wrapped bales were what would be used - shore to ship, shore to shore The trade would be fixed & set on a keenly economic basis
Stopping by the woods on snowy morn
- (all apologies to Frost)
- (all apologies to Frost)
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Stopping by the woods on snowy morn
- (all apologies to Frost)
- (all apologies to Frost)
Turning to ICE/BP's Great Pogrom The Purge continues, but what is end point Immigration bureaucracy & normalization have been by both sides stymies seemingly into a deliberate grey realm w/o rules or recourse deliberately to create an underclass
Trump: Most foreigners eating alive Great American Citizens and Patriots
The Thanksgiving post departed from Trump's, and the MAGA movement's, insistence they oppose "open borders" and instead favor "legal" immigration.
www.usatoday.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Turning to ICE/BP's Great Pogrom The Purge continues, but what is end point Immigration bureaucracy & normalization have been by both sides stymies seemingly into a deliberate grey realm w/o rules or recourse deliberately to create an underclass
Sea-Story time. Occasionally we would hear talk on the Ranger of small containers of cocaine left behind in the cockpits of the jets Not casting aspersions, just pointing out the drugs are a (illegal) market transaction No sellers w/o buyers
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sea-Story time. Occasionally we would hear talk on the Ranger of small containers of cocaine left behind in the cockpits of the jets Not casting aspersions, just pointing out the drugs are a (illegal) market transaction No sellers w/o buyers
Its December & time for my favorite holiday tradition: Pointing out that Polar Express (movie + book) is mostly just a rip of Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985 animie + 1932 children's novel)
Hey, far out, a giant Mikado 2-8-2 just pulled up out front
Hey, far out, a giant Mikado 2-8-2 just pulled up out front
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Its December & time for my favorite holiday tradition: Pointing out that Polar Express (movie + book) is mostly just a rip of Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985 animie + 1932 children's novel)
Hey, far out, a giant Mikado 2-8-2 just pulled up out front
Hey, far out, a giant Mikado 2-8-2 just pulled up out front
Once more for those in doubt. Men like Trump are essentially lawless beings, little l or big L On some level he is dimly aware there are boundaries They fundamentally don't believe law exists, within or without
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once more for those in doubt. Men like Trump are essentially lawless beings, little l or big L On some level he is dimly aware there are boundaries They fundamentally don't believe law exists, within or without
Reposted by Paul Bushmiller
All of us in the US need to watch closely the mistakes that Labour is making - especially its refusal to truly tax the rich - and ensure Democrats do not make those same errors should they ever hold national power again
The ‘squeezed middle’ is back – and this time it could be Labour’s undoing | John Harris
Last week’s budget left middle-income families anxious and angry. The party is turning its back on voters it can little afford to lose, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
All of us in the US need to watch closely the mistakes that Labour is making - especially its refusal to truly tax the rich - and ensure Democrats do not make those same errors should they ever hold national power again
Unconfirmed news that Trump officials "coached" Putin officials on how to (artfully) deal with him are likely true the broad outlines known Corporat-Imperialts like wykoff & vance believe they belong to a realm beyond political government Trump has aged out. Gabba Gabba Hey One of Us
The Dim Philby Leaks - emptywheel
The release of transcripts showing that the Ukraine "piece" plan that Trump claimed to be his own was in fact simply the Russian plan could have the same effect the discovery of Mike Flynn's back chan...
www.emptywheel.net
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Unconfirmed news that Trump officials "coached" Putin officials on how to (artfully) deal with him are likely true the broad outlines known Corporat-Imperialts like wykoff & vance believe they belong to a realm beyond political government Trump has aged out. Gabba Gabba Hey One of Us
I might suggest that the President try "staffing" his departments as much as he "casts" them (for a remake of "Wall-beyond-the Valley of the Dolls"?) But I only take the field every other half inning
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I might suggest that the President try "staffing" his departments as much as he "casts" them (for a remake of "Wall-beyond-the Valley of the Dolls"?) But I only take the field every other half inning
Exact nature of Trump has often eluded me a chimaera charming [to some] when he wants He is a medieval Carney playing "Fast & Loose" (the coiled cord game)you spot a rube & take them You get older the Fairs get bigger you blow it sometimes & lose your cool He was always a con man, now aging
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Exact nature of Trump has often eluded me a chimaera charming [to some] when he wants He is a medieval Carney playing "Fast & Loose" (the coiled cord game)you spot a rube & take them You get older the Fairs get bigger you blow it sometimes & lose your cool He was always a con man, now aging
A lot like to make a lot of Ex-Pres. Bidens onset senility while tiptoeing around Trump's full blown insanity/dementias This is not a good honest or just look, and will never get better for him or any following this line
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot like to make a lot of Ex-Pres. Bidens onset senility while tiptoeing around Trump's full blown insanity/dementias This is not a good honest or just look, and will never get better for him or any following this line
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
When I was at "Lakes" we had a lecture on the UCMJ & "Unlawful" orders I didn't go - Company clerk 'other duties as assigned' but the gist was if you followed such an order & things went… sideways they'd string _you_ up like a weekend package from Barbieri's bodega
From the Department of Tragic Irony:
On the day the Harvard Law School releases a digital archive of the Nuremberg Trials, the President threatens the lives of members of Congress who utter its most basic truth: That everyone, especially soldiers, must follow the law.
nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
On the day the Harvard Law School releases a digital archive of the Nuremberg Trials, the President threatens the lives of members of Congress who utter its most basic truth: That everyone, especially soldiers, must follow the law.
nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
Nuremberg - Explore the Nuremberg Trials!
The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project is an open-access initiative to create and present digitized images and full-text versions of the Library's Nuremberg Trials documents,…
nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When I was at "Lakes" we had a lecture on the UCMJ & "Unlawful" orders I didn't go - Company clerk 'other duties as assigned' but the gist was if you followed such an order & things went… sideways they'd string _you_ up like a weekend package from Barbieri's bodega
Love all these suit 'n tie types who seem so chuffed about Ai (how it'll eliminate the need or any 'underclass'. but leave room for them They'll sit back and that letter will arrive "employment opportunity at the Northern Virginia Soylent Processing centre, & abattoir. Enter around back & wait
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Love all these suit 'n tie types who seem so chuffed about Ai (how it'll eliminate the need or any 'underclass'. but leave room for them They'll sit back and that letter will arrive "employment opportunity at the Northern Virginia Soylent Processing centre, & abattoir. Enter around back & wait
Been watching that Ken Burns Doc on the American Revolution excellent so far But reflecting on it, for me perhaps, the documentary that captured the American Zeitgeist best was always the last 4 1/2 minutes of "Chinatown"
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Chinatown (1974) Ending - "Forget it Jake, It's Chinatown"
YouTube video by jannsse
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Been watching that Ken Burns Doc on the American Revolution excellent so far But reflecting on it, for me perhaps, the documentary that captured the American Zeitgeist best was always the last 4 1/2 minutes of "Chinatown"
< youtu.be/TjSshSvQWQA
< youtu.be/TjSshSvQWQA
Reposted by Paul Bushmiller
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump mocks Biden's autopen because he knows he has got something even better, magical, an auto-eraser Removes your name from a document - any document
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump mocks Biden's autopen because he knows he has got something even better, magical, an auto-eraser Removes your name from a document - any document
1 thing that sits poorly is the discord between terms Native & Nativist a willful obscuring of origin of some in the American tribe Always reminds me of a Prof (who called me 'functionally illiterate") who was writing a book she wanted to title "Lay of the Land" - settlement as sexual assault
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1 thing that sits poorly is the discord between terms Native & Nativist a willful obscuring of origin of some in the American tribe Always reminds me of a Prof (who called me 'functionally illiterate") who was writing a book she wanted to title "Lay of the Land" - settlement as sexual assault
