Michael Kohler
@thekohler.bsky.social
Former History PhD student (studied domestic slave trade)
ESRD survivor. Spectrum parent. Nerd.
ESRD survivor. Spectrum parent. Nerd.
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We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
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Realists: The Melian Dialogue demonstrates the logic of realism.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Realists: The Melian Dialogue demonstrates the logic of realism.
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If one more American tells me they feel like they’re in a warzone too I swear
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If one more American tells me they feel like they’re in a warzone too I swear
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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No seriously I am trying to imagine Nora Manella’s face if I told her I reconvened the grand jury without a reporter present. She would tell me she liked me and I was a nice young man but I had 10 minutes to get out of the building alive.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No seriously I am trying to imagine Nora Manella’s face if I told her I reconvened the grand jury without a reporter present. She would tell me she liked me and I was a nice young man but I had 10 minutes to get out of the building alive.
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Yet another resounding victory for the accuracy of prediction markets
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yet another resounding victory for the accuracy of prediction markets
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
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The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.
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one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people
September 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people
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For no particular reason, I’ve been thinking about the guy who obsessed about killing racial justice protesters, searched online about killing racial justice protesters, & told friends he may kill a racial justice protester.
Then he killed a racial justice protester.
And Gregg Abbott pardoned him.
Then he killed a racial justice protester.
And Gregg Abbott pardoned him.
The smearing of Garrett Foster
The far right justifies political violence by villainizing a decent man
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September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For no particular reason, I’ve been thinking about the guy who obsessed about killing racial justice protesters, searched online about killing racial justice protesters, & told friends he may kill a racial justice protester.
Then he killed a racial justice protester.
And Gregg Abbott pardoned him.
Then he killed a racial justice protester.
And Gregg Abbott pardoned him.
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The Times quotes the fascist Rufo so much he may as well be on staff but Kevin is "too liberal."
This is a journalistic "objectivity."
This is a journalistic "objectivity."
I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?
My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Times quotes the fascist Rufo so much he may as well be on staff but Kevin is "too liberal."
This is a journalistic "objectivity."
This is a journalistic "objectivity."
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Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.
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Have you read this analysis? I can't imagine many in the media, mainstream or otherwise, are prepared to deal with extremely online violent meme culture. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme
Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence
www.garbageday.email
September 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Have you read this analysis? I can't imagine many in the media, mainstream or otherwise, are prepared to deal with extremely online violent meme culture. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
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for anyone who’s not paying super close attention to all this (and good for you, seriously), this is a 12yo post from the mom of charlie kirk’s accused killer. it’s also a warning, albeit an unintentional one.
you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price
September 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
for anyone who’s not paying super close attention to all this (and good for you, seriously), this is a 12yo post from the mom of charlie kirk’s accused killer. it’s also a warning, albeit an unintentional one.
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incredible that three overpaid consultants in a trench coat can get media play by urging democrats not to use words that literally no one in mainstream politics uses
August 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
incredible that three overpaid consultants in a trench coat can get media play by urging democrats not to use words that literally no one in mainstream politics uses
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One for this fine gentleman
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One for this fine gentleman
TIL that the Simpsons let Don Hertzfeldt do a couch gag a few years ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78g...
The Simpsons | Travel Into The Future Couch Gag
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August 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
TIL that the Simpsons let Don Hertzfeldt do a couch gag a few years ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78g...
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a brain smoothed out and polished into a mirror-like surface
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
a brain smoothed out and polished into a mirror-like surface
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For my enemies: the ideal form of psychological torture suitable for me would be playing this on repeat in a bright empty room for eternity
August 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
For my enemies: the ideal form of psychological torture suitable for me would be playing this on repeat in a bright empty room for eternity