Tom Magnuson
@tmagi.bsky.social
Elderly, somewhat AADD, OCD, Historian of early NC, of Military Hiistory, and the History of Technology
Why Trumpkeeps trying to gain residence in our heads:
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Why Trumpkeeps trying to gain residence in our heads:
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)
The Kennedy slaughter is now in progress:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CDC officials urge US flu vaccination after record child deaths last year
Americans told ‘time to get vaccinated is now’ as concerning mutation of influenza virus circulates in US
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Kennedy slaughter is now in progress:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tom Nichols, in the Atlantic, affirmed that my ot watching the President's address to the nation last night. As expected , it was pathetic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tom Nichols, in the Atlantic, affirmed that my ot watching the President's address to the nation last night. As expected , it was pathetic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Somebody has blundered very biggly: Coincident with Premier Xi's buddy's inauguration, an important US intel failure; Chinese may shut our Yap.
www.eurasiantimes.com/china-backed...
www.eurasiantimes.com/china-backed...
"Heads Must Roll"! China-Backed WW-II Airfield In The Middle Of 2nd-Island Chain Threatens To Hit U.S. Military?
Is China methodically chipping away at America’s Pacific defense architecture? American strategic elites are asking this question, even though the Trump Administration says that China is the number on...
www.eurasiantimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Somebody has blundered very biggly: Coincident with Premier Xi's buddy's inauguration, an important US intel failure; Chinese may shut our Yap.
www.eurasiantimes.com/china-backed...
www.eurasiantimes.com/china-backed...
Janus, the two faced god of old, reappeared in US government documents this past week. One said, "we will do no wrong." and the other said, "Here's how to do the wrong we want."
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Bondi Memo’s Quiet Rewriting of Domestic Terrorism Rules
A leaked directive recasts counterterrorism around “Antifa,” hollowing out post-Church Committee safeguards while the administration claims restraint.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Janus, the two faced god of old, reappeared in US government documents this past week. One said, "we will do no wrong." and the other said, "Here's how to do the wrong we want."
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Trump's idiocy is costing tghe US billions per year in lost tourism dollars.
www.politicsnc.com/p/the-war-on...
www.politicsnc.com/p/the-war-on...
The war on tourism
Thanks to Trump, fewer people want to visit the US.
www.politicsnc.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Trump's idiocy is costing tghe US billions per year in lost tourism dollars.
www.politicsnc.com/p/the-war-on...
www.politicsnc.com/p/the-war-on...
He who allows oppression, shares the crime. -Erasmus Darwin, physician, scientist, reformer, and poet; grandfather of Charles Darwin (12 Dec 1731-1802)
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
He who allows oppression, shares the crime. -Erasmus Darwin, physician, scientist, reformer, and poet; grandfather of Charles Darwin (12 Dec 1731-1802)
Phil burger now revealed to be a belly-crawling, bootlicker, Reduced to groveling open.substack.com/pub/politics...
Reduced to groveling
Phil Berger is running the most embarrassing primary in recent memory.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Phil burger now revealed to be a belly-crawling, bootlicker, Reduced to groveling open.substack.com/pub/politics...
If you are not alarmed by Trumps words and actions you should be. At this point it has become obvious that he has sold us out. Resist get in the fray, don't let this happen to our progeny.
hartmannreport.com/p/is-trumps-...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-trumps-...
Is Trump’s Embrace of Russia the Greatest Betrayal in American History?
The convergence of pro-Kremlin policy, tech giveaways to rivals, and rising domestic repression is a five-alarm warning that we ignore at our own peril…
hartmannreport.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you are not alarmed by Trumps words and actions you should be. At this point it has become obvious that he has sold us out. Resist get in the fray, don't let this happen to our progeny.
hartmannreport.com/p/is-trumps-...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-trumps-...
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. -Louis Kronenberger, writer (9 Dec 1904-1980)
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. -Louis Kronenberger, writer (9 Dec 1904-1980)
Once again, Prof HCR provides the historic foundation for our democratic republic which Trumps would erase.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once again, Prof HCR provides the historic foundation for our democratic republic which Trumps would erase.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...
FUN FACT: Donald Trump is the First Rapist to Win the FIFA Peace Prize! - Shower Cap Blog
showercapblog.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Somewhere in the news this morning, somebody asked, "What is history." and the answer that came to mind is, "History is the remembered past."
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Somewhere in the news this morning, somebody asked, "What is history." and the answer that came to mind is, "History is the remembered past."
UNC student paper makes sense of the mess that is the current administration:
www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Column: Holding onto sanity — Trump’s absurdity overload agenda and what to do about it
"At face value, we know what this is: a pressure campaign to exhaust, confuse and obliterate the will of the American people. But when we’re faced with a barrage of smug denial and a bureaucracy who s...
www.dailytarheel.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
UNC student paper makes sense of the mess that is the current administration:
www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Sick and tired of malefactors of great wealth getting even more wealth. Here is a proposed antidote; download and read it at your liesure as it is not an oversimplification but, rather, a new, fair way to tax.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
THE INCENTIVE REFORM SERIES
THE INCENTIVE REFORM SERIES A Modern Framework for Fairness, Stability, and Economic Alignment By Jamey Kirby (James Thomas Kirby) “Incentives shape behavior, and behavior shapes nations.” INTRODUCTI...
docs.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sick and tired of malefactors of great wealth getting even more wealth. Here is a proposed antidote; download and read it at your liesure as it is not an oversimplification but, rather, a new, fair way to tax.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A friend provided this, if you are military or former military you will, I believe appreciate it, and if you are a civilian, you will find it informative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The Laws of War Are Not Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A friend provided this, if you are military or former military you will, I believe appreciate it, and if you are a civilian, you will find it informative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
It is just a coincidence, right?
popular.info/p/update-tru...
popular.info/p/update-tru...
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It is just a coincidence, right?
popular.info/p/update-tru...
popular.info/p/update-tru...
All a man can betray is his conscience. -Joseph Conrad, novelist (3 Dec 1857-1924)
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
All a man can betray is his conscience. -Joseph Conrad, novelist (3 Dec 1857-1924)
Each day is worse. Being embarrassed by my govetrnment has become so common it may soon be unnotable. Don't let that happen.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Each day is worse. Being embarrassed by my govetrnment has become so common it may soon be unnotable. Don't let that happen.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
NC GOP Senator Thom Tillis cast the deciding vote to make "Killer" Hegseth SecDef. This essay calls for him to disown his creature.
www.politicsnc.com/p/its-time-f...
www.politicsnc.com/p/its-time-f...
It's time for Tillis to atone for his sins
The North Carolina Senator's vote gave us Pete Hegseth and he needs to make it right.
www.politicsnc.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
NC GOP Senator Thom Tillis cast the deciding vote to make "Killer" Hegseth SecDef. This essay calls for him to disown his creature.
www.politicsnc.com/p/its-time-f...
www.politicsnc.com/p/its-time-f...
Hegseth is just the face of America's reformed military, reformed to be soulless, brutal, and unconscionable. They act in our names. How do we reform a system that has become so corrupt it is utterly foreign to us?
www.dropsitenews.com/p/national-g...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/national-g...
Locals Say National Guard Shooter Was Imprisoned in Afghanistan After “Zero Unit” Killings
Before D.C. shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal attacked two National Guard members last week, he was part of a CIA-backed unit that killed many Afghans.
www.dropsitenews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hegseth is just the face of America's reformed military, reformed to be soulless, brutal, and unconscionable. They act in our names. How do we reform a system that has become so corrupt it is utterly foreign to us?
www.dropsitenews.com/p/national-g...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/national-g...
Runnhing scared and running on empty, a nasty coincidence for the MAGA Megalomaniac
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 29, 2025
In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Runnhing scared and running on empty, a nasty coincidence for the MAGA Megalomaniac
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
It is not too late (we hope) to stop the white nationalist coup. Weep while reading the inventory of information erased in their cause.....
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It is not too late (we hope) to stop the white nationalist coup. Weep while reading the inventory of information erased in their cause.....
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...