People are worried about the survival of the union, but I'd argue since the head of state seems to be able to cut aid while actively deploying armed loyalists to commit acts of wanton terror in states he considers his political enemies, the union is already dead
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
People are worried about the survival of the union, but I'd argue since the head of state seems to be able to cut aid while actively deploying armed loyalists to commit acts of wanton terror in states he considers his political enemies, the union is already dead
this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
Really worth watching this interview with a bystander who witnessed the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "I'm pretty right-leaning. But seeing this, this is not how we're supposed to be doing things in America.”
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro chides Zohran Mamdani for not condemning other people’s antisemitism:
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
In Hurricane Katrina, mainstream media were more worried people might take stuff rom WalMart than that grandmothers were dying on rooftops of buildings surrounded by contaminated floodwater.
People will tell you that they view property destruction as equivalent to violence against a person, but that's not true. They think property destruction is worse
June 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In Hurricane Katrina, mainstream media were more worried people might take stuff rom WalMart than that grandmothers were dying on rooftops of buildings surrounded by contaminated floodwater.
This is relatively small potatoes all things considered, but I keep wondering: how are we ever going to host the 2028 Olympics in an environment like this?
There's a lotta concern about the short run (ie recession or not) implications of Trump's agenda. Dani is right to point to the long run as far far more consequential.
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is relatively small potatoes all things considered, but I keep wondering: how are we ever going to host the 2028 Olympics in an environment like this?
Actor Haley Joel Osment, famous for his role as the child who saw “dead people” in the 1999 thriller “The Sixth Sense” starring Bruce Willis, was reportedly arrested at a ski resort in Mammoth Lake…
Fred Koch was allegedly a part of what’s known as “the business plot” where some of the richest men in the country wanted to get ahead of a leftist uprising by overthrowing FDR. The whistleblower was Smedley Butler. A super soldier turned anti-war activist.
They booing and throwing back beads at cybertrucks in my hometown. A cybertruck is the anti-Mardi Gras vibe. Why anyone thought it was a good idea to parade is crazy
They booing and throwing back beads at cybertrucks in my hometown. A cybertruck is the anti-Mardi Gras vibe. Why anyone thought it was a good idea to parade is crazy