Randy Cauthen
@cauthen.bsky.social
Rhetorician, Mets fan (it builds character), and Poet-in-Residence at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
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The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
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“I do not wish to be understood, which no one seems to understand.”
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“I do not wish to be understood, which no one seems to understand.”
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
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Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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From Sturman's piece:
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
From Sturman's piece:
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Trump launches trade war against China. Chinese exports soar. American exports collapse. This was not a smart thing for America to have done.
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Trump launches trade war against China. Chinese exports soar. American exports collapse. This was not a smart thing for America to have done.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene told me to go back to my country and kicked our then-18-year-old communications director.
And then sent an army of trolls and death threats my way when I called her out.
She doesn’t get to play victim now.
And then sent an army of trolls and death threats my way when I called her out.
She doesn’t get to play victim now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene told me to go back to my country and kicked our then-18-year-old communications director.
And then sent an army of trolls and death threats my way when I called her out.
She doesn’t get to play victim now.
And then sent an army of trolls and death threats my way when I called her out.
She doesn’t get to play victim now.
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The remaining 47% of Americans have been brainwashed
BY billionaires that
"you too have the ability to become a billionaire, so if you tax us wouldn't you just be hurting your future self"
BY billionaires that
"you too have the ability to become a billionaire, so if you tax us wouldn't you just be hurting your future self"
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The remaining 47% of Americans have been brainwashed
BY billionaires that
"you too have the ability to become a billionaire, so if you tax us wouldn't you just be hurting your future self"
BY billionaires that
"you too have the ability to become a billionaire, so if you tax us wouldn't you just be hurting your future self"
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“Students learn how to spot deception across subjects: in maths, they see how statistics can be manipulated; in art, they explore how images can convey misleading messages; in history, they study famous propaganda campaigns; & in Finnish, they examine [how] words can be used to confuse or mislead.”
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“Students learn how to spot deception across subjects: in maths, they see how statistics can be manipulated; in art, they explore how images can convey misleading messages; in history, they study famous propaganda campaigns; & in Finnish, they examine [how] words can be used to confuse or mislead.”
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Michael McFaul: Trump and his team are right back to appeasing Putin and undermining Ukrainian sovereignty. This reversal is dramatic and tragic. Ukrainian and Western leaders had no say in the drafting of the plan, which requires extreme concessions from Kyiv and demands nothing from Moscow.
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
And that pivot does not serve American national interests.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Michael McFaul: Trump and his team are right back to appeasing Putin and undermining Ukrainian sovereignty. This reversal is dramatic and tragic. Ukrainian and Western leaders had no say in the drafting of the plan, which requires extreme concessions from Kyiv and demands nothing from Moscow.
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The Kremlin points out to Russians what is obvious to the Europeans: Trump's new national security strategy is a copy of the Kremlin's own strategy, and much of it is whole text lifted from recent Putin speeches. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Kremlin points out to Russians what is obvious to the Europeans: Trump's new national security strategy is a copy of the Kremlin's own strategy, and much of it is whole text lifted from recent Putin speeches. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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The Republican party is an attack arm of Russia.
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Republican party is an attack arm of Russia.
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-They are hiding the Epstein Files
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
-They are hiding the Epstein Files
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
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"I'm sorry, sir, we were hoping to get an informed opinion. For that we will go to Congressman Raskin. . ."
Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"I'm sorry, sir, we were hoping to get an informed opinion. For that we will go to Congressman Raskin. . ."
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TW ⚠️— WISCONSIN: “I am racist.”
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
TW ⚠️— WISCONSIN: “I am racist.”
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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The good news takeaway here is that there are a very limited number of monsters in the US who're excited to torture people for pay. A number so limited that we cannot simultaneously keep the BOP and ICE fully staffed.
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The good news takeaway here is that there are a very limited number of monsters in the US who're excited to torture people for pay. A number so limited that we cannot simultaneously keep the BOP and ICE fully staffed.
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All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
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The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.