Arthur Kirkland Originals
@dsclater.bsky.social
Something reeeeeally wrong is going on here!
Ex-newspaper-business-side, ex-union-staff, saw some stuff, did some stuff. he/him
Ex-newspaper-business-side, ex-union-staff, saw some stuff, did some stuff. he/him
*Literally* the country-club set
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
*Literally* the country-club set
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I think that @asherelbein.bsky.social is basically right in this whole thread but it’s not just DC, it’s not just political journalism, it’s not just journalism, the problem is that we live in a society that prizes grift and vice and cares for nothing. It’s the whole thing bsky.app/profile/ashe...
Speaking as a journalist, it has long been clear — and more so all the time — that something is *rotting* in the world of New York and Washington political reporting. Actively, visibly suppurating. Oozing with maggots. Even as many of the people in that world have denied it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I think that @asherelbein.bsky.social is basically right in this whole thread but it’s not just DC, it’s not just political journalism, it’s not just journalism, the problem is that we live in a society that prizes grift and vice and cares for nothing. It’s the whole thing bsky.app/profile/ashe...
Her assigning & supervising editors should get a long look as well.
Sure they’ll plead ignorance (although someone had to approve use of that sketch artist) and/or say they were lied to.
But in such a clubby, gossipy, incestuous little world that’s not super credible. They had to know *something*
Sure they’ll plead ignorance (although someone had to approve use of that sketch artist) and/or say they were lied to.
But in such a clubby, gossipy, incestuous little world that’s not super credible. They had to know *something*
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Her assigning & supervising editors should get a long look as well.
Sure they’ll plead ignorance (although someone had to approve use of that sketch artist) and/or say they were lied to.
But in such a clubby, gossipy, incestuous little world that’s not super credible. They had to know *something*
Sure they’ll plead ignorance (although someone had to approve use of that sketch artist) and/or say they were lied to.
But in such a clubby, gossipy, incestuous little world that’s not super credible. They had to know *something*
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There was a big populist resurgence in the US in the late 70s & early 80s. Like today, it was politically diverse, including folks on the left & right. One point of occasional overlap between left & right was a fascination with anti-globalist conspiracy theories. rightlandia.ghost.io/the-trilater...
The Trilateral Shitpost Fire that was the 1980 GOP convention, part 1
On the long history of thinly veiled antisemitic conspiracy theories on the GOP's right edge
rightlandia.ghost.io
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There was a big populist resurgence in the US in the late 70s & early 80s. Like today, it was politically diverse, including folks on the left & right. One point of occasional overlap between left & right was a fascination with anti-globalist conspiracy theories. rightlandia.ghost.io/the-trilater...
Once you have pulled the trigger you are in and they own you.
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Once you have pulled the trigger you are in and they own you.
Yes. And to compromise & compel the future loyalty of those who do follow those orders.
Compelling participation in an illegal killing or other atrocity is a “classic” initiation process in paramilitaries & politically compromised militaries; eg Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Sudan, Serbia…
Compelling participation in an illegal killing or other atrocity is a “classic” initiation process in paramilitaries & politically compromised militaries; eg Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Sudan, Serbia…
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yes. And to compromise & compel the future loyalty of those who do follow those orders.
Compelling participation in an illegal killing or other atrocity is a “classic” initiation process in paramilitaries & politically compromised militaries; eg Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Sudan, Serbia…
Compelling participation in an illegal killing or other atrocity is a “classic” initiation process in paramilitaries & politically compromised militaries; eg Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Sudan, Serbia…
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I think this is what has been revealed of social order by Trumpism: we have long already existed in a takeover of every institution and business by a culture of authoritarian rule and make-believe, a culture which loathes the very systems it lords over, and folds at the slightest breath of foul wind
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think this is what has been revealed of social order by Trumpism: we have long already existed in a takeover of every institution and business by a culture of authoritarian rule and make-believe, a culture which loathes the very systems it lords over, and folds at the slightest breath of foul wind
Synchronized rounding!😄
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Synchronized rounding!😄
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That's why I say that, at its core, reactionary politics is not an alternative set of values, norms, & rules -- it is permission to *jettison* values, to ignore the dreary call of conscience, to wallow in impulse & instinct. It can't triumph via persuasion (it sounds awful out loud), only violence.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
That's why I say that, at its core, reactionary politics is not an alternative set of values, norms, & rules -- it is permission to *jettison* values, to ignore the dreary call of conscience, to wallow in impulse & instinct. It can't triumph via persuasion (it sounds awful out loud), only violence.
Meet the New ‘Stache,
Same as the Old ‘Stache.. 🎶
Same as the Old ‘Stache.. 🎶
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Meet the New ‘Stache,
Same as the Old ‘Stache.. 🎶
Same as the Old ‘Stache.. 🎶
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"oh so just because I want to preserve my segregation-era neighborhood in amber forever i'm a racist?????"
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"oh so just because I want to preserve my segregation-era neighborhood in amber forever i'm a racist?????"