Erik
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In March of 2024 I wrote up this thread criticizing the fascism-minimizers on the left. Corey Robin got all mad about it on Twitter when he saw one, out of context screenshot from it. Now he thinks Trump is a fascist. bsky.app/profile/seth...
There's one aspect of this "fascism debate" that I think is important but which doesn't get talked about much because it's hard to do without it sounding like an ad hominem attack. That is, many "fascism minimizers" are products of east coast, privileged bubbles. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Trump and the F-Word
In a new book, “Did It Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In March of 2024 I wrote up this thread criticizing the fascism-minimizers on the left. Corey Robin got all mad about it on Twitter when he saw one, out of context screenshot from it. Now he thinks Trump is a fascist. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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I appreciate this critique of the anti-Cassandra position. In my experience, the Cassandras weren’t “liberal east coast elites,” they were people like me who grew up in and/or currently lived in reddish or purple places, among people who were warming (or just acquiescing) to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I appreciate this critique of the anti-Cassandra position. In my experience, the Cassandras weren’t “liberal east coast elites,” they were people like me who grew up in and/or currently lived in reddish or purple places, among people who were warming (or just acquiescing) to fascism.
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fuck this fucking fuck
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
fuck this fucking fuck
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the Robert Moses of US govt demolition
The person that the President's Chief of Staff described as "a right-wing absolute zealot" is our de facto President for domestic affairs. From @jamellebouie.net
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December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
the Robert Moses of US govt demolition
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Damn it
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Gil Gerard Dies: Star Of ‘Buck Rogers In The 25th Century’ Was 82
Gil Gerard, the handsome hero of early-Eighties TV hit Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, died early this morning after a battle with cancer.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Damn it
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This past Sunday, from 8am to 8pm, New Yorkers from every corner of our city traveled to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria to share their dreams, their worries, the change they want to see across New York. It was an honor listening to each of them.
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This past Sunday, from 8am to 8pm, New Yorkers from every corner of our city traveled to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria to share their dreams, their worries, the change they want to see across New York. It was an honor listening to each of them.
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Andry “said he was moved to learn that ppl had rallied in support of him during his terrible ordeal.”
“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one,” he said. “There were many people who worried for me.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one,” he said. “There were many people who worried for me.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Andry “said he was moved to learn that ppl had rallied in support of him during his terrible ordeal.”
“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one,” he said. “There were many people who worried for me.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one,” he said. “There were many people who worried for me.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
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Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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Claude Code for Everyone
The following tutorial by Prof. Steven Ge (@stevenge.bsky.social ) provides a step-by-step guide for setting up and working with Claude Code. This includes different routes by OS (Mac and Windows) and programming languages ( #Rstats and #Python).
gexijin.github.io/vibe/
The following tutorial by Prof. Steven Ge (@stevenge.bsky.social ) provides a step-by-step guide for setting up and working with Claude Code. This includes different routes by OS (Mac and Windows) and programming languages ( #Rstats and #Python).
gexijin.github.io/vibe/
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Claude Code for Everyone
The following tutorial by Prof. Steven Ge (@stevenge.bsky.social ) provides a step-by-step guide for setting up and working with Claude Code. This includes different routes by OS (Mac and Windows) and programming languages ( #Rstats and #Python).
gexijin.github.io/vibe/
The following tutorial by Prof. Steven Ge (@stevenge.bsky.social ) provides a step-by-step guide for setting up and working with Claude Code. This includes different routes by OS (Mac and Windows) and programming languages ( #Rstats and #Python).
gexijin.github.io/vibe/
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Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
Four Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a petition to force a vote on continued health insurance subsidies.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
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Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years
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December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that cutting back on saturated fats reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. A roadkill-eating, whale-decapitating heroin addict says Americans should eat more saturated fats. For busy eaters, it can be hard to know who to trust.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that cutting back on saturated fats reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. A roadkill-eating, whale-decapitating heroin addict says Americans should eat more saturated fats. For busy eaters, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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The aftermath of DOGE and Musk illegally dismantling USAID. This is the only thing any of them should be remembered for.
"Mothers had to choose which of their kids to feed...Pregnant women with life-threatening anemia were so desperate for calories that they ate mud. Out of options and mortally afraid, refugees began fleeing...They said they’d rather risk being shot or dying on the perilous route than slowly starving"
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The aftermath of DOGE and Musk illegally dismantling USAID. This is the only thing any of them should be remembered for.
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The Sahm Rule is flashing red, and the unemployment rate is rising.
What does this mean?
- For sure the economy is in a MALAISE. (Close to no job growth since Liberation Day.)
- I reckon it's in a jobless SLUMP.
- It may be in or on the cusp of a RECESSION.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTN...
What does this mean?
- For sure the economy is in a MALAISE. (Close to no job growth since Liberation Day.)
- I reckon it's in a jobless SLUMP.
- It may be in or on the cusp of a RECESSION.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTN...
The Sahm Rule Is Flashing Red: Justin Wolfers on Looming Recession Risk
What if the U.S. hasn’t really created any net new jobs since April—just as unemployment is starting to climb?
In this conversation, economist Justin Wolfers unpacks a sobering jobs report that…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Sahm Rule is flashing red, and the unemployment rate is rising.
What does this mean?
- For sure the economy is in a MALAISE. (Close to no job growth since Liberation Day.)
- I reckon it's in a jobless SLUMP.
- It may be in or on the cusp of a RECESSION.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTN...
What does this mean?
- For sure the economy is in a MALAISE. (Close to no job growth since Liberation Day.)
- I reckon it's in a jobless SLUMP.
- It may be in or on the cusp of a RECESSION.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTN...
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Before, after...
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Before, after...
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It's a slippery slope from "illegal aliens" to legal immigrants to naturalized citizens to people whose parents were born somewhere else to anybody who learns a forbidden concept or searches for the wrong phrase on the internet.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Trump’s Push to Redefine Who Counts as American
Threats of denaturalization are the latest attack on immigrants — but they won’t stand up in court.
www.brennancenter.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It's a slippery slope from "illegal aliens" to legal immigrants to naturalized citizens to people whose parents were born somewhere else to anybody who learns a forbidden concept or searches for the wrong phrase on the internet.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Stop it, Lincoln, he's already dead!
"The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
"The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Stop it, Lincoln, he's already dead!
"The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
"The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
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I am reminded of Lincoln's famous letter to Joshua Speed in 1855
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![Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty-to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kok4aqdr3qnsj6ktfkq76kqz/bafkreibv56orcjfhjc2czd5kkydlzapnuem3xkzbhna4fia27pyajprzvq@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am reminded of Lincoln's famous letter to Joshua Speed in 1855
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
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Lest we get on a high horse about, I bet Democratic voters would similarly struggle. Normal people simply don’t pay attention to the news the way we political junkies do. They are unaware of the drama and controversy. They barely know who is president.
Trump voters, man.
“Many participants weren’t familiar with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, nor did they know why he’s been in the news so much lately.”
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
“Many participants weren’t familiar with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, nor did they know why he’s been in the news so much lately.”
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Some Trump voters in NC may be turning on him, new focus group shows | Opinion
The focus group interviewed North Carolinians who voted for Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2024.
www.newsobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lest we get on a high horse about, I bet Democratic voters would similarly struggle. Normal people simply don’t pay attention to the news the way we political junkies do. They are unaware of the drama and controversy. They barely know who is president.
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What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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That’s an easy answer: FUCK YES.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
That’s an easy answer: FUCK YES.
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.