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The world is filled with kind and generous people, that is becoming more and more evident.
Let’s focus on them today.
And by the way— Happy Halloween, inflatable edition.
Let’s focus on them today.
And by the way— Happy Halloween, inflatable edition.
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The world is filled with kind and generous people, that is becoming more and more evident.
Let’s focus on them today.
And by the way— Happy Halloween, inflatable edition.
Let’s focus on them today.
And by the way— Happy Halloween, inflatable edition.
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
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Our economy SHRANK this year. It takes a special kind of stupid to take 12 consecutive quarters of positive economic growth and make it go negative.
Under the economic policies of Donald Trump and Republicans, America is now in decline.
Under the economic policies of Donald Trump and Republicans, America is now in decline.
June 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Our economy SHRANK this year. It takes a special kind of stupid to take 12 consecutive quarters of positive economic growth and make it go negative.
Under the economic policies of Donald Trump and Republicans, America is now in decline.
Under the economic policies of Donald Trump and Republicans, America is now in decline.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
April 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
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If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
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If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
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Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn’t bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times. The 12th dsn’t bar running for VP unless “ineligible” to serve as Pres, but Trump isn’t ineligible. QED!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
In wide-ranging remarks to “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said “a lot of people” wanted him to serve a third term and vowed to impose tariffs on global rivals, according to a transcript of the interview ...
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn’t bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times. The 12th dsn’t bar running for VP unless “ineligible” to serve as Pres, but Trump isn’t ineligible. QED!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
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Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
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That's the goal. Fulfilling the dreams of autocrats everywhere.
US folks are unprepared for what it will be like to not matter in the world. After we are done crashing around messing things up for others, we will sink into insignificance. MAGA will respond by saying that they don’t care, which is exactly what someone who has never felt insignificant would say.
March 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
That's the goal. Fulfilling the dreams of autocrats everywhere.
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Whoa whoa whoa, it turns out if the President constantly says you run DOGE, and you constantly say you run DOGE, and you publicly give numerous examples of running DOGE, then a court will say "this guy runs DOGE."
Whaaaaa?! 🤯 Must be a radical leftist judge or something.
Whaaaaa?! 🤯 Must be a radical leftist judge or something.
A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution in “multiple ways” when they forced the shuttering of USAID. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald... via @brandibuchman.bsky.social
Judge Says DOGE, Musk Likely Violated Constitution In USAID Shutdown
www.huffpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Whoa whoa whoa, it turns out if the President constantly says you run DOGE, and you constantly say you run DOGE, and you publicly give numerous examples of running DOGE, then a court will say "this guy runs DOGE."
Whaaaaa?! 🤯 Must be a radical leftist judge or something.
Whaaaaa?! 🤯 Must be a radical leftist judge or something.
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So WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
“In no uncertain terms is this an audit,” claims the second auditor. “It’s a heist, stealing a vast amount of government data."
“In no uncertain terms is this an audit,” claims the second auditor. “It’s a heist, stealing a vast amount of government data."
'It's a Heist': Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
www.wired.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
“In no uncertain terms is this an audit,” claims the second auditor. “It’s a heist, stealing a vast amount of government data."
“In no uncertain terms is this an audit,” claims the second auditor. “It’s a heist, stealing a vast amount of government data."
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We're gonna move fast and break things. Sometimes we'll make mistakes. If we remove the wrong organ we'll put it back in. We are disrupting surgery
March 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We're gonna move fast and break things. Sometimes we'll make mistakes. If we remove the wrong organ we'll put it back in. We are disrupting surgery
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Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
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AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.
March 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.
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Absolutely monstrous. Stop saying you’re “Christian” and support this evil fucking racist regime. — Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Absolutely monstrous. Stop saying you’re “Christian” and support this evil fucking racist regime. — Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“Russia Ukraine is not a proxy for whether you like Trump or not, Russia is our enemy, and paid the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers”
March 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Russia Ukraine is not a proxy for whether you like Trump or not, Russia is our enemy, and paid the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers”
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Reminder: Donald Trump does not belong in the White House. He belongs in a prison cell
March 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reminder: Donald Trump does not belong in the White House. He belongs in a prison cell
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Trump's fake state of the union is Tuesday. Trump deserves ZERO respect from Democrats during the speech. As a reminder, they heckled Biden non-stop. Trump is a traitor - he deserves far worse!
March 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trump's fake state of the union is Tuesday. Trump deserves ZERO respect from Democrats during the speech. As a reminder, they heckled Biden non-stop. Trump is a traitor - he deserves far worse!
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A peace proposal for Ukraine:
1. Russia and North Korea completely withdraw from all Ukrainian territory
2. Ukraine will not give one inch of its soil to Russia
3. Russia will release all prisoners and kidnapped individuals
4. Russia will pay 100% of Ukraine's reconstruction
1. Russia and North Korea completely withdraw from all Ukrainian territory
2. Ukraine will not give one inch of its soil to Russia
3. Russia will release all prisoners and kidnapped individuals
4. Russia will pay 100% of Ukraine's reconstruction
March 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A peace proposal for Ukraine:
1. Russia and North Korea completely withdraw from all Ukrainian territory
2. Ukraine will not give one inch of its soil to Russia
3. Russia will release all prisoners and kidnapped individuals
4. Russia will pay 100% of Ukraine's reconstruction
1. Russia and North Korea completely withdraw from all Ukrainian territory
2. Ukraine will not give one inch of its soil to Russia
3. Russia will release all prisoners and kidnapped individuals
4. Russia will pay 100% of Ukraine's reconstruction
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny