Lyle wrote about the idiotic Hegseth speech www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Contradictions abound in the life and times of Pete Hegseth, writes @lylerubin.bsky.social. His harangue at Quantico focused on fat troops and fat leaders, and he waxed romantic about accountability, merit, and high standards—then he introduced Donald Trump.

Thanks so much, Paul!

Fantastic meditation on the quasi-Kubrickian menace of Pete Hegseth's recent speech. Always read @lylerubin.bsky.social!

I wrote about Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech. Thanks to Christopher Shay for the smart edits!

Link in comments.

Greenblatt learning the hard way that if you lie down with dogs (and force your whole organization to do the same), you're going to wake up with fleas.

Read my statement on President Trump’s decision to send U.S. troops to Portland.

My husband @lylerubin.bsky.social just did an ep about it for his movies podcast with @vanjackson.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

one of the most gripping films i've ever seen. feels far shorter than its runtime.

Overnight, this extremely well-funded tech company run by a billionaire has gone from “There’s no way we can possibly stop our plagiarism machine from convincing children to kill themselves” to “If you type anything we don’t like, we’re calling the cops.”

Either way, they take zero responsibility.

Never miss an episode of The Bang-Bang Podcast! www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-hunt-f...

Extremely @lylerubin.bsky.social’s PhD dissertation thesis here.

we're going to win

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

Re-upping.

i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.

Lyle wrote a 🔥 review of Seth Harp’s new book for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

'But most right-wing Israel-skeptics are not anti-militarists. While they inveigh against U.S. support for war in the Middle East or Ukraine — a similarly contested fault line in the MAGA movement — they saber-rattle just as loudly against China'

Absolutely medieval torture and Israel is carrying it out routinely

“Time and again, Harp brings forth related attestations that point the finger at an industrial meat processor, posing as a patriotic institution, that lures in good working-class kids on one end and spits out nothing but bits and pieces on the other” - put this in bold in the recruitment ads

Power exists for those who are willing to organize for it and to take it.