Sean M
@mcksusa.bsky.social
Seeker of solitude, pragmatist, work in progress
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The American Conservative Movement Has Failed. My latest, posted at The Contrarian open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The American Conservative Movement Has Failed
Assuming the republic survives, we will have to pick up the pieces. But first we must understand who and what brought us here.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The American Conservative Movement Has Failed. My latest, posted at The Contrarian open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
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Gov. Walz: "You heard the most powerful people in the world, certainly in this country — the president, VP, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem — narrate to you what you were looking at, that this was a domestic terrorist…sullying his name within minutes of his death."
January 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Gov. Walz: "You heard the most powerful people in the world, certainly in this country — the president, VP, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem — narrate to you what you were looking at, that this was a domestic terrorist…sullying his name within minutes of his death."
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"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
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Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
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January 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I wrote about the limits of the authoritarian assault – and the need to push back against the idea that America is inevitably and irresistibly marching towards a Trump dictatorship.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
The Limits of Violent Authoritarianism
Trump’s authoritarian desires are boundless. But the past year proves that his ability to impose them on America is not.
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Davos live: Trump rules out taking Greenland by force but calls for ‘immediate negotiations’
Davos live: Trump rules out taking Greenland by force but calls for ‘immediate negotiations’
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president is addressing world leaders
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Davos live: Trump rules out taking Greenland by force but calls for ‘immediate negotiations’
The Insurrection Act: "What was once a fire extinguisher behind glass—clearly labeled “break only in emergency” to quell violence—now looks like a bottle of lighter fluid."
My latest in @thebulwark.com
My latest in @thebulwark.com
Within living memory, when presidents invoked the Insurrection Act, they did so in circumstances that were extraordinary and in line with how the drastic act was intended to be used.
No such circumstances exist right now.
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No such circumstances exist right now.
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/45zGbHF
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It’s weird that Trump can stand up to allies but not Russia
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
January 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
You can hardly expect a regular person or the...president of the United States...to understand how to set the right interest rate.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social talk Trump’s Detroit Economic Club speech, so you don’t have to:
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social talk Trump’s Detroit Economic Club speech, so you don’t have to:
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Dunno, extortion seems pretty inelegant to me.
EISEN: Didn't you admit what Trump is doing to Powell is coercion?
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Dunno, extortion seems pretty inelegant to me.
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"In Nazi Germany, concept of "homeland" was twisted into a racialized tool, primarily using Heimat to promote nationalism, racial purity, and expansion through ideas like Lebensraum (living space) and Heim ins Reich (Home into the Reich), shifting focus to racial destiny and territorial domination."
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"In Nazi Germany, concept of "homeland" was twisted into a racialized tool, primarily using Heimat to promote nationalism, racial purity, and expansion through ideas like Lebensraum (living space) and Heim ins Reich (Home into the Reich), shifting focus to racial destiny and territorial domination."
Congress needs to step up and eliminate this pathetic scums power NOW!
#StopTrumpleThinSkin
#StopTrumpleThinSkin
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Congress needs to step up and eliminate this pathetic scums power NOW!
#StopTrumpleThinSkin
#StopTrumpleThinSkin
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"There's a great line in a Wall Street Journal piece looking at Trump's actions at the beginning of the year from a French member of the European Parliament...Donald Trump is strong with the weak and weak with the strong."
@sbg1.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@sbg1.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"There's a great line in a Wall Street Journal piece looking at Trump's actions at the beginning of the year from a French member of the European Parliament...Donald Trump is strong with the weak and weak with the strong."
@sbg1.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@sbg1.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
ICE are thug scum.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Dokoupil: "Is there anything that limits your power…other than your own morality?"
Trump: "I'm a moral person…It's limited by my morality, and I have a very high rate of morality."
Dokoupil: "Not the Constitution, not the courts?"
Trump: "The Constitution and courts goes without saying."
Trump: "I'm a moral person…It's limited by my morality, and I have a very high rate of morality."
Dokoupil: "Not the Constitution, not the courts?"
Trump: "The Constitution and courts goes without saying."
January 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Hey, remember when Mark Zuckerberg wasn't a total coward and actually stood up for immigrants?
The Cowardice of Mark Zuckerberg
He used to care about immigrants and Dreamers. Now he remains quiet when his voice would send a powerful message.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hey, remember when Mark Zuckerberg wasn't a total coward and actually stood up for immigrants?
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM