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A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power.
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
Stephen Miller on the court order to release Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk: "There's a judicial coup in this country....This judicial coup by a handful of Marxist judges...can only be understood as an attack on democracy."
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power.
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
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modems screaming at us in the 90s was a warning and we didn't take it
May 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
modems screaming at us in the 90s was a warning and we didn't take it
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🚨When the stock market was deep in the red yesterday, Majorie Taylor Greene bought tens of thousands in stock.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨When the stock market was deep in the red yesterday, Majorie Taylor Greene bought tens of thousands in stock.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
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in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
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You mentioning 2018 reminded me of these prescient tweets, though I think this is a couple months before the cave thing
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
You mentioning 2018 reminded me of these prescient tweets, though I think this is a couple months before the cave thing
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+1.75°C above pre-industrial! 🥵
January 2025 for Europe was 2.51°C above 1991-2020!
January 2025 for Europe was 2.51°C above 1991-2020!
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
+1.75°C above pre-industrial! 🥵
January 2025 for Europe was 2.51°C above 1991-2020!
January 2025 for Europe was 2.51°C above 1991-2020!
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Free speech update over on X
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Free speech update over on X
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Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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They don’t care about you .
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They don’t care about you .