Noel
@nsper.bsky.social
Dilettante historian, professional know-it-all.
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Noel
@nsper.bsky.social
· Jul 1
We live in an age of abject moral cowardice among our institutional leaders
It’s a feel good space for a man who is too mentally and emotionally fragile to deal with the world outside his hermetically sealed alternate reality
"The newly installed plaques are the equivalent of drawing mustaches on other people’s portraits."
We Asked Actual Historians About Trump's New Plaques — And They Have THOUGHTS
"The newly installed plaques are the equivalent of drawing mustaches on other people’s portraits."
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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s a feel good space for a man who is too mentally and emotionally fragile to deal with the world outside his hermetically sealed alternate reality
We’re going to need the equivalent of german de-nazification after WWII once this admin is gone
BREAKING: Trump's hand-picked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House says.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
The White House says President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington's premier performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We’re going to need the equivalent of german de-nazification after WWII once this admin is gone
Really gotta question the entire White House's grasp on reality if they think a war with Venezuela will do anything but cause already declining approval ratings to reach terminal velocity
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Really gotta question the entire White House's grasp on reality if they think a war with Venezuela will do anything but cause already declining approval ratings to reach terminal velocity
Time to break out the worst person you know made a great point meme
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Time to break out the worst person you know made a great point meme
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
1000 class action lawyers just received their wings
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
1000 class action lawyers just received their wings
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
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One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
Oh a letter with extreme concerns, that oughta show them
More than 60 members of the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus Tuesday sent a letter to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raising “extreme concerns” about the treatment of pregnant immigrants in detention ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/r...
Members of Democratic caucus press ICE for answers on detainment of pregnant women • Ohio Capital Journal
More than 60 members of the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus Tuesday sent a letter to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raising “extreme concerns” about the treatment of…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oh a letter with extreme concerns, that oughta show them
Mike Pence may beg to differ
Q: Trump accused Democrats of seditious behavior punishable by death. Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
LEAVITT: No
LEAVITT: No
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mike Pence may beg to differ
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conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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getting a bit sick of always being right
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
getting a bit sick of always being right
Even Ezra "he did politics the right way" Klein gets FFS
"If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention... I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."
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Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Even Ezra "he did politics the right way" Klein gets FFS
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lucy promised me in no uncertain terms that she would not move the football this time
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lucy promised me in no uncertain terms that she would not move the football this time
Sure the Dems caved, but at least they got nothing to show for it
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sure the Dems caved, but at least they got nothing to show for it
Did Ross Douthat Ruin the Workplace?
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did Ross Douthat Ruin the Workplace?
Where is the cuomo cry-cast streaming?
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Where is the cuomo cry-cast streaming?
How can you lead the democratic caucus when you refuse to vote for a democrat in your home state
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
How can you lead the democratic caucus when you refuse to vote for a democrat in your home state
Hakeem jefferies has the strangest hand movements
💥 Hakeem Jeffries:
We will not allow Donald Trump and his Republican sycophants to undermine a free and fair map.
Democrats will fight every move to rig the map.
Free and fair elections aren’t up for debate.
We will not allow Donald Trump and his Republican sycophants to undermine a free and fair map.
Democrats will fight every move to rig the map.
Free and fair elections aren’t up for debate.
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hakeem jefferies has the strangest hand movements
A mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who don't want to deal with voters actually expecting things from us
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who don't want to deal with voters actually expecting things from us
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My main takeaway on the “moderation” debate is that Democrats would be better served by other debates besides left-right positioning, like how to develop new valence issues (corruption!) as wedge issues, and how to get attention for their policy proposals in the first place
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My main takeaway on the “moderation” debate is that Democrats would be better served by other debates besides left-right positioning, like how to develop new valence issues (corruption!) as wedge issues, and how to get attention for their policy proposals in the first place
I also like to negotiate by threatening to shoot my own foot off
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."
Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I also like to negotiate by threatening to shoot my own foot off