Chase Gummer
@scwg.bsky.social
Coffee addict, failed academic, recovering tech journalist, currently entrepreneur. Interested in most things some of the time.
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“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
Yankee gun culture - for all its flaws and costs to society - is nevertheless about culture, not simply politics.
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Yankee gun culture - for all its flaws and costs to society - is nevertheless about culture, not simply politics.
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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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“People need to keep speaking up, keep protesting. The next city that ICE goes to, people should exercise their First Amendment rights and say: that kind of lawlessness is not welcome here.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 AM
“People need to keep speaking up, keep protesting. The next city that ICE goes to, people should exercise their First Amendment rights and say: that kind of lawlessness is not welcome here.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Primetime Melania screening in Times Square on premiere day.
Zero tickets sold
Zero tickets sold
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Primetime Melania screening in Times Square on premiere day.
Zero tickets sold
Zero tickets sold
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Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
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As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
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The new leader of the free world is Canada. Mark Carney's speech at Davos:
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The new leader of the free world is Canada. Mark Carney's speech at Davos:
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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A Mercosur-EU shared market is post-American Transatlanticism
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A Mercosur-EU shared market is post-American Transatlanticism
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“Just one more thing, Ms Bondi…
… If The Epstein Files are a hoax, why the redactions?”
… If The Epstein Files are a hoax, why the redactions?”
December 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Just one more thing, Ms Bondi…
… If The Epstein Files are a hoax, why the redactions?”
… If The Epstein Files are a hoax, why the redactions?”
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The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
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The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
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The best analysis of Trump's recent foreign policy turns (and European responses) I have read, wherein @michaeldweiss.bsky.social pulls it all together.
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
In Praise of Trumpy Boredom
Published exclusively on Substack
macspaunday.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The best analysis of Trump's recent foreign policy turns (and European responses) I have read, wherein @michaeldweiss.bsky.social pulls it all together.
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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Another good reminder from today is that to win this we all need to get used to cooperating with people we sometimes find highly annoying
June 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Another good reminder from today is that to win this we all need to get used to cooperating with people we sometimes find highly annoying