Todd Stein
@toddstein.bsky.social
Full of hate. Anti-exemptionalist. Functionary of the Human Rights Industrial Complex (Congress-State-NGO). Personal account. @SFGiants @washcaps @everton @WashSpirit
Anytime I read anything about Posturing Pete Hegseth this quote enters my head.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Anytime I read anything about Posturing Pete Hegseth this quote enters my head.
Today’s paper is chock full of stories about the erstwhile “small government” Republican Party using the power of the state to repress groups it doesn’t like.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today’s paper is chock full of stories about the erstwhile “small government” Republican Party using the power of the state to repress groups it doesn’t like.
Yet more evidence that American conservatives’ reaction to the CCP’s Wolf Warrior diplomacy was emulation rather than scorn.
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yet more evidence that American conservatives’ reaction to the CCP’s Wolf Warrior diplomacy was emulation rather than scorn.
Just a couple of guys from Chicago with their baseball bats.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just a couple of guys from Chicago with their baseball bats.
Said Mao of Chiang on or around 10/1/49, probably.
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Said Mao of Chiang on or around 10/1/49, probably.
Quite a thing to post on Thanksgiving, where the country celebrates the border-crossing importing society whose descendants recreated the conditions and terrors of their homeland at scale.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Quite a thing to post on Thanksgiving, where the country celebrates the border-crossing importing society whose descendants recreated the conditions and terrors of their homeland at scale.
On the day we celebrate invaders, let’s demonize invaders.
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
On the day we celebrate invaders, let’s demonize invaders.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The GOP president is using the power of the government to set drug prices and buy stakes in corporations. Gonna buy a time machine and go back to tell all those Republicans who used to call me a communist for supporting these ideas to fuck off.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The GOP president is using the power of the government to set drug prices and buy stakes in corporations. Gonna buy a time machine and go back to tell all those Republicans who used to call me a communist for supporting these ideas to fuck off.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits
The three spirits
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
By inventing its own novel legal justification to serve a policy aim - boat strikes in the Caribbean - the Trump Administration is engaging in "rule by law," with parallels to how the CCP imposes its will in China. Let's learn from this. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/trump-brin...
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
By inventing its own novel legal justification to serve a policy aim - boat strikes in the Caribbean - the Trump Administration is engaging in "rule by law," with parallels to how the CCP imposes its will in China. Let's learn from this. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/trump-brin...
“Is it Nick, or Mr. Dick?”
“Nick”
“Nick”
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“Is it Nick, or Mr. Dick?”
“Nick”
“Nick”
In the Land of White Death by Valerian Albanov.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In the Land of White Death by Valerian Albanov.
Twice in a week, Trump has given get-out-of-jail-free cards to people who abetted transnational repression. Beyond this signal of impunity, it's hard to find evidence that the Admin is devoting policy/financial resources to the TNR problem. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/again-trum...
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Twice in a week, Trump has given get-out-of-jail-free cards to people who abetted transnational repression. Beyond this signal of impunity, it's hard to find evidence that the Admin is devoting policy/financial resources to the TNR problem. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/again-trum...
There is a resolution in the House commemorating the anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and calling for justice. No Republican has cosponsored it. Why is that?
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There is a resolution in the House commemorating the anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and calling for justice. No Republican has cosponsored it. Why is that?
Trump to Jamal Khashoggi’s family:
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump to Jamal Khashoggi’s family:
“The only democracy in the region…”
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“The only democracy in the region…”
For those DC sports fans lamenting the sorry state of the Commanders and Wizards, I’m pleased to report you have the opportunity to room for a DC pro team in a championship game this weekend.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For those DC sports fans lamenting the sorry state of the Commanders and Wizards, I’m pleased to report you have the opportunity to room for a DC pro team in a championship game this weekend.
Ah yes, the sublime beauty of a 52-yard line.
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Ah yes, the sublime beauty of a 52-yard line.