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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...
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The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
The Intellectual and Moral Decline of the American Right
The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
And I bet he let his buddies know well in advance of the tweet!
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And I bet he let his buddies know well in advance of the tweet!
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I had not seen this clip before.
Terry Gross is a great interviewer, thanks for the share!
This is from many years ago but she was on Fallon and talked about the time O'Reilly walked out on her interview (starts at 4m 12s).
As Seth Myers would say 'Ya Burnt!".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPG-...
This is from many years ago but she was on Fallon and talked about the time O'Reilly walked out on her interview (starts at 4m 12s).
As Seth Myers would say 'Ya Burnt!".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPG-...
NPR's Terry Gross Has a Sick Burn for Bill O'Reilly Walking Out on Their Fresh Air Interview
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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August 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I had not seen this clip before.
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The vampire has been about many things in many cultures, anxieties about infection/blood, sex, death, and the power of women’s bodies (the yakshi in Kerala, for eg), but in modern societies there is truly no more vampiric an entity than the billionaire seeking power, longevity and even more wealth
You can understand how people in different cultures independently came up with the idea of vampires, of things that look like humans but exist only to consume humans in order to extend their unnatural lives.
July 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The vampire has been about many things in many cultures, anxieties about infection/blood, sex, death, and the power of women’s bodies (the yakshi in Kerala, for eg), but in modern societies there is truly no more vampiric an entity than the billionaire seeking power, longevity and even more wealth
THIS! Very important thread. TOM! Yes, that’s me, reread often and memorize, please!
I've been thinking a lot about the difference between doing a "search" and doing "research" and how that works with conspiracy theory/lies to control our public sphere. Here's an old thread from 2023
June 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THIS! Very important thread. TOM! Yes, that’s me, reread often and memorize, please!
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“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the Courage of Joy: René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
www.themarginalian.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
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It’s created demands that no government can fulfill, but they are acting as if they can anyway. We are gutting real capacity, and punishing real people, to meet the obligations of a fantasy that liars sold to rubes.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s created demands that no government can fulfill, but they are acting as if they can anyway. We are gutting real capacity, and punishing real people, to meet the obligations of a fantasy that liars sold to rubes.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Occam’s Razor for the win.
HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
June 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Occam’s Razor for the win.
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In this episode, Alan Bernstein, the director of global health at the University of Oxford, discusses with David Frum how misinformation, distrust in science, and extremist rhetoric are fueling a deadly resurgence of preventable diseases in the U.S.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
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May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In this episode, Alan Bernstein, the director of global health at the University of Oxford, discusses with David Frum how misinformation, distrust in science, and extremist rhetoric are fueling a deadly resurgence of preventable diseases in the U.S.
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Christians who demonize “empathy” end up not only repudiating Christlikeness but also cutting off the very means to confront sin:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
Hellfire-and-Brimstone Empathy - Christianity Today
From Russell Moore: How the demonization of empathy will lead to a church that neglects repentance and coddles sin.
www.christianitytoday.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Christians who demonize “empathy” end up not only repudiating Christlikeness but also cutting off the very means to confront sin:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
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Musk has so much to say about German and French and British and Ukrainian and South African internal politics but never a word about China or Russia.
Strange, right? 🤔
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
Strange, right? 🤔
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
Elon Musk slams Marine Le Pen guilty verdict as arch-conservatives unite in fury
Key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump signals he will make the French far-right standard-bearer a new cause célèbre.
www.politico.eu
March 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Musk has so much to say about German and French and British and Ukrainian and South African internal politics but never a word about China or Russia.
Strange, right? 🤔
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
Strange, right? 🤔
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
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BREAKING: "At 1:15 PM tomorrow, President Trump will pick a country's name out of a MAGA hat and impose crippling tariffs on that country's goods for four minutes. This will happen daily until America is great again."
March 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BREAKING: "At 1:15 PM tomorrow, President Trump will pick a country's name out of a MAGA hat and impose crippling tariffs on that country's goods for four minutes. This will happen daily until America is great again."
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This essay, written in 2017 by Jay Griffiths, is so worth your time. Some of the personnel have changed, but the core ideas have not.
“An idiot divinity unleashed upon the world.”
aeon.co/essays/the-m...
“An idiot divinity unleashed upon the world.”
aeon.co/essays/the-m...
The macho, violent culture of Italian fascism was prophetic | Aeon Essays
The glamour, bullying and violence of the libertarian alt-Right has a direct political ancestor, and it’s not Nazi Germany
aeon.co
March 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This essay, written in 2017 by Jay Griffiths, is so worth your time. Some of the personnel have changed, but the core ideas have not.
“An idiot divinity unleashed upon the world.”
aeon.co/essays/the-m...
“An idiot divinity unleashed upon the world.”
aeon.co/essays/the-m...
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Gee I wonder why it was necessary for the President to tell his [checks notes] Senate-confirmed cabinet heads that they, not Elon Musk, are in charge of the federal departments that they were selected to run
March 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gee I wonder why it was necessary for the President to tell his [checks notes] Senate-confirmed cabinet heads that they, not Elon Musk, are in charge of the federal departments that they were selected to run
Last in a good thread
Some have suggested that what Trump is doing here is just manipulating the market so that he and his cronies can profit off of the predictable dips and rebounds. That seems plausible, but I don't think we should overlook the fact that he is surrounded by true believing (and dumb as hell) ideologues.
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last in a good thread
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“Thank you again. Thank you again,” he says to John Roberts. Then he awkwardly slaps him on the shoulder and says, “Won’t forget it.” The moment has an almost classic mob boss feel to it in context.
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
It wasn’t necessary to watch all of Trump’s speech last night to understand where we are as a country.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Thank you again. Thank you again,” he says to John Roberts. Then he awkwardly slaps him on the shoulder and says, “Won’t forget it.” The moment has an almost classic mob boss feel to it in context.
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
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"I gotta be honest with you, I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”
— JD Vance (February 2022)
— JD Vance (February 2022)
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"I gotta be honest with you, I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”
— JD Vance (February 2022)
— JD Vance (February 2022)
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Great piece by @himself.bsky.social on the "Silicon Valley canon".. Great man hubris doesn't end well...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/silicon-va...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/silicon-va...
Silicon Valley's thing about Great Men
There _is_ an alternative
www.programmablemutter.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Great piece by @himself.bsky.social on the "Silicon Valley canon".. Great man hubris doesn't end well...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/silicon-va...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/silicon-va...
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I need people to play attention to this 👇 and to what I said on Thursday
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
The destruction of politics is coming for the economy
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
The destruction of politics is coming for the economy
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I need people to play attention to this 👇 and to what I said on Thursday
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
The destruction of politics is coming for the economy
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
The destruction of politics is coming for the economy
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It’s not a cult at all. Nope.
MCENANY: Mount Rushmore with Trump’s face “would be epic .. There’s also a petition now .. to change Dulles airport’s name to Donald Trump International Airport.”
COMPAGNO: “I would be all for putting President Trump’s face on currency ..”
@mediaitenews.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/tv/theres-a-...
COMPAGNO: “I would be all for putting President Trump’s face on currency ..”
@mediaitenews.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/tv/theres-a-...
‘There’s a Great Case for It’: Fox News Panel Gushes Over ‘Epic’ Idea of Adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
Some panelists on Monday's edition of Outnumbered expressed their strong support for adding President Donald Trump's image to Mt. Rushmore.
www.mediaite.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s not a cult at all. Nope.
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…that his sole motivation for visiting the Nazi death camp was to exploit the experience as a photo-op.
Following the tour, Gray turned to Facebook to post scathing assessments of Musk — whom she described as something “worse” than an antisemite.
In fact, Gray said Elon Musk is a “sociopath,…
Following the tour, Gray turned to Facebook to post scathing assessments of Musk — whom she described as something “worse” than an antisemite.
In fact, Gray said Elon Musk is a “sociopath,…
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
…that his sole motivation for visiting the Nazi death camp was to exploit the experience as a photo-op.
Following the tour, Gray turned to Facebook to post scathing assessments of Musk — whom she described as something “worse” than an antisemite.
In fact, Gray said Elon Musk is a “sociopath,…
Following the tour, Gray turned to Facebook to post scathing assessments of Musk — whom she described as something “worse” than an antisemite.
In fact, Gray said Elon Musk is a “sociopath,…
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American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Can Europe Stop Elon Musk?
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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This is objectively false.
JD Vance lowers expectations: "I do think it's important to reiterate that not just on the border, but on a whole host of issues, President Biden has left us an absolute dumpster fire."
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is objectively false.
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The UK public overwhelmingly say US oligarch Elon Musk is a threat to democracy and trying to sabotage their country. The majority see him as a joke and opportunist.
"Musk is a deeply unpopular figure in the UK, with a net favourability rating of -35, lower than Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson."
"Musk is a deeply unpopular figure in the UK, with a net favourability rating of -35, lower than Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson."
January 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The UK public overwhelmingly say US oligarch Elon Musk is a threat to democracy and trying to sabotage their country. The majority see him as a joke and opportunist.
"Musk is a deeply unpopular figure in the UK, with a net favourability rating of -35, lower than Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson."
"Musk is a deeply unpopular figure in the UK, with a net favourability rating of -35, lower than Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson."