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"Let the psychotics take over. They alone understood what was happening." – J.G. Ballard, *High–Rise* Proud middle-aged GenXer. Wikipedia administrator and local Democratic Party official here in my part of upstate New York. GO DEEP STATE!!
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I wasn't the only one thinking about this, apparently. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

If MAGAs really want to show Trump how serious they are about avoiding war with Iran, let those who oppose that warr, and have been pardoned, announce they are refusing their pardon. The American equivalent of returning/refusing an honour ...

Trump's ICE raids mean Washington farmers cannot harvest this year's cherry crop, and that many will now go out of business. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Q: Who is a MAGA? A: Someone who follows Trump on social media. Q: Who is anti-MAGA? A: Someone who follows Trump on social media and understands him. (Always good to repurpose old Soviet jokes for our present reality)

A couple of days after Trump said ICE wouldn't do this sort of thing anymore: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" on a Japanese instrument called a shamisen: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

Jon Stewart (from the same neck of the woods as me) makes this point about how MAGA hates foreign war only because it wants domestic war far better than I could: youtu.be/3Q08a7BI9XI?...

While ICE is cosplaying in LA, the FBI has actually apprehended some *real* criminals ... www.latimes.com/california/s...

Будьте осторожны в своих желаниях. Они могут сбыться. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

What's really going to stop ICE. And sooner than anyone thinks: newrepublic.com/post/196869/...

I am pretending I can't remember which German leader actually said this, but one did: "Starting a war is like walking into a darkened room." foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/16/i...

I'm waiting for MAGA to come down on the antisemites within its own ranks with the same determined fury that it went after pro-Palestinian college students: www.adl.org/resources/ar...

The Bove fight within the GOP, which I wrote about here a couple of weeks ago, is going to get worse: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Not a fresh story but it does show how the ICE operations are coming at the expense of other federal LE functions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

See what happens when just *six* House Republicans stand up ... even rather modestly? www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immi...

Actually I think it's a good thing for the US military that their "marching" was so underwhelming yesterday. Per the Murphy's Laws of Combat, "no truly combat-ready unit has *ever* passed inspection". www.facebook.com/beingliberal...

While NR (yes, again) consistently reiterates the conservative case against the minimum wage, they fail to ask themselves why Hawley's shrouding his argument for it in "anti-woke" language works so well with the Republican base. Or why he thinks it would. www.nationalreview.com/corner/josh-...

A reminder that when we point to Trump's increasingly evident cognitive decline, we need to have our own house in order: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

"He's playing five-dimensional chess while everyone else is playing checkers!" BWAA HAA HAA HAA HAA "Master dealmaker" HARDEE HAR HAR! www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/p...

Another breakup within MAGA that hasn't gotten enough attention ... www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-world...

As noted elsewhere, this comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with how Trump screwed over the contractors who worked on his casinos: www.military.com/daily-news/2...

It looks like I wasn't the only one who noticed this in this Trump post ... newrepublic.com/post/196730/...