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Germany descended into authoritarian madness because of defeat in war, Depression, and the collapse of monarchy. The U.S. is doing it because...why, exactly?

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

ok that’s enough news time to drink

submitted 60 days ago • 50 comments

Only 90s kids

submitted 61 days ago • 9 comments

The political naivete of America's managerial elite would be dumbfounding if it weren't so routine.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Starting WWII was manifestly insane too, but that's what you get when fascist incompetents are in charge.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 63 days ago • 65 comments

Executive orders are not laws. Just in case you were curious.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I can finally laugh about it a little. I’ve been so spitting mad.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

submitted 75 days ago • 174 comments

You should read this, by Henry Farrell. "I put it to this ['DOGE-adjacent] individual that tearing out the decision making capacities of government would not be good for America’s ability to do things in the world. Their response (paraphrased slightly) was: so what? We’ll have AGI by late 2026." 😮

submitted 78 days ago • 15 comments

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

submitted 78 days ago • 1284 comments

Not a penny for the Democratic Party or its federal candidates while Schumer is leader. The sole exception will be candidates challenging the pro-Trump Democrats in the primary.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

submitted 82 days ago • 3611 comments

Way to project weakness and split your party, dude.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

In the NYT article on Trump's dismantling of the department of education, the words "illegal" and "unconstitutional" do not appear.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

There's an amusing gap between AI boosters who keep talking about how writers "must embrace new technology or be left behind!" and actual writers who spend half our time figuring out how to AVOID technology (locking cell phones away, Freedom app, pen and paper, etc.) to be able to actually write.

submitted 90 days ago • 3 comments

STOP PRAISING RONALD REAGAN. HE WAS AWFUL.

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Every single thing that has happened over the last month has weakened the country. If this were a deliberate attempt to sabotage the U.S., this is precisely what they would do.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Thoughts from a political scientist/student of history/long-time political campaigner on the errors of the current Democratic Party leadership during our present crisis/1

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Greaaaat

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

The NYT is trying very hard to walk the line between appeasing the fascists & losing their subscriber base. Kinda like the Democratic Party balancing their donors & their voters.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Just had one of my research contracts canceled. Probably not the last one.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment