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Doctoral Candidate at LSE International History. I have written a dissertation on the Russian Constitutional Crisis of 1993. God willing it will be a book. I use to live in DC and do public policy, geopolitics, and anti-extremism. Dyslexic Academic. he/him
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it's hard to find a motivation for DOGE other than 'hatred of the good.' these are bad people fundamentally envious or un-understanding of the idea that you might work or give for others, and attempting to punish it.

Journalists quite often get emails written in exactly this style, often sent to scores of recipients on multiple publications, and the sadly reliable assumption is that the irate sender is miserable, paranoid and probably unwell.

Honestly I'm glad they picked Harvard to try out this novel "we're mad" legal theory of revoking tax-exempt status, given its infinite resources, deep network of powerful alumni, and law school attended by 142 sitting federal judges. Good luck! 🫡

I am autistic. I pay taxes, I have a job. I dated. I get the desire to push this narrative autistic people DO accomplish these to rebut Kennedy. But there was a time when I DID NOT have a job. And non-speaking autistic people or thise with intellectual disabilities don't. They have worth as well.

@jfloyd314.bsky.social My countryman as you are at Queen Mary let me know if you ever want to get a glass of something chemically inoffensive. I am working at LSE.

Failchildren of the Revolution

Jet lag creates the strangest sensation of time drift. You just don’t feel that time is correct.

It cuts to the quick

So as I understand it she had previously been in a abusive relationship and was prepared for her new one to turn ugly but instead was able to build a respectful and resilient marriage and the freaking government published her private matters us.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...

People have been warning us about the dangers of government for decades of course it turns out they weren’t warnings but aspirations us.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...

I'm not the most avid Christian, but even I find the use of the cross as a prop when engaging in blatant falsehoods in the name of extraordinary cruelty to be offensive.

Oh hell no!

Yall remember Lord of the Flies we are at the stage where the kid is kicking sand in peoples eyes and not suffering the consequences…the conch shell is looking a bit cracked

Home again.

Honestly, such grim news from UK Supreme Court. We're going the way of US & everyone should be concerned. Just let people live their quiet lives - just like they did before Wicked Witch & her flying goblins got all exercised about things that don't concern them. Thoughts & big hugs to all xx 🏳️‍⚧️

My personal favorite historical analogue for Elon is Henry VIII. Young, dynamic, popular figure who turns into a rich, middle-aged zealot with increasingly unhinged iconoclastic views, willing to destroy a nation to cement his family's legacy but with a brain far too addled to actually pull it off.

Alliance to Restore the Republic

On April 11, Vera received an email from DOGE staff, requesting a meeting to discuss “having a DOGE team assigned to the organization.” Via @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Someone needs to write a clear unambiguous denunciation of Camp of Saints and Clash of Civilizations and pound it into the heads of every would be tech mogul so we don’t need to ever see an article like this again. JFC!! www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

That’s just weird

Shocker

WHEN WILL THE LEASON BE LEARNED! If but one innocent man is hanged a thousand more innocent shall follow him each day hence until by the blessing of time the tyrant is no more. But how many innocents must hang first?

The point is the devil himself has the benefit of law

Hear Hear

Vance's entire understanding of European history and culture is built on vibes-based rants of 2010s techfascist bloggers