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less than ten trans women tried to play collegiate sports and now the car dealership class gets to crash the global economy and set up sweatshops in the midwest

DOGE should be your annual reminder that the *point* of government is to be inefficient

Of course the funny thing is that the least desired path by Trump & Co (ending all arms transfers to Israel) would be both the cheapest and most logistically efficient solution possible

Folks….

“This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet.”

Some highlights for the BlueSky crowd: I accidentally went to a neo-fascist bookstore I rizzed someone up by discussing Walter Benjamin I went to a MAGA Communist rally I’ve gone partying more than I ever have before I went to a techno club that played Elvis Presley

In case you guys missed it, since November I’ve met 3 Italian prime ministers & Jane Fonda

A great piece from a good friend:

Gregs piece reminds that “incompetent but indifferent” is the *generous* interpretation of what Trump and Vance have done here. The other is that they welcome these “errors” in order to terrorize law abiding immigrants of all statuses. newrepublic.com/article/1934...

"Budapest’s diverse, forward-looking population defies the image of an ancient, culturally conservative Hungary that Orbán wants to impose." Trump views Washington, D.C. the same way. These are instances of general right-wing populist attitudes.

Hearing reports that @souljagoyshmulik.bsky.social has made preparations to move to Illinois and work on the Kat Abu campaign for the next 20 months.

Lmao they’re trying to do civic patriotism about fucking tariffs

2028 is the year of the Dem Trump. Jon Stewart is a lot likelier to win than a Tim Walz or a JB Pritzker

So how’s this site hanging on? It’s been a minute

One key to understanding our intellectual and political moment is that there are a lot of people who think the trick to being smart is to credulously accept whatever the *second* thing they hear on a subject may be

the two ascendant industrial policy theories are 1) onshore certain strategic industries using a combination of subsidies and regulatory powers 2) reindustrialize the whole economy doing a 20th century latin american style ISI regime because factory work will bring with it a pre-woke culture

This must go so hard if you’re stupid

What

You should never have voted for a single nominee anyway, buddy

Dear friends and followers, For the next 6 months I shall be studying in Rome, and if any of you happen to be living or studying in Italy, I’d love to meet! Just DM me or leave a comment under this post. I’m also planning to tour Europe, so European moots: please send your information too!

It’s ableist to criticize sieg heiling now

Joe Biden thinks this doesn’t matter more than attending an inauguration

Remember when Biden said that if Trump beat him he would just say “oh shucks, better luck next time!”

"'Four more years of civil unrest...might even trigger him to invoke the Insurrection Act....' This sounds more like the rationalization of a battered spouse keeping their head down than of a political opposition considering a strategy." www.liberalcurrents.com/now-more-tha...

Still probably worth writing your congresspeople to tell them to vote against the Laken Riley Act actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...

Rest Easy David ❤️❤️❤️

History is going to remember Biden for precisely one thing and that’s letting fascism just waltz in through the front door.

From the world of tech: this young American entrepreneur completely revolutionized the pogrom game in Myanmar. Now he wants to do the same to America. My latest for the Atlantic.