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Independent writer and researcher, blogging on politics, history, and the law at The Dissonance on Substack. https://thedissonance.substack.com By the way, I don't know what to make of my profile pic either. Self portrait from 45 yrs ago.
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just logging this developing/vanishing story. no idea as to its veracity, but Trump's behavior is wholly consistent with exactly this sort of thing. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Ideologically-radicalized oligarchs have overwhelmed our democracy. The best way to deal with them is through wealth taxes that become confiscatory beyond a certain level. Neither party will contemplate this, so a new political movement is required. But don’t forget, to oligarchs, this means war.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Ukraine on my mind: I would like to elevate "Ukraine: The Latest," produced by journalists at The Telegraph in the UK. The latest episodes leave me with such a sense of shame and fury at my own country that I scarcely dare to express my thoughts in public open.spotify.com/show/6cnkk1J...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Been thinking about Wilhoit’s Law recently: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Entire government agencies are being reshaped, career experts are leaving and power is shifting — often behind closed doors. ProPublica is investigating. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

submitted 2 days ago • 72 comments

This week's post on The Dissonance Mating rituals of oligarchs and politicians, a history (part 1) open.substack.com/pub/thedisso...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

A shame that will endure for as long as the United States does. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Scenes from the oval: famed anaconda breeding ball

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There are two books that I would like to elevate as relevant to our current situation. Dark Money by Jane Mayer sisterdistrict.com/book-club/da... Oligarchy, by Jeffrey Winters www.cambridge.org/core/books/o... Both books helped me gain an understanding of how oligarchy operates in the U.S.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Taxpayer info will give them enormous leverage over anyone they deem a threat or an obstruction. And 10 bucks says the layoffs will be targeted at the specialized teams assigned to complex audits of the rich. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Go Canada! Go Mexico! Go Europe! Go, go, go Ukraine! Go to HELL, Trump.

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