"One could make the argument we should have sided with Hitler," a guest told Tucker Carlson's podcast last month. Yair Rosenberg writes about the MAGA influencers who want to rehabilitate the Nazi leader—and what they hope to gain by doing so.
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"One could make the argument we should have sided with Hitler," a guest told Tucker Carlson's podcast last month. Yair Rosenberg writes about the MAGA influencers who want to rehabilitate the Nazi leader—and what they hope to gain by doing so.
It’s what I’ve said for several years now, that we’re going to joke and meme our way toward dictatorship.
“The real power of Trump’s absurd autocratic brand lies in the cover it provides for the movement behind him. The unending preposterousness provides his allies… with plausible deniability for autocracy to take root.” @amandacarpenter.bsky.social www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/hes-just-j...
Local police refuse federal enforcement requests, and refugee agencies face halted relocations.
Prominent far-right influencers have been attempting to rehabilitate Hitler's reputation. That's not an exaggeration; it's easily documented. I wrote about why they are doing this, what they hope to gain, and what it means for America.
Just listening now, a day later. I came here to find out if I was the only one to catch the Double Entendre. Glad to know I wasn’t!
I repeat: The former president of the Philippines is LITERALLY SITTING IN THE HAGUE RIGHT NOW for doing this exact kind of thing. There needs to be criminal charges. Now. For EVERYONE involved.
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
Amazing, unusually direct rebuke to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh from Judge Burroughs. She is, of course, entirely correct.
Trump *is* the files.
Don't be so hard on them. They're just following orders. [snicker]
It’s his Turkish Delight on a moonlit night.
It was murder.
Stop reposting! If we want to read the New York Times en Español, we’ll follow the New York Times en Español
Nah, not ignorant. Stupid. Ignorance is simply the lack of knowledge, and that can be cured with education. Stupidity, or willful ignorance, on the other hand — well … that’s a terminal condition.
Rudy Giuliani suffered severe injuries in a car accident last night, according to his spokesperson
Sell 200 April at 142!
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
Too late, that already happened.
Jodi Ernst was right: “We all are going to die.”
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬
Perhaps, but… I really don't want him to die. I don't want him to become this martyr figure, revered by his cult members. I want him alive, behind bars, rotting away for a very, very, VERY long time.
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As the summer comes to a close, Trump's version of America is proving to be grimmer than we thought. I look at Trump's militarization of American cities and the rise of hatred across our country. Watch here: youtu.be/oIVCM9MYO2E
“I was just following orders” said the Nazis
I miss the old brand #CDC
Journalist Rubén Salazar, killed 55 years ago today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAxL...
Those are not the exact words that Vance said, and so should not be within double quotes. Please do better when quoting people.
Fascism is impossible without a culture of denial. It is deeply unpopular and repellant. It cannot win unless millions of people actively convince themselves it is a passing phase or not as bad as it seems. This is why we’re stuck in this mess. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
Even more obviously, if you use ChatGPT or other LLM/GAI systems, please stop. They are bad for our society. Bad for our environment. And bad for you, with studies already showing they amplify mental illness and diminish cognitive abilities. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
I said this 7 months ago and was called an alarmist. History says elections won’t save us. They will end us. Blue states must declare war. “I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.” ▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
The government handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that lacks a functioning website, has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. https://to.pbs.org/4mGiYtM
The grifting and corruption is infinite at this point. Follow the money, right @hcrichardson.bsky.social ?
Hey hey DJT What’s in the Epstein files that we can’t see?
Damn that’s good
hey hey rfk how many kids did you kill today
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Once upon a time, Barack Obama's $400,000 speaking fee and Hillary Clinton's $8 million book deal raised eyebrows. Now, President Trump has already made $3.4 billion *during* his presidencies. That's a stratospherically different level of profiting.
Actually, it’s only seven months ago.
It's hard to keep up with Trump so we've compiled a list of websites tracking Trump’s actions on tariffs, regulations, the environment, immigration, and more. @brookings.edu Hutchins Center www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
Absolutely bonkers personalist regime stuff www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
How did America lose its democracy? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
Sorry, Andrew @weissmann.substack.com but it’s time to put this “Boiling Frog Syndrome” myth to bed. Frogs are cold-blooded, possessing a thermal tolerance limit, and would at least attempt to jump out of hot water. In other words, even frogs know when to get out of a situation as it gets too bad.
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
This is the kind of shit you hear from combat veterans
This piece in Forbes today by Mary Beth Gasman minces no words in calling out the Trump regime and what it is trying to do to American history. Very effective essay. www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
One photoshopped accusation deserves another!
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
#Evergreen
Donald Trump is accusing the Fed’s Lisa Cook of the same wrongdoing a New York appeals court just said Trump was guilty of himself. | Opinion
Almost every day there’s a Trump scandal that skates by that in any other moment of presidential history would launch endless follow-up stories, congressional investigations, and sink an administration. I zeroed in on just two of them from this week: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-watergat...
“An American president has opted out of his oath. He has decided to use the military on behalf of his faction against the opposition in the name of security, while demanding obeisance to his lies, delusion and corruption.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/i-am
The question to ask here is, “What’s in it for him?”
Berkeley Breathed's "Bloom County" loomed so large over my young life that I simply cannot believe its initial run was only eight and a half years. It filled the role that the Gaines/Kurtzman/Feldstein "Mad" magazine played for an earlier generation. A foundational post-post-punk text, imho.
possibly the most important text to me as a kid, or as a person generally
Timing is Everything.
The word you’re searching for is Fascism. Or Communism. The Horseshoe Theory lives.
Masked, un-uniformed, unidentified secret police ambushes. What could go wrong?
F*ck‼️ Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward. Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
A man who was just getting names and badges for officers was wrongfully detained in D.C. He then yelled, “AFTER THE TRIALS ARE HELD, YOU WILL ALL BE IN JAIL.” 🔥 #FreeDC
It’s very conspicuous rewatching this that Trump is desperately trying to hide the back of his right hand from the camera
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone. It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
Tremendous crossover move right here:
These are all stories from January to May. Any news?
Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
Them: But it's not fair to say they supported "white supremacy," that's just your woke spin on the past The Past:
Hi folks: A few days ago, @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I talked about the threat of armies serving the government throughout American history. History is YELLING at us these days. It's posted on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyw0...
I wrote about MAGA media's open plan to subvert the midterms by having ICE agents stalk polling places in liberal-run cities, conduct an unconstitutional mid-decade census that excludes undocumented people, and ban mail-in voting. Bannon laid out the playbook twice this week. Me at @mmfa.bsky.social
Trump 2020: Find me 11k votes Trump 2025: Find me congressional seats
ICYMI — TRUMP: “The conflict between Aber-baijan and Albania was going on for 35 years. I got that one settled.” He meant Azerbaijan and Armenia. Can’t wait for @jaketapper’s book about this.
The size of Pete Hegseth’s security detail is insane. Grown to 400+ agents since January. They’re pulled from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, which should be investigating crimes in the ranks. Instead, they’re stuck guarding his ex-wives, multiple kids, and multiple properties.
Democratic Party leadership failed to stave off fascism and has failed to provide real resistance. If that is going to change it’s time we expected more, so much more, from political candidates and the party as a whole. I laid out baseline minimums. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/saving-the...
In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fac...
Damn this is cool: @onthemedia.bsky.social was ranked #23 in Left of Dial’s 100 best podcasts of all time list, a poll of “300 audio creators, podcast hosts, writers, and scholars from around the world.” www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social I am America I am public education I am an informed citizenry I am a neighbor, a volunteer, a helper I am healthcare for all I am open arms for the poor, the unhoused, the immigrant I am love for all humans I am democracy— America.
The new Netflix documentary "Devo" explores the Ohio-born art-rock band known for their quirky style and misunderstood message.
But then the “miniseries” line wouldn’t work. 😉
This is just the latest in a series of masked, unidentified law enforcement officers arresting people. This is what the federal takeover of DC law enforcement looks like, and it's incredibly dangerous. Congress must step in.
Experts are warning that more than 500,000 Ohioans are poised to lose insurance subsidies starting next year. In many cases, the increased costs they’ll face will be so big that more than 100,000 will lose their coverage, they warn. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/h...
Republicans Turned America Into Playground For International Pedophiles Israeli government official Tom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for sex. Apparently attempted Child Rape is no longer a crime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Holy shit.
“prised”? 🤔🤷🏼♂️
Is there any proof that these men were “federal agents”? The video labels them that but the post notes they were masked and unidentified. Looks like an attempted carjacking, not anything resembling an arrest. They ask for badges and the guy silently puts on black gloves?
Though Return to the Land claims it’s nothing more than a peaceful settlement of like-minded people, the online histories of the group’s leaders tell a different story. Members have espoused virulently racist and antisemitic views and repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Another test for America’s businesses and where they stand. This has Chinese Communist Party vibes: The White House “created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump's” so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill.”
Imagine spending all that time and energy to become an FBI agent and then President Mumbles McFacepaint orders you to march around the yuppiest neighborhoods of Washington DC in tactical gear so drunk college kids can jeer at you.
“Saturday morning, officers with vests that said only police tased what appeared to be a deliveryman. The confrontation took place on 14th Street…The officers refused to identify themselves. The incident was caught on video by a person who sent it to The Bulwark.” www.thebulwark.com/p/watch-trum...
Is someone in the administration tracking our international supply of sex traffickers? Trump brought both Tate brothers here but let this one go back, so we’re probably running a surplus?
And for dessert, he drank his milkshake.
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
That Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska played out like an episode of VEEP.
I’ve been saying this for awhile: we’re gonna joke and meme all the way to authoritarianism.