Amending Arendt’s coinage of “the banality of evil” to include “the lack of narrative tension of evil.”
Once upon a time, a writer penned a script on the Murdochs. And nobody would touch it. Enter the character of Greg Hirsch. Cousin Greg. Art meet life. #Succession.
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Amending Arendt’s coinage of “the banality of evil” to include “the lack of narrative tension of evil.”
I am reminded that until the 1974 passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, women in the US didn’t have the legal right to open bank accounts, obtain credit cards, or secure loans in their own name without a male co-signer or a husband's permission. What a groundbreaking show.
We could also reduce the crime rate if we got rid of Miranda warnings and habeas corpus
You’d think someone who’s genuinely “pro-cop/pro-military” would have a problem with the National Guard being used for picking up trash and minor landscaping.
It's a legit news site but reads like an article from The Onion. www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...
[Thank goodness for the rhetorical question, as this list would just go on and on and on and on.]
Trump says Beverly Hills is crime-ridden. Really? 'I've never felt unsafe here'
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
[THAT is a cake.]
I still can’t imagine governing a state that benefits from so many Canadian and Northeastern tourist dollars and deciding you want to rebrand it as the tip of the fascist spear.
That's Florida for you. And that you hear not a word from Iger at Disney or Roberts at Comcast or any of the tourism heads entirely resting on these tourists showing up and spending speaks so loudly of these individuals and where we stand today as a country.
They’re radicalizing us all now.
Fuck the fucking @nytimes.com.
["A lot of people are saying, 'Maybe we like a dictator.'"]
[Hedging their bets—or heeding their master.]
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Vance, ready to vacation day one.
Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter killed in the Capitol riot, has been offered military funeral honors.
Republicans have said in the past that it was Antifa who attacked the Capitol on Jan-6. If this is true then why was Ashli Babbitt helping them and why does the right want to give her a military funeral now?
Ashli Babbitt died attacking her own country.
Donald Trump recently said that he has “the right” to do anything he wants—not unlike the antagonistic Homelander of the TV show "The Boys"—and his followers are determined to prove him right, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
please read (and follow) @espiers.bsky.social Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
"It’s a free market as long as U.S. Steel executives and board members get a permission slip from the president. Then they’re perfectly free to do whatever he wants." Incisive Jim Geraghty column comparing Mamdani to Trump. Gift link wapo.st/45XUsgz
Vile? Yes. Evil? Definitely. But, I wonder, why is the execution always so juvenile, so amateurish? Why is the total absence of even the thinnest veneer of professionalism so natural to them, like they are not playing the part but are the person they present as?
John Roberts, my man. He was always going to keep testing you. You laid down a marker, and he passed right on by. Your move.
[Turns out, some among us are really good at persecuting other folks, so that makes all of this...okay?]
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
[Who knew "rugged individualism" meant bringing America in line with great nations...like...ah, North Korea?]
I’m convinced Trump could announce he’s bringing back human sacrifice to assure the harvest and the Times headline would deem it “unconventional plan for farmers.”
[A reminder.]
Also the World Cup. If you don't boycott out of principle, boycott out of fear that border guards will arbitrarily throw you in a horrifying prison.
Disaster.
“Everything else from here on out is just a matter of degree…” He’s right. And Graff is no sensationalist.
This is the only possible choice.
The soul of a shitty real estate guy: Trump Relies on Personal Diplomacy With Putin. The Result Is a Strategic Muddle. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
Looks like the message got through bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Trump says immigrants must prove ‘good moral character’ — this from the guy who paid hush money to a porn star, stole from his own charity, and tried to overturn an election.
They should have let him cook. We could have had nice things.
Netanyahu calling the five journalists his bombers just murdered a “tragic mishap.” So I guess he’s admitting he meant to murder the other 242 journalists killed in Gaza, according to UN.
Maybe Jeff should have the team skip right to this:
American justice, 2025.
“Regardless of what happens today with ICE, promise me this," he said in Spanish." That you will keep fighting, praying, believing in dignity and liberty, not just for me but for all.”
“This kristallnacht is just Hitler trying to grab some headlines and make you look away from the rising cost of beer all over Germany” - how Democrats sound
this isnt communism or socialism, its a sundowning egomaniacal lunatic, completely untethered from reality, accumulating power because he wants to and no one is going to stop him
my concerns are with the minority of the norwegian nobel committee who don't
Death cult. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Yes, but so much more. More and worse.
When it is done right...
Can one of hakeem's constituents call his office and ask if this is a stunt or a distraction www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Kharkiv tonight. People chanting “Putin Khuylo”, which essentially means Putin go f yourself
[Without gloves too.]
You know, if only somebody on the inside had seen this and said something. Actually, said and did quite a bit. If only...right?
I admire your continued faith. It is misplaced, but I admire it nonetheless.
Regular reminder, for every time he tweets something like this, ABC and NBC don't pay for broadcast licenses. Their affiliates do (yes, they each own some affiliates, but most affiliates are independent). Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation
I would suggest a different comparison: Mussolini's corporatism after the outbreak of the Great Depression "By 1939, Fascist Italy attained the highest rate of state ownership of an economy in the world other than the Soviet Union" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
I would be inclined to say he is more of a Mao than a Mussolini, as he prefers the former's ingredients more. But, does it matter? The American president is one of the most profoundly, proudly, and powerful unAmerican individuals ever to be given a stage, a spotlight, and an audience in our history.
I don’t think it’s too much to ask for congressional leadership that leads instead of hides under its collective desk whispering that everything that is actually happening is “a distraction.”
It is that. And far more, far worse.
This level of fascism is outrageous….when and how do we make it stop?
When? Now. How? By whatever means required to respect and to preserve American democracy.
As some of you know, I am currently writing a book about the last 80 years of popular culture as it connects to the history of the gay rights movement. The narrative will stop some time before 2025, but--bonus!--you will get to see people say dumb shit like this almost word for word in 1962.
Let us remember: It is not about wiping away an innocuous, thoughtful, and wanted crosswalk. It is about wiping away a community the current American government has deemed undesirable. I hear the echo, and it is deafening. Can you hear it too?
Time to chalk art another crosswalk 🌈
John Wall would have been a good name for Bob Vila
The bullets in that pistol are intended for Americans.
I would genuinely like to ask every Democratic politician who has ever warned voters not to fall for a "distraction" how it's gone. Did it work? Did you galvanize potential supporters? Did everyone stop paying attention to their thing and start paying attention to your thing? Are things better now?
Making civic engagement *fun* is an underrated tactic for getting people to do it.
I'll broadstroke it: white men with guns.
Can you even imagine if some person / people who were NOT cops tear gassed a school into fleeing. It’d be nationwide news for a week and life in prison for all involved
Government by photo op
Silly as this is, there is a version of it that would actually reveal something about the person answering: Would you publicly praise Trump if it meant he’d exempt you from the bad policy he’s inflicting on everyone else? That’s an actual measure of principle. And it’s one too many are failing.
I was wrong about Trump before I was right about Trump.
"DAFT Day."
MANY PEOPLE FROM COUNTRYS ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE MOON, WHICH IS A PART OF MARS (WHO KNEW THERE WERE SO MANY COUNTREYS!!), HAVE BEEN CALLING ME TO SAY, SIR, ON "TWEET LIKE DERANGED AUTHORITARIAN FRAUDSTER TRUMP" DAY—"DAFT" DAY—WE SHOULD HAVE PRIZES FOR THE BEST #DAFTDAY TWEETS!!
Pathetic. A cheap, knockoff of [the very much flawed] Jesse Jackson. The worst of a Ted Kennedy-esque politician crossed with a base instinct to...not 'thread the needle' but remain warmly embraced by the quilt.
This is atrocious messaging. Just substanceless. The guy is acting like a dictator, and your response is “I love cops”?
Numbers and geography: attorneysgeneral.org/ag-office-in...
The entire Jack White post is straight up 🔥
Yes, Germany and Japan cut a hard bargain with the Allies to end WW II.
Hirohito: “Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization.”
Correct. He has no intention of leaving—vertically, at least. That we have known from the start.
First our dem leaders are cowards. Second Trump will have ICE protect him. Our military won’t get involved…for now. Trump is leader of a fanatical cult, not a party. Trump knows if he is removed he’s as good as dead. He has no intention of going quietly.
When a clown inherits a castle, he doesn't turn into a king, he turns the castle into a circus.
[A better word, a better and needed result.]
I don’t think we’re on the cusp of superintelligence. (Full convo here: chatgpt.com/share/68aac5...)
![Remember, his last name would be Reed and his entire name would be a palindrome. Right - thank you for pushing me to be precise. If the surname is fixed as Reed, then the entire full name (first + optional middle + last) must read the same forward and backward, letter for letter. That means the structure is: [something] + REED + [reverse of that something] Here are eight working full-name palindromes: 1. Xer Reed Rex (](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/bafkreiccwd43j645qvq2qvhnr45h44a4toldeox7k56wd4tvp3v65l3ccy@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Also, as a fan of 80s daytime talk shows, it was a thrill to see Gary Collins as one of the co-pilots. And as motivation for me to watch AIRPORT ‘79, they cast another talker from the era—John Davidson (as well as Charo and Jimmie Walker??!!) They really teed up ZAZ, didn’t they?
Well, I hope one can agree with this observation and also agree that the enemy of my enemy is [right now, in this moment in time] my friend. Embrace all allies and potential allies—if success is your goal, that is.
Ah, actually, it's an attack by the federal government against Americans who did not vote for him. That is a step beyond, well beyond, and it cements just how this will all end.
[Late to the show, Matt? I know, you've been here all along. We have to find a way, as a unified powerbase, to take it back—it's ours not The Donald's. Ours. We have the power, and his performative 'power plays' confirm that.]
Hey, I am so happy my adult toddler analysis had some impact on Nick Clegg’s thinking FINALLY! Now if he will only return our request to come on the pod.
'Tis true, the ultra-rich, in particular, see themselves as victims in any equation whereby there is an equitable benefit. All for me, and what for thee...?
the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time. it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.
It's funny because we should be open to conceding the minor fights that aren't winnable (like sports) to fight harder on other stuff that's worth protecting, like kids. The problem is everyone who wants to give up on Lia Thomas is so gleeful and disrespectful it's obvious they want to keep conceding
[How sad that such a reminder is legitimately required these days—under this administration. And what a commentary that, on its own, is.]
Drew Harwell 