What a fucking idiot.
What a fucking idiot.
Disturbing that he clearly seems to be mouth-breathing in all these recent photos
He is unwell
Mercury Rev touring behind "Deserter's Songs" at I think Webster Hall in NYC, with Garth and Maud Hudson as the opening act
Peter Baker of the NYT again promoting a story by his wife Susan Glasser of the New Yorker, promoted by George Conway. As Lévi-Strauss said (quoting, I think, Hugh Hefner), "Incest is fine as long as it's kept in the family." I don't disagree with any of the "content"—but, please.
He's perseverating, and possibly also confabulating
Eliade himself was a member of the Iron Guard if I recall correctly.
Lavrov is telegraphing that Russia will make the removal of Zelenskyy—and his replacement by a Krelmin puppet like Yanukovich—a precondition of any "peace talks," fulfilling Paul Manafort's mission from 10+ years ago. And Trump/Vance will go along, of course
Just like Canary Mission has a direct line to Stephen Miller, hence the deportations of Khalil and Özturk
Seems significant that STEVEN BRILL is her attorney. no?
Isn't it obvious that Russia will eventually predicate any "peace agreement" on the removal of Zelenskyy from power and his replacement by a Kremlin puppet like Yanukovych—exactly like what Manafort was working on 10+ years ago?
Well, why isn't she?
This is Travis Bickle: "Someday the rains will come, and wash the scum off the streets"
Where are Ken Paxton's big FBI agents busting into Chicago hotels and dragging out rogue Texas democrats? Are they getting emergency pedicures and Reiki raindrop therapy prior to the big operations?
Surely no gender politics going on here, no "othering" the Oriental Other as effeminate, etc.
It's something like 'eminent domain' but at the level of intellectual property—theft, in a word
I don't think JB will even dignify this with a response
Why does this story have five (5) bylines? I don't have an answer, not implying anything, just curious
Exactly! The attacks on so-called "wokeness" are from the same bad-faith playbook developed by Chris Rufo and others—compare the demonization of "CRT," and the weaponization of (pseudo-) "antisemitism."
Oh my God
"I flew over" — remind you of anything? Also, his whole presentation, hand gestures, hair, suggests that he is a mentally ill person
Did you mean Drew Ensign? (agree 100% btw)
"Pressured speech" is a presenting symptom of bipolar disorder, floridly on display here
"Pressured speech" is a presenting symptom of bipolar disorder, floridly on display here
Agree totally. In my view the encapsulation of this whole (brilliant) strategy is the single utterance: "Insh'allah"
The encapsulation of this whole (brilliant) strategy is the single utterance: "Insh'allah"
Why is he wearing Trump's bronzer all over his face
She's 85 years old
These orders come from Stephen Miller, based on Canary Mission hit lists—same with Khalil
Look at those numbers! Dems need to make this their #1 issue right now! I don't care if it's "tawdry," this is blood in the water, and Trump knows it, and Dems need to be sharks
Therefore, he's in really bad shape, screaming, crying, throwing things
Yet another "what's your message?" question—this is stenography, not journalism
The whole assault on universities is being led by Stephen Miller's office. See attached link ("Stephen request"). www.notus.org/trump-white-...
I do wish reporters would stop asking "what's your message?" questions—it's the spoken equivalent of stenography. Ask specific questions that expose the fact that most of these people have no idea what they're doing!
It's totally rooted in "Great Replacement Theory"
echoing Rachael Bade of Politico—thanks, Rachael!
This is ancient "undeserving poor" rhetoric, revived by Reagan's "welfare queens," but its current iteration is a perfect example of the online phenomenon of "making up a (fake) person to be mad at." And they're using it over and over and over
This is ancient "undeserving poor" rhetoric, revived by Reagan's "welfare queens," but its current iteration is a perfect example of the online phenomenon of "making up a (fake) person to be mad at."
It's evidence of consciousness of guilt. They know they're committing crimes, that's why they don't write them down (see: The Wire, etc.)
A Venn diagram that is almost a perfect circle
This is tropes from 19th century escaped slave Gothic narratives, "Lost Cause" porn
Given that most international students' social media accounts will be in languages other than English, does the State Dept have enough people competent in these languages (Mandarin, Hindi/Urdu, etc., etc.) to read and evaluate the posts? Of course not—so they'll be using AI
Given that most international students' social media accounts will be in languages other than English, does the State Dept have enough people competent in these languages (Mandarin, Hindi/Urdu, etc., etc.) to read and evaluate the posts? Of course not!—so they'll be using AI
Given that most international students' social media accounts will be in languages other than English, does the State Dept have enough people competent in these languages (Mandarin, Hindi, etc., etc.) to read and evaluate the posts? Of course not—so they'll be using AI
Paging Dr Freud, please pick up the white courtesy telephone
Paging Dr Freud, please pick up the white courtesy telephone
Malaria adjusting her hair is the real star of this show
His speechwriter is Stephen Miller
Notice Walt Nauta (bald man upper right) looking on with concern as the Boss drifts in and out of consciousness. This is like late-stage Elvis
Walt Nauta (upper right) seems to be casting very concerned looks toward the Boss
She looks terrified, poor thing
This also applies 100x to the military invasions of US cities that they fantastize about—where will all those thousands of soldiers sleep, eat, shit? The logistics are incredible. You're going to add, say, 10,000 people to a city? Where will they live?
I realize he misspoke, but I rather like his characterization of Kristi Noem as "one of the mousepieces"
Stephen Miller wrote all or most of that
We live in a. narratocracy
So brilliant, so eloquent
brilliant and eloquent
We need a sequel
Great, but also: science-based public health policy (as opposed to superstition-based), restore and expand CFPB, mass rehire of RIFed civil servants, massive expansion of Green New Deal + willingness to talk about how it helps red states with jobs and other value-adds
Here's Eva Vlaardingerbroek, the darling of the European far-right, holding forth (in perfect English) on "remigration": x.com/dvanlangenho...
Perfect
(White) young men are the new shiny object
I don't know how much more of this I can take
With respect, I think you're obtusely missing the point. The whole issue is epistemological: what does it imply about "public opinion" as a construct to say that it can be "studied accurately"? Yglesias' obvious fault is his neiveté, but is his naiveté real?
You engaged in highly damaging rapid eating, and your microbiome is only now able to respond. Rough times ahead
He is the A.J. Foyt of US presidents
Amen
This reminds me of certain stories about LBJ which I won't repeat here because they are not relevant in any way
I think that was like Ehrlichman or Haldeman, on the Nixon tapes
He's tiny. I don't put a lot of significance on it, I'm not attacking him, but Mike Johnson is tiny. It's just an observational fact
"Proofreading" (or the equivalent) is not exactly a widely shared skill for ppl in this administration (including DOJ's lawyers)
Click to watch a mentally ill person ranting incoherently
This is a mentally ill person
As curator of the Amy Wax Museum at the University of Pennsylvania I'd appreciate exact measurements for Gavin Wax so that we can include a waxen image of him in the collection
Everything he does is a replay of the "perfect phone call" with Zelenskyy (the first impeachment)
Kind of beside the point, I realize, but is there any evidence to back up Kirk's claim here?
It's a command issued to a subordinate (in corporate register), softer than the blatantly demeaning 'Governor', but still demeaning
This has been clear since they questioned birthright citizenship—this is WHY they want to overturn birthright citizenship: so they can revoke the citizenship of any naturalized citizen and create stateless non-persons with impunity
Add U Penn to the list of absences
PENN
Lord Haw Haw?
That post really reads like it was written by Stephen Miller
$5 says that post was written by Stephen Miller
The Insurrection didn't end on Jan 6th—it's still going on.
Very important point. Example: the current (spurious) attack on birthright citizenship is an attempt to create a pretext for revoking the citizenship of anyone Trump dislikes. Precedent: Shamima Begum, whose UK citizenship was revoked in 2019 by UK Home Secretay Sajid Javid.
Isn't this attempt to revoke birthright citizenship an attempt to create a pretext for revoking the citizenship of anyone the Trump administration doesn't like? Compare the case of Shamima Begum, whose UK citizenship was revoked in 2019.
They actually want us to die
In what way is that threat "thinly veiled"? It's not "veiled" at all!
I just sent Fetterman this message on his website: Dear John, RESIGN. I'm sorry about your health challenges, but you're no longer fit to serve. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald... Sincerely, XXXXX your constituent
For performance at the Kennedy Center, feat. Kid Rock, Scott Baio, and Lee Greenwood
They're more like online fan communities than political organizations
it's hard not to wonder about Roger's relationship with Roy
These are longstanding rightwing shibboleths: 'San Francisco' is (negatively) coded for 'gay' (and by extension, 'liberal'); 'New York' has always been coded for 'Jewish'; 'Chicago' often for 'Black'. 'Urban' has long meant 'Black (and poor)'
JD has really THROWN ON the pounds since the summer—get this man some Mounjaro, STAT!
"We asked everyone not to leak"—but obviously someone did, or we wouldn't be reading this. Cultivate the people who leak, don't waste time with endless "Stephen Miller is Himmler" hysteria. Not least because he (Miller) loves it.
Tyler Cowen was 14 when Carter took office in 1976
www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/ja...
Exhibit A: Patty Hearst, 1971 or so
Yes, but remember also the drastic asymmetry between the online presence of "right" and "left" political discourse: there's just no comparison in terms of scale, funding, and penetration across all platforms and all content categories (from TikToks to "news" networks to op-eds).
It's so good to have Dr Gorka back. PhD from University 404 Not Found