Month: October 2021
I won’t endeavor to sort through the dozens of candidates for the most embarrassing Glenn Greenwald moment since he went MAGA something in 2016, but his fawning promotional interview with Aaron
This was obvious at the time to law enforcement and intelligence agencies of the federal government. The vast majority of even well-informed people are still in denial about this. After the initial sh
I’m sure I’ve covered this topic before, but it’s Halloween and I want to talk spooky stuff. So, what spooky stuff have you been watching or do you have on the horizon? Bonus points if you can n
Conor Friedersdorf has a pathetic bit of wishcasting in the Atlantic about how Never Trumpers should rally round a Ron DeSantis presidential run: DeSantis frustrates and disappoints me within normal p
After watching my favorite sports team lose for the first time this season in this most frustrating and idiotic way possible, I opened my email to find this: ⚾ PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST ARRIVED A
This graph from Kieran Healy is a pretty good summary of American politics circa 2021 in itself: As Healy says, this trend is only going to get more pronounced over time. The wingnut propaganda indust
Let’s check in on Federalist Society favorite John Eastman and his seditionist activities: As Vice President Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, an att
Lili Loofbourow has seen the future and it’s Facebook: The feeling has come slowly, I’m sorry to say—I wish I’d been quicker on the uptake—but now it’s here and it’s overwhelming: I
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,261
- Cancel culture, the reality
- Pay No Attention to the Man Who Keeps Yelling From Behind the Curtain
- And it’s a long day livin’ up your own ass
- Drugs and moral panics
- The JCPOA Is Dead
- Dark Brandon gives the corpse of David Broder a sad
- Ways and Means committee likely to release Trump’s midterms
- Tax Prison Labor
- Deadly Politics