Victoria Lewis
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy
How our public sphere has drifted from reality to a “simulated” democracy—and what it might take to pull it back
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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My comments with @ddiamond.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com more antivaccine MAHA pseudoscience headed our way www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My comments with @ddiamond.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com more antivaccine MAHA pseudoscience headed our way www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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This sounds intuitively like the equivalent of executing prisoners.
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This sounds intuitively like the equivalent of executing prisoners.
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Here’s the “peaceful” Russia murdering civilians.
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Here’s the “peaceful” Russia murdering civilians.
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
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“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Humanity thrives on friction—but AI is built to make everything seem easy, Raffi Krikorian writes. In losing the unpredictable, chaotic, and surprising, AI has “stripped us of something profoundly human.”
The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on friction—so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Humanity thrives on friction—but AI is built to make everything seem easy, Raffi Krikorian writes. In losing the unpredictable, chaotic, and surprising, AI has “stripped us of something profoundly human.”
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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The Northwestern Surrender is a clear signal of how generally rotten America's elites are. In every institution, every area of the economy. Far too many rich and/or powerful people lack integrity or even decency.
Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Northwestern Surrender is a clear signal of how generally rotten America's elites are. In every institution, every area of the economy. Far too many rich and/or powerful people lack integrity or even decency.
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Here’s why Trump is panicking this Thanksgiving
Trump Panics As Truth About His Broken Brain Is Exposed, His Ally Bolsonaro Gets Locked Up For Decades, and Noem Faces Heat From Federal Judge
I’m thankful for this great news
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Here’s why Trump is panicking this Thanksgiving
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November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
At Law Dork, I don't believe in both-sides coverage and I do believe in holding people in power — in government and out of it — accountable for their actions. I've been covering Trump and our institutions all year.
This weekend, get 15% off a paid subscription: www.lawdork.com/blackfriday
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2026 Warning 🚨: Going back to 1926, the S&P 500 has seen an average drawdown of 18.2% in the 12 months before midterm elections 📉 Going back 60 years, the smallest drawdown has been 7.4% while the largest was 41.8% 🤯 After the midterms, all is well, but before? 🤔👀
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
2026 Warning 🚨: Going back to 1926, the S&P 500 has seen an average drawdown of 18.2% in the 12 months before midterm elections 📉 Going back 60 years, the smallest drawdown has been 7.4% while the largest was 41.8% 🤯 After the midterms, all is well, but before? 🤔👀
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
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He’s at 60% disproval lol
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
He’s at 60% disproval lol
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In Hillsboro, Oregon, ICE GOONS were observed kidnapping individuals from their vehicles, disguising themselves as Uber drivers.
November 28, 2025.
November 28, 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
In Hillsboro, Oregon, ICE GOONS were observed kidnapping individuals from their vehicles, disguising themselves as Uber drivers.
November 28, 2025.
November 28, 2025.
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At long last, a Republican shows they have at least some sense of decency.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At long last, a Republican shows they have at least some sense of decency.
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We are setting the scene for the world’s most unsympathetic version of the face-eating leopards, which is really saying something
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We are setting the scene for the world’s most unsympathetic version of the face-eating leopards, which is really saying something
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HUGE ELECTION DAY IN TENNESSEE IN TUESDAY!!
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
HUGE ELECTION DAY IN TENNESSEE IN TUESDAY!!
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One of the most important things I’ve learned about building teams is that a star player with a bad attitude can sink the entire team.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of the most important things I’ve learned about building teams is that a star player with a bad attitude can sink the entire team.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
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Legally, this is absurd. But remember, with these people every accusation is an admission. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump 'cancelling' Biden executive orders signed by autopen
Many presidents, including President Donald Trump, have used the autopen to sign various documents.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Legally, this is absurd. But remember, with these people every accusation is an admission. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Absolutely, 100% accurate by former US Navy Commander and former Rep. @ElaineLuria (D-VA02): this is, in fact, a classic example of an order that's BLATANTLY and WILDLY illegal - and that which servicemembers swore an oath not to follow. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/frid...
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Absolutely, 100% accurate by former US Navy Commander and former Rep. @ElaineLuria (D-VA02): this is, in fact, a classic example of an order that's BLATANTLY and WILDLY illegal - and that which servicemembers swore an oath not to follow. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/frid...
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