Paul Elledge 🇺🇦
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Paul Elledge 🇺🇦
@pelledge.bsky.social
· Jun 14
I would like to be wrong abt this. I would like for white conservatism to accept dissent & respect the rights & ideas of others. I would love to live in an actual democracy. Until we actually address the problem of chronic right wing lawlessness, however, all the rest is just wishful thinking.
This is it.
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Senior ICE Officer Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of assaulting a woman he met when she was 18 (he in his 40s), including alleged choking/strangulation; prosecutors cite a broader pattern after ~22 calls in 18 months.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/senior-ice...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/senior-ice...
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Senior ICE Officer Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of assaulting a woman he met when she was 18 (he in his 40s), including alleged choking/strangulation; prosecutors cite a broader pattern after ~22 calls in 18 months.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/senior-ice...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/senior-ice...
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History tells us where this "co-opt or destroy" scheme leads. In 1945, when it became clear he could not own the future of Germany, Hitler issued the "Nero Decree."
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
History tells us where this "co-opt or destroy" scheme leads. In 1945, when it became clear he could not own the future of Germany, Hitler issued the "Nero Decree."
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
He ordered the destruction of his own country's infrastructure. If the nation wouldn't serve him, it didn't deserve to survive him.
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Read this thread.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Read this thread.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
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Rand Paul, who hand delivered a note from Trump to Putin with unknown contents, wanted to get rid of the espionage act. Here is a reminder from Senator John McCain that Rand Paul and Donald Trump work for Vladimir Putin.
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rand Paul, who hand delivered a note from Trump to Putin with unknown contents, wanted to get rid of the espionage act. Here is a reminder from Senator John McCain that Rand Paul and Donald Trump work for Vladimir Putin.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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Dem senator says Trump launched ‘dizzying campaign’ of violence before Brown shooting
Dem senator says Trump launched ‘dizzying campaign’ of violence before Brown shooting
Dem senator says Trump launched ‘dizzying campaign’ of violence before Brown shooting
www.independent.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Dem senator says Trump launched ‘dizzying campaign’ of violence before Brown shooting
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DHS is shockingly incompetent.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
DHS is shockingly incompetent.
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It's ridiculously out of touch to treat "abolish ICE" as untouchable. This stuff is wildly unpopular! People hate them! It's an irredeemably rotten institutional culture of thuggery and criminality. Cutting this malignant tumor out altogether isn't just right on principle, it's a winning message.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's ridiculously out of touch to treat "abolish ICE" as untouchable. This stuff is wildly unpopular! People hate them! It's an irredeemably rotten institutional culture of thuggery and criminality. Cutting this malignant tumor out altogether isn't just right on principle, it's a winning message.
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There is no longer any argument against this position:
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There is no longer any argument against this position:
This is the correct take. Without a billionaire funding her for ideological reasons, she is running a blog at most.
One possible flaw in Bari Weiss's plan to remake CBS News in her image is that she is a bad and boring journalist and nobody actually likes her.
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the correct take. Without a billionaire funding her for ideological reasons, she is running a blog at most.
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Because it's relevant to some of Trump's comments today, I'll say that I was not far away, on the floor at RNC/Cleveland in 2016, when the moment captured in this charming photo occurred. It's a real pic, before the AI era.
Saw it myself and have not forgotten it.
Saw it myself and have not forgotten it.
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Because it's relevant to some of Trump's comments today, I'll say that I was not far away, on the floor at RNC/Cleveland in 2016, when the moment captured in this charming photo occurred. It's a real pic, before the AI era.
Saw it myself and have not forgotten it.
Saw it myself and have not forgotten it.
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Podcast host Jim Stewartson added, "It’s only weird until you realize that CBS News is run by the PayPal Mafia. Bari Weiss started an 'anti-woke university' with the co-founder of Palantir."
"Everything that comes out of this network is untrustworthy," he further added.
"Everything that comes out of this network is untrustworthy," he further added.
'Really weird': CBS News host raises eyebrows with 'surprising' topic of lawmaker grilling
CBS News raised "ideological" concerns over the weekend as one of its hosts grilled a GOP lawmaker about why more isn't being done on a issue that's important to those on the right.Margaret Brennan of...
www.rawstory.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Podcast host Jim Stewartson added, "It’s only weird until you realize that CBS News is run by the PayPal Mafia. Bari Weiss started an 'anti-woke university' with the co-founder of Palantir."
"Everything that comes out of this network is untrustworthy," he further added.
"Everything that comes out of this network is untrustworthy," he further added.
Classic NY Times. We meet with three people responsible for helping break the Senate to pretend they are serious people and that they have ideas on how to fix it. 🙄
Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin and Tina Smith all decided to leave the Senate during the Trump era. On “The Interview,” the current and former lawmakers open up about why they think the Senate is broken and what it would take to fix it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/m...
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Classic NY Times. We meet with three people responsible for helping break the Senate to pretend they are serious people and that they have ideas on how to fix it. 🙄
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JIM CROW
The Trump administration has opened an investigation into Boston’s affordable housing policies, accusing the city of engaging in a “racialist theory of housing justice” that discriminates against white people.
Trump's HUD accuses Boston of engaging in "redlining" against white people
More than 50 years ago, the Trump family faced a similar government challenge for refusing to rent to Black people.
www.motherjones.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
JIM CROW
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today in making cruel and unusual punishment great again
Assigned to a prison job paying $0.13 per hour, Abron Arrington refused to work, figuring his time could be better spent learning physics.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.
boltsmag.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
today in making cruel and unusual punishment great again
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The State Department is evidently going all in defending a meeting with a known Russian asset from a far-right party in Germany. Helluva look, even for this administration. x.com/michaeldweis...
Michael Weiss on X: "Surely one can be anti-censorship without being under the "absolute control" of the Russian Presidential Administration, as Markus Fronhmaier is described as being in two separate documents obtained by @derspiegel. You just returned from Europe where you spent much of your time https://t.co/sa6Vva56u6" / X
Surely one can be anti-censorship without being under the "absolute control" of the Russian Presidential Administration, as Markus Fronhmaier is described as being in two separate documents obtained by @derspiegel. You just returned from Europe where you spent much of your time https://t.co/sa6Vva56u6
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The State Department is evidently going all in defending a meeting with a known Russian asset from a far-right party in Germany. Helluva look, even for this administration. x.com/michaeldweis...
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So Joe Manchin doesn't understand the history of the filibuster - or the metaphorical use of "holy grail"
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So Joe Manchin doesn't understand the history of the filibuster - or the metaphorical use of "holy grail"
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But we shouldn’t be concerned about his appearances in the Epstein files
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
But we shouldn’t be concerned about his appearances in the Epstein files
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The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
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"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
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Tapping the sign again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tapping the sign again.
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People lost jobs for having this kind of reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder.
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People lost jobs for having this kind of reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder.
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.