Rick Perlstein
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"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
The land that never has been yet..."
Every ROCKY Training Montage in Order
YouTube video by Official Rocky Balboa
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November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Rick Perlstein
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Woke up to my tweet trolling Senator Mike Lee going viral.
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Woke up to my tweet trolling Senator Mike Lee going viral.
Get to something downright ontological about right-wing cogitation: "shit just happens sometimes" is never a reasonable explanation for events. A demonic Other must be at fault. Except for the malign intervention of Them, the universe would yield perfect order. To think otherwise is unimaginable.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Get to something downright ontological about right-wing cogitation: "shit just happens sometimes" is never a reasonable explanation for events. A demonic Other must be at fault. Except for the malign intervention of Them, the universe would yield perfect order. To think otherwise is unimaginable.
Fascist framing. Worthy of Der Sturmer.
President Trump said his administration will conduct a full review of Afghan nationals who were admitted to the U.S. under the Biden administration in the wake of the National Guard shooting.
Live updates: 2 National Guard members in critical condition; D.C. shooting suspect is an Afghan national
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody.
wapo.st
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Fascist framing. Worthy of Der Sturmer.
Reposted by Rick Perlstein
He is turning into an actual weasel as he speaks
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
He is turning into an actual weasel as he speaks
The Pigeon Hustle | PBS Nature Documentary
YouTube video by Nature on PBS
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November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I feel like I spend half the day responding to people making fun of some logically incohetent thing some Repiblican says by pointing out, "It's not stupid. It's fascist." Which often requires a great deal of intelligence, of a sort.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I feel like I spend half the day responding to people making fun of some logically incohetent thing some Repiblican says by pointing out, "It's not stupid. It's fascist." Which often requires a great deal of intelligence, of a sort.
What was that about Kafka's "The Trial" being superceced?
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What was that about Kafka's "The Trial" being superceced?
I'm re-reading Kafka's "The Trial" right now. It doesn't really work any more as literature, because of how many of the details that are supposed to be as surreal as a dream that are superceded by actual American reality. Like this.
Border Patrol has a surveillance program tracking millions of drivers by name and then gets them pulled over for lies. Listen to the officer admit that he is careful to conceal the reason for the stop so if it ever gets questioned, no one will know that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm re-reading Kafka's "The Trial" right now. It doesn't really work any more as literature, because of how many of the details that are supposed to be as surreal as a dream that are superceded by actual American reality. Like this.
Reposted by Rick Perlstein
Border Patrol has a surveillance program tracking millions of drivers by name and then gets them pulled over for lies. Listen to the officer admit that he is careful to conceal the reason for the stop so if it ever gets questioned, no one will know that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Border Patrol has a surveillance program tracking millions of drivers by name and then gets them pulled over for lies. Listen to the officer admit that he is careful to conceal the reason for the stop so if it ever gets questioned, no one will know that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
Dear readers, I am a river you are my canyon.
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dear readers, I am a river you are my canyon.
A left "anti-imperialist" of my acquaintance. The leader of a local county "peace" organization.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A left "anti-imperialist" of my acquaintance. The leader of a local county "peace" organization.
AI will save/destroy the world; also misspells "Reagan."
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
AI will save/destroy the world; also misspells "Reagan."
Why I'll never not love Terry G: she's OBSESSED with squeezing insights out of people about their techniqurle. The way her curiosity gets all the way down to the guts of things.
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
Marking 65 years of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' with actor Janet Leigh
Leigh shares stories about Psycho, including the infamous shower scene. Also, screenwriter Evan Hunter talks about working with the Hitchcock on his next film, The Birds. Originally broadcast in 1999.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Why I'll never not love Terry G: she's OBSESSED with squeezing insights out of people about their techniqurle. The way her curiosity gets all the way down to the guts of things.
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
"Let me see your identification."
("You don't need to see his identification.")
"We don't need to see his identification."
("These aren't the dialectics you're looking for.")
"These aren't the dialectics we're looking for."
("He can go about his business.")
"You can go about your business."
("You don't need to see his identification.")
"We don't need to see his identification."
("These aren't the dialectics you're looking for.")
"These aren't the dialectics we're looking for."
("He can go about his business.")
"You can go about your business."
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Let me see your identification."
("You don't need to see his identification.")
"We don't need to see his identification."
("These aren't the dialectics you're looking for.")
"These aren't the dialectics we're looking for."
("He can go about his business.")
"You can go about your business."
("You don't need to see his identification.")
"We don't need to see his identification."
("These aren't the dialectics you're looking for.")
"These aren't the dialectics we're looking for."
("He can go about his business.")
"You can go about your business."
It's almost like Illinois Democratic senators could have said this too...
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's almost like Illinois Democratic senators could have said this too...
Holy shiz Mamdabi turned Trump into a chump on Trump's home field. Skillz.
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
President Trump Meets with Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-Elect, New York City
YouTube video by The White House
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November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Holy shiz Mamdabi turned Trump into a chump on Trump's home field. Skillz.
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
They're investigating the investigators of the investigators. The revolution eats its children...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Justice Department is investigating handling of Adam Schiff mortgage fraud probe led by Ed Martin and Bill Pulte | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is investigating whether people impersonated federal agents in mortgage fraud probes of prominent Democrats, a development that could complicate efforts to prosecute political e...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They're investigating the investigators of the investigators. The revolution eats its children...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Greg Bonino's job is to create a fog of violence and lies to create an excuse for the dictator to invoke the Insurrection Act, so people like you and me can be shot.
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Greg Bonino's job is to create a fog of violence and lies to create an excuse for the dictator to invoke the Insurrection Act, so people like you and me can be shot.
1. UBuffalo student overheard threatening to "shoot up the school" with AR-15 in his backpack.
2. He is president of the campud chapter of the marquee conservativeb group Young Americans for Freedom.
3. This should be in the New York Times.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
2. He is president of the campud chapter of the marquee conservativeb group Young Americans for Freedom.
3. This should be in the New York Times.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
Student's alleged threat sparks concern at UB
Authorities search UB student's home amid alleged shooting threat. Multiple firearms confiscated; no ongoing campus threat, says UB Police.
www.wgrz.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
1. UBuffalo student overheard threatening to "shoot up the school" with AR-15 in his backpack.
2. He is president of the campud chapter of the marquee conservativeb group Young Americans for Freedom.
3. This should be in the New York Times.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
2. He is president of the campud chapter of the marquee conservativeb group Young Americans for Freedom.
3. This should be in the New York Times.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
Very Chicago that few outside our town knew about Jahari Stampley, until he came "out of nowhere" to sweep the biggest jazz performance contest in 2023 (Herbie Hancock said he should be taking lessens from Jahari!); also that the band has his mom on bass, sax, keys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_Y...
WBGO Yamaha: Jahari Stampley
YouTube video by WBGO
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November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Very Chicago that few outside our town knew about Jahari Stampley, until he came "out of nowhere" to sweep the biggest jazz performance contest in 2023 (Herbie Hancock said he should be taking lessens from Jahari!); also that the band has his mom on bass, sax, keys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_Y...