The movie Vice, a satire of Dick Cheney, has a wonderful section that explains the Unitary Executive Theory--unlimited presidential power through Article II. It was prescient and sharp. It needs to go viral across social media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UPv...

Josh Brolin says Trump "takes the weakness of the general population and fills it. And that’s why I think a lot of people feel that they have a mascot in him. I think it’s much less about Trump than it is about the general population and their need for validation.” He nails phony populism.

This little piggy fouled up the market.

@stephenking.bsky.social SK wrote that when Riding the Bullet Net-published, everyone wanted to talk about the phenomenon, not the story. I did! I had questions! At the end, did the mother ride the bullet sacrificially for her son (RTB button was under the bed)--while he'd chosen selfishly?

When we are going to learn to spread The Big Truth as effectively as they do The Big Lie?

Undocumented folks get no health care. But the right says they do, and bam, everyone believes it. Why can't we shout as loud?

@crobertcargill.bsky.social Happy to find out of whom I am a fan. Turns out it's you!

According to one news archive scan by AI, Trump is seven times more likely to call a Black woman "low IQ" than a white man. He has called Robert DeNiro low IQ, and a few sorted Caucasians, but nearly every notable Black woman he has branded as low IQ. Next most would be White women.

I miss the Washington Post. It helped me survive the first Trump term. Then Jeff Bezos happened and I had to cancel. There are other good news sources. But I miss the Washington Post.

I'm confused. Solving this war was easy! Stopping inflation was easy! Other nations were going to eat the tariffs--easy! I'm beginning to think running the world is more complex than Trump realized.

"We can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor. "➡Donald Trump, September 2020

Can you imagine thinking a book about Biden's age would be the best use of anyone's energy in a crisis of authoritarianism? This, "her emails"--why do we do this?

Only a matter of time before Trump fires the Pope on Truth Social.

How it's going: Vladimir, STOP!
Where it's going: Trump wears Me, Too button.

This Abrego Garcia story is some Midnight Express shit. If you read the book or saw the movie back in the day, you know. Same, only now the US is part of the evil.

Do NOT let this get news-cycled out of our attention span.

It's midnight in America.

The arc of moral truth bends toward justice, but most things break if you bend them too far.

Hear that? It's the sound of Elon's absence.