Taylor Grayson
@taylorgrayson.bsky.social
Heathen, political pragmatist, aviation instructor, software developer. Please do not follow me.
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The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
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Yeah, he was pardoned and his underlings went to prison, paving the way for a 50-year GOP crime spree.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yeah, he was pardoned and his underlings went to prison, paving the way for a 50-year GOP crime spree.
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I don't know if you noticed, but of the countries in this world that are Arabic, most of them are horrible to women and gay people and run by religious theocracies like the one we're trying to fight off in America right now. People don't blindly hate Arabic people, they hate extreme Islam.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I don't know if you noticed, but of the countries in this world that are Arabic, most of them are horrible to women and gay people and run by religious theocracies like the one we're trying to fight off in America right now. People don't blindly hate Arabic people, they hate extreme Islam.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Whenever the Amazon tracking status says "still arriving today", I know that it will not, in fact, arrive today and might even be lost.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Whenever the Amazon tracking status says "still arriving today", I know that it will not, in fact, arrive today and might even be lost.
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Opinion | The Incomprehensible March Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
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November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social Do you have any insight on the "LiberalCurrents" startup? In spite of the name, it seems to be embracing some left-wing causes. I'm also surprised to see Adam Gurri as the editor, because I had him pegged as right-of-center. I don't want to be burned like "No Labels".
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November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social Do you have any insight on the "LiberalCurrents" startup? In spite of the name, it seems to be embracing some left-wing causes. I'm also surprised to see Adam Gurri as the editor, because I had him pegged as right-of-center. I don't want to be burned like "No Labels".
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A million times spot on.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A million times spot on.
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Mike posted this for Part I but I think it goes even more for Part II
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mike posted this for Part I but I think it goes even more for Part II
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The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
The Intellectual and Moral Decline of the American Right
The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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It should be easy for educated, rational citizens to hold these two thoughts in mind: drug traffickers are the bad guys but due process of law protects us all.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It should be easy for educated, rational citizens to hold these two thoughts in mind: drug traffickers are the bad guys but due process of law protects us all.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
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Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
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Do millionaire surtaxes lead to a millionaire exodus?
No, because it turns out millionaires also want to live in nice places.
No, because it turns out millionaires also want to live in nice places.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Do millionaire surtaxes lead to a millionaire exodus?
No, because it turns out millionaires also want to live in nice places.
No, because it turns out millionaires also want to live in nice places.
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If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Retired Navy captain: No law of armed conflict permits execution without combat. No one in those boats justifiably can be labeled a combatant. There is no moral universe in which vaporizing human beings in the middle of the ocean is an act of justice. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?
A recently uncovered memo promises U.S. soldiers immunity for the killing of more than 80 people in boat strikes throughout the Caribbean, effectively conceding it crossed a line.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Retired Navy captain: No law of armed conflict permits execution without combat. No one in those boats justifiably can be labeled a combatant. There is no moral universe in which vaporizing human beings in the middle of the ocean is an act of justice. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Social media has dissolved the mortar of our society and made America stupid, Jonathan Haidt argued in 2022. It’s not just a phase.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Social media has dissolved the mortar of our society and made America stupid, Jonathan Haidt argued in 2022. It’s not just a phase.
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Exactly -- Majorie Taylor Greene did the right thing in breaking with Trump. She deserves to be praised for that. Someone else can worry about her soul.
Majorie Taylor Greene is not your friend. No politician is your friend. No permanent friends, just permanent interests.
You shouldn’t like her, or even celebrate her—you can cheer the action and not the person. We want to encourage more defections, not kid ourselves about who people are.
You shouldn’t like her, or even celebrate her—you can cheer the action and not the person. We want to encourage more defections, not kid ourselves about who people are.
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Exactly -- Majorie Taylor Greene did the right thing in breaking with Trump. She deserves to be praised for that. Someone else can worry about her soul.