Alan Snyder
@alansnyder.bsky.social
History professor at Christian universities for 35 years. Author of 6 books. Most recent ones on C. S. Lewis, who has been my research and writing focus for the past decade.
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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Trump: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
The White House: He's not calling for their execution and anyone who says so is biased.
Truly Orwellian.
The White House: He's not calling for their execution and anyone who says so is biased.
Truly Orwellian.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Trump: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
The White House: He's not calling for their execution and anyone who says so is biased.
Truly Orwellian.
The White House: He's not calling for their execution and anyone who says so is biased.
Truly Orwellian.
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Is the United States about to shoot down commercial jets flying over South America?
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Is the United States about to shoot down commercial jets flying over South America?
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
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“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
To believe anything they say requires a complete suspension of common sense.
www.publicnotice.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
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1984 is over-cited, but the best word for this is doublethink. MAGA has tons of it.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
This is the crux of the MAGA strategy: make contradictory claims and hope no one notices. Either the files are fake, or they’re harmless — they can’t logically be both.
New in PN: MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1984 is over-cited, but the best word for this is doublethink. MAGA has tons of it.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
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The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
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Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Trump’s “peace plan” is a plan for him, his family, and his cronies to enrich themselves at the expense of Ukraine.
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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.
on.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Trump’s “peace plan” is a plan for him, his family, and his cronies to enrich themselves at the expense of Ukraine.
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So Trump just pardoned the former prez of Honduras, who:
-took a $1M bribe from El Chapo:
-was aided his in clemency campaign by Roger Stone
-ran for reelection despite a law against it, thus setting off political violence that killed dozens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
-took a $1M bribe from El Chapo:
-was aided his in clemency campaign by Roger Stone
-ran for reelection despite a law against it, thus setting off political violence that killed dozens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So Trump just pardoned the former prez of Honduras, who:
-took a $1M bribe from El Chapo:
-was aided his in clemency campaign by Roger Stone
-ran for reelection despite a law against it, thus setting off political violence that killed dozens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
-took a $1M bribe from El Chapo:
-was aided his in clemency campaign by Roger Stone
-ran for reelection despite a law against it, thus setting off political violence that killed dozens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Trump has explicitly included legally naturalized citizens among his targets for “remigration”.
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Trump has explicitly included legally naturalized citizens among his targets for “remigration”.
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trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
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They are simply hunting people. From Americans with crosses around their necks and on their lapels, you hear sympathy for Putin and his tyranny. One of the disgusting phenomena of our time. apnews.com/article/russ...
How Russian drones targeting civilians are turning one Ukrainian city into a 'human safari'
Ukrainians in the southern city of Kherson live in constant fear of Russian drone attacks. The threat continues even after the city was liberated in 2022.
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
They are simply hunting people. From Americans with crosses around their necks and on their lapels, you hear sympathy for Putin and his tyranny. One of the disgusting phenomena of our time. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Another day, another threat from Trump to prosecute and imprison a former president.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Another day, another threat from Trump to prosecute and imprison a former president.
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Trump’s latest truth social message is more evidence that he has become more unstable than ever before
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump’s latest truth social message is more evidence that he has become more unstable than ever before
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JUST IN: Donald Trump says he is terminating all documents President Biden signed with an autopen.
The corrupt and deeply unpopular President also says Biden should be prosecuted for “perjury.”
The corrupt and deeply unpopular President also says Biden should be prosecuted for “perjury.”
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
JUST IN: Donald Trump says he is terminating all documents President Biden signed with an autopen.
The corrupt and deeply unpopular President also says Biden should be prosecuted for “perjury.”
The corrupt and deeply unpopular President also says Biden should be prosecuted for “perjury.”
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This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
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
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
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Straight up war crime
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Straight up war crime
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It’s not like he has anything else to do
Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand
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November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s not like he has anything else to do