Erik Gunn
@erikgunn.bsky.social
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Went to a small liberal arts college with ambitions to be a filmmaker (Kubrick, Spielberg) or novelist. Struggled at having to invent plots and make stuff up. Joined the college paper. Found writing about reality a lot easier. Have done that one way or another ever since
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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One of the features of the Trump era is a formalization of the use of enemies lists to induce terror. It is one thing when MAGA influencers or organizations are naming you as an enemy of the state, but it takes on a different cast when its the White House. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of the features of the Trump era is a formalization of the use of enemies lists to induce terror. It is one thing when MAGA influencers or organizations are naming you as an enemy of the state, but it takes on a different cast when its the White House. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
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Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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What can now-gone theologians still teach us? Oh, plenty. And we'd do well to listen: bit.ly/3M87e5N
Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters
Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What can now-gone theologians still teach us? Oh, plenty. And we'd do well to listen: bit.ly/3M87e5N
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Many academic institutions are standing tall, rejecting extortionist threats, not telling themselves appeasing fascists works — it has a long record of not working, famously so — and going to court on behalf of core principles instead of paying the demanded bribes and accepting political commissars.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Many academic institutions are standing tall, rejecting extortionist threats, not telling themselves appeasing fascists works — it has a long record of not working, famously so — and going to court on behalf of core principles instead of paying the demanded bribes and accepting political commissars.
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1) Inflammatory claims about health care without supporting evidence will result in deaths.
2) Sadly, since extremist anti-science ideologues took over our FDA, its claims have lost all credibility.
3) Over 1,300 children died of COVID itself (NOT the vaccine), during Aug. 2021–Jul. 2022 alone.
2) Sadly, since extremist anti-science ideologues took over our FDA, its claims have lost all credibility.
3) Over 1,300 children died of COVID itself (NOT the vaccine), during Aug. 2021–Jul. 2022 alone.
Internal memo at the FDA claims 10 deaths in children as a result of Covid vaccines — but does not include data
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
1) Inflammatory claims about health care without supporting evidence will result in deaths.
2) Sadly, since extremist anti-science ideologues took over our FDA, its claims have lost all credibility.
3) Over 1,300 children died of COVID itself (NOT the vaccine), during Aug. 2021–Jul. 2022 alone.
2) Sadly, since extremist anti-science ideologues took over our FDA, its claims have lost all credibility.
3) Over 1,300 children died of COVID itself (NOT the vaccine), during Aug. 2021–Jul. 2022 alone.
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The caveat here has to be “big, if he follows through.”
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The caveat here has to be “big, if he follows through.”
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Imagine the reaction had Michelle Obama done this while First Lady.
First Lady Melania Trump announced the launch of "Muse Films," a production company that will debut with the upcoming documentary titled "Melania."
Melania Trump launches production company ahead of documentary
First Lady Melania Trump announced the launch of "Muse Films," a production company that will debut with the upcoming documentary titled "Melania."
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Imagine the reaction had Michelle Obama done this while First Lady.
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The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. wrd.cm/3XibTVd
Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
wrd.cm
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. wrd.cm/3XibTVd
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
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I just assumed this was a Chicago guy having a talk with the passenger who boarded in pajamas, took too much overhead space, and had his bare feet on the seat in front of him,
Chicago man, shamed by @radiofreetom.bsky.social, ditches backwards White Sox cap (but not the bat) for a flight to Rome.
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I just assumed this was a Chicago guy having a talk with the passenger who boarded in pajamas, took too much overhead space, and had his bare feet on the seat in front of him,
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With the FDA attempting to choke off access to safe and effective vaccines, we are about to see how far horizontal collaboration among states can go at pushing back. I wrote about this for @washingtonmonthly.com with Jay Rickabaugh and @jen-nelles.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/27/t...
Trump’s Washington Is Ghosting States and Cities
States and cities are being abandoned by DC. Here’s how local leaders are building new alliances to survive Trump’s unpredictable federalism.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
With the FDA attempting to choke off access to safe and effective vaccines, we are about to see how far horizontal collaboration among states can go at pushing back. I wrote about this for @washingtonmonthly.com with Jay Rickabaugh and @jen-nelles.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/27/t...
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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 12:42 PM
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...
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon and executive order former President Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t clear how that would work or whether it would be legal @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/28/r...
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders • Wisconsin Examiner
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon or executive order that former President Biden signed with an autopen
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon and executive order former President Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t clear how that would work or whether it would be legal @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/28/r...
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ABSURD: Back in March, we reported "David Super, who focuses on constitutional and administrative law at Georgetown University, said Trump’s Autopen argument is 'absurd.'"
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com:
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders
President Donald Trump said Friday he will try to reverse any law, pardon or still-in-effect executive order that former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t immediately clear ...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
ABSURD: Back in March, we reported "David Super, who focuses on constitutional and administrative law at Georgetown University, said Trump’s Autopen argument is 'absurd.'"
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Trump entering the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children is as Masque of the Red Death as you can get.
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Trump entering the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children is as Masque of the Red Death as you can get.