Trollus Maximus
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The only way to stop a bad guy with a hot take is with a good guy with a hot take.
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For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
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UATX faculty members left universities that actually value academic freedom, but where they sometimes experienced the disapproval of their colleagues and students.
And so they left for a fake university where they get yelled at like minions of a tech overlord.
Which, it turns out, they are.
And so they left for a fake university where they get yelled at like minions of a tech overlord.
Which, it turns out, they are.
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
UATX faculty members left universities that actually value academic freedom, but where they sometimes experienced the disapproval of their colleagues and students.
And so they left for a fake university where they get yelled at like minions of a tech overlord.
Which, it turns out, they are.
And so they left for a fake university where they get yelled at like minions of a tech overlord.
Which, it turns out, they are.
Attended at Bat Mitzvah last weekend and was struck by how much the Torah parshah - the start of Exodus - bore similarities to the deportation crisis initiated by Donald Trump and Stephen Miller. Excerpts from Etz Hayim, the Conservative movement's chumash. 🧵1/7
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Attended at Bat Mitzvah last weekend and was struck by how much the Torah parshah - the start of Exodus - bore similarities to the deportation crisis initiated by Donald Trump and Stephen Miller. Excerpts from Etz Hayim, the Conservative movement's chumash. 🧵1/7
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An 1851 edition of the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser described a particular group of Alabamians as “the most oppressed, insulted, and plundered of all.” That group they were referring to was…..
…the state’s white slaveholders.
—from Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion.
…the state’s white slaveholders.
—from Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
An 1851 edition of the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser described a particular group of Alabamians as “the most oppressed, insulted, and plundered of all.” That group they were referring to was…..
…the state’s white slaveholders.
—from Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion.
…the state’s white slaveholders.
—from Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion.
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This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
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one of my most consistent takes on here is that the left-liberal divide online really exaggerates the differences and that fundamentally most people who identify as either are decent folks who just want to help
I think we're seeing the truth of that right now in minneapolis
I think we're seeing the truth of that right now in minneapolis
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
one of my most consistent takes on here is that the left-liberal divide online really exaggerates the differences and that fundamentally most people who identify as either are decent folks who just want to help
I think we're seeing the truth of that right now in minneapolis
I think we're seeing the truth of that right now in minneapolis
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I think we need to understand the extent to which this use of "liberal white women" is a way of saying "race traitor." They aren't attacking these women for being white but for having a lack of loyalty to whiteness.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I think we need to understand the extent to which this use of "liberal white women" is a way of saying "race traitor." They aren't attacking these women for being white but for having a lack of loyalty to whiteness.
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This guy writes better than Bari Weiss lmao
The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This guy writes better than Bari Weiss lmao
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The two Americas: the one in which “tread” was the operative word, and the one in which “me” was the operative word.
No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
January 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The two Americas: the one in which “tread” was the operative word, and the one in which “me” was the operative word.
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I recently read The Race Beat which argues that brutal images of state violence against Black folks helped the Civil Rights movement and delegimated southern law enforcement. ICE, like Bull Connor, thinks they are displaying masculinity but most people hate this shit. It will undermine their goals.
January 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I recently read The Race Beat which argues that brutal images of state violence against Black folks helped the Civil Rights movement and delegimated southern law enforcement. ICE, like Bull Connor, thinks they are displaying masculinity but most people hate this shit. It will undermine their goals.
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(For folks asking, I'm happy to grant the Iron & Wine Front flag to the public domain, feel free to use for whatever you want; if you want to make merch or t-shirts or stickers, have at it. If you charge money for stuff, donate the proceeds to help ICE targets or you're a scumbag.)
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
(For folks asking, I'm happy to grant the Iron & Wine Front flag to the public domain, feel free to use for whatever you want; if you want to make merch or t-shirts or stickers, have at it. If you charge money for stuff, donate the proceeds to help ICE targets or you're a scumbag.)
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the Fed should sign a mutal defense agreement with Denmark
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
the Fed should sign a mutal defense agreement with Denmark
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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“It would be fine to annex sovereign territory of NATO allies if food prices were lower” is not the banger messaging Democratic lawmakers and their consultants seem to think.
And their refusal to avail themselves of the legal means available to interfere with Trump’s expansionism is indefensible.
And their refusal to avail themselves of the legal means available to interfere with Trump’s expansionism is indefensible.
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
“It would be fine to annex sovereign territory of NATO allies if food prices were lower” is not the banger messaging Democratic lawmakers and their consultants seem to think.
And their refusal to avail themselves of the legal means available to interfere with Trump’s expansionism is indefensible.
And their refusal to avail themselves of the legal means available to interfere with Trump’s expansionism is indefensible.
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"Two things have to happen in order for us to save the Republic from [Donald Trump]—first of all, accountability ... and the second is to pass laws and legislation within the four corners of the Constitution to make sure we never have this autocratic authoritarian threat again."
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"Two things have to happen in order for us to save the Republic from [Donald Trump]—first of all, accountability ... and the second is to pass laws and legislation within the four corners of the Constitution to make sure we never have this autocratic authoritarian threat again."
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
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once again encouraging you all to support billionaire-free, worker-run, independent newsrooms how and where you are able
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
once again encouraging you all to support billionaire-free, worker-run, independent newsrooms how and where you are able
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The Minnesota daycare hoax is being used by Trump and MAGA to justify harassing Somali-Americans.
It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness.
Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness.
Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
Minnesota day care hoax is fueled by MAGA psychosexual weirdness
The racism underlying MAGA's latest obsession is intertwined with misogyny
www.salon.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The Minnesota daycare hoax is being used by Trump and MAGA to justify harassing Somali-Americans.
It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness.
Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness.
Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
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My most predictive theory of Trump so far is that he likes to be able to unilaterally do stuff, and the best way to predict his next pivot is when he starts getting thwarted.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
My most predictive theory of Trump so far is that he likes to be able to unilaterally do stuff, and the best way to predict his next pivot is when he starts getting thwarted.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
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Missed this at the time (a few weeks ago) but this by @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com is exactly the kind of thinking we need.
“A 2027 Democratic Congress could impeach any number of officials in the Trump administration and the judiciary, and conduct the trial with a secret ballot. That does not guarantee that they would get enough Republicans for any of them. But it would increase their chances.”
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Missed this at the time (a few weeks ago) but this by @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com is exactly the kind of thinking we need.
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some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar