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The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win
Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply
www.theguardian.com
If you are wondering what's really going on, this is a good place to start.
"… impersonal social forces that foment unrest and fragmentation, …three factors: popular immiseration, elite overproduction and state breakdown."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
"… impersonal social forces that foment unrest and fragmentation, …three factors: popular immiseration, elite overproduction and state breakdown."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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1/With $ in free fall, re-upping @himself.bsky.social and my piece on the Other Thucydides Trap. When Athens turned its economic power into a system of tributes, allies turned into subordinates and left Athens in the lurch. US is committing the same mistake.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Twilight of America’s Financial Empire
Like ancient Athens, the United States risks using its financial power to alienate allies and precipitate its own downfall in the process.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 PM
1/With $ in free fall, re-upping @himself.bsky.social and my piece on the Other Thucydides Trap. When Athens turned its economic power into a system of tributes, allies turned into subordinates and left Athens in the lurch. US is committing the same mistake.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
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Miller is an apparent problem for Vance, because Miller gets to run things and Vance doesn’t. 2/
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Miller is an apparent problem for Vance, because Miller gets to run things and Vance doesn’t. 2/
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As to the question about what it is Canadians are doing to stop Trump, I can confirm that our excellent Prime Minister has had to take extraordinary steps to build up our military, diversify our economy, shore up support from allies, and we're still struggling. America is the problem. NOBODY ELSE.
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 AM
As to the question about what it is Canadians are doing to stop Trump, I can confirm that our excellent Prime Minister has had to take extraordinary steps to build up our military, diversify our economy, shore up support from allies, and we're still struggling. America is the problem. NOBODY ELSE.
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To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 AM
To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.
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Even ICE thinks the ICE recruits are incompetent and dangerous www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unload...
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Even ICE thinks the ICE recruits are incompetent and dangerous www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unload...
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The strongest qualification Kristi Noem had to build the kind of terror squad Trump wanted, was that she shot her own dog rather than take the time to train it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
The strongest qualification Kristi Noem had to build the kind of terror squad Trump wanted, was that she shot her own dog rather than take the time to train it.
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🚨 PSA on ICE Tactics 🚨
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🚨 PSA on ICE Tactics 🚨
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Bingo
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Bingo
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This is Trump’s border czar
He looks like Little Hitler, if Hitler looked like an old lesbian👇
He looks like Little Hitler, if Hitler looked like an old lesbian👇
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is Trump’s border czar
He looks like Little Hitler, if Hitler looked like an old lesbian👇
He looks like Little Hitler, if Hitler looked like an old lesbian👇
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I'm always amazed, not only at the new versions @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social manage to put together, but the speed at which they get them out after events occur.
Possibly, very possibly, their best to date, certainly top 3.
youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY?...
Possibly, very possibly, their best to date, certainly top 3.
youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY?...
"Donald's Sewage Stream" - Marsh Family adapt "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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January 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I'm always amazed, not only at the new versions @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social manage to put together, but the speed at which they get them out after events occur.
Possibly, very possibly, their best to date, certainly top 3.
youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY?...
Possibly, very possibly, their best to date, certainly top 3.
youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY?...
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ICE is the 5th highest funded military force in the entire world.
They're killing people in the middle of the streets. We absolutely have to clean house.
They're killing people in the middle of the streets. We absolutely have to clean house.
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM
ICE is the 5th highest funded military force in the entire world.
They're killing people in the middle of the streets. We absolutely have to clean house.
They're killing people in the middle of the streets. We absolutely have to clean house.
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That's love towards other humans 🫶
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
That's love towards other humans 🫶
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Wow 👀 🤬
Former Sniper reviews ICE shooting and uncovers what ACTUALLY
happened
Former Sniper reviews ICE shooting and uncovers what ACTUALLY
happened
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Wow 👀 🤬
Former Sniper reviews ICE shooting and uncovers what ACTUALLY
happened
Former Sniper reviews ICE shooting and uncovers what ACTUALLY
happened
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This is America!
101 freeway in Downtown LA
101 freeway in Downtown LA
January 25, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This is America!
101 freeway in Downtown LA
101 freeway in Downtown LA
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The compiler of all of reddit r/all is completely dominated with anti-ICE posting right now
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The compiler of all of reddit r/all is completely dominated with anti-ICE posting right now
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The footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, said one journalist, “shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.”
'What the F*ck Did You Do?!' Video Contradicts DHS Claims About Killing of Alex Pretti | Common Dreams
Graphic video shows federal agents shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis, contradicting DHS claims. Was the victim really a threat? Why did Border Patrol Commander Bovino shut down the press confe...
www.commondreams.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, said one journalist, “shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.”
Where's NRA when you need them?
January 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Where's NRA when you need them?
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Sen. Smith: Federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a US citizen, a Minneapolis resident, and a VA nurse. Eyewitness video shows reckless, violent, and dangerous agents taking the life of a Minnesotan. Rather than following standard law enforcement practice, they have killed another person
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Sen. Smith: Federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a US citizen, a Minneapolis resident, and a VA nurse. Eyewitness video shows reckless, violent, and dangerous agents taking the life of a Minnesotan. Rather than following standard law enforcement practice, they have killed another person
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2/ "The lawyers learned the child and her father had already been placed on a commercial flight to Texas.
'To me, that is clearly part of this effort to try to evade the court’s jurisdiction,' [attorney] Vaynerman said.
'We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.'”
'To me, that is clearly part of this effort to try to evade the court’s jurisdiction,' [attorney] Vaynerman said.
'We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.'”
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
2/ "The lawyers learned the child and her father had already been placed on a commercial flight to Texas.
'To me, that is clearly part of this effort to try to evade the court’s jurisdiction,' [attorney] Vaynerman said.
'We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.'”
'To me, that is clearly part of this effort to try to evade the court’s jurisdiction,' [attorney] Vaynerman said.
'We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.'”
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Imagine how little we really know about the pain, suffering, and terror being inflicted on innocent children.
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Imagine how little we really know about the pain, suffering, and terror being inflicted on innocent children.
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This take is complete rubbish. Parents are required to do lots of things: feed their kids, clothe them, not leave dangerous objects like firearms around, etc.
As for how to enforce mandatory vaccination? Just like you enforce any of those other requirements! It's not some tricky gotcha...
As for how to enforce mandatory vaccination? Just like you enforce any of those other requirements! It's not some tricky gotcha...
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This take is complete rubbish. Parents are required to do lots of things: feed their kids, clothe them, not leave dangerous objects like firearms around, etc.
As for how to enforce mandatory vaccination? Just like you enforce any of those other requirements! It's not some tricky gotcha...
As for how to enforce mandatory vaccination? Just like you enforce any of those other requirements! It's not some tricky gotcha...