John Sandel
@johnsandel.bsky.social
"Don't Tread On Me" was punk before punk was punk.
February 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
"Don't Tread On Me" was punk before punk was punk.
Exactly. Hopefully a young face.
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Exactly. Hopefully a young face.
MAGA commandeers superficialities because the heart of a social movement is foreign to them. They're hollow, so they confuse a symbol with what it means. But we have them on the run; their violence is their admission that they've already lost. Our flags will fly again.
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 AM
MAGA commandeers superficialities because the heart of a social movement is foreign to them. They're hollow, so they confuse a symbol with what it means. But we have them on the run; their violence is their admission that they've already lost. Our flags will fly again.
"What makes MAGA art so dreadful?" is as much as to ask "What makes other art worthwhile?"
Short answer: no art is "good" or "bad" in a vacuum. Art has no absolute value—its worth comes from social context.
Thus, what makes MAGA art awful is that society mostly abhors MAGA. Art reflects merely.
Short answer: no art is "good" or "bad" in a vacuum. Art has no absolute value—its worth comes from social context.
Thus, what makes MAGA art awful is that society mostly abhors MAGA. Art reflects merely.
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"What makes MAGA art so dreadful?" is as much as to ask "What makes other art worthwhile?"
Short answer: no art is "good" or "bad" in a vacuum. Art has no absolute value—its worth comes from social context.
Thus, what makes MAGA art awful is that society mostly abhors MAGA. Art reflects merely.
Short answer: no art is "good" or "bad" in a vacuum. Art has no absolute value—its worth comes from social context.
Thus, what makes MAGA art awful is that society mostly abhors MAGA. Art reflects merely.
Right? Acquiescence is so 1933.
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Right? Acquiescence is so 1933.
And we elected him. We allow him to continue.
On the timescales of decades & centuries, Trump is unimportant—less than an asterisk in the long story of demotic advances. For now: put a stop to him & his cronies, yes … but look to your neighbors—look to yourselves for cause.
On the timescales of decades & centuries, Trump is unimportant—less than an asterisk in the long story of demotic advances. For now: put a stop to him & his cronies, yes … but look to your neighbors—look to yourselves for cause.
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
And we elected him. We allow him to continue.
On the timescales of decades & centuries, Trump is unimportant—less than an asterisk in the long story of demotic advances. For now: put a stop to him & his cronies, yes … but look to your neighbors—look to yourselves for cause.
On the timescales of decades & centuries, Trump is unimportant—less than an asterisk in the long story of demotic advances. For now: put a stop to him & his cronies, yes … but look to your neighbors—look to yourselves for cause.
F.L. WRIGHT: Yes, I did once call a house "a machine for living." But now it's a machine for dying! Ha ha ha ha ha—!
February 7, 2026 at 4:14 AM
F.L. WRIGHT: Yes, I did once call a house "a machine for living." But now it's a machine for dying! Ha ha ha ha ha—!
@thetnholler —> @josheakle —> @nxthompson
… leads to the Atlantic: “How to Actually Reform ICE”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp (paywalled).
Rozenweig’s phrase “committed crimes” links to a Jan 20 post by Garrett Graff:
“How Trump Changed ICE + CBP Into a Fascist Secret Police”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp
… leads to the Atlantic: “How to Actually Reform ICE”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp (paywalled).
Rozenweig’s phrase “committed crimes” links to a Jan 20 post by Garrett Graff:
“How Trump Changed ICE + CBP Into a Fascist Secret Police”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
@thetnholler —> @josheakle —> @nxthompson
… leads to the Atlantic: “How to Actually Reform ICE”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp (paywalled).
Rozenweig’s phrase “committed crimes” links to a Jan 20 post by Garrett Graff:
“How Trump Changed ICE + CBP Into a Fascist Secret Police”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp
… leads to the Atlantic: “How to Actually Reform ICE”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp (paywalled).
Rozenweig’s phrase “committed crimes” links to a Jan 20 post by Garrett Graff:
“How Trump Changed ICE + CBP Into a Fascist Secret Police”: tinyurl.com/2cdxc8tp
"Evil is necessarily stupid." —R.A. Heinlein
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
"Evil is necessarily stupid." —R.A. Heinlein
You know Americans are serious when they stop using contractions.
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
You know Americans are serious when they stop using contractions.
"And after the election, we'll give them all batteries!!"
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
"And after the election, we'll give them all batteries!!"
I appreciate your ingenuity, Kent. I spend more time in FadeIn than in even my browser—& partly thanks to you, last year was my best year ever in Hollywood.
February 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I appreciate your ingenuity, Kent. I spend more time in FadeIn than in even my browser—& partly thanks to you, last year was my best year ever in Hollywood.
Second-biggest, after mass civil resistance. Thank you, Marc Elias!
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Second-biggest, after mass civil resistance. Thank you, Marc Elias!
That 78 r.p.m. whine you hear is Roy Cohn, spinning in his grave.
January 31, 2026 at 4:39 AM
That 78 r.p.m. whine you hear is Roy Cohn, spinning in his grave.
They may be granted extra *permissions,* but evading due process & extrajudicial killing were never among their rights.
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
They may be granted extra *permissions,* but evading due process & extrajudicial killing were never among their rights.
I mean when he was a boy. This kind of pathology is always a function of childhood.
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I mean when he was a boy. This kind of pathology is always a function of childhood.
There's may be more, but we at least can see the end game, after a decade. These murders are admission by Trump & Co that they've lost the American public. That's why they're attacking: to change the subject from their defeat.
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 AM
There's may be more, but we at least can see the end game, after a decade. These murders are admission by Trump & Co that they've lost the American public. That's why they're attacking: to change the subject from their defeat.
He's always looked so sad. I wonder what happened to him when he was little.
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
He's always looked so sad. I wonder what happened to him when he was little.
That sounds bad, but I'd rate it as, at most, the second-biggest risk of this moment—the biggest risk being "getting shot to death in cold blood by government thugs."
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 AM
That sounds bad, but I'd rate it as, at most, the second-biggest risk of this moment—the biggest risk being "getting shot to death in cold blood by government thugs."
I think you're being terribly unfair to fæces here.
January 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I think you're being terribly unfair to fæces here.
The idea that Trump & Co give a crap about what powers the Constitution gives to the states has passed "quaint" and is now objectively risible. Appealing to law & precedent in this moment is like fending off a badger with doilies.
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The idea that Trump & Co give a crap about what powers the Constitution gives to the states has passed "quaint" and is now objectively risible. Appealing to law & precedent in this moment is like fending off a badger with doilies.
Well, only because they actually *are* a horde of potential mass shooters.
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Well, only because they actually *are* a horde of potential mass shooters.