Paul Bushmiller
@paulbusmiller.bsky.social
University Library Cataloging Clerk by Trade; Govt & Pol major UMCP, Navy photo-intell rating (in a past life), quasi-anarchistic free-form radio is my jam. Originally a New Englander
Jeff Bezos is not just 'killing' the Washington Post. What he is doing truly needs to be regarded as first degree murder
I'm going back to the Framingham Daily News
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I'm going back to the Framingham Daily News
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Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Jeff Bezos is not just 'killing' the Washington Post. What he is doing truly needs to be regarded as first degree murder
I'm going back to the Framingham Daily News
< www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
I'm going back to the Framingham Daily News
< www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
700 "Brown Shirts" to be pulled from Minnesota This occupation of & now drawdown only makes sense if you realize - from the start It was intended as an occupation, as intimidation, to break will of recalcitrant people whose population was not regarded as proper subjects
Homan orders immediate drawdown of 700 officers from Minnesota
Protests escalated in Minnesota last month after immigration enforcement agents shot and killed a mother of three, Renee Good, and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
wjla.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
700 "Brown Shirts" to be pulled from Minnesota This occupation of & now drawdown only makes sense if you realize - from the start It was intended as an occupation, as intimidation, to break will of recalcitrant people whose population was not regarded as proper subjects
I know little about my ancestry, never inclined Nutters Shaws Lockes Rippatoes New England, Terre Haute folk Buchmillers were the only ones to come thru Ellis Isle, from Dusseldorf - 1880's 3 brothers who wanted no part of the Kaiser's draft & standing army following the Franco-Prussian War
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I know little about my ancestry, never inclined Nutters Shaws Lockes Rippatoes New England, Terre Haute folk Buchmillers were the only ones to come thru Ellis Isle, from Dusseldorf - 1880's 3 brothers who wanted no part of the Kaiser's draft & standing army following the Franco-Prussian War
"I'm going to take you to a deep dark place and I'm going to have Fun doing it" - Eddie Dane, Miller's Crossing
So… "Eddie" ,
How's that working out for you
So… "Eddie" ,
How's that working out for you
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"I'm going to take you to a deep dark place and I'm going to have Fun doing it" - Eddie Dane, Miller's Crossing
So… "Eddie" ,
How's that working out for you
So… "Eddie" ,
How's that working out for you
Find yourself a radio station that will play Waylon Jennings covering "Baker Street" on a cold Monday Mornong
February 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Find yourself a radio station that will play Waylon Jennings covering "Baker Street" on a cold Monday Mornong
It is their Project: distract, & overwhelm the news cycle What is going on is not about Immigration This is not the purpose of the Pogrom It is to restructure citizens into subjects, of grasping after authority to redesignate _some_ of us as an internal proletariat Children of a Lesser License
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
It is their Project: distract, & overwhelm the news cycle What is going on is not about Immigration This is not the purpose of the Pogrom It is to restructure citizens into subjects, of grasping after authority to redesignate _some_ of us as an internal proletariat Children of a Lesser License
After the 11 pm news tonight I thought to circle back to a question I had, but it's been a moment. What happened to Ch. 9 sportscaster Chick Hernandez? Who disappeared the weekend of the Madrid game The World-Wide-Wonder-Wall will tell me Well, the Cold War Kremlin was more transparent
January 31, 2026 at 5:25 AM
After the 11 pm news tonight I thought to circle back to a question I had, but it's been a moment. What happened to Ch. 9 sportscaster Chick Hernandez? Who disappeared the weekend of the Madrid game The World-Wide-Wonder-Wall will tell me Well, the Cold War Kremlin was more transparent
There was something about all of last month, what a professor once described as a Breaching Moment one of transitory clarity Venezuela, Davos, Minneapolis The wheels have come off the bus An interview where it is related the president cannot seem to make a distinction War! Externally internal
Tim Walz Details 'Strange' Comparison Trump Made In Their Phone Call
The Minnesota governor's chat with the president took an unexpected turn.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
There was something about all of last month, what a professor once described as a Breaching Moment one of transitory clarity Venezuela, Davos, Minneapolis The wheels have come off the bus An interview where it is related the president cannot seem to make a distinction War! Externally internal
They've finally got the steam heating system largely fixed, but U.Md won't open til Monday now Meantime I've been entertaining myself w/ old movies Koyaanisqatsii because I couldn't remember how it ended The Exterminating Angel 'cause I liked the visuals, the Nazarin because I like pineapples
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
They've finally got the steam heating system largely fixed, but U.Md won't open til Monday now Meantime I've been entertaining myself w/ old movies Koyaanisqatsii because I couldn't remember how it ended The Exterminating Angel 'cause I liked the visuals, the Nazarin because I like pineapples
I want to take a moment & speak of Blue Bunny hats & Texas (writ large) Immigration is a policy, this is not that This is a Pogrom Playing as a Theater of Cruelty Something Soulless. What is the final meaning of this, relentless Othering? Dehumanizing but for whom exactly
Democrats Call for Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I want to take a moment & speak of Blue Bunny hats & Texas (writ large) Immigration is a policy, this is not that This is a Pogrom Playing as a Theater of Cruelty Something Soulless. What is the final meaning of this, relentless Othering? Dehumanizing but for whom exactly
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More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
I am reminded of a random historical bit: in May of '45 a U-Boat surfaced in middle of the Delaware & motored over to town of Lewis pulling into the wharf at Cape Henlopen (Ft. Miles) surrendering, by observers, in two clear groups; Nazi officers/noncoms, shoe gazing sailors
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I am reminded of a random historical bit: in May of '45 a U-Boat surfaced in middle of the Delaware & motored over to town of Lewis pulling into the wharf at Cape Henlopen (Ft. Miles) surrendering, by observers, in two clear groups; Nazi officers/noncoms, shoe gazing sailors
Trump drifts thru the days ever in his Dream State, a mix of senility imperial disinterest & bitcoin bubbles But he was never alone in this & the barbarity of the Dual State (Ernst Fraenkel. a theory of Dictatorship 2017, 1969 (1941) Oxford, Octagon NY) continues Showcasing their evil banality
Trump appears to forget word for Alzheimer’s during stunning interview on his health
Trump explained that his father had almost no medical conditions throughout his life, except for one.
www.nj.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Trump drifts thru the days ever in his Dream State, a mix of senility imperial disinterest & bitcoin bubbles But he was never alone in this & the barbarity of the Dual State (Ernst Fraenkel. a theory of Dictatorship 2017, 1969 (1941) Oxford, Octagon NY) continues Showcasing their evil banality
Another walk across the mid-Atlantic Taiga The Green Line, B+O / MARC line light industry & a late afternoon sunset
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Another walk across the mid-Atlantic Taiga The Green Line, B+O / MARC line light industry & a late afternoon sunset
Random picture I took yesterday on an ill-advised walk thru town Work was closed (today too) some sort of Campus-wide steam outage Disconcerting crunch slippery sleet snow Continually had the impression I had stumbled across a yet undiscovered glacial ice shelf. Will do again today
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Random picture I took yesterday on an ill-advised walk thru town Work was closed (today too) some sort of Campus-wide steam outage Disconcerting crunch slippery sleet snow Continually had the impression I had stumbled across a yet undiscovered glacial ice shelf. Will do again today
Reposted by Paul Bushmiller
I've always thought that *every* seemingly scholarly "theory" posited by the right or by Republicans is a hoax meant to put a respectable-sounding sheen on their racism, greed, and authoritarianism. Most of those supposedly rock-solid beliefs crumble easily. (1/X)
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I've always thought that *every* seemingly scholarly "theory" posited by the right or by Republicans is a hoax meant to put a respectable-sounding sheen on their racism, greed, and authoritarianism. Most of those supposedly rock-solid beliefs crumble easily. (1/X)
I want to take a moment & return to a tweet I wrote earlier A sketch of a way forward filling in points in an attempt to make it more concrete
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I want to take a moment & return to a tweet I wrote earlier A sketch of a way forward filling in points in an attempt to make it more concrete
I can only imagine that the Storm-of-'26 was an event in other places but here in College Park (Md) 0900 hrs after only an inch of accumulation it has changed over to (very) cold sleet Fine, the last time i truly enjoyed shoveling snow was during the Ford Administration
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I can only imagine that the Storm-of-'26 was an event in other places but here in College Park (Md) 0900 hrs after only an inch of accumulation it has changed over to (very) cold sleet Fine, the last time i truly enjoyed shoveling snow was during the Ford Administration
Trump: Maybe ICE operations are not of the best optics. Performative Harm is the whole point There was a Manhattan Inst feller on PBS News last nite trying desperately to normalize "Federal Law Enforcement" - must Obey Giant Subjects have no right to question, ever ICE is a theater of Cruelty
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump: Maybe ICE operations are not of the best optics. Performative Harm is the whole point There was a Manhattan Inst feller on PBS News last nite trying desperately to normalize "Federal Law Enforcement" - must Obey Giant Subjects have no right to question, ever ICE is a theater of Cruelty
Reposted by Paul Bushmiller
ICE out of Everywhere Friday Jan. 23 6pm @ Gallery Place / Chinatown
Metro in Washington DC
Metro in Washington DC
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 AM
ICE out of Everywhere Friday Jan. 23 6pm @ Gallery Place / Chinatown
Metro in Washington DC
Metro in Washington DC
Whinging on about the dismal present on Blue Sky is fun, certainly, but what might the future look like? I dimly see 3 steps
1. Halt the momentum of the times thru elections took existential A portion of us are signaling they are Done w/ Democracy; & w/ sexual, racial, cultural equality
1. Halt the momentum of the times thru elections took existential A portion of us are signaling they are Done w/ Democracy; & w/ sexual, racial, cultural equality
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Whinging on about the dismal present on Blue Sky is fun, certainly, but what might the future look like? I dimly see 3 steps
1. Halt the momentum of the times thru elections took existential A portion of us are signaling they are Done w/ Democracy; & w/ sexual, racial, cultural equality
1. Halt the momentum of the times thru elections took existential A portion of us are signaling they are Done w/ Democracy; & w/ sexual, racial, cultural equality
Reposted by Paul Bushmiller
Thucydides’ real lesson isn’t about power forcing the weak to accept their fate—it’s about how hubris masquerades as realism.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thucydides’ real lesson isn’t about power forcing the weak to accept their fate—it’s about how hubris masquerades as realism.
Story on Morning Edition on "Prediction Markets"
at one point referencing Trump family's wholesale involvement Here is the real deep state Manufactured Black Swan events: Greenland, NATO Obscurity of normative dissonance This is a Madman The weave: A desultory marriage of venality & senility
at one point referencing Trump family's wholesale involvement Here is the real deep state Manufactured Black Swan events: Greenland, NATO Obscurity of normative dissonance This is a Madman The weave: A desultory marriage of venality & senility
They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania
Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the...
www.npr.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Story on Morning Edition on "Prediction Markets"
at one point referencing Trump family's wholesale involvement Here is the real deep state Manufactured Black Swan events: Greenland, NATO Obscurity of normative dissonance This is a Madman The weave: A desultory marriage of venality & senility
at one point referencing Trump family's wholesale involvement Here is the real deep state Manufactured Black Swan events: Greenland, NATO Obscurity of normative dissonance This is a Madman The weave: A desultory marriage of venality & senility
Had a fever dream last nite that I had tickets to see a musical theater production of "the Iceman Cometh" with an original score by Paul Westerberg & co. So… when is this actually gonna happen?
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Had a fever dream last nite that I had tickets to see a musical theater production of "the Iceman Cometh" with an original score by Paul Westerberg & co. So… when is this actually gonna happen?
There is a dangerous un-tethered-ness to Trump
A belief that he doesn't have to give a damn about others A dementia that masks "That boy ain't never been right in the head", despite the low mob that celebrates this as Stye His Callagarist keepers think they, even now, can continue to "run" him
A belief that he doesn't have to give a damn about others A dementia that masks "That boy ain't never been right in the head", despite the low mob that celebrates this as Stye His Callagarist keepers think they, even now, can continue to "run" him
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
There is a dangerous un-tethered-ness to Trump
A belief that he doesn't have to give a damn about others A dementia that masks "That boy ain't never been right in the head", despite the low mob that celebrates this as Stye His Callagarist keepers think they, even now, can continue to "run" him
A belief that he doesn't have to give a damn about others A dementia that masks "That boy ain't never been right in the head", despite the low mob that celebrates this as Stye His Callagarist keepers think they, even now, can continue to "run" him