Tim Dickinson
@timdickinson.bsky.social
Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com
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Tell me you're a racist without telling me you're a racist....
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Tell me you're a racist without telling me you're a racist....
Who among us doesn't want coal-fired AI? 🏭
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Who among us doesn't want coal-fired AI? 🏭
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
Recalling Hagueseth's Quantico speech: 'We don't fight with stupid rules of engagement'
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Recalling Hagueseth's Quantico speech: 'We don't fight with stupid rules of engagement'
A whole lotta projection from a man whose family came here from... Belarus?
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A whole lotta projection from a man whose family came here from... Belarus?
Started : Going 😋
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Started : Going 😋
With the Epstein Files in the wings, Trump is back to sharing QAnon memes on Truth Social
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
With the Epstein Files in the wings, Trump is back to sharing QAnon memes on Truth Social
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
I think I broke Grok.
It went The Shining on me...
It went The Shining on me...
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I think I broke Grok.
It went The Shining on me...
It went The Shining on me...
Grok is really on one...
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Grok is really on one...
This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump 're-Truthing' a call for those lawmakers to be hanged.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump 're-Truthing' a call for those lawmakers to be hanged.
Jeffries responds:
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Jeffries responds:
Here's that PSA that the President wants to punish by death
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here's that PSA that the President wants to punish by death
Very normal Trump reaction to that PSA
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Very normal Trump reaction to that PSA
Sometimes in a 1-party (marginalized GOP) state like Oregon, policy fault lines are hard to spot.
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sometimes in a 1-party (marginalized GOP) state like Oregon, policy fault lines are hard to spot.
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
Put a finger down if your dog gets nervous for no good reason and becomes your writing copilot for the afternoon
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Put a finger down if your dog gets nervous for no good reason and becomes your writing copilot for the afternoon
Read my Q&A with the (recently arrested) Rev. Michael Woolf on why ICE's foul treatment of immigrants at Broadview is an affront to Judeo-Christian values:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Read my Q&A with the (recently arrested) Rev. Michael Woolf on why ICE's foul treatment of immigrants at Broadview is an affront to Judeo-Christian values:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Well this is gross.
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Well this is gross.
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Couple of Clinton references in the Epstein/Maxwell docs...
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Couple of Clinton references in the Epstein/Maxwell docs...