New episode! Today on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social , we return to our Project 1933 series and the rise of the Nazi regime. This month, we’re looking hard at collaborators and complicity: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

This graffito really captures something of the spirit of our age.

Flooding here in Durham. Here, the Eno River is normally 3 feet deep, but this morning it overflowed its banks and was 20' above the normal level, just a couple of feet under the bridges.

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. --Dennis

Despite some outdated and offensive language about "natives," McLuhan managed to summarize life in what he called the electric age back in 1977. youtu.be/ULI3x8WIxus?...

This is real and at your grocery store. The innovation of late capitalism, creating new products nobody asked for--even if you wanted a beer/food themed chip, who in their right mind would choose Miller Light as the brand to feature? And not one, but three flavors?

Everyone of a certain age remembers Welcome Back Kotter, a show starring and created by Gabe Kaplan, in which a former remedial student returns to his old high school to teach the same kinds of students he would have had in his remedial classes. He was teaching the Sweathogs, and he used to be one.

Shortly after Trump was inaugurated, we had a "hoax" in Durham in which someone painted their truck in such a way that it might lead people to believe it was ICE. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-c...

I used to argue that Democrats ought to focus on policy and organizing. But festooning garbage trucks with flags has worked for Trump, and we are in the age of reality show government, so maybe this is correct. A sign of life from the DNC, at least. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

This is supposed to be an easy question, but someone chose "a" and I'm struggling to figure out whether it shows they are careless and inattentive or more thoughtful than I was when I wrote it.

They're pretending it's a research aid or a source of lifestyle advice, like Playboy was about the articles. Except Playboy actually did hire some good writers. This is more like that one grad student who writes essays for undergrads, except more brazen and enshittified.

Happy May Day. socialistworker.org/2012/03/06/m...

You know that fun children's museum in your town or the next town over? The one you took your kids and grandkids to, the one that the schools use for field trips? Doesn't matter which one. It just had its funding cut. www.wect.com/2025/03/21/p...

If you had had $100k in a Dow index fund 30 days ago, you lost $7,000. Not too late to get out, we are nowhere close to the bottom.

Thought crime doubleplus ungood. www.kpbs.org/news/economy...

There have been administrations in the past who have made dunderheaded policy choices that have caused recessions. None has done it as quickly as the second Trump administration. www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/i...

Dow is down nearly 5% over the last month. If you have savings invested in the stock market, it's not too late to take your savings out and put it somewhere safe until after Trump causes a global economic collapse.

Dow down nearly 2% today. It's not too late to get out of equities so you at least don't have to worry about a 50% hit to your savings.

This 16 year-old clip from "Canadian Bacon" is trending on YouTube. So much of what once was satire seems like it's ripped from today's headlines. youtu.be/J0R5DTHcmGU?...

Dow is officially down more than 3% in this, the shortest month of the year. It's not too late to get out of equities. If you have long-term investments, it's time to minimize your risk.

Dow down nearly 3% over the course of the last month. It's not too late to take your savings out of equities. By this next October, there's a good chance that you will wish you had.

If you want to better understand what is happening now, it's useful to borrow Neumann's formulation of the fascist state as an inherently chaotic "non-state."

Lots of folks are reporting that Trump's codename in Russian intelligence is Krasnov. No idea if that's true, but if it is, it's 100% a reference to Pyotr Krasnov, a White who collaborated with the Nazis and was executed by the Soviets in 1947. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_K...

Excellent PSA. youtu.be/rfLp3ZznYB0?...

Wall Street folks who knew this was on the way probably made a lot of money off it. Everyone else needs to head for the lifeboats.

Let's say you have a little money stashed away and it's done well, but Trump comes along at it looks like equities are a bad idea. Where are you going to put it so that you don't see the kind of 40%-50% decline many experienced in 2008?

Tomorrow's Tuesday, January 14th, and you know what that means--another day for some new and unexpected reason why they won't release Jack Smith's report. Eventually, we'll have one for every day of the week. We are the world leader in inventive reasons why electoral democracy cannot be defended.

"In short, the fate of Smith’s report — and whether some of it will be released publicly in the coming days — remains a muddle. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on the latest development." www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

For every #SeditionHunter who volunteered their time, energy, and tears to find and hold accountable those who attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Your work mattered; your work made a difference

Happy New Year! Meanwhile, back on X, Musk has changed his name to Kekius Maximus. Didn't realize until just now, but he has a habit of just replying "kek" to things. Making his shareholders happy, no doubt.

Hampton Roads area of old Virginny. Glad they apprehended him before he hurt anyone other than himself, though you'd think authorities might have taken an interest after he blew three of his own fingers off. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

2024 year-end update: 1,573 charged in unsealed #January6 attack cases 🟠1,100 (70%) sentenced to prison/probation 🔴143 (9%) guilty, await sentencing 🔵22 (1.4%) deceased, fugitive, case dismissed ⚫308 (20%) charged/arrested, pending prosecution

Still no definitive news on when Jack Smith's report is to be released. If it really contains damning evidence of direct links between Trump and his mob, then now is probably the worst possible time to release it. Ought to have been before the election. So it probably is now.

29 Colorado residents are charged in the #January6 attack 9 are from El Paso County--Colorado Springs area The last CO arrest was back in July 2024

So he abuses drugs and children. Nothing will come of it. Gaetz has his dream job now anyway, and OANN certainly isn't going to do anything about it. IOKIYAR. www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/p...

Civil litigants against Trump in Smith et al v Trump are looking for exactly the right things: the best evidence of coordination between Trump and the organizers of the January 6th Attack. The communications with his co-conspirators will be key.

Buried the lede: "1.4 million employees are considered essential and will have to continue working – most of them without pay" Many of these employees have lived through this in the past. Some voted for Trump anyway.

Barry Loudermilk is upset no one has identified the people who erected the gallows on Capitol grounds on January 6th, 2021. Probably because Trump can't pardon them until their identities are known.

Great episode from @socialistdogmom.bluesky.social regarding a neoconfederate who, pretending to be "antifa," threatened his former comrades with terroristic threats in the mail, an actual bomb, and how he wasn't charged for years. That last bit is familiar. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Bruesewitz is 27. Given how many drugs were being consumed at the Trump White House, I wonder if we will see more of this in the second Trump administration. youtu.be/cigtgProN6o?...

From an article in re Trump walking back his claim he will lower grocery prices, an obvious lie. Two impressions: His combover has assumed its final form. We're definitely looking at the prospect of a President Vance.

We are in the honeymoon phase, with all the Trumpists pledging "unity." I would feel better if they pledged respect for the rule of law. www.aol.com/melania-trum...

Some people don't do sarcasm.

Trump undermined democratic procedural legitimacy worldwide with his 2020 disinformation. He's given the right a playbook to use every time they lose an election. www.wired.com/story/irelan...

Stopped using Facebook after Cambridge Analytica. Leaving Twitter after Musk turned it to X. Social media is a fundamentally toxic development for society, yet here I am.