the primary reason rightwingers will never control culture is because everything they do is hinged upon it being a reaction to the broader culture. the TPUSA half time event would not exist without it being a representation of their grievences

Infinite Jest continues to predict the future.

One thing I learned about Stalingrad from this book is how much OKW lied to Paulus et al about relief. He was told explicitly that Hoth still held a bridgehead over the Mishkova *3 weeks* after he’d been ordered to abandon it.

Just about done with my most recent WW2 audiobook (William Craig’s Enemy At The Gates). Seeking recs for my next one! Most interested in the Eastern Front, Nazi Germany, the USSR etc, and especially military and political history!

This halftime show is going to make so many of the dumbest people in America madder than they've ever been.

going great already lmfaoo

The M3 Lee tank gets absolutely no love or attention, you never see it in movies even though we fielded thousands of them, and I’m convinced it’s because they look so ridiculous, directors and producers think modern audiences wouldn’t believe it.

I’ve made gift-giving really easy for my family

Not sure what to make of this lol

Somehow, idk, Jason Segal as David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour is an absolute joy. Great movie.

I know it’s not technically the most efficient use of our money, but overestimating our withholding and getting a fat refund just feels so good emotionally.

This Administration and its supporters truly don’t understand how badly they’ve polarized people against them. There are hundreds of thousands of consistent Republican or Trump voters who really don’t like feds murdering protestors.

The GOP has offered nothing this century except for catastrophic wars. No healthcare plan; no re-industrialization. Now they're losing their only issue, immigration, as people see the violence and havoc that comes with mass deportations.

Of all the books I’ve read since my WW2 phase started, this has been the hardest. It’s the first one that’s really just a mix of personal stories, and each one is beyond belief. The things your average German soldier was capable of, particularly in Ukraine, defy explanation.

Got another one!

Scott, if you have such an issue with human trafficking and whatnot, do you have any regrets about going on Richard Hanania's podcast? After all, he says Epstein was a great guy.

What is with the (especially California) YIMBY/centrist obsession with being friends with Richard Hanania

Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..." www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

Fantastic book, by the way

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday. Again, every time someone says "Trump can't do that" the only serious response is "Yes, he can, until Congress removes him"

Texting with my brother is always fun

What can democrats dooOoOooOo?! How about pretend they're a conspiracy addled moron single-handedly holding up a nomination.

nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre

The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.

Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.

"I mention this because combat sports teach a lesson that politicians, for some reason, keep pretending not to know. If you back up from a bigger bully, it does not make the bully gentler. It usually just tells them the tactic works."

very relevant today from @isibb.bsky.social: Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind www.thenation.com/article/poli...

These were both dictionary-definition acts of physical courage. But libs are supposed to be wimps. So the desire is to backfill some reason why Pretti acted stupidly or Omar (who has dealt with threats for years) couldn't really be physically courageous.

Noticing thread in two RW reactions to MN events: the killing of Pretti, and Omar not flinching when she was sprayed by a crazy person. On Pretti, lotsa "well it wouldn't have happened to me bc I stay inside and obey law enforcement." On Omar, theorizing (inc by Trump) that she staged it.(1/2)

Flanagan campaign poll, and primary is 6 months away, but look at that message testing number at the end … ICE is a millstone for Craig, no matter what she says now.

Not shown on video, but Latrisha Vetaw told Rep. Omar to leave and physically blocked her from returning to the podium. Rep. Omar then yelled "I'm not letting these fucking assholes stop us" and continued the town hall, seemingly unshaken.

Imagine you’re a hardcore MAGA guy. You’ve spent years mainlining right-wing media. You’re divorced and estranged from your queer kid. You finally work up the guts to attack a congresswoman for the cause. And every person you like and respect is calling you a libtard fed plant.

I talked a little in this piece I wrote about ilhan last month that she’s a big fan of combat sports, and the way that influences her treatment of politics. Last night you saw her first response to a physical threat was to square up and cock a fist. Case in point. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

He’s talking about people they arrest, who will never even be charged with a crime, let alone prosecuted or convicted.

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

The Girl is peeing in the potty today! She even said “daddy I need to pee” I can’t believe it.

She’s gone before the end of the year.

kinda obvious that jeff bezos sees wapo as a political influence operation and not an actual newspaper

This is probably the most instructive moment in the evolution of the Democratic Party on Palestine so far— AIPAC is now running ads against one of its (now former) closest allies in Congress, Tom Malinowski, because Malinowski did not commit to *unconditional* support for Netanyahu specifically.

This guy is such a colossal buffoon.

Another hysterical thing is to think the insurance crisis in Texas and Florida is the result of climate change policies, rather than the result of climate change. Truly a special brain here.

How would “funding protests” even work? Do these people think they are handing out cash???

The kind of person who would watch MLK marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and say “don’t they have anything better to do?”

Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents? Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?

I spent some time this morning at the memorial where Alex Pretti was killed by ICE, before going to Lakewood to visit my daughter’s grave. (She was the beneficiary of many amazing ICU, ED, and oncology nurses in her day so it felt fitting.) It was that kind of morning 💔

Snow day project

True Detective, S1E4 Chernobyl, E5 Andor, S1E10 The Simpsons, S6E13 Friday Night Lights, S1E2 The Sopranos, S1E5 The Last of Us, S1E3 Twin Peaks, S1E1 The Office, S4E9