What nationally prominent leader is willing to challenge Trump and RFK Jr on vaccines and just get in their faces about it every day? How about some RFK Jr family members just going on TMZ and talking to People and use the power of celebrity to say we should not go back to the 19th century.

In the wake of severe flooding in parts of Indonesia that has killed more than 960 people, rescue workers in Pidie Jaya, Sumatra, have drafted in a team of elephants to help clear debris.

70IQ on a Sunny day

@djrothkopf.bsky.social I know you wrote the last line for her. Respect

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Terry has always been such a deep and insightful thinker

100% right

Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us | Nesrine Malik

On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”

With Trump and the guy who goes by “RFK Jr.” it’s now 9

If 42% approve of him, America, you deserve him.

On occasion, therapists give sound advice

I re-read the 2017 Trump I National Security Strategy and the differences to the 2025 strategy are really striking. This reads like a document from different times trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...

The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy." It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

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"A purely transactional view of the special relationship could eventually turn Israel into just another nation in Washington’s eyes — an outcome that would be the country’s worst nightmare." www.ft.com/content/28c3... via @ft

Trump national security strategy says US should stop "hectoring" repressive nations in the Middle East about human rights then goes on to hector democratically elected European nations about their domestic policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

This is so much better than Plato or Immanuel Kant. It’s even better than Trump

“Religious informed policymaking” is a euphemism for pre-modern, pre-Renaissance, pre-scientific revolutions medieval era. But, Mr. Douthat, not to worry. It exists in Iran

Such an intellectual event to watch these two philosophers of democracy, agents of total chaos, vile instigators of hatred share so much

This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

Historically, and with all due respect to Noni, God was an Arsenal supporter before Christianity

100%

This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.

Few organisations are as fit to deal with Trump as FIFA

"the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties."

Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:

Have to admit it. "Alcoholic Fox News host uses US Navy to kill people at random on boats in the Caribbean because an extremist podcast producer asked him to, while Trump pardons drug dealer kingpins because a tech guy asked" is rather a lot darker than anything I imagined when he was reelected.

“Shameful” is a wild understatement

Infantino said this isn’t “a normal draw” That was at least thing said on stage that was true There were moments that approached propaganda, especially in the highly politicised interpretations to justify Trump’s Peace Prize - a debasing of football www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...

Watching MOTD and the commentator describes Noni Madueke's bit of skill in the build up to the Arsenal goal against Brentford as a "filthy bit of work" (complimentary) and more of that in football commentary please

Just a word or praise for Riccardo Calafiori last night. Seeing him at right wing backheeling to Ben White in the penalty area and then marauding forward at almost centre forward was incredible.

This would be unacceptable in North Korea

The premise of Benjamin Netanyahu’s extraordinary bid for a pardon, cutting short his corruption trial, is that he alone is the great leader, protector of the nation, and no one could replace him. My latest @TheAtlantic.com tiny.cc/hxzv001

Presidential pardons are in fashion in the U.S., even for people who haven't yet been found guilty of a crime. Benjamin Netanyahu is a well-known Americophile. Now he, too, wants a pre-conviction pardon, a never-go-to-jail card. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/hxzv001

They needed a Pentagon investigation report to determine this??

President Trump has grown even more authoritarian and bold with each passing day in his second term. So what can Congress do? Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon joins @djrothkopf.bsky.social to answer this critical question and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/PINkz86whDc?...

This is rich😂

A violent, cruel, ignoramus bimbo

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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism It doesn’t get anymore textbook than this: