@abuaardvark.bsky.social I think you alluded to this… www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

China hawks are gonna love this one. “.. allowing a surge of Chinese investment into the US economy would be a major concession to Beijing. ‘.. tantamount to the US becoming part of the Belt and Road ..’” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

FIFA unveils Trionda, the official ball of the 2026 World Cup u.afp.com/Smoa

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505

The lawless, sadistic and unconscionable Gestapo raid of an apartment building in Chicago turned my stomach. It is indecent, and prompted me to reup this contrarian.substack.com/p/the-americ...

THE #YANKEES WIN!!!! ON TO TORONTO!!!!!! #repbx

CHOOSE WISELY

Constitutionally yes, practically no

'In the video, an officer can be heard ushering members of the public away from the scene, saying: “If you’re not involved, move back, get away... he has a bomb, go away”.' But the cop didn't go away. He stayed. Despite the possibility that there was a suicide bomb.

Sure. Just like the ominous Azerbaijan-Albania war

This is a stellar discussion. I read everything that @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social writes and she’s beyond excellent. But this conversation with @marcelias.bsky.social distills broad concepts on Democracy in the Trump contexts with the highest cogency and precision

My piece on the exceptional legacy of Jane Goodall www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Our new joint report in CNN: Musk’s X is ‘go-to platform’ for antisemitism, study finds www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/b... Join me and @imranahmed.bsky.social of @counterhate.com today at noon ET to discuss: thejcpa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is not happening in a vacuum. Increasingly normalized antisemitic hate leads to real world violence - Tree of Life, the Capital Jewish Museum, Boulder, and sadly so much more. And it threatens not only Jews but all communities and the fabric of our society.

Donald Trump knows what he is doing in attacking democracy. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat shares a warning about Trump's next authoritarian moves and we discuss how we can fight back. Please watch and share. youtu.be/ovorLE6E494

I would gladly contribute to a GoFundMe to pay for a bunch of people to follow Tom Homan around (lawfully in public places!) with paper bags marked "$$$" with a Sharpie, and filled with Monopoly money.

Taking Patton’s name in vain

“Rolling their eyes” is what Frogs in a pot do as the temperature gets gradually higher. By then it’s too late

I think my heartbeat is normal (ish) now. Massive effort to come back and win that game. Merino's value for moments like that is worth acknowledging, and Big Gabi is just a colossus. Made up for that 1st half error to win it. We've been overdue 3 points at their place, and it feels really good!

Gabriel Magalhães now has many Premier League goals for Arsenal as Gabriel Jesus and Samir Nasri. #NEWARS

WE. NEVER. GIVE. UP. 👊

This is a defining characteristic of wannabe Dictators and Autocrats, regardless of the relative stage of authoritarianism they are in

Must read from @mjtoma.bsky.social

Ezra Klein has played a fascinating role in entrenching “polarization” as the – deeply flawed – master narrative of our time: His 2020 book “Why We’re Polarized” did a lot to propagate the idea. But if you read the book carefully, Klein inadvertently provides a good case *against* this diagnosis.

How foreign news defaults to 'goodies and baddies', and baulks at coverage of the morally ambivalent markurban.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

I support Mike Lindell

“We’re”

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Trump's assault on Portland is not just a fascist power grab, although it is certainly that. It is frothing at the mouth, howling at the moon, eating bugs and bats for breakfast lunacy. But it's also a sign of weakness, not of strength. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

“Raises fears”? This is far beyond raised fears. This is an escalating reality

As he promised in his campaign, Trump has now fully weaponized the DOJ for purpose of political revenge and retribution. This is what happens in banana dictatorships. www.ft.com/content/092f...

Bingo. He’s a featherweight fascist

Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group's World War II combat pilots, died at 100, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.

The man is a U.S. citizen and an Olympic athlete.

She came into her job widely accused of being a foreign asset. She now responds to those credible allegations by doing the first thing any foreign asset would do in her role: bury all intelligence on pending foreign threats to the United States. It's almost like America doesn't *want* to survive.

News --> Steve Bannon tells me he fully expects Trump to use the Texas ICE office shooting as the hook to unleash law enforcement on liberal immigration groups by connecting political violence to anti-ICE rhetoric. This is going to get ugly. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2009...

CUBAN ON KIMMEL: “Nexstar & Sinclair don’t know they’re digging their own grave.” @mcuban.bsky.social tells us caving to government censorship means what airs on broadcast TV will suffer, hurting them in ways they don’t yet realize. Full interview: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMNvqR4u/

There is not GE tomorrow, but this poll serves as yet another reminder that Reform, on 27% of the vote, could be the largest party. Labour is insane if it doesn’t seriously pursue proportional representation. news.sky.com/story/nigel-...

The merchants of hindsight www.politico.com/news/magazin...

For the time being this account will only be posting escalator-themed artworks. Thank you for your patience & understanding (Duane Michals, Escalator, 1964) www.artic.edu/artworks/302...

This is a very poignant and important article

On @msnbc.com 11 am bloc to discuss this plus other UNGA news….https://apnews.com/article/trump-erdogan-white-house-visit-396fa12409880baa28982d93c73f53f1

“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.” @time.com time.com/7319963/bruc...

No. The British Empire wasn’t built on paying for what you break

I love New York.

Don’t go to protests, don’t add your name to any initiative that defends democracy, don’t publish anything, be careful what you say in the classroom… Unacceptable. Untenable. In that situation, we were in an immensely privileged position: As German citizens, we could leave.

I wrote about why we left America   I am starting my new life as a full-time writer focused on U.S. history and politics right after we left the United States. Life and work in America felt increasingly untenable for us. We were in the privileged position to have the choice to leave.

Chinese hackers