Fact: Trump is leaning into this fiction, as he does with all false claims of authority, because he is weak and lacks real power. The only way he could ever obstruct the midterms is if we—along with our lawmakers, governors, and state legislatures—choose to hand him that power out of cowardice. /3

Some great watches this week #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Miami going to the National Championship!!!

Malachi Toney is GONE, man

Not having ESPN for the #cfp is killing me

Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Rewatched One Battle After Another, and yeah, that’s a great movie

Or you know, a 25 year celebration bsky.app/profile/empi...

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content

How is this site still operational?

There are hundreds of hours of video for Jan 6 and they still say it didn’t happen as it obviously did. Not surprised this is what they are going with but still disgusting to see

Leg sticking out like he's doing the Thriller dance 😁

Rings of Power season 3!!!

+ Physical comics

January 6 in History Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.” And here we are.

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

To celebrate the 5 years of #TheHighRepublic, let’s look back at our Light of the Jedi review Review: Light of the Jedi youtube.com/live/kfXfcW2...

Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.

🚨 Breaking 🇵🇸 | Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israeli forces blocked around 6,000 aid trucks from entering Gaza, cutting off food, medicine, relief supplies, and fuel—pushing hospitals and vital services toward collapse.

Possibly the best era in Star Wars

Duuuval!

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Funny thing is I didn’t watch The Last Jedi this year

Me deciding how to use my free time either writing a book review or writing my own book

Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

Hopefully they’ll be a Star Wars movie on the 2026 list

Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)

Difficult to enjoy the final season of Stranger Things knowing the views of some of the actors

It’s all about the U

Miami up 14-0 vs OSU at halftime

Had to be Celebration

Slowed down a bit on having guests on the pod this year but that will change in 2026. With that said, we do want to thank our 2025 guests for making this another great year for the Rebellion @collectony52.bsky.social, Moe, @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app @arezouamin.bsky.social & @adamchristopher.me

The constitutional remedy for a president who uses collective punishment against people for the crimes of a few is impeachment, removal, and disqualification, followed by a criminal trial.

With one day to spare, I accomplished my 2025 goal of reading 15 books.

When to the movies today and saw an old friend

Bugonia is all sorts of crazy 😁👽

From the rise of the rebellion to the rise of the dark lord. Here are our top 5 #starwars books of 2025 radiorebellionpodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...

How I’m walking out of 2025

Wrote about 1000 words today

This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).

I can finally rule Mandalore with the Darksaber…lamp