Of course they are. Bond-villain shit.

Of course they are. Bond-villain shit.

How the official White House account chose to kick off July 4.

A recent (open-access) publication on the far right politics of masculinity. A deep dive into their obsession with hard, masculine-coded bodies -- their obsession with testosterone/nutritional conspiracies -- and their obsession with gender boundaries. Check it out (and pass along)! Link below.

And the link. Just requires you to check a box to verify you're not some AI ghoul-parasite trying to pillage actual human labor. muse.jhu.edu/article/986562

A recent (open-access) publication on the far right politics of masculinity. A deep dive into their obsession with hard, masculine-coded bodies -- their obsession with testosterone/nutritional conspiracies -- and their obsession with gender boundaries. Check it out (and pass along)! Link below.

The Roberts Court today (& every day) reminding us that originalism is founded in one core commitment. Precedent doesn't matter. Neither does the plain text. Only what you imagine the “original intent” of the Constitution to be — which, of course, will always justify what you wanted to do all along.

How the World Cup is covered on The Other Site. Becuase when you're a white nationalist, everything is grist for the white grievance machine. Everything an opportunity to wail and rage over demographic change.

The Roberts Court today (& every day) reminding us that originalism is founded in one core commitment. Precedent doesn't matter. Neither does the plain text. Only what you imagine the “original intent” of the Constitution to be — which, of course, will always justify what you wanted to do all along.

How the World Cup is covered on The Other Site. Becuase when you're a white nationalist, everything is grist for the white grievance machine. Everything an opportunity to wail and rage over demographic change.

Thanks to the journal for this book review: "Feola offers a crucial contribution to understanding the far-right mobilization of white supremacy and nostalgic nationalism...With extensive theoretical work and various sources, The Rage of Replacement is analytically rigorous and politically timely."

And a link to the book (available in print, ebook, audio, etc.). A deep dive into how the far right imagination has been shaped by the so-called "Great Replacement" narrative -- hardening its (many) resentments into the reactionary white rage that drives the right now.

A prime case of far right language politics. Across Europe, they call it "remigration". Here, they push the "Free Movement Plan". The Trumpists wave signs of "mass deportation". All linguistic tools to sanitize an ugly reality: the forced displacement of ethnic "undesirables" for nationalist aims.

Thanks to the journal for this book review: "Feola offers a crucial contribution to understanding the far-right mobilization of white supremacy and nostalgic nationalism...With extensive theoretical work and various sources, The Rage of Replacement is analytically rigorous and politically timely."

A prime case of far right language politics. Across Europe, they call it "remigration". Here, they push the "Free Movement Plan". The Trumpists wave signs of "mass deportation". All linguistic tools to sanitize an ugly reality: the forced displacement of ethnic "undesirables" for nationalist aims.

Oh hey look at what Elon’s Super-PAC is posting these days. Totally normal and cool stuff from the guy cheerleading European race riots.

Oh hey look at what Elon’s Super-PAC is posting these days. Totally normal and cool stuff from the guy cheerleading European race riots.

Trump’s organization to transform/administer Gaza “is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself, according to a draft of the resolution….The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza “free of charge”.”

Trump’s organization to transform/administer Gaza “is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself, according to a draft of the resolution….The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza “free of charge”.”

Probably a bad thing when the world’s richest man is using the world’s largest megaphone to accuse a Jewish man of a plot to “end Western Civilization”.

The right-wing mega-influencers having a very normal reaction to the NYC primaries. "Third world communists are the enemy.... They hate white people. They hate our heritage and traditions."

Probably a bad thing when the world’s richest man is using the world’s largest megaphone to accuse a Jewish man of a plot to “end Western Civilization”.

The right-wing mega-influencers having a very normal reaction to the NYC primaries. "Third world communists are the enemy.... They hate white people. They hate our heritage and traditions."

OMFG. It contains "a children’s book on so-called reverse racism and... a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery."

OMFG. It contains "a children’s book on so-called reverse racism and... a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery."

It's amazing what you can do when you remember that schools have a primary responsibility to the children they teach and nurture -- not to the ed-tech industry or gen AI profit margins.

A private equity billionaire with "unprecedented control over the Pentagon’s vast procurement network." Who has "shredded the old cumbersome rules of government weapons acquisition and seems to have turned the Pentagon into its own private equity powerhouse." Seems healthy.

A private equity billionaire with "unprecedented control over the Pentagon’s vast procurement network." Who has "shredded the old cumbersome rules of government weapons acquisition and seems to have turned the Pentagon into its own private equity powerhouse." Seems healthy.

Reminder. When they tell you "there is no alternative", it is a political strategy, not a statement of fact. It is ideological work designed to impoverish the political imagination and generate one thing above all: compliance.

Reminder. When they tell you "there is no alternative", it is a political strategy, not a statement of fact. It is ideological work designed to impoverish the political imagination and generate one thing above all: compliance.

A core element to far right thought warfare. They believe that immigration is part of a hidden "race war" or "white genocide". By extension, they are the victims, the aggrieved, and the situation will only be resolved by fighting a righteous "reconquista". This is the thought labor of mass violence.

A core element to far right thought warfare. They believe that immigration is part of a hidden "race war" or "white genocide". By extension, they are the victims, the aggrieved, and the situation will only be resolved by fighting a righteous "reconquista". This is the thought labor of mass violence.

Probably a bad thing that the World's Richest Man, who runs the world's largest right-wing incubator platform, is posting about immigration as an "ethnic cleansing" of white Europeans (in this case, "ethnic Germans").

Probably a bad thing that the World's Richest Man, who runs the world's largest right-wing incubator platform, is posting about immigration as an "ethnic cleansing" of white Europeans (in this case, "ethnic Germans").

Yet another attack on education that will ultimately harm the neediest, most vulnerable children.

Regular reminder that fascism has historically relied on paramilitary forces, funded by dark money, willing to do the dirty, extralegal work necessary for a fear-based regime to keep its subjects in line.

Regular reminder that fascism has historically relied on paramilitary forces, funded by dark money, willing to do the dirty, extralegal work necessary for a fear-based regime to keep its subjects in line.

You'd think this was a still, ripped from a dystopian film, offering a heavy-handed caricature of the fascist future -- where all is reduced to a huckster's dream of garish, violent masculinity. Except that, of course, it is actually our world, peddled by the actual White House comms team.

You'd think this was a still, ripped from a dystopian film, offering a heavy-handed caricature of the fascist future -- where all is reduced to a huckster's dream of garish, violent masculinity. Except that, of course, it is actually our world, peddled by the actual White House comms team.

Fun fact. If you add up the words in these two tweets from a MAGA mega-influencer, they total fourteen. Weird, huh?

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Fun fact. If you add up the words in these two tweets from a MAGA mega-influencer, they total fourteen. Weird, huh?

The $60M is, of course, a small price for the administration. At the core of fascism is the association with violence -- hard, ruthless, male bodies -- specifically, violence turned into a spectacle, a stage play for the masculine hardness of the regime. Trump would have done it at 10x the cost.

The $60M is, of course, a small price for the administration. At the core of fascism is the association with violence -- hard, ruthless, male bodies -- specifically, violence turned into a spectacle, a stage play for the masculine hardness of the regime. Trump would have done it at 10x the cost.

Trump: "we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets". Not gonna lie. Feeling kinda nostalgic for the days when US Presidents at least pretended their colonial wars for oil weren't just colonial wars for oil.

Had a great time chatting with @annieknk.bsky.social about the great replacement narrative -- the dangerous fantasy that has metastasized through civil society and radicalized the right. Check it out!

Trump: "we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets". Not gonna lie. Feeling kinda nostalgic for the days when US Presidents at least pretended their colonial wars for oil weren't just colonial wars for oil.