Following Cotlar is essential if you want to understand this aspect central to conservatism. There’s this too: prri.org/research/map...

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

That whole “Universal Studios Harry Potter attraction is so fun, it’ll win over even your most standoffish non-binary friend” commercial they are running during the NBA Playoffs is pretty fucking weird if you consider that JK Rowling is such a strident adversary of the trans community.

We should admit to ourselves right now that tonight is one of the last opportunities we'll have to really contemplate James Harden, the most “committed to the bit” player in NBA History. I'll admit that this is something I have been putting off for quite some time.

There aren’t many podcasts talking about Controlled Opposition or how best to delude yourself into believing that the future of America is hopeful, but ours does. No ads. Fresh perspectives. Laughter. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocratic-despair/id1890210459?i=1000768027702

I find it truly despicable that the most prominent voices on the side of the resistance are insisting you pay them in order to hear hear it. They are not on your side. They’ve identified a market and are extracting money from you to assuage your anxiety.

New episode of "Autocratic Despair: The Podcast" hosted by myself & @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social is out! Subscribe, will ya? We're talking Talarico, Priarieland, and Dr. Craig discusses Populism and the Red/Brown Alliance. Fun hosts. Interesting topics. No ads. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

On Autocratic Despair: The Podcast - @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social & I decided that America has a Talarico-shaped hole that can only be filled by @jamestalarico.bsky.social ascending to the presidency in 2028 Delusional? Maybe. We see it as a forceful rejection of cynicism & you should, too.

Got a hot tip on some Graham Platner dirt that won’t come out until after the primary involving domestic violence. Don’t know how reliable this info is. t’s at least 3 hops - meaning comes from a guy who heard it from a guy who knows a guy. I bet he tries to play it off as PTSD & it works.

How long do you have to practice in order for the general public to think you’re pretty good with nunchucks? Seems like you could probably be conversational in them practicing 25 minutes/day 3x a week for 5 or 6 weeks. ‘What sort of time commitment am I looking at?’ is my question.

My two youngest have graduated from “6, 7” and are now making “glugging” noises. Doesn’t seem to be accompanied by any pantomime “tickling the balls” yet, so maybe the latest elementary school craze isn’t a reference to oral sex.

@kcdirector.bsky.social thank you! It’s a new feed, so these really matter. Dr. Craig & I have been working hard for 10 weeks to create something that conveys important info about Authoritarianism but is light enough for those of us who’ve dissociated for our own mental health to engage with.

The new episode of "Autocratic Despair" the podcast is up! Stare into the abyss each week with me & @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social - host of the "15 Minutes of Fascism" podcast & author of 2025's most important book: "How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

I don’t think Graham Platner is a Nazi, I just think he’s a guy in his 40’s rocking a double hoop earring setup & a chain wallet who has a Nazi tattoo that he didn’t get removed when it was pointed out to him. I guarantee you he wears “Drakkar Noir”, too. They all do.

Decided to purchase a substantial amount of "Yes" contracts on James Talarico as the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2028. Recurring segment on "Autocratic Despair: The Podcast" is that Dr. Craig & I have decided to embrace a delusional belief that James Talarico is here to save America.

A few years back I was at Big Lots and I kept coming across some James Harden themed gummy candies. Didn’t understand whether it was a shot at taking his brand national or this was just a regional gummy confectioner who licensed his name — but I put quite a bit of thought into James Harden over it.

Tuned into Peacock 20 minutes early just so I could hear the gladiator music and enjoy the drone shots of several Jones Sports projects.

See no harm in the romance novel genre fetishizing Wisconsin corn fed Republican men who are capable of dicking Coastal liberal elite women down so well they forget all their priors about getting involved with men dumb enough to get tricked by Nazis into going along with all the Nazi shit.

Little Caesar's Arena was a Jones Sports Project. First job we ever did the rooftop signage for as well.

So many brilliant perspectives limiting their own reach by exclusively existing in a medium where one has to read in order to benefit from their brilliance. I truly lament that people don’t like to read, but I’ve accepted the reality.

My 12 year-old does not want to play soccer this year and I am trying to convince/bribe her otherwise. I am not ready for the father/daughter drives to and from soccer to end.

People are following the lead of Autocratic Despair: The Podcast & recognizing that the USA has a Talarico-shaped hole it needs to fill. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocratic-despair/id1890210459?i=1000763302142

Just wild that the NBA lets you wear a black short sleeve underneath a green uniform. Looks sloppy to my mind.

That giant Jumbotron at Churchill Downs is a Jones Sign project. I know nobody’s following me for my business prowess, but I’m always going to point out when a Jones project is at the center of culture for a hot minute.

Last I checked, I had 225 followers. Still, I feel a compulsion to promote “Autocratic Despair: The Podcast”. It’s good. Hired a firm to do this starting on Monday because I’m too old to do TikTok. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocratic-despair/id1890210459?i=1000763302142

Autocratic Despair: Podcast this week discusses Cole Allen as a man burdened by feelings of complicity for not doing more to have prevented … this. Nuanced conversations about heavy topics are never this fun. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocratic-despair/id1890210459?i=1000764983562

New Autocratic Despair Podcast is up! I decided not to edit out the lengthy aside Dr. Craig went on about how Chicago Style is the only method of academic citation that matters I honor it instead by flagging it and then placing it at the end of the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

She’s talking about a specific type of uncertainty that you have to live through in order to understand. Absolute emotional gauntlet

I don’t want to have anything to do at all with Graham Platner. I don’t find the cut of his jib pleasing.

Dr. Craig @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social really cooked today about some strong feelings of his vis-à-vis MLA vs. Chicago Style today when we taped the Autocratic Despair Podcast. Where does your favorite podcast stand when it comes to opinionated footnoting? Do you even know?

A running gag @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social and I have cooked up for the Autocratic Despair - @autocraticdespair.bsky.social - podcast in in blindly and to the point of delusion embracing James Talarico. Explained at length in the latest preview episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Issue #2 of this dudes newsletter rolled out last night. If you don’t know this guy, I intend to do everything in my power to change that. Sharpest mind of the topic of Global Authoritarianism that is actually funny. Incapable of self-promotion, which is where you & I come in.

Preview episode of the Autocratic Despair podcast @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social & I have been incubating since February is up! In this one, we introduce the listener to our weekly “Talarico Talk” segment. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocratic-despair/id1890210459?i=1000763302142

Really outdid himself with this “come hither” look.

My man Draw Play Dave @thedrawplay.com has been absolutely eating all night on the NFL 1st rounders. Check these out, respect the passion, & pass ‘em on. This is a staggering amount of work & he didn’t take any shortcuts. Best NFL cartoonist alive today. CC @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social

New Autocratic Despair Podcast with @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social is up! This week we talk about why we talk about James Talarico. Then we talk Talarico. I make some trenchant commentary about becoming a better Uncle by mastering the art of nicknaming as well. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Halfway through that Hulk Hogan 4-part documentary. I'm enjoying it. Eager to witness the buttoned-down version of Hulk Hogan only seen in funerals or court cases, which has always tickled me to no end. The severity of the situation typically underscored with a special black headkerchief!

That’s not Larry Fitzgerald sitting behind Warsh, is it? If so, I’d like to ask him - under oath - why he had to wreck the Packers at the very beginning of overtime in that one game where Aaron Rodgers was throwing bombs to Jeff Janis.

About an hour away from recording the next preview episode of the Autocratic Despair podcast with @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social Catch up on the preview episodes & subscribe here to get ahead of the curve. It'll quickly become one of your favorite podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Talking about the US Government's railroading of 8 people in the Prairieland case. You should know about it. Prairieland has set legal precedent to convict people of terrorism because they are "Antifa" or they support Antifa. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Great stuff happening with my BlueSky algo right now. Hot Damn!

I am pretty sure that my life is (marginally) better for knowing who Pat McAfee is, but committing to the idea that having any opinion on him whatsoever is giving him exactly what he wants.

Mad Dog being a presenting sponsor of Wrestlemania this year is a little bit on the nose, don’t you think? Feels like a sight-gag in the movie “Idiocracy”.

Those folks in the Prairieland case got railroaded and it ought to be the only thing anyone is talking about, but we’re too busy talking about how Stephen Miller or whoever talked mean about the Pope using Trump’s Truth Social account.

Talked about this article today with a couple of dudes I know. Nation ought to be in an uproar about this issue right now.

My 8-year attempted to forge my wife’s signature to sign himself out of school earlier today. Might have pulled it off but for a critical error. See if you can spot the error.

HEY!! HEY YOU F*CKERS!! WHY ISN’T THE PRAIRIELAND CASE THE ONLY THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?? IT’S A BIG DEAL YOU F*CKERS!! https://unicornriot.ninja/tag/prairieland/

If you’re in Green Bay on 4/20, we’re having another edition of the Autocratic Despair Dialogues. I’ve been informed my Volcano is not allowed at the library, so if you plan to be high, come having had.

I do like this sort of talk.

You know that part in the horror movie where the killer seems to be dead, but it’s only 48 minutes into the movie?