🎧 New Episode 🎧 What are "tradwives" and are they even real? Host of "Standing Room Only" @amandamarcotte.bsky.social chats with @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and explains why 21st-century patriarchy looks a lot like 19th-century cosplay. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

I had a great time chatting with Shirin and my former colleague Charles about tradwives and how sad Usha Vance always seems.

The term is also very often divorced from "class." Inherit a landscaping business from daddy? White working class. Read a book last year? Sir, I'm afraid you're an elite.

Well, at least he didn’t write “Democrat Party.”

#corruption. Thank you @charliearchy.bsky.social for your earlier reporting (I had not seen it). The entire Trump/MAGA/Republican cabal is as dirty and corrupt as they come.

ICYMI, a new podcast from me and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social on immigration, the meaning of citizenship and Trump's assault on the 14th Amendment.

In my opinion, blaming the Jews for Trump's foreign policy (let's not act like Tucker's critique is more sophisticated than that) is "antiwar" like blaming the Jews for capitalism is "anti-capitalist."

You can see this also in the long, slow death of alternative media / independent newsrooms. There’s nowhere left to reliably distribute work and reach an audience that can or will return for more.

It’s fair to say this generated less coverage and discourse than the previous round of No Kings rallies.

In my blog in English, Real Progress: "The poison spread by Farage and Meloni is no less dangerous because they present a more polished version of Trumpism. They threaten democracy and everything Europe has achieved over the last six decades" realprogressinenglish.blogspot.com/2026/05/from...

I’m actually going, btw. If there are questions you want me to ask any delegations, let me know and I’ll try!

I’ll admit, it’s a little frustrating to read this NYT series — on no-bid contracts to remake DC — and see that it doesn’t mention the largest one (bigger than all the others combined, for millions more than estimated) that I revealed months before them: www.theredoubt.net/exclusive-no...

Nobody really talks anymore about members of the US military defying illegal orders.

"Biden says ICC war crimes arrest warrant 'outrageous'" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Were US borders ever open? No.

NEW: I found a pattern of no-bid contracts going to companies working on Trump’s ballroom, as well as money awarded for work tied to the East Wing demolition. www.theredoubt.net/pattern-of-n...

I can confirm that @theredoubt.net has received press credentials for Eurovision. lol.

Contracts reviewed by The Redoubt call into question White House claims that the ballroom would never cost taxpayers a dime. www.theredoubt.net/pattern-of-n...

Last month, the NYT reported on a no-bid contract going to a company working on Trump's ballroom. But a review of federal records by @theredoubt.net shows that at least three such contracts have now been awarded to the lead firms on the project. www.theredoubt.net/pattern-of-n...

Rubio did not say this. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

I think the problem is that millions of Americans have married someone like this, worked for someone like this or were raised by someone like this — and excused, or never identified, the abuse.

Question for Audio Nerds: I'm looking for equipment (on a budget) that can record broadcast-quality audio for in-person interviews and out in the field, e.g., at protests. Is the Rode Wireless Go, which I understand to be popular on TikTok, what I'm looking for?

The NYT reported that the firm building Trump's ballroom received a no-bid contract for $17.4 million. I earlier revealed the same company got nearly 2X that — $34 million — in a separate no-bid contract to demolish historic buildings at DHS headquarters. www.theredoubt.net/exclusive-no...

Should be on front pages every day until people are held accountable. I know, that’s a laugh.

The NYT reported that the firm building Trump's ballroom received a no-bid contract for $17.4 million. I earlier revealed the same company got nearly 2X that — $34 million — in a separate no-bid contract to demolish historic buildings at DHS headquarters. www.theredoubt.net/exclusive-no...

If you were suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome in December 2003 it means you were proven right about everything.

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.

Trump asked Sean Hannity to serve as his intermediary in getting John Fetterman to switch parties, according to Politico. Hannity then conveyed Trump's offer of "more money than he ever dreamed of" to Fetterman the next day on his podcast. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Yeah sure, I’m a “loser” who literally defeated both major Zelda releases for the Nintendo Switch 😂

Mostly true, but the reality is even worse: Glenn Beck’s website ran a softball interview with the killer.

"Before the war, harsh treatment was reserved for those who were leading the protests, who had Molotov cocktails, or who were armed. But during the war, that harshness has intensified significantly.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

A majority of white Americans think $5 gas is worth it for the epic racism.

That the Nazi guy is a lesser evil in a race against the Nazi party just about sums up the state of American politics.

@liberalforareason.bsky.social thought you’d appreciate

If I'm getting this right: Under the mostly openly bigoted president in modern American history, the Supreme Court has ruled that racism isn't real anymore and so, therefore, it's okay to be racist.

I wouldn't dare deny there are deeply uninformed voters might now have regrets, but the most viral moment of the 2024 campaign was Trump promising to get rid of Haitian immigrants who had revitalized Springfield, Ohio.

You have two options: Cringe left-wing comedy or building missiles at the Genocide Factory. There is no purity under capitalism.

These just keep getting worse.

A general strike that does not materialize is not a great way to boost morale.

Impeachment is more popular than the Democratic Party, or: notice when leadership does and does not act based on issue polling.

All of this. There should be daily talk of impeachment— Dems should be screaming it from the hilltops. Advertising that there is a political solution tamps down violence— and it motivates the voting base.

Millions will die because some Americans decided there were too many commercials now with people of color.

“We should not underestimate that this is a unique moment where a U.S. president, a Russian president, a Chinese president are dead against the Europeans,” Macron said. www.politico.eu/article/emma...

This is how I find out that Michael Savage is still alive? www.reuters.com/world/china/...

“The only refugees other than white South Africans to enter this fiscal year were ​three Afghans, according to State Department statistics.” www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The Redoubt has opened a new front: "Critical Support," a weekly podcast on politics, culture and society from @charliearchy.bsky.social and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social: www.theredoubt.net/critical-sup...

Drinks on me tonight, boys

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There were warning signs after the last rallies, which led to fewer articles and online searches than the previous two rounds. I think we can definitely say it was a mistake to plow ahead with a *general strike* w/o first reassessing (and making a clear demand): www.theredoubt.net/no-kings-abs...