@gabrielhardman.bsky.social Et in Arcadia, ego...

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For my friends and allies, everything! For my enemies, the law. George Santos commuted; John Bolton and Jim Comey indicted.

@elienyc.bsky.social thanks for your newsletter. I had heard Coates had something to say but you put it on my desk. Thank you! :)

@therickwilson.bsky.social listened to your podcast today. That’s 1980s dream movie must have been Dreamscape!

I glanced at it and thought it was some character with the Cobra icon from GI Joe that I had somehow missed in the 1980s. Very cool!

Just finished up Superman. Great film. They nailed Krypto. I was concerned when there was discussion about how great Lois Lanes interview of Superman was. Reminded me of George Lucas bragging on the pod race from Phantom Menace but that was a great scene and showed how smart Lois really is.

BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

So the triumphal military parade Saturday is to honor the victory over LA?

On this day in 1944: More than 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy. Timelapse shows their 87 days of combat. - orange: UK - blue: USA - red: Canada - black: Axis

Walter White spitting facts:

@therickwilson.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social let’s also remember that Peter Thiel chose the name Palantir after a magical weapon ONLY used for evil or ignorance in Lord of the Rings.

@gtconway.bsky.social the word you were looking for re: Ian Kershaw’s writings about the Evil One is “Der Fuehrerprinzip”. It’s absolutely what’s going on. Love your podcast. A bright point in my week.

Deny Harvard students. Expel refugees. Welcome Afrikaaners. Tariff South Korea (FTA partner). Tariff the UK (we have a surplus). This isn’t strategy. It’s capricious — from Capri. Where Tiberius withdrew in decadence, And Caligula & Nero ruled in madness. History doesn’t repeat. It performs.

Today is Winston Churchill Day. Actually, it's not. Winston Churchill Day is April 9 in the US, but maybe it’s Unofficial Winston Churchill Day… from the home of Unifficial St Patrick’s Day, eh? /1

@therickwilson.bsky.social honored if this is you following me on the other place. But the follower count is so low I had to ask. You’re a busy guy fighting the good fight sorry to bother. Love everything you do!!!

On Donald’s Birthday Parade part 1 So let Donald have his parade. Let the drums thunder and the banners wave. For Donald is an honorable man. Surely, this display is not for vanity, not for spectacle, but for the solemn observance of Flag Day and Army Day— /1

There was an Austrian emperor in the mid 1800s who as exclaimed “I’m the emperor! I want apricot dumplings!” Apricots weren’t in season yet …he was emperor? Alcatraz is no longer in season.

I'm so glad when I read comics, I keyed in on Alan Moore and what he wrote. My favorite is from Alan Moore, Miracleman. And last night I remember the story where Big Ben was introduced. A delusional and dark parody of Captain America. /1

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

I’d like to report a murder

Such hubris. The week of Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Donald chooses Andrew Tate and the January 6th insurrectionist traitors. The Barabbas choice. Quisling said the same about Norwegians he sent to concentration camps in Germany

#TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash

Dear radical leftist heroes, I hope you survive this scary moment in time. When it is over we are going to reform the nation and save the world.

@sykescharlie.bsky.social Charlies, thanks for the heads up on the Quisling film. Looking to watch it soon! I personally call Donald's cabinet Trumplings to recognize the line from Vikund Quisling to them. A palette cleanser might be Max Manus, Man of War, which leaves me feeling better.

It is 2008. I am starting my first career and watching the stock market tumble double digits in a single day. It is 2020. I am making a career change and watching the stock market tumble double digits in a single day. It is 2025. I am making another career change and watching the stock market tumb

No matter who or what Trump bombs this week, I refuse to get distracted.

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I love this for them Go fasch lose cash!

economist friend points out that Trump just did a decade of wealth taxes in 3 days

Scenes from the Hands Off Rally today in Champaign IL #handsoff

when pundits talk about how great the numbers will be for 2025! just look at 1944 tank production in Germany! 1944! what a year!

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

Every once in a while (about once a day at least) I imagine what political debate and punditry would be like if Christopher Hitchens were still with us.

@harrylitman.bsky.social nice primer on the 22nd amendment today. donald will get himself named Speaker and then Move through to the presidency from there

Unkind men so often whither in the face of unkindness.

"The government has not recognized the incorporation of Greenland into the United States, nor does it recognize 1 other Donald Trump territorial changes shown on this map. The flags shown here were the official flags of Greenland prior to 2025. " /1

“Asked whether she believes other professors might be encouraged to leave the United States, Shore wrote that she believes many of her colleagues will consider relocating due to the current political climate, which she deemed an ‘American descent into fascism.’”

Is there a reason other than "b/c the Constitution says so"? B/c the Constitution says lots of things that we've decided to ignore. For instance, about insurrectionists running for POTUS. 7/

If Constitutional protections for speech/assembly/etc. don't apply to non-citizen legal residents because doing so creates national security risks then why should these protections apply to citizens? Isn't that risky, too? 6/

What is the limiting principle on the new visa rules? If a visa holder has criticized Trump's tariffs, for instance, are they working against the interests of the US government? Should their visa be cancelled and should they be arrested? If not, why not? 1/ www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...

Trump never knows what his own administration is doing, but he’s fully aware of every single mean thing everyone on TV said about him that day.

One day Trump will not be president and the very powerful people who have spent the last several months bootlicking and capitulating will reinvent themselves for a new era. It is up to us to remember exactly what happened.