I think the answer to American politics might be Daoism - a real, deep idea that it’s actually important to bring balance to the force, and all that. The idea that things can’t exist without their opposite is a kind of thought that might help a lot right now.

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.” - Jefferson

Arctic landscape, 1964 #americanart #roylichtenstein

I remember when I lived in an apartment managed by a company called “Post Properties.” They liked to brand everything they did - they introduced high tech features for their apartments and called them “Post Smart.” Thats what “Post Liberal” sounds like to me.

Call in the troops to end work-from-home policies and to shut down Amazon dot com.

I certainly will be angry if Dems vote for any bill which contains any provision enabling partisan reprisals over the Jan 6th investigations.

NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other key figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election: https://cnn.it/4r8Y21h

The elites who support Trump are outflanking everyone else in the media, both domestic and foreign.

New, from me: Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce 1. Purge - those deemed disloyal 2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military 3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

“Most of the days the federal government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was the president.”— @howtoreadthisch.art www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...

what a headline www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi...

Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”

After years of delayed elections, two seats on Georgia's utility commission are up for grabs today. Republican incumbents face Democratic challengers who have called for ramping up clean energy production and stopping electricity rate hikes.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

The intimidation included threats that family members would lose visas, which is both in character and *friggin insane*

My weekend was brightened by this tree, standing in a vacant lot in downtown Atlanta - a life carved within a temporary space, under constant threat, but lived beautifully. A source of joy. One day, some developer with build on this lot, and the tree will be gone. I am thankful for this moment.

Everyone should read this - by the former chief of staff for ICE

Is our Congress out in order to afford the royal family time to get ahead of the news?

*The "Post-Naive Internet." Post-Naive according to them, anyhow www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...

So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors bsky.app/profile/lega...

Its the Streisand Effect but for legal non-profits that Trump really doesn’t want you to donate money to. @citizensforethics.org

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BREAKING NEWS: Charges dropped!!!

“Hack back” is usually presented in stark terms of "defense is OK, offense is not OK." In our #BSides Augusta talk we employ the military concept of Effects Based Operations (EBO) to explore the spectrum of outcomes companies can impose, which has many shades of grey. youtu.be/mGbSOFozUWk

This person has been in prison for two months for criticizing Republicans after the Kirk murder.

Treasonous

Republican pols have figured out that if you file a lawsuit, it will go on for a long time, and you can use its existence to convince many people that there must be *some* truth to the underlying allegation, and this is a useful manipulation strategy. They aren’t the only ones who understand this.

It is extremely on brand for trump to consider a 92 year old nobel laureate with a history of calling out dictators a mortal threat

Something that Dems don’t understand is that the public perception of what Democrats represent is driven more by online leftist radicals, and right wing criticism of them, than the actual party’s positions. Only nerds can separate online activism from the actual party, and message discipline is nil.

Validation for those of us on the P side of the Meyers Briggs assessment:

We just filed our PI brief in this one detailing how these stops are illegal, in part, because DHS won’t accept that REAL IDs are real. ICE rejected one woman’s ID and put her in shackles because “the Biden Administration made a lot of mistakes.” ij.org/press-releas...

"Mapped: Government Debt to GDP by Country in 2025" www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-gover...

Prediction: Tonight’s Truth Social post about Canada will be the thing that SCOTUS cannot overlook in ruling against Trump on Tarrifs.

Indigenous nations plan customs-free trade corridor across Canada-US border #Canada #USA /1 thread paherald.sk.ca/indigenous-n...

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

New, from me: Trump is prioritizing paying the armed forces over other federal employees during a shutdown. He is trying to win over the rank and file even as he tells military leaders to target “the enemy within.” 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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When disaster strikes, the stores often aren't open. We asked emergency preparedness experts for the essential gear in case of wildfires, earthquakes, and lord knows what else. www.wired.com/story/emerge...

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

BREAKING President Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him. Any settlement will ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. Full Story: nyti.ms/3WNm2sv

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

i keep thinking about how they're doing a massive, rushed, and shadily funded construction project literally right on top of the PEOC

Is this bad? Because it seems bad. Anyway, I’m sure it will only go this far and won’t go any further.

so much about this case is judges in extreme distress

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

Deep sigh.

“Don’t vote for the ‘shit on America’ party” ought to be a lasting slogan.