so, the safeguard here is impeachment, or ~maybe~ the 25th people said the guardrails would hold. but those are the rails, we all *knew* in advance they were dead letter, there's not some secret rails that kick in

i mean, they fact-checked him implementing any of project 2025 as "false"

new podcast episode out this friday - & every friday for the rest of 2026 (plus two short clips per episode) until then, last episode of 2024 with @podmalm.bsky.social if you missed it: youtu.be/YR4tmFcOv7U

i was live blogging the certification debate on 1/6 as it happened this was my 'in the moment' reaction

I share this piece constantly. It’s the one that best explains last year’s election.

One of the most important articles I’ve read in the last year. I didn’t even know LC existed before this showed up on my feed; now I’m a paid supporter because of work like this.

if your work has a twitter presence, now might be a good time for an internal email saying you're concerned about liability to the organisation by staying there

Distinctly brrr this morning, with a keen wind, so a brief bimble up the valley to see brrrness. That's enough now, and I'm back indoors by the woodburner. #photography #frost #icicles #romeyer #france

i will say tho, that if the emerging consensus is that we need to put the kid gloves on for a bit to try & coax people off twitter, i'll go along with that

i agree with all of this, my concern is many centrist types don't view criticism from their left as legitimate they get normal pushback on here, fall down crying, & go back to twitter to be yelled at by nazis (who are allowed to have opinions)

not being able to talk in soundbites doesn't necessarily make your extended thoughts any better

i'd like to see someone really push a uk minister on why they think its acceptable to keep their comms on this site

friends don't let friends be the american john rentoul

does the right have agency is the great divide of our age

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language note: don't say 'congress' when you mean 'congressional republicans'

i'd like to see someone really push a uk minister on why they think its acceptable to keep their comms on this site

language note: don't say 'congress' when you mean 'congressional republicans'

not being able to talk in soundbites doesn't necessarily make your extended thoughts any better

I keep going back to this article. And I will recommend it over and over again this year: newrepublic.com/article/2042...

does the right have agency is the great divide of our age

a valiant effort from the "both parties are the same" diehards, but today is a rough day for them

trump's criticism of the iraq war was that it wasn't brazen *enough* "we should've kept the oil"

for those still tempted by the fantasy of a red/brown alliance, reminder that fascists have always wanted to kill you www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...

gender is why 'donald the dove' stuck people didn't trust his female opponents with the military, so projected being the responsible choice back onto him

24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean

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24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean

trump's criticism of the iraq war was that it wasn't brazen *enough* "we should've kept the oil"

gender is why 'donald the dove' stuck people didn't trust his female opponents with the military, so projected being the responsible choice back onto him

A lot of young men voted Trump because 'kamala will girlboss us into stupid wars'

!! there's now a wiki page for reactionary centrism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactio...

"the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism; the right must be understood but never blamed. The left can be blamed but must never be understood"

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many people are saying

!! there's now a wiki page for reactionary centrism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactio...

this is the politics lead of a major liberal newspaper as international fascism gains ground & it's all a complete joke to him

guy who loves america, always says so, & always apologies for saying so

i'm glad y'all are understanding what we in the uk are dealing with

this is the politics lead of a major liberal newspaper as international fascism gains ground & it's all a complete joke to him

from the archive - menswear guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social, how liberalism created, then killed, the suit www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/suit

me: reactionary centrists don't understand why people criticise them john: the line hundreds of people think applies to me? def not about me

One long (and two short) Youtube clips of the podcast 👇

something like this?

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