Pretty soon there will be no senior military leaders left beside Xi.

This is the way.

Interesting how the Greenland thing is the moment for some to realize the depth of Trump’s depravity. It’s been evident since 2016 that he should be nowhere near power but if some are only seeing that now, fine, welcome to the club. Let’s get rid of him.

We spent our whole lives training and working to undermine US soft power and to be honest we’ve never felt so unnecessary. 😢

To reiterate what we've known for some time: The president of the United States is mentally ill and should be removed from office as soon as possible.

Remember: There is no "strategy" or "interest" or "plan" behind Trump's bizarre impulse to own Greenland. It is simply a maniacal psychological urge based on a profound ignorance of geography and history and abetted by craven collaborators looking to gain from corrupt side deals.

Seems pretty clear that Europe must respond aggressively against Trump and raise costs, through economic warfare, to damage US economy and markets. Only maximum pressure and pain will get the attention of the sycophants running the US government.

The brutal occupation of Minneapolis demonstrates what happens when individual rights are trampled upon and, thus, why liberalism is necessary. Postliberalism, which maligns individual rights, has nothing to say in response to authoritarian assault.

Because, as with all things Trump, the cruelty and barbarism are the point.

Waiting for publication of Trump Thought on Culture as next step of continuing PRC-ization of US.

This is for real. I just checked on Twitter and, indeed, the US Department of Labor is broadcasting fascist mottos. Their intentions are clear.

Yes. Just straight up racism.

The sheer ignorance. It burns.

How can you tell this administration is lying to you? Their lips are moving.

Trumpists lie and cover up to conceal their guilt.

One of the virtues of Goddard and Newman’s analysis is that it provides much greater context and depth to what is generally seen as corruption. Clearly, their framework captures the global moment we are in. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

This angle and this audio more clearly show the falsity of DHS’s statement.

DHS calls this "violent rioters." They are lying and covering up a homicide. Bring the shooter to justice.

Time to remind everyone of the actual size of Greenland: blog.geogarage.com/2017/10/merc...

Here’s a fuller story. dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Well, he was charged with corrupting the youth.

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead."

Is the "China Model" running out of gas?

They would be grateful were they dead.

The ignorance of the global history of colonialism and imperialism is extraordinary. Trumpists are going to repeat some horrible historical mistakes.

Excellent thread

Trump makes Xi into a latter day Grotius.

The key factor is Trump’s pathological status anxiety. He wants the acclaim Obama received when bin Laden was killed. He wants to be a “war president.” There is no strategy or plan beyond his daily compulsion for those around him to sing his praises.

Trump’s Venezuela fantasy will very quickly surpass Bush’s Iraq disaster in sheer chaos and mismanagement.

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful new year.

How I'm walking out of 2025

Just found this piece, from January. A good piece that helps elucidate our bad times and how to navigate them. Happy New Year! aeon.co/essays/there...

Good to see how seriously senior officials take Xi’s thirteen year effort to stamp out corruption.

Congratulations to our respected colleague Bari Weiss on finally becoming a real journalist.

Seems like a good time to reup this.

Waiting for Trump to quote Xi Jinping Thought on the struggle against “historical nihilism.”

The light is returning! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

So, no formal war on Venezuela, just incoherent rantings.

Everything Bari touches turns to shit

I’m thinking it’s war against Venezuela. That heightens claims of national security across all sorts of issue areas; immigration, economy, elections….

Trump has always been this way: a sociopath. Dreher and his ilk have always known this. But they have embraced Trump to own the libs. Perhaps conservatives are starting to worry that Trump’s inhumanity is becoming a political liability. Rats. Sinking. Ship.

Please don’t use the “great leap forward” allusion. It really doesn’t work.

Moral of the story: No agreement with US is trustworthy.

Red states destroying the basis of their stateness. Next stop: unitary national political system.

We knew they were lying back then and they knew we knew they were lying. But letting us know we have to accept their lies is just how authoritarian governments flex their power

One country, one system. If Xi had any decency, which he doesn’t, he would let Lai live out his life in exile.

Who is this piker? Sure doesn’t know shit about China.

Of course, besides eliding the dominant role played by US power in the ultimate defeat of Japan, if we start asking “how many people died” after Japan was defeated up until 1962, the numbers are horrible for the CCP.

Because it is too much bother.