We're one step away from permanent martial law and suspension of elections and the Bill of Rights. We're two steps away from right-wing death squads.

Bravo to the few Dems who are calling out Trump's failing mental acuity, weird social media posts, and Epstein cover-up. It would be great if there were dozens or hundreds doing it. But there's not, and that's why the party is in dire straits.

Prediction: He's going to post National Guard troops and cops at every 2026 polling station. They'll intimidate voters, then they'll confiscate the voting machines after the polls close.

We're having a very hot summer here in Wisconsin and it's making me not like the future.

I wish people would abandon the notion that there are decent Republicans. They are all willing members of the Nazi pedophile party. Willing members. Every fucking one.

The only way the human species survives is if most of it doesn't.

Someone needs to Pentagon Papers the Epstein file.

We've reached the burn-the-furniture stage of federal budget management.

All of this (and more).

So President Musk has been replaced by President Netanyahu.

Does ICE plan to raid Mar-a-lago?

A few billionaires owning everything is every dystopian novel ever.

Reminder: A president is the head of the federal government. He or she is not the boss of each citizen. He or she is elected to govern, not to rule.

They've declared war on intelligent people.

The people who sell cryptocurrencies exchange it for dollars. They want you to have the shitcoin. They want to have the dollars. That's it. That's the whole deal.

I miss insects. They were kind of important.

Will he declare his birthday a national holiday this year or next year?

wapo.st/4cWYKb2 So we're not buying into Trump's Lebensraum campaign?

Anyone still hoping that "reasonable Republicans" will gain the courage or decency to stand up to Trump hasn't been paying attention for the past few decades. The GOP wanted this. Every Republican is part of it. Every last one.

I thought the apocalypse would be explosions and stuff, but it's just rot and sadness.

We're close to The Lives of Others stage of this hemorrhagic fever dream, aren't we.

Has a president ever imposed himself on the office, and on us, to anywhere near this extent? I'm so fuckin sick of him.

Consumers will not only be paying the tariffs, we'll also have to cover all the bailouts that Trump will dish out to farmers and other supporters.

I'm launching a new cryptocurrency called Ponzicoin. Who wants a piece?

Think of the dumbest, meanest kids you grew up with. The arrogant D-students who bullied the kids who were small or different. Yeah, they run things now.

The essence of longtermism, Musk and Thiel's worldview: humans, and Earth, are disposable platforms from which to launch digital intelligence across the galaxy.

Susan Crawford ran an excellent campaign. Her ad team produced tough, clear messages that called out the corruption of Schimel and Musk. Model stuff.

This Greenland-Canada business is all a lebensraum thing, isn't it.

ICYMI, this is the Cliff's Notes version of American politics.

Reminder: A president is the head of the federal government. He or she is not the boss of each citizen. He or she is elected to govern, not to rule.

It's all about privatization. Everything.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Schumer gotta go. @schumer.senate.gov

And then we'll lament yet another "failure of imagination."

So Trump is shutting down our cyber defense against Russia at the same time the DOGE-bags are stealing our SSNs and other sensitive data. I have a theory...

As mainstream media bows to its billionaire bosses, there are alternatives doing great reporting: @wired.com, @motherjones.com... Please support them and add your favorites.

Sarah Kendzior has been warning us for years. She's been right.

Planning to steal every election in addition to the presidency.

Fall/winter project: turn a stack of rough-sawn white oak harvested decades ago on the family farm into a set of Mission style tables.

wapo.st/3CIvZkR "Reshapes." Why I've come to despise the MSM, exhibit 12,468.

We are under attack.

I keep hearing the term "low information voters." Shorter: "most voters."

How long before loyalty oaths are required to get your Social Security checks?

This is all part of a plan to privatize everything. When federal programs begin to falter - and they will - the calls to turn them over to corporations will get loud.

The people who thump their chests about liberty are imposing extreme government control over every aspect of our lives.

Every word.

Fellow Wisconsinites, this is a critically important election. I know it's hard to get energized after all that's happened, but we gotta fight for what's right.

Looking forward to spring and my morning coffee spot.