This is “fresh eyeliner to cry in the mirror”-esque hysteria

This is also reflected in the ‘26 NDAA Exec Summary

Pivot bros:

Prove it

JS this exact sentiment was written about 15 years ago when millennials started buying more vinyl than cds.

China ignores IP/copyright laws to fast follow US critical tech; the US destroys their own arguments against this practice so they can meme their way through deeply unpopular immigration policies.

Is this soft power?

China promoted its Global Security Initiative at an AU briefing in Addis Ababa.

the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism

This was pretty transparently the quid-pro-quo tech bros received for support of the current admins reelection

This is an excellent thread, and this post observes another instance of retreat from freedom of movement in international waters. This thread also tells me there is so little appetite to tax constituents (because they’d have to start w high earners) that they’ll let the US lose this century.

The new US National Security Strategy says explicitly, that the US should intervene in European domestic policy. It is difficult to interpret "Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations." otherwise in the context of everything else this government says and does.

“We are living in a world where we have an abundance of information, but there’s a lot of noise, and we don’t understand what’s real from what’s not, and prediction markets are an antidote to that” This is bleak and bodes poorly for our ability not to be manipulated by mass aggregates of data

My latest this AM with @warontherocks.bsky.social. Of note: "[Military officers] will be active participants with choices to make about the degree to which they continue to serve civilians intent on undermining the liberal values enshrined in the Constitution." 1/ warontherocks.com/2025/12/the-...

Finally a worthy opponent

1/Senior US official caught coaching Russia on how to massage Trump on Ukraine deal. Why? Because we are entering a new international order based not in state interests but clique interests. Welcome to neo-royalism. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

The admin fully believes they can Iraq it without realizing that the leadup to Iraq involved an atmosphere where the American public was insanely bloodthirsty.

The shining city on a hill can still be a positive affirmation of who we are if we actually make the argument

The Art of Manliness website started with a similar ethos; had to have been almost 20yrs ago at this point. They resonate, for sure

The US position regarding the trade deal is so weak that demands are continuing to be placed on the administration.

Instead of getting consensus from Congress and the American public, the plan is to get other countries to signal their support; probably with the promise of future investment or whatever. Just enough to have something to bark at reporters.

Those of us in our 30s should be more resentful to already be so familiar with this script

uuuggghhhhhhh

More so than liberalism, the commitment to sovereignty itself seems to be changing. Of course it is Newman who lays out a clear way to think about this transitional era

This ICE flight is taking Ukrainians back to a warzone tonight. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

So, to clarify: - Troops are not in danger of prosecution because they’re following lawful orders - We’ve determined the legality of these operations - We also determine what is and isn’t international law Everyone in SOUTHCOM should be crying rn

You can see the outlines of an illiberal international order

I just want the NDS so I can ctrl + f “hemisphere” but my asking for intent is micromanagement akin to Obama drone strike ROEs

Not sure how this is anything but overly-punitive and carries a personalistic legal threat, but its use strips commanders of the ability to protect their folks from illegal orders in a way that is so heavy-handed I can imagine a retreat from the commitment to civilian control in response.

Modular housing options towards this are very realistic- 3D-printed homes are not. This and some other verbiage has me questioning the policy work that went behind this thread, or if it’s just liberal Mad Libs.

Can’t think of a worse place to put a data center than downstream of the Colorado River Basin; famously, a fountain of never ending water for all states involved

“From the last week of August to the last week of December, the year 1776 had been as dark a time as those devoted to the American cause had ever known… And suddenly, miraculously it seemed, that had changed because of a small band of determined men and their leader.” - David McCullough, “1776”

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright: "I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you." This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

EU need for 'digital sovereignty' does not mean protectionism, German minister says reut.rs/3KNsTQ0

There's a whole lot of chatter about Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize that is devoid of any discussion of how the process actually works. Well, I spoke to one of the five people on the planet who actually decides who wins the Nobel Peace Prize 👇👇👇 www.globaldispatches.org/p/inside-the...

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

The writer-activist argues that online platforms are getting worse, fast — and proposes radical regulation as the cure on.ft.com/46AfjYU

That disturbed cover is peak butt rock (derogatory)

this story about/interview with thrice is one of the most impressive pieces of music journalism i've seen in a long time. good stuff. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

A new @rooseveltinstitute.org report by @rfunkfordham.bsky.social empirically assesses the antidemocratic effects of Citizens United 15 years after it was decided. The findings speak for themselves: there is no place for big money in our political system. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

The prospective owner of tiktok wants to record and report everything you do

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave. The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values." www.chosun.com/english/nati...

This point needs to be made again and again: There is a well-established body of domestic and international law regarding armed conflict, and those Navy officers who are in command of these operations should be quite concerned about the strong possibility of personal liability re these attacks.

Honestly it never went away

Call it out and codify it