Wednesday Spill: Video Of Interest… Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson on Tracking Santa Claus; Addams Among The Holiday Stationery. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

Happy holidays! My dog's always loved people, especially babies. 🤣

A reminder: Bari Weiss signed the Harper's Letter.

Trump‘s Epstein Cover-Up Is a Betrayal, Not Just a Lie Me in @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social on why Republicans don't mind when Trump lies about anything, except Jeffrey Epstein.

In San Francisco, we even have "parallel" Democrats—self-described Democrats who hate progressives/the left but have nary a bad word to say about Trump. The press buys this hook, line, and sinker—thus making an extreme faction seem like the "center." (There's no "center" in politics)

We caught a glimpse of this strategy in San Francisco, where “moderate” now means you're on the same side as Elon Musk. newrepublic.com/article/1786...

Bari Weiss’ CBS is what the tech fascists mean by creating “parallel” journalism. Create new fake brands (“The Free Press”) or hollow out existing brands and replace with right-wing clones. Or both! That’s why I included her in the “Mirror World Mafia” last year.

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated. Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...

Nice @boingboing.net post about the Nerd Reich podcast: “…Connects threads that often get treated as separate stories.” “The takeaway is a billionaire class that promises utopia while building escape routes from the society they're breaking.” boingboing.net/2025/12/19/t...

So sick of it.

from june: Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...

Another "plan" for Gaza with the same visual aesthetic as all Network State dystopias. Beware tech fascist billionaires bearing promises of AI-enhanced abundance. Gift Link: U.S Pitches Project Sunrise to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Excellent news: Paulina Borsook's "Cyberselfish"—which warned of toxic tech politics back in 2000—will be republished in 2026! Will share full details when they become public. You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally. Just like it’s still the department of defense

2025 TikTok influencer: I read a book! 2026 TikTok influencer: I gave my kid measles!

Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Sponsoring this POS Bari Weiss turning CBS News into a platform for fascists and bothsidesists? Ok Bank of America enjoy the boycott

You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls

I'd be interested to see a comparison of this process with how Harvard did or did not purse complaints against Summers over the years.

BREAKING: In a stunning blow to Johnson, four GOP lawmakers agree to back Democratic push to extend Obamacare subsidies www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...

Turning Point USA is having its usual winter confab this week. This year Meta and TikTok are sponsors. www.amfest.com

Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy. Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy. The bridge between them? JD Vance My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social: www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...

Scams, theft, lies. Sound familiar? Explore this GIFT ARTICLE from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something" -- famous quote "The Princess Bride," directed by #RobReiner -- Hardship is inevitable. Anyone promising otherwise is likely trying to deceive you, often for profit or gain.

IN MEMORIAM: ROB REINER FILMMAKER & PATRIOT 1947-2025 Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy

Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism

I am so glad the FT is finally reporting on this issue. It has been maddening to watch the mainstream press mostly ignore it—even as its key Network State figures attain shocking power and influence. Trump's plan for fascist cities ("freedom cities") is Network State as policy.

Another day, another Network State cult project: Financial Times: A wealthy bitcoin investor wants to set up his own court system within a libertarian community on a Caribbean island as part of the tech-backed “network state” movement.

"I heard from a good source that the House might subpoena Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Balaji Srinivasan of Pronomos Capital to hearings about the case of 'JOH'—John Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras, whom Trump pardoned this week." washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/15/t...

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/3YqQWYu

Coming soon: A new episode of the Nerd Reich podcast explores the shocking convergence between Silicon Valley and White Christian Nationalism. SUBSCRIBE to get it first! Newsletter: www.thenerdreich.com Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...

What a f'd up, violent weekend! Who else feels overwhelmed and/or heartbroken by the news?

@gilduran.com ICYMI, @ 12:29 they talk about tech oligarchs, social media, AI, surveillance (e.g., Palantir). Immediately prior, they talk about the heroism of journalism.

After this weekend’s antisemitic terror attack in Australia, it is more important than ever that people assemble for Hanukkah. May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.

'Might lead to violence': Republican senator goes to war against Trump's plot win midterms Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) openly condemned President Donald Trump’s push for GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional districts www.rawstory.com/redistrictin...

AI companies: We can't have 50 state AI laws. There has to be just one rulebook for AI EU: Here you go AI companies: not like that

It’s time to reclaim the future from the billionaires who seek their destiny in our destruction. My full conversation with @parismarx.com on @techwontsave.us www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...

Is the NYT Editorial Board OK? It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...

I don't think this got any mention in the NYT... www.authoritarian-stack.info

If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer: www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States “In October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the ‘ultimate exit’ by tech industry elites from the ‘failing’ United States.” futurism.com/future-socie...

Kids, wake up. New Network State just dropped.

This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.

Trump's NSPM-7 is a blatant attack on one of the core principles of our democracy, the freedom of speech. Click to tell Congress to undo this royal decree through actual legislation. rootsaction.org/undo-trumps-...

The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult. Is this tech fascism? "I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars. We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.