National conservatism has always been the ideology that loyalty is only owed to the nation if it is run by conservatives, going back to when they supported surrender to the Nazis in June 1940 on the grounds that German occupation was the price to pay for eliminating the hated Third Republic.

as @opinionhaver.bsky.social is always saying the "national conservatives" are completely full of shit. not only do they loathe America as it actually exists, the movement is so rotten its own leadership is straight up selling the national interest

pretty convincing tbh

"this front-running of U.S. policy was really large: the Financial Times estimates the sales of oil futures in that magic minute Monday morning at about $580 million, and that doesn’t count the purchases of stock futures." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...

Anthropic wants a judge to pause the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation and President Donald Trump’s directive banning federal agencies from using its Claude AI models.... by Ashley Capoot @cnbc.com -- www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/a... (hearing going on now, updates soon from my colleagues)

*whispers* A LOT of y'all owe Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger some serious apologies....

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They knew before the announcement.

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Bring back the Chop Chop

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It's a big racket, and if you're a regular person you ain't in it.

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This is effectively a huge neon sign saying "insider trading." It also speaks to the Trumpian shit-for-brains standard. They could have divided it into a series of trades so they wouldn't need a pardon from Trump.

The problem is Joe Biden tried to turn the presidency back to being serious. This isn't going to be popular but I blame Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for creating the idea of the rock star president. Republicans didn't have anybody try to be that until Trump. Now America can't quit that BS.

You literally had Sliwa, telling people "this guy loves New York, this guy gets it." Mamdani always had the juice.

And on the flipside, people are ready to latch on to earnestness and sincerity. Among the reasons Mandani was able to win is that it was obvious that at his core he unapologetically loves NYC and wants to make it a better place to live for more people.

And you need to keep track of things like this. Otherwise it feels like the culture is lost, and there's no way to counter the endless tide. Well, there is. The beast is not invulnerable.

It proved they are incapable of doing anything except edgelordism. They can tear down, but they cannot *build* . I feel like this will be seen as the cultural equivalent of the 'high water mark of the Confederacy'

Kirk was not supposed to be Horst Wessel. He was supposed to be MLK, JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Cesar Chavez (before the last couple days that is), Helen Keller, you have it. And it just epically bombed. The widely shared meme of Kirk and Epstein doing a conga line dance sums up how it became fodder

the kind of person who would be taught in elementary school was a martyr for American freedom. It was an total, unambiguous defeat. The single most devastating memetic loss they suffered in ten years.

but you need sincerity to build a lasting movement. not winking faux-sincerity, but something that can be taken at face value and seen as a lasting and meaningful moment of emotion. Charlie Kirk was their first and only attempt at this. They wanted to build Kirk as a sort of MLK Jr-esque figure

edgelordism has been the tool of the trade, because -- again -- being an edgelord is easy. being sincere about something opens you up to being 'cringe'. it is an attack surface, an enlarged radar cross-section.

Since 2015, most of the MAGA meme machine has been overwhelmingly about the avoidance of sincerity. It is transgression for transgression's sake, and its also much easier to cut something down than build it up. Even their veneration of Trump is largely of a smirking gangster

I think it is really important for us to understand just how big of a defeat the We Are All Charlie Kirk thing was, because I don't feel like there has been much writing about the larger meaning of it

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The “main goal” of the Iran War may have changed, reports Washington Post: “Israeli officials said securing the [Strait of Hormuz] for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.”

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Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

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New goal is to end the consequences for the war after failing to achieve the original goals.

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Good news everyone! Ice agents will now go through your suit cases and pat down your teens! www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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The definition of strategic failure…

Tom Homan just announced on @cnn.com that ICE will be deployed to America's airports starting MONDAY. He says they won't do passenger screening. He also claims agents are so well trained that this should be no big deal. Here in Chicago, like Minneapolis, we've seen the truth about that 'training.'

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Pamela Jo Bondi is named in the Epstein files. Testifying before Congress, under oath, has to terrify her, and it should. She has been part of this coverup, maybe more, for over a decade.

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Havin’ a Heat Wave . . . in MARCH‼️ 🔥 🔥 “We just lived through the hottest decade on record. #heatwave 🔥 There’s no Republican or Democrat thermometer. 🔥 If you don’t believe in science, believe your own eyes 🔥 Climate Change is real.” 🔥 #globalwarming 🔥 #California Governor Gavin Newsom

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CNN’s Abby Phillip Confronts Ex-Trump Spox Over Campaign Promise: ‘Said Kamala Harris Is Going To Start A War.’ #Mediaite