Finally read this, and the reporting is as good as everyone says it is. It’s also terrifying, confounding, and deeply weird. The most powerful people in American politics right now — including the guy who has all our personal data — aren’t just evil, they’re absolutely bonkers. [The Real Stakes, and Real Stor...](
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The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve bee...
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In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.
The idea that the "beer summit" was a point of radicalization for right-wingers is utterly incomprehensible. [When the right broke, accordin...](
When the right broke, according to the right
"That's what radicalized you all?"
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Yesterday The Intercept posted the piece I wrote for them to X. That account has 800K followers. As of now, the post has 5,500 impressions, 8 likes, and the only reply includes a Pepe the Frog image and the n-word. So yes, seems like the algorithm is working as intended! https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreibvnkndcrscgbp7jpj4ctb257zi6v3fnrs7bru2rz6vrdg4empdmi https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreibg43i36hfqrlmo7hrnphi4vt2exzwj2rfmneloco5vjuwljposcy
One of the truly weird culture war flashpoints of this era is how an anti-parasitic on the market for 35 years became the right's cure-all snake oil and popular way of signaling contempt for modern medicine. RE:
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I’d seen the nutty excerpts of Miller’s speech at Kirk’s memorial, but hadn’t seen the whole thing. It’s easily the most unhinged, unapologetically fascist rhetoric I’ve ever seen from someone in US government. It’s more of a discount, Dwight Schrute Goebbels than Goebbels. But still. ['Scary as all hell': Onlookers...](https://www.rawstory.com/goebbels-stephen-miller/ )
Trump is going to try to take credit for this. [jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-wi...](
The FBI Will Likely Report The Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded In 2025
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The FBI Will Likely Report The Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded In 2025
But will it stick?
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The presidential historian the NYT quotes as an authority can’t correctly recall what happened five years ago. RE:
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Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President. ...
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“We’re fine with corruption if comes with terrorizing brown people.” Really sums up the MAGA punditocracy. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreigekx6mejqro42bir3bdtt4zgfoxqzj456gzmmovyt4vgcvxzby7e