How Democracies Die
Trump’s personal repulsiveness, criminality, and incompetence deliver a second chance not offered to Italians and Germans in the 30’s.
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Link Roundup, 2/10/2019
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
Link Roundup, 1/24/2019
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
Steve King Broke the First Rule of Fight Club
Trading their hoods for bright red hats, Trump voters are fighting to bring racism back into the daylight. They don’t realize how much power they have already lost, or the scale of the backlash they have triggered.
Trey Gowdy “Now Available”
After you slither down the Capitol steps, a dream of public service mangled and stained by seedy compromise, what do you do next with your life? Join the speakers’ circuit, of course. For a modest and rapidly declining fee, your organization can be treated to the wit and wisdom of …
2018 in a Single Tweet
There’s no point hedging. It has been a remarkably bad year with the promise of worse to come. Events have unfolded at a furious pace with almost incomprehensible absurdity, frustrating any effort to settle on a narrative or summary. Then, a gift arrived in the form of a tweet from …
Christmas in Chaos
We live in interesting times. For a few days, the pace of public events will likely (hopefully) slow. There will be opportunities to spend time with friends and family, to disconnect from the chaos. If you’re among those fortunate enough to have downtime this holiday season, I hope you’ll seize …
Autumn in Griftopia
There is a sick symmetry to Kolfage’s scam. Fourteen years ago he was literally blown to pieces in a war that was, itself, a trillion-dollar con.
The Trump Scandal B-List
What follows is comprehensive summary of the B-List, the second-tier of still-interesting and definitely dangerous Trump scandals that have mostly avoided headlines.
Strange Days
All I can offer is a quick recap of a few high points.