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Confessions of a Red-Letter Christian I spent years on the vestry of an Episcopal church and never …

America = Afghanistan Why the U.S. drains and buries movements the same way Afghanistan buries …

I love Lioness! It’s killer 5'2" 90lb fierce covert tier-1 operator porn. I missed season 2. They’re …

A Pagan in Messiah’s Clothing? Rome didn’t sneak paganism into Christianity. It dissolved …

There Is No Such Thing As A Good Man With A Gun? What happened in Twin Falls, and the argument it …

Nobody Ever Looks in the Mirror and Sees Judas Every betrayer goes home that night believing he’s …

Sorry, haters, I love Super Girl—I finally saw it with my own eyeballs.

The Footnote Miracle: Five thousand strangers ambushed a grieving man in the wilderness—and the real …

Warning warning warning they’re going to be too many substats today coming from me. I apologize in …

I feel like nobody I follow is talking about Sugar on Apple+

Shoe0nHead is 12-years-old! I Survived ‘Woke 1.0’—The First Culture War youtube.com/watch

The Cockblock of History Joe Biden had the legal power to make Kamala Harris president two years …

So Iran is pro-ICE MAGA now? reaking news: Iran is likely behind cyberattack on Minnesota water …

In 1950 America had 151 million people. When I was born in 1970 it was 203 million. Today it’s about …

Unintended consequences—or intended? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8tGL7…

Nice Guys Never Are Why the word you’re afraid of being called and the word you actually want mean …

The FUBU Face Why seeing what women actually say to each other didn’t make dating more honest—it …

The Protected Species They call it a “protected class.” Critics have started calling it something …

The Empathy Loyalty Test The Economist thinks the right hates a feeling. What it actually hates is …

The Terrarium Why New York is the only American city where the most regressive men and the most …

Saw the skit. Reprehensible. Was this skit from 1960? > ‘Seinfeld’ star Jason Alexander apologized …

Femme Formidable Sunny Ray, the Hors-Flesh, and the Body That Won’t Stay Still She built an …

They could have just fired the designerly-AF glasses. They always have them. I had them when I was …

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic” —Joseph Stalin> Iran war …

Fair Enough The word doing all the work in “fair enough” is “enough.” open.substack.com/pub/chris… …

“Very Silly” AOC said the thing. She said the thing. open.substack.com/pub/chris…

Disclosure Day drips with Hitchcock’s color-era DNA—Kodak-saturated frames, patient blocking, dread …

The Diorama Builds Itself A cartoon about the year 2300 is actually a museum exhibit under …

Praying With Your Fists Up Punching down was supposed to mean punching the powerless. Follow the …

Nothing Comes In or Out On toil, Etsy, and why every disruptor eventually becomes the guild it once …

I had no clue that John passed away on the day I randomly posted a No Agenda Show primer. Quelle …

I’ve been watching No Agenda since 2008—and I’m a Knight—and I just discovered that my beloved John …

If you really do want full acceptance, try not being such an insufferable dick all the time to …

The #DSA Isn’t Confused. It’s Correcting. Give them this much: they figured out what went wrong, …

Simple: yank all federal funding: “Republicans in House DOGE subcommittee excoriate a Smithsonian …

The Parasite Was Always the Insurgency A year ago the accusation was “hostile takeover.” Now it’s …

Unlimited Shrimp For All Damola Adamolekun for President, 2028, or the closest thing the …

Papers, Please America is the only country on earth that thinks a membership check is a manhunt. …

Who the Fuck Is “We,” Kemosabe? On the collectivizing pronoun, borrowed crowds, and the difference …

Is America the Dad with the Timeout or the Belt? On planks, whistles, Göring memes, and the gap …

Push The Button, Chucklehead A completely remedial explanation of the No Agenda six-week cycle, …

The Window Was Closing Why the 2022 invasion looks less like conquest and more like a country …

Nobody Put You In The Water Why “debt slavery” is the wrong metaphor, and what scuba training …

The False Choice Why “pick the Nazi or pick the socialist” is a trick question, and Americans were …

The Balloon We Keep Inflating We didn’t solve mortality. We just found more efficient ways to …

Super-surprised it’s taken so long Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that …

Homelander Trump Why the mask came off, and why it was never a guardrail to begin with …

Homelander Trump Why the mask came off, and why it was never a guardrail to begin with …

Democrats and liberals forget that the Right believes that it’s been under direct partisan lawfare …

Am I the only person who thinks the World Cup award looks extremely scrotal?

Propaganda vs propaganda! What did some swing state voters think of President Trump’s primetime …

Drip, then espresso snob, then Nespresso snob, then moka-pot Bustelo snob—full stations of the …

The Gospel According to Zeus> What it actually meant to live under his law, before every retelling …

Chunk It Down The fire team is the only unit of trust that actually scales …

America’s Always Been Fashy: Donald Trump didn’t bring fashy back. He’s not any more fascist than …

Proportional: The math says school is safe. The culture says …

Ride or Die is proof that a formulaic assassin action series can be awesome and led by lady action …

Bastille Day and the Cult of Reason: How the French Revolution’s war on the Church killed sixteen …

View from my South Arlington apartment: smokey!

Smokin!

Corn Dogs and Kale Why black box theater dies of exposure the moment you sell it a Broadway house …

The Kiddie Pool Question Why the “how could God allow it” trilemma smuggles in a premise the Bible …

Your Father Is Not Your Genie On God, prayer, and why “no” was never proof He doesn’t love you …

A Stampede of Rightness Why “right” means two different things to two different Americas, and why …

I have a Substack superfan in the form of a cat named Twig

Not a Manhunt The bad hombre lie, the ladder that only sees motion, and why “never waste a crisis” …

Proportional The math says school is safe. The culture says otherwise. open.substack.com/pub/chris… …

Perspective: What the seventies can teach us about how safe 2026 actually is …

Clear Skies Only: Everyone quotes the first two lines of the Serenity Prayer. The entire thing runs …

Hubristic Pity: The Compassion of Status-Seekers: Noblesse oblige needs a noble and an oblige. The …

Lupita Nyong’o is easily more than beautiful enough to be Helen of Troy.

The Making an Example Of Deterrence was never supposed to be universal. That’s what makes it work. …

The Camera Doesn’t Take Sides, But It Isn’t Blind Either Total transparency ended every performance …

“But Nobody Gave Me the Instruction Manual!” The rulebook is real, unwritten, and enforced against …

The Sporting Fallacy Why “it was good while it lasted” beats “no way, piggy” every single time. …

How did I miss this banger?

The Right has always loved the star spangled banner and “white supremacy” has expanded to every …

The Barbecue Always Wins How the 250th slipped out of NPR’s hands, and why nobody but me seems to …

The Envy Machine Why the crab bucket always wins, and why nobody escapes it by flattening the …

So good. Reality is basically SETI@Home The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the …

Here’s my most recent diagnosis.

Glad America doesn’t have a glass jaw The 4th of July stress test wasn’t about violence. It was …

Waka waka I guess the SPLC spent quite a lot of it’s members' donations on white supremacists today! …

Whimsy Beats Hypergamy On looksmaxxing, mogging, and why being someone’s ride or die beats being …

I feel like MAGA has disavowed Donald Trump après Iran attacks. Only neocons and America First …

The Nail That Stands What a Honolulu hallway taught me about every hierarchy I’ve stood inside …

I’m in Northern Virginia—sexy South Arlington—and can see DCA from my window. All I’ve heard, though …

I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it …

Virginia’s Gun Panic-Buy Just Got an Asterisk A judge paused the assault weapons ban six days before …

Canada didn’t get meaner, Canada got tested. “Nicer than America” was never a personality—it was the …

What's Up With Canada During This World Cup? Canada didn’t get meaner. Canada got tested. For decades the national brand was “nicer than …

Words Without Anchors: How “Democracy” and “Fascism” Both Became Smuggling Operations, and Why …

Inconclusive If I were ever going to get a tramp stamp, I know what it would say. Inconclusive. …

Remember when being easily offended was a personality flaw, not a personality? youtube.com/watch

Primer is so good it’ll melt your brain-it melted mine.

Forget Disclosure Day—save your money—watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Hapa is Hawaiian for Wasian

Devastating. Hilarious. Brutal. Extremely Gen X. Worthwhile.

Nobody Thinks They’re the Chain Snitches Get Stitches, Race Traitors, Sic Semper Tyrannis, and the …

Here come the Predictive Programming Vigilante movies right on time!

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 7,1-5 1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. 2 For as you judge, so …

So THIS is the “family secret” People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with …

Center Mass, No Names: What Fifty Years of Video Games Already Trained Us For …

Nobody’s Trying to Capture AA: Why the most Christian room in America doesn’t know it’s church …

Send the Redneck to the Cross: How Christian humanism built a nicer Sanhedrin …

Jesus Is Nobody’s Panda: Why the choice in front of American Christians isn’t the one Peter Wehner …

Christians are fine and they keep on schisming away from humanism as quickly as possible whenever …

Apparently, Nuns have tons of work done to their faces. Is the lip filler made of Chrism?

“Not Conducive to the Public Good” A British euphemism, a dead novelist’s secret, and the phrase …

Do you know the logo? Can you guess?

Every beauty queen wants world peace. Pope Leo XIV stepped to the mic and delivered: “The world is …

The blockbuster public offering of SpaceX created more than 4,400 employee millionaires, with nearly …

Everybody now feels entitled to live like a socialite Everybody now feels entitled to live like a socialite and honestly that’s part of the problem but …

Houses are more expensive because American wealth exploded. The population doubled and millionaires …

Discuss Europe Has Been Living Off America For Decades with Melissa Chen youtube.com/watch

PoppyCont! DarkPoppy goodness! The Most Perfect Perfect Person (featuring Poppy) Poppy lets the …

The Inversion: On Grievance Socialism and the Politics of the Other National Socialism was a racial …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,43-48 43 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,38-42 38 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for …

I’m really pleased with my cheap Chinese Ti Temu McHEROclip.

A Person’s a Person (No Matter How Small) Horton, the Unverifiable External Entity, and Seventy …

Best episode ever! The World Cup is in America and Europeans are losing their minds — in the best …

So fascinating.

Who’s going? Are you going?

It’s really the time of year to figure out whether I was suckered by this thing or whether it will …

Arrest Musk and you destabilize Starlink—the backbone of NATO battlefield comms and Ukrainian ISR. …

I feel like this is the definition of FAFO but then again if you don’t try you’ll neverknow. …

This is an example of when the toleration paradox eats itself. Why aren’t more Democrats calling …

Only 56 hours.

The Inversion: On Grievance Socialism and the Politics of the Other: National Socialism was a racial …

🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 In California you don’t need an ID to vote, ballot harvesting is completely …

Antifa aren't actually Anti-Fascist at all Antifa isn’t anti-fascism the way the name implies—it’s a specific political tradition with specific …

Virginia hit 72,956 background checks in May 2026 alone—more than double May 2025—after Governor …

The Demographics of No Kings Research conducted by American University sociologist Dana R. Fisher and the CECE project provides …

America: You Decide. The Court Wouldn’t Hear It. We Will. Here’s How to Build the Venue They’re Too …

Going to wait it out until I find out how Elder Arik Hayes defines honor (good, he nailed it: …

An antifascist just told me I’m ‘silently complicit’ for not condemning X loudly enough. …

There are cartoon villains! The small liberal arts school that has been taken over by Governor Ron …

Russia Won. Nobody Will Say It. The war is the chicken running around. The head’s been in the dirt …

Your Life Is My MMORPG I’m Wearing Your Existential Crisis Like a Costume …

In Case You Forgot: Ukraine Was a Corrupt Disaster Before It Became a Brand. A friendly reminder for …

Fascinating interview. From BBC insider to one of Britain’s most controversial comedians, Nicholas …

“‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to …

ICE Isn’t Cops Bad hombres are a law enforcement problem. ICE is a deportation apparatus. These are …

Elite Autoimmune Disease When the Body Politic Can No Longer Recognize Itself …

Cool place but not remotely my vibe. Ordered in German. Didn’t work. Espresso and water. Do love the …

Fomenting American unrest is a full-time job. It drives industries. It makes them rich.

My buddy Dan just told me that the Goodwill at glebe and 50 is being demolished for a new …

Two side of the same strategy coin. (I found the Trump one and had GPT just AI make the mirror …

People Eat People (A dark parody of Depeche Mode’s “People Are People”) [Chorus] People eat people, so why should it …

When Even the 7s, 8s, 9s, and 10s Stop Believing Partnership is Worth the Squeeze: On the …

Seven Words You Should Never Say On the death of the words that were supposed to stop everything …

America is currently at the “fine, call me racist, I don’t care anymore” stage.

At least she’ll get bookbuyers from the left AND the right. This book is Fox News' current full time …

Sure, Bass is still in—but so is Pratt. That’s the news.

Lionel Shriver? More like Lioness. Very uncomfortable book, her novel is, especially for the …

Bari Weiss isn’t killing CBS. She’s George from Of Mice and Men. One shot, close range, while Lennie …

American socialists don’t call it a business model—they call it a movement. The DSA frames socialism …

This was always just an excuse to scold Trump over January 6 pardons. Enjoy the ride. John Oliver …

I finally resized the bracelet and now I’m getting used to the size and the vibe. I’m used to …

Full On I am the sacrificial anode on this argument. I take the corrosion. The hull is yours to do …

The Villain With Moxie Frank Castle didn’t save his building. He detonated on it. And a million …

So true: Male-to-Male Trans! Looksmaxxing and the Rise of Male-to-Male Transsexuals …

The Boulé Railroad Forty acres never came. So the strategy changed from compensation to occupation. …

Fair game if you can enact your social engineering agenda. There’s always whiplash, blowback, and …

The Wheel Turns: America doesn’t have an immigration policy. It has a digestive cycle—and we’re in …

Gavin Newsom is a MINO—Mog In Name Only. The jaw, the hair, the height—on paper he clears every box. …

Dems are ACAB except for J6. They’re fuck-the-military except when defending CQ Brown owns Trump. …

All of these fires and explosions around the country: nothing to see here, please disperse, move on, …

I really hope some neuroscience institute has a research wing called the Hippo Campus, complete with …

Lincoln Lawyer seems authentic-adjacent. I am not a lawyer. Catching up on Season 4 (Ep 3) with …

He Said The Unspeakable youtube.com/watch

Jesus Existed at the Pleasure of Caesar: The more liberated you feel, the more at the mercy of the …

First time I’ve ever seen cops engage with him.

Is the Cost of Bread and Circus Worth the Price? How America Built a Trillion-Dollar Pacification …

Jes Grew Is Still a Crime Ishmael Reed predicted the teen takeover panic in 1972. Nobody in …

The Cops About Whom Nobody Made a Doc: 277 federal officers. 113 laser eye injuries. Eighty nights …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 10,28-31 28 Peter began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, …

Yikesy McYikesface! youtube.com/watch

Whenever possible, I always try to change the four in 420 to an H.

All concerts are rich fans only—some are just richer than you… The Worst Era of Concert Tickets Is …

You know how charming and fun and charismatic and cool and smart Lucifer was? CIA isn’t that.

Fun fact: Kyle Rittenhouse, the people he shot, all white. The entire incident was white-on-white …

“Senior Purple Prose Architect, who never forgets his intention; iron-clad at the core, he …

Luis FurryCon?

A shepherd in Central Texas tends 550 telescopes for stargazers worldwide. $99/month, your scope, …

There’s not enough suspension of disbelief in the entire known universe for this movie: Tom Clancy’s …

“If you don’t do X then you will have blood on your hands” totally isn’t manipulative at all. Just …

West Wing Democrats died in the ’90s. But the sharper point isn’t that Bartlet would lose a …

Brilliant insight for reals The default core, the baseline tone of modern Western film and prestige …

Have You Ran or Have You Run? You can conjugate the verb. You just have to want to. …

An actual and truth-based primer on actual fascism. A clarification of a widely-held misconception …

All Cops Are Beautiful (ACAB) For One Day Out of 10,950, They Finally Meant It the Other Way …

RIP Barney Frank, King and Queen of Washington, DC Barney Frank died Tuesday at 86, at his home in Maine, with his husband Jim beside him. I didn’t …

Barney Frank died Tuesday at 86. I met him once, briefly, as an 18-year-old PoliSci kid at GW in …

Comedy Gold 🪙 AOC - “Opening Silo” instead of “Salvo” youtube.com/shorts/3s…

Two Sets of Books: How the climate movement learned to keep one ledger for the public and another …

Knew it! Told you so! Suckers! The Worst-Case Climate Scenario Is Dead RCP8.5 is officially …

Friedrich Engels “And if we then ask what guarantee we have that necessary quantity and not more of each product will …

These are both terrible and beautiful.

“Prices are like messengers conveying news” —Thomas Sowell

Some light reading

Fun fact: Elon Musk’s net worth is approximately $839 billion, making him the wealthiest person in …

Blue Star Families is collecting military stories at Penrose Square Starbucks, Columbia Pike, South …

Only eagles get to talk about doves. Peace is a victory lap, not a strategy. You can’t olive-branch …

Your Shadow Dossier You Think You’re Ungoverned. open.substack.com/pub/chris…

Damn! Foot-in-Mouth disease. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson admits to the New York Times that her …

#Tyrus doesn’t know when and how to use “#whom.”

Is Deflation Bad for the Economy? The standard line among most economists is that deflation is as …

The K-Shaped Country: Why Nobody on Either Side Will Admit the Map Is Gone …

I Randomly Heard Focus on the Family and I Didn’t Hate It chrisabraham.substack.com/p/i-heard…

Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart? www.thefp.com/p/is-ther…

A glutton for fabulous punishment!

Here’s my current EDC: Haley Flatpack and pouch are way too grunty for my old X220 and …

No context…

The Weapon That Didn’t Fire: On Words, Power, Sticks, Stones, and the Boot Behind the Slur …

Scale, Baby, Scale On Proportionality, Curated Outrage, and Why I’m Gobsmacked We Haven’t Had …

Please Don’t Throw Me In That Briar Patch: On Trump, Wile E. Coyote, and the ACME Industrial Complex …

Prayer Is A Gun: The Universe Doesn’t Check Your Registration Before It Fires …

Don’t Look At It: The Only Place Communism Works Is Inside a Box Nobody Opens …

Cry Uncle. Your People Will Thank You. You Can Have Your Pride Or You Can Have Your Life—Not Both. …

The Art of War of the Deal: How My Hawaii Childhood Explains What Cable News Can’t …

What does “free speech going in the wrong direction” even mean? youtube.com/watch

Protests are so good for steps and mobility and activity and also for overtime for cops and …

Sounds true to me: Zelenskyy Claims Leaked Russian Intel Docs Show Russia Preparing to Take Out …

Black on black crime! The black face of white supremacy. Yikes! Clarence Thomas: The Biggest Fraud …

John Pavlovitz sucks johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-ma…

Fascinating

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 16,23b-28 23b Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name …

Fascinating. Why Women Hate Men youtube.com/watch

Fascinating. Why Women Hate Men youtube.com/watch

The Left is going to fuck up the 250th for themselves for sure. The History Wars and America at …

Good stuff. Episode 415: Exposing The Matrix Part 1- Media and Information Control …

If You Wouldn’t Change the World Series, Why Change the Electoral College? Democrats never play by …

The White House Always Wins: How the Presidency Became the Ultimate Short Con—and Why Both Sides …

America Never Promised You Fair: The Dealer Isn’t Cheating. You Just Don’t Like the Cards. …

Whose Broth Is It, Anyway? America was always Emerson’s smelting pot. It just got misread as a …

Corny, lovely, true.

Progressive mayors aren’t failing—they’re executing. Defund the police, decriminalize drugs, protect …

Project Degentrify In 1999 I registered the domain hillkill.com. open.substack.com/pub/chris…

“Suicidal empathy” is the new right-wing buzzword. The claim: Western civilization is destroying …

The Gold Standard: Every complaint about Donald Trump is a complaint about ostentatiousness that …

Is this the most NIMBY thing you’ve ever seen? youtube.com/watch

A moment on your tweets a lifetime on your deets. John Kennedy presses Biden judicial nominee Dale …

Fact check false? AOC claims American revolution was against “the billionaires of their time …

I know it’s a cinematic framing thing but two adult men talking to each other and a work environment …

Redemption is the act of saving, delivering, or regaining something, often through a payment, …

In a culture war, you take 4 hills and cede 2 or 3 and you win 1 or two. That’s how the Dems should …

Grogu is Scrappy-Doo now. Cute helpless baby works. Tiny agent with attitude and powers is just a …

I came away thinking: “thank God for the shadow docket”—does Oliver know he’s done that? John …

Is Donald Trump the most self-realized man in human history? open.substack.com/pub/chris…

Great stuff! Amen! You weren’t created to live weighed down. If you’ve been carrying stress, …

AI Is Public Education’s Perfect Scapegoat The real reason schools are failing has nothing to do …

For you youngins: colleges in the 60s/70s were more radical, not less. Buildings occupied. Bombs set …

Was Buchanan Right? Is That Why They Silenced Him? chrisabraham.com/blog/was-…

The left didn’t suppress Buchanan because he was dangerous and wrong. They suppressed him because he …

Carter ~145. Clinton ~155. Obama ~130. Trump ~101. One of these punched harder than his IQ score suggests. A dead-average American—a normie 101—cut a swatch through world history. That might be the most democratic story ever told. Carter: estimated IQ around 145. Nuclear physics at Annapolis, one of the sharpest technical minds …

This would matter if America valued pedigree or academic prowess at all anymore.

The populist right and the populist left are eating the center alive on both sides of the Atlantic. …

Starmer is getting eaten from the right by Reform and the left by the Greens simultaneously. That’s …

The White Face of Black Supremacy: The Black Panthers were Black power. Leonard Bernstein was …

The Lorax speaks for the trees. The trees didn’t ask him to. This is the story of who gets to wear …

I never think about wasting electricity. But living in England and Germany I learned fast—leaving a light on meant neighbors knocking, assuming you were home. Electricity wasn't cheap. It was a bill that bit. Is it still like that? I never think about wasting electricity. Lights on all night, AC running all day, every device in …

I never think about wasting electricity. But living in England and Germany I learned fast—leaving a …

Nobody Is Coming: What Europeans Can’t Understand About America, and Why They Never Will …

The Revolution Will Not Be By the Proletariat: The left didn’t lose the working class. It looked at …

Two Buddhas Walk Into a Hellscape: On Tom Waits, the Buddha who walked out of the palace, and why …

Don’t Tell That to the Stupids: The left runs two tracks: what they actually know and what they’ll …

Les Misérables Doesn’t End at the Barricade: Everyone planned for the climax. Nobody planned for the …

Broken Brag: Why the war stories always eat the meeting chrisabraham.substack.com/p/broken-…

Might Makes Right, and Other Things Nobody Will Say at the University in Bamberg: I spent the …

The Disease That Saves You: Ishmael Reed, Jes Grew, and the Professor Who Changed Everything: For …

Both Men and Women Are Afraid of Men: Everyone already knew this: Why the bear debate was never …

I Prefer Not To: Bartleby Was Always the Point: Herman Melville wrote the defining portrait of our …

How Al Gore Learned to Blot Out the Moon: How predictable cycles become manufactured fear—and why …

Auntie Jesus: Notes from a Fat, Undisciplined, Aphantasic Friend of Bill Who Runs Five Gospel …

The Tale Wagging the God Constantine’s Conundrum, Madame Pele’s Test, and Why I’m Going Home …

Protest Russian Roulette Exercising your right to protest is Russian roulette. Know what you’re …

For Your Protection: How Altruistic Authoritarianism Became the West’s Most Successful Export …

A Twelve-Step Program for English-Speaking Democracies: Britain and America Walk Into a Meeting. …

American “For Export Only” Democracy is a Demockery: How We Confused the Packaging for the Product …

The Sheepdog, the Prisoner, and the Serf: Everyone Who Gets Fed Has a Leash. The Question Is Whether …

Demockery: How We Confused the Packaging for the Product and Called It Freedom. …

The Sheepdog, the Prisoner, and the Serf Everyone Who Gets Fed Has a Leash. The Question Is Whether …

How We Confused the Packaging for the Product and Called It Freedom. open.substack.com/pub/chris…

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,1-8 1 Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. 2 He takes …

A Twelve-Step Program for English-Speaking Democracies Britain and America Walk Into a Meeting. …

How Altruistic Authoritarianism Became the West’s Most Successful Export …

60 Minutes made a recruitment video. When media platforms dangerous men with friends and purpose, …

White nationalism getting a low-key unintentional glowup on 60 Minutes? When the volunteer helping …

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. What Does Tucker Carlson Really …

C’est évidemment The Far-Right Could Win France Soon youtube.com/watch

Best interview ever in all of interview history. Andrew BREAKS his NDA with CNN youtube.com/watch

Protest Russian Roulette: Exercising your right to protest is Russian roulette. Know what you’re …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,1-12 1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have …

SEO: Simplify, Then Add Lightness: History Colin Chapman said it best and nobody in web development …

Progressives hate Trump exactly the way Christians hate abortion. Both sides are certain. Neither …

It’s nice that we got to meet Mayor Katie Wilson’s douchy male Cyrano handler. Feels puppety. Great …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,7-14 7 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,1-6 1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have …

Breaking News: Pentagon to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany amid feud between President …

Suddenfreude (n.): the quiet satisfaction of watching a long-held but socially inadmissible …

This is really lovely. So worth an attentive listen. Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman …

Constantine’s Conundrum, Madame Pele’s Test, and Why I’m Going Home open.substack.com/pub/chris…

Pol Pot understood the pamphlet problem: intellectuals dream revolutions, but peasants are made to …

Auntie Jesus Notes from a Fat, Undisciplined, Aphantasic Friend of Bill Who Runs Five Gospel …

I started the morning arguing about Biden on Facebook and ended up at the thief on the cross. Turns …

Blond is the new black. why do we want to be blonde? youtube.com/watch

Charlie Kirk never went on a ad hominem and profanity-laden Hassan Piker tirade. Just saying. …

The Almanac Con: How Al Gore Learned to Blot Out the Moon: How predictable cycles become …

I Prefer Not To: Bartleby Was Always the Point: Herman Melville wrote the defining portrait of our …

Fascinating. Decentering Men Doesn’t Work | Here’s Why In this video I explore the concept of …

Femme fascinating! why i stopped calling myself a “girls girl” youtube.com/watch

Democrats Have A Terrorist Problem - Dumpster Fire 310 A gunman burst through the doors of the …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 12,44-50 44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10,11-18 11 Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 A hired …

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10,1-10 1 Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but …

Wow, CBS News is so much different now. New reporting. Crazy. Federal agents exercised search …

Fascinating take on Cole Cole Tomas Allen is a postmodern symptom: we are likely to see more and …

Here’s the thing nobody said during the entire bear debate: men are afraid of men too. …

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This really sucks. A janitor with nothing left to lose discovers a locked room hiding a sentient …

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I like what they say but I’m allergic, always, to the snide way they insist on saying everything. I …

Too clever but too true too. When a Chicken Isn’t Just a Chicken We are reminded time and again …

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If true, yikes! Cleveland Schools Layoff 400 Teachers youtube.com/watch

Yikes! A shocking discovery out of a Baltimore City high school, where Project Baltimore has found …

Fascinating This new Linux distro is breaking the law, by design… youtube.com/watch

Fascinating Why People Label Themselves as Neurodivergent with Edward Dutton youtube.com/watch

Fascinating. Speech policing. Free Speech Shouldn’t Need Elite Approval - Matt Taibbi …

“Where are my poor desperate cheap fieldworkers?” This Idaho Farmer Is Running Her Farm Like A …

Fascinating Straight to the Point: FBI’s Secret Targeting of Team Trump youtube.com/watch

Men are afraid of men too. We read rooms, clock threats, cross streets—we do the same calculus women …

Jes Grew doesn’t ask your permission. Winston Napier taught me that. This is thirty years late and …

Does this also mean celibacy? Or is hooking up a cutout that doesn’t count? Globally, the number of …

Fascinating The debunkers absolutely destroy gun buy backs youtube.com/watch

Fascinating. In the most insane turn of events, the left has been funding the very racism they are …

“Broken brag” is the mirror of humble brag—competitive suffering dressed as confession. The …

Might Makes Right, and Other Things Nobody Will Say at the University in Bamberg I spent the morning …

The only reason America has national parks is “not worth it yet.”

Fascinating. Must read. The conservatives finally got their populist victory for middle-American …

I coined a new term today: broken brag. It’s what happens when the war stories eat the meeting. …

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on charges that the organization used millions of …

Thanks to my buddy Dan for adding this perfect thing to my daily driver. I do want to believe. I’m …

Did you know “gonorrhea” comes from Greek for “flow of seed”? Ancient doctors saw the discharge and …

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Fascinating Megyn Kelly is joined by Mollie Hemingway, author of “Alito,” to discuss the inside …

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I knew it! Investigative journalist Steve Baker joins Jimmy to reveal that forensic gait …

I LOVE the fact that SAS and SBS commandos are quitting en masse because they don’t believe that the …

Les Misérables Doesn’t End at the Barricade: Everyone planned for the climax. Nobody planned for the …

The left runs two tracks: what they actually know and what they’ll say publicly. The gap between …

Chesterton’s Fence applies to culture. Don’t dismantle what you don’t understand. A dry stone wall …

I know I’m getting old because every post and thread across social media turns into the same soft …

Péter Magyar presents as moderate, but on borders he tracks at least as hard as Viktor Orbán. He …

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Hannah Arendt watched Adolf Eichmann’s trial and expected a monster. She found a bureaucrat. The …

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Who Voted You King? From Walmart astroturf to vanguard politics, the “we” in every protest and op-ed …

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Nobody Is Coming: What Europeans Can’t Understand About America, and Why They Never Will …

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Fascinating. -1.3% (because of ICE & closed borders, they hint) Drop in California school …

Inevitable, no? What do you think? Hampshire College closure highlights financial strain on small …

Bell is caught in Cold War America Forged in resilience. Defined by courage. The Cheyenne heritage …

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There’s only one Jesus—whether he shows up at Burning Man or a tent revival. He loved on everybody …

After Signing Gun Control Laws, This Governor Said She Supports 2A Virginia Governor Abigail …

Imagine you’re in a bookstore and you wander over to the fiction section. There, you find two …

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Punk wasn’t love—it was working-class British kids with no future and nothing to lose. Johnny Rotten …

Tinfoil hat fully engaged: I don’t think Trump wanted to post the Jesus healing image. I think his …

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Is global feminism only about wartime economic surge capacity? Let me be clear upfront: this is fabrication. Fabulism. Fantasy. I made this up. Hold that in mind …

Fascinating. Disgusting. Evil. Elites insider Emily Brearley reveals shocking failures that global …

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Anti-corruption movements routinely reproduce the corruption they displace. Does Hungary ousting …

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In 1990, a teenage girl told Congress she watched Iraqi soldiers remove babies from incubators in …

A lot of specific Americans are dancing on Eric’s grave right now. In Swalwell v. Trump, the U.S. …

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Noblesse oblige used to be recognized as the racist paternalism it is. Secularize it, rebrand it as …

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Painfully beautifully written and read. Lovely lilt. Douglas Stuart reads his story “A Private …

You can always hack and adapt your tools to best work with your process. This is kludgy. I …

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The Second Amendment doesn’t grant you the right to bear arms. It prohibits the government from …

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I love paranoid hyperbole. As if Liberty and Freedom weren’t equally compromised during COVID and …

I had a full double-take. I was sure New York had moved the age of consent to 18, and finding out …

Nobody convinced society of anything. Competition over collaboration is emergent—it bubbles up, not …

They’re so committed to the Hitler bit they won’t even take the free Napoleon joke. It’s right …

Is this happening? My mail-in vote in America did have a “no” option. Virginia County REMOVED “NO” …

I’m sure glad that this new comedy on Peacock isn’t too on the nose 🦚

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Turns Out the Elites Like the Administrative State Better than Democracy The New York Times claims …

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In Ireland right now, truckers and farmers are blocking roads over fuel costs, and the …

There’s real fuckery around Virginia’s redistricting vote. This isn’t a normal reform question. It’s …

I took the German or Autistic diagnostic and scored Neither. I am apparently the control group. …

Trump’s America ramps up threats and strikes on Iran, pushes things to the brink, then steps in with …

Yesterday was the best Taco Tuesday I’ve ever had. If “Trump Always Chickens Out” means threats cool …

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Fascinating AF Canada Is Built on a Clause That Nobody Is Supposed to Use. What Happens Now That …

Mao Zedong, the Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China, was not …

Same ice cream shop just with new exotic flavors! Do you think the BRICS nations are going to save …

Primer: “Baby killer” isn’t new. During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops were branded that over civilian …

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Fascinating Warning To Voters: Abigail Spanberger’s ‘Bait And Switch’ Playbook Could Be Dems' …

Why do that when they can share costs with the State? Why would they spend more when they can do …

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Never a wimp President is made The reason “thug,” “gangster,” “king,” and “fascist” so often bounce off Trump is that those words …

Trump gets called a thug, king, fascist, gangster, and half the country hears boss music. Meanwhile …

Stop calling Trump tough! Calling Trump a “thug,” “king,” “gangster,” or even “fascist” is supposed to be disqualifying, but …

Calling Trump a “thug,” “king,” or “fascist” doesn’t weaken him—it frames him as powerful. Those are …

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Everyone exploits church and religion. Performative religion isn’t unique to strongmen. It shows up anywhere power and legitimacy …

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Even Karl Marx—and yes, Ludwig von Mises makes a similar point from the opposite side—recognized …

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Currently rereading: State of Fear by Michael Crichton 📚

Such a lovely show. Reminder: everyone has all these feeling when they’re dating or starting …

The New York Times ate crow today 🐦‍⬛

Fascinating… What do you think? The Rise of the Sewing Circle Christian youtube.com/watch

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I would be psyched if everybody who felt that way moved to Europe. It would be giving normie …

Fascinating Britain is on the edge of civil war, argues Kings College Professor Dr David Betz …

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Damning. Sorry, Duke; sorry, Academia. You’re cowards and wimps. By opposing justice and throwing …

43 hours of The Brothers Karamazov to follow.

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Hegseth just granted gun rights back to the troops on-base. Our Military bases became gun-free …

Politics isn’t just about winning a hand. It’s about not gambling away the reputation that lets you …

Since leaving Hawaii at 18 for college, everybody has always wanted me to speak pidgin. Still …

If you’re not angry at Washington all the time your entire life, then you’ve been seduced. Donald J. …

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Nathan S drew a picture of me working at Starbucks today! He gave me the drawing. I had him sign it …

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I wonder when Donald Trump will finally take people up on calling him King and just ignore any …

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I guess nearly half of America is fringe. Half of U.S. adults say people born in the United States …

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What an episode. What a great show. ‘Shrinking’ Season 3, Episode 10 Ending: Harrison Ford, Jason …

“Gotta do what you gotta do” —all of history

Wealth isn’t rooted. States tax as if it is. In a mobile economy, high earners and capital can …

How Soon is Now is playing in Starbucks. Awesome.

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I love this so much! Considering that MAGA is a coalition of leftist populists and right-wing …

If one country out of roughly 195 can change course and the result is mass panic, then the real …

If NGOs, governments, and aid networks knew Trump-style politics could return, why was there no Plan …

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Lujan isn’t just adorbs she’s a laugh riot. She’s secret super smart. Don’t fall for it. Listen to …

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Everybody knows Fox is corporate media, top to bottom. Not just prime time, the whole machine. …

Oh no, Canada! “We’re not coming for your guns”—yeah, sure. Canada says they will send police door …

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The most dangerous seven or eight words Americans say are: “I’m on the right side of this,” “we’re …

Huh?

Unintentionally promoting Orbán’s mission and ministry to people who might support his vision? …

“By any means necessary” is what people say when they’ve decided the goal matters more than trust, …

When a protest tries to cover everything—war, immigration, Trump—it ends up saying nothing specific. …

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When a Rightist issue becomes the Leftist issue. I’m amazed that the whole child abuse thing has become an issue by the left against the right. It …

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That objectively is a delicious sandwich. But I’m a Gen X kid who grew up in the ’70s and that’s all …

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Amazing media and propaganda analysis. Brilliant. youtube.com/watch

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Manufactured outrage is political fuel. Amplify rare horrors, strip context, spike fear, then trade …

What started as shitposting has turned into a kind of accidental field study. What started as shitposting has turned into a kind of accidental field study. By posting across …

I started shitposting and accidentally built a social experiment. Pulling in voices from Facebook, …

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No Kings! Yas Queen!

TIL: I’m 56 and this just clicked today. I always thought the white nationalist milk obsession was …

From Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar to Donald Trump: The Belief That God Uses Powerful, Disruptive Figures as Vessels of His Will There is a deeply mystical thread running through scripture: God acts in history through vessels He …

Scripture shows God raising vessels of power—Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus—to accomplish His will …

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A guarantee of speech is not the guarantee of platform. Jane Fonda, artists slam Trump for Kennedy …

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“Exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis” = “the exception proves the rule in cases not …

America really sucks at being authoritarian. America really sucks at being an authoritarian state. People talk stink about Trump all the time and …

My view: this DHS shutdown was always about ICE. That is the leverage, the pawn, the whole ball of …

This is so cliché and derivative I can’t believe it. I wish the Chinese created better memes. This …

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When Great Britain and the BBC tells on itself? They’re Coming For The Noticers youtube.com/watch

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Concealed carry flips the script of “the wrong place wrong time.” Sheridan Gorman was not in the …

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Amazing speech on academia and economics. Professor Lucas Engelhardt examines how mainstream …

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. After years of framing Joe Biden as cognitively …

If you gesticulate madly while on an audio call I’ll think you’re insane.

It used to feel like the right argued morality and the left argued reason, science, and progress. …

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Every time the left fails its own purity test, it exiles people and cannibalizes allies. Chavez is …

Everybody blames Trump for everything, but his supporters increasingly see that as proof of his …

Many Americans totally support—and even love—stings. Do you think John Oliver gets that? Police …

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I’m such a gear dork.

I call my mobile a phoneputer now. Thanks, Liberty Mutual.

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SNL UK: meh

Jesus never asked the State for help. He rejected it.

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Democrat’s “bait and switch” strategy Abigail Spanberger’s Bait And Switch Will be a Golden …

My Meshtastic node has turned into a Tamagotchi Not because it demands anything. It doesn’t. It just sits in the window with a six-inch whip antenna …

It turns out my Meshtastic node is basically a Tamagotchi. I keep it by the window, watch its …

Could be 2026 rhetoric, word for word. A 1981 movie about 1997: Escape from New York.

“The world hates America” and “Europe resents America” are not March 2026 revelations. Europeans …

Makes me sad. He did amazing work and is a true cultural icon indeed. Why him, why now? (because he …

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She’s a real honest Governor because she says all the quiet parts outloud. Governor Hochul …

There are either people in my neighborhood with suppressed submachine guns producing bursts of …

There’s no small government GOP anymore. Did you miss the coup? It’s big government populist MAGA …

Maryland be so Maryland The State That Does Not Want the Supreme Court to Hear This Case …

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Don’t Save the Whales There is no cause so noble that you should sacrifice your children to its …

The earworm that I can’t shake off today is the soundtrack of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Totes my sense of humor.

I feel like DOGE proved some of that (wrong) but it’s mostly true. Reagan SHREDS Big Government In …

Prescience “A Time for Choosing” by Ronald Reagan youtube.com/watch

It DOES have the OPPOSITE effect! Wow, blew my mind. Why The Last of Us 2’s Empathy Experiment …

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I don’t support this war. To me it is as criminal as Vietnam. This instant obsession with gas prices …

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America likes to imagine itself as refined, procedural, and high-minded, but it’s still a country …

Nobody voted for Trump because they mistook him for a saint. A lot of people voted for him knowing …

I wrote a substack about how granola energy lefties are now in bed with granola prepper righties and …

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This is what being a devoted Democrat looked like when I was 25 Bill Clinton on Illegal Immigration …

Joe Biden was so obviously more senior and more senile than Donald Trump is that it’s hard to listen …

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Americans think $3.63/gal means gas is going through the roof. Even California ($5.42) and Hawaii …

I assume this is what editors are dealing with right now: autocorrect.

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Probability has no memory. Each spin is fresh. What changes is how many chambers you’ve built into …

Iran: one death was a tragedy; a million will be a statistic.

Turns out people don’t get my humor or jokes. From now on, I will end every post with waka waka.

I think what keeps me so grounded is that I endlessly listen to old Art Bell shows where cataclysms …

When Virginia’s gun bill looked like 10-round mags with no grandfather clause, I was ready to storm …

I sold out for a grandfather clause and a 15 round magazine limit A few weeks ago, when the Virginia gun bills floating around looked like they were going to impose a …

People mock Donald Trump for not serving in the military, but Donald Trump spent four years as …

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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,17-19 17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I …

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I wish immigrants knew all undocumented residents are targeted for removal. I feel like everyone who …

So good. The Chain by Fleetwood Mac www.shazam.com/track/471…

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Oh my God. Literal fascism. The word fascism comes from the Roman fasces: a bundle of sticks tied …

I don't think fascism means what you think it means Fascism is best understood as a third-position ideology that emerged out of the socialist tradition …

I heard a good joke that the state code for Virginia is being transitioned from VA to CIA.

Too bombastic or not bombastic enough? Too far or not far enough? White Liberal News: Words Hurt …

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The idea that “platforming equals endorsement” is basically ritual purity logic. If the wrong person …

Andrew Wilson didn’t win this one. She trapped him a number of times with the lure of pretending to …

This little device has 4000 classic radio shows on its microsd, including every classic Art Bell and …

Calm returns to Wall Street as oil prices retreat below $90 per barrel …

This little device has 4000 classic radio shows on its microsd, including every classic Art Bell and …

How I Stole 24 Months of Gameplay in 60 Seconds of Bad Decisions; or: how Radley Fullthorn, one hit …

There is no credible evidence or public record indicating that Joe Biden had a cleft palate. He has …

If you impeach Trump and can’t remove him, you’re not hurting him. You’re proving he can survive …

If your only proof that there’s freedom of speech in America is what’s allowed on ad-based …

Happy International Women’s Day!

I might have coined a new way to mock alarmists: “the sky is falling with wolves.”

I don’t see it. He must be a rizzler par excellence.

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I want to believe! “Studying UFOs Changes You!” - Diana Pasulka youtube.com/watch

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The West’s noblesse oblige failure is confusing “refugee” with “helpless” then doing compassion …

I want to believe! “I Was Called In to Airlift a 20-Foot UFO ‘Egg’!" youtube.com/watch

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Can't Deport so Trump Bombs Iran Here’s my personal theory, updated in real time: this isn’t only about “Iran” as a target, it’s …

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Krystal and Saagar discuss the US and Israel launching a full scale war on Iran. youtube.com/watch …

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BREAKING: Ayatollah dead - Iran’s Supreme Leader reportedly killed after military strikes …

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America Does Not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy. A timely, hopeful, reminder and prayer …

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“Border control as racism and fascism” is a pretty common belief if you listen hard enough. …

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US vibes more GDR than Nazi. Not jackboots and ideology rallies, but paperwork-power: surveillance …

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Spanberger calls herself a “moderate Democrat.” But in Virginia, banning common semi-autos, imposing …

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Robert De Niro talks about “bringing people together” and “lifting people up,” but rallying …

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I watched the State of the Union without commentary and it felt different. Nearly two hours of …

It’s terrifyingly terrible.

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Progress as a universal human destiny is mostly a modern Western idea, not a timeless human one. …

Lionel Shriver spits truths Lionel Shriver joins the Winston Marshall to discuss immigration, the …

People mash together Republican, conservative, right-wing, Trump, and MAGA like they’re identical. …

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Marijuana users have ALWAYS been barred from legally purchasing firearms through an FFL with a …

How the Left’s 250th Birthday Op to Reclaim Patriotism Backfires into Conversion …

Jesus' dinner dates were not endorsements “Love your neighbor” is often reduced to sentimental approval or moral surrender. In the Gospels, it …

There’s been an inversion. The people who once saw themselves as countercultural now defend …

This reporting makes me excited about Musk. When a US president can be removed by a US tech company, …

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We grew up hearing: if you’re young and not liberal, you have no heart; if you’re older and not …

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This is really very insightful—great stuff! “Liberals don’t want tedemption: “Trevor Noah on why …

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A student called Ted Cruz a racist and his 5 minutes long response silenced her and her entire …

Fascinating… Confessions of a Former Climate Activist youtube.com/watch

The lady doth protest too much! NPR investigative reporter Tom Dreisbach talks about how and why he …

Fascinating insight and reporting The 24th of February will be the fourth anniversary of Russia’s …

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My theory? Out of spite, Trump will use his weapons of war tool instead in escalation and use warfare "sanctions" tools to show them that tarriffs were totally better than waging economic war on quasi allies My theory is not that Trump quietly looks for a legal substitute for tariffs. My theory is that he …

This is for sure how my mind works, methinks.

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Only healthy cultures complain Only spoiled, rich, entitled communities spend all day kvetching. Once a society gets the big things …

Billionaires in America are gods. Billionaires in America are gods. Not metaphors. Not exaggerations. Gods. They do not need to be …

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Uck Fice Cult Of The CryBullies & Why People Hate “The Left” youtube.com/watch

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American Gods and Feral Historian on the White Man in America—the entire video is a tour de force.

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Finding Placed Shells on the Beach The modern information trick isn’t staging events outright. It’s staging discovery. We’re encouraged …

The modern trick isn’t staging events. It’s staging discovery. If news reached you, it was sent. Wag …

What a smart conversation on the very volatile and polarizing subject pca.st/episode/3…

What a smart conversation on the very volatile and polarizing subject pca.st/podcast/0…

I’ve never heard it explained so clearly and accurately. America is hearing two very different …

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There’s a broad national fatigue right now. Not indifference, not extremism—exhaustion. Every issue …

It’s sink-or-swim America. Not moral, just structural. The baseline now assumes constant …

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Litany of Humility Prayer by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus. …

Litany of Humility O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus. …

If people were afraid of Donald J. Trump, they would fear Donald J. Trump.

If people were afraid of Donald J Trump they would be afraid of Donald J Trump.

The Epstein files are like a box of chocolates, you never know what kind of theory you’re going to …

Wow, AOC’s performance was way worse than I could ever imagine. She’s young. youtube.com/watch

I got into that x220 Linux Mint box I was locked out of with a bootable LM USB and some command line …

Fascism! Trump! Authoritarianism! Hilter! Despot! I have been patiently and excitedly and curiously waiting since 2016 for the “it’s fascism now” …

If you were a child of the 70s & 80s, Jesse Jackson was a mainstay of news and politics and civil …

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Rubio is a terrible speechmaker. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks to the Munich …

When the Forever Wars came home: inside the trillion-dollar domestic surge to deport, detain, and …

How America’s next trillion-dollar domestic spending spree won’t build bridges or cure cancer — …

When tariffs and deportation are blocked, the strongman doesn’t quit. He escalates. …

From Immigration Enforcement to a Domestic War on Terror chrisabraham.substack.com/p/deporta…

Tariffs blocked. Deportations sandbagged. So he reached for the B‑2s. When Trump couldn’t deport, …

Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free I’m 56. Maybe I’m misreading the moment, but I’ve never experienced America as a “once you get here, …

I’m 56. America has never struck me as a “we’ll take care of you forever” country. It’s a …

Atrocities is a pretty heavy word—do you agree with John Oliver? Oliver discusses ICE’s repeated …

Many countries teach a 6-continent model where “America” is one continent (North+South). The …

I hope everyone knows that when the Media explicitly says “there’s no evidence” everyone’s like …

Polonium & epibatidine oh my! Henny Youngbrahaman over here: “Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. Points for style; show …

The “power of emulation” refers to the ability to achieve growth, success, or functionality by …

Most countries are ethnically majoritarian—Japan ~98% Japanese, Poland overwhelmingly Polish, South …

I agree: the USA is basically empty. We don’t even have two or three billion population cities at …

Are bird hands red flags? youtube.com/watch Explaining “Bird Hands” Theory. Could a single social …

I don’t think I know/knew about a Greenland nuclear disaster. You? [Cancer-stricken Danes fight for …

John Kiriakou (and I) believe that Joe Biden was never President Compos Mentis youtube.com/watch

It’s so much fun when your Syncthing ~/Document sync scheme is working!

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“¿No están prendíos o qué?” —Bad Bunny, probably

“Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left …

I mean this has been the argument for my entire 55 9/10 life: poor rural ancient people don’t have …

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The European Union Now Resembles the Soviet Union pca.st/episode/5… The similarities between the EU …

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Trump’s Assault on Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms pca.st/episode/0… Is it illegal to carry a gun …

Liberation Theology is Still Theology Liberation theology developed in Latin America in the mid-20th century, especially among Catholic …

Liberation theology is mostly about class and power, not subculture pride. It centers the poor and …

Beware: even a left-leaning Catholic remains doctrinally conservative where it ultimately matters …

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Dear All Liberals: Please Buy Lots of Guns Dear liberals: we gun owners are genuinely psyched that you’re buying guns. It means you’ll join us …

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Street chaos and rhetoric about America being illegitimate don’t weaken MAGA—they validate it. …

Where journalists admit that they are radical activist advocates and not remotely interested in …

I listened to an episode of Triggernometry today. Britain is ~0.8% of global emissions. Net Zero …

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Global development activates global desire. Once modern life becomes visible, billions want AC, …

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My official stance on Bad Bunny is that he is always extremely funny on Saturday Night Live, his …

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Classic Colbert was chef’s kiss! youtube.com/watch

“Deportation center = concentration camp” is lazy. When people hear “concentration camp,” they …

On American Concentration Camps Such hyperbolic bullshit. When people hear “concentration camp,” they don’t picture “a processing …

How normal normies actually think, a primer. Adam Carolla on the Lack of Common Sense Today …

Deportation in the U.S. resembles a long game of hide-and-seek. Years of uneven enforcement made …

Olly olly oxen free? Deportation in the United States can be modeled as a large-scale game of hide-and-seek shaped less …

The Immigration Original Sin The deportation debate keeps circling whether Trump promised to remove only “criminals.” That …

The deportation fight isn’t about kindness. It’s about whether being here illegally is the crime. …

It’s impossible not to love the comedic timing and comedic stylings of Psyop E-Girl Lujan. Cat Girl …

I never hear the words tolerance or intolerance anymore I never hear the words tolerance or intolerance anymore. Not really. They seem to have vanished from …

I never hear the words tolerance or intolerance anymore. Ever. They’ve been replaced by labels like …

Deport is Deport, Arrest is Arrest A lot of the deportation debate collapses because people conflate three different categories that …

Deportation isn’t punishment—it’s administrative. Murder, rape, and violent crime are criminal …

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“Penny” does intrigue very well. Kaley Cuoco does a brilliant job as an “everywoman” who is gonna …

Maybe the best series of all time. I spent my 20s & 30s not owning televisions and denying my inner …

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Totally NOT strict border control with identity checks to make sure drivers belong in that …

On Paternalistic Racism In social theory, paternalistic racism describes a pattern where individuals or institutions act to …

Paternalistic racism describes well-intentioned efforts to “protect” marginalized groups that …

Restraint & Mercy aren't Givens I don’t believe “should” is a safety system. It’s a story people tell themselves to feel protected …

‘Should’ doesn’t reduce risk. Victimhood doesn’t negate agency. Dangerous environments reward …

I mostly still love you, The New Yorker.

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“Stop asking her if she knows stuff” :) Play Date - SNL youtube.com/watch

Funny skit or Democrat prayer? Mom Confession - SNL youtube.com/watch

Living through today—with total visibility and narrative warfare—has made all inherited history feel …

Was everything a lie? Maybe. Probably. I was born in 1970. I didn’t live through the ’30s or ’40s, and I was too young to meaningfully …

This is my jam: AISEO How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results www.wsj.com/tech/ai/a…

Laws always eventually bite the hand that fed it When societies respond to conflict by over-legislating, it’s important to remember that law is a …

The First Amendment protects speech, not conduct. Civil-rights and hate-crime laws target actions …

I asked someone on my own post, ‘So are you calling Alex Pretti a vigilante?’ and Facebook instantly …

Is it revolutionary fervor or radical chic? Radical Chic complicates any serious attempt to assess whether America is approaching genuine …

Radical Chic makes it hard to tell whether today’s constant revolutionary language is genuine or …

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is so good. Get over yourselves.

The Constitution doesn't offer safety When people wrap themselves in “constitutional rights,” there’s often an unspoken assumption that …

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Legally licensed concealed carry does not make you law enforcement or grant you authority to act as one. You are not a sheriff, deputy, or officer of the law, and you are not responsible for enforcing …

Legally licensed concealed carry isn’t about being a sheriff, deputy, or tough guy. You’re not law …

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Fascinating insight from a trained American counterinsurgent. What A Green Beret Sees That Others …

This is an extremely LOW NUMBER, for perspective. Considering the scope of the mission. Report …

A very sober take from a concealed carry (CCW) Minnesota lawyer The Pretti Case Exposes a Dangerous …

This is a very good one. Are you a fan of Bridget Phetasy yet? Is Minnesota Ground Zero for Civil …

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The southern border of the United States is not a finish line chrisabraham.com/images/th… via …

Feds Don't Protect or Serve I think people conflate three different things: local cops, federal agents, and the TV version of …

I am watching RT live on Rumble. Always fascinating to see their reporting. I highly recommend …

Across the developed world—Western Europe, Japan, Australia—protest clashes with police still cause …

Globally, protest clashes with armed police are far deadlier: a BMJ review found ~3% of documented …

To many Americans, the “villain” in Minneapolis isn’t obvious. Some see federal agents as restrained …

Alex Pretti’s killing creates a paradox: if lawful carry is treated as lethal provocation, courts …

8 years ago and never a truer satire—especially in 2026 Hot Robot 3: Journey to Boob Mountain …

Law enforcement’s force ladder runs from presence and commands to hands-on control, less-lethal …

Law enforcement isn’t a game of fairness. It’s never sporting. It’s not a game. There’s no such …

Unsolicited moral intervention isn’t care, it’s control. It assumes authority over others without …

Every Independent and Conservative voter who is thanking their lucky stars that Tim Walz is “only” …

I’m pretty sure I’m the real life civilian manifestation of Otto.

Legal provocation is conduct or speech that intentionally incites or provokes a reaction but …

I think most people overestimate their own intelligence in relationship to their perceived …

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This is so completely awesome! Beyond the Headlines - SNL youtube.com/watch

Doors+Radiohead+Rufus=Geese? Geese: Trinidad (Live) - SNL youtube.com/watch

I can tell that Geese is cool and that I’m old (and this isn’t satire) because they sound like Drunk …

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Totally not fleeing like a complete coward.

An exposé of American BIG PROTEST The Minneapolis Protests and Democrats’ Nonprofit Problem …

Capitalist Pig Greed Transcends American Imperialism For Sure! The mistake in “American empire collapse” narratives is assuming the empire is the thing that holds …

All of Star Trek is woke—and always has been Every generation of Star Trek has been denounced on arrival as woke propaganda, civil-rights …

Starfleet Academy has 100% Star Trek DNA. It’s delightful. I don’t know what’s up with people. Don’t …

Guilty pleasure.

This is next on my to watch list: Extraordinary Attorney Woo.

Amelia is a Masterclass in unintended consequences for the British cultural revolution. …

Dana Carvey called himself a Bill Clinton Liberal—that’s totally what I am! He also said that in …

Here’s the view from my Meshtastic device—ABRA—for those of you who are curious. I leave the window …

She’s always a prescient laugh-riot! Europe Is Garbage via Bridget Phetasy’s Dumpster Fire …

The Post is Officially a Soap Opera She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing …

Out of spite, I will make my favorite show Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

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Lip Balm Withdrawal I usually EDC a huge Goruck GR2 34L in Tropical Multicam but sometimes I want to go lighter and …

Lip Balm Withdrawal For those of you who know me IRL, you’ll know that I have a million lip balms everywhere… except …

Is James Talarico “Christian” or “CINO?” James Talarico’s Beautiful Answer to Christian Nationalism …

The Many Colors of 2A The left thinks the right is freaking out about leftists, anarchists, BLM activists, protesters, and …

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Best Dumpster Fire episode ever! Watch! Democrats Are Falling For Commie Propaganda …

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Turns out both fearsome samurai and European knights were pretty compact. Samurai averaged about …

I’m really glad I maxed out the RAM on all my machines before the RAMpocalypse.

Denmark Confirms Forced Sterilization in Greenland www.worldpoliticsreview.com/denmark-g…

In the U.S., laws prohibit disrupting or intimidating people during protected activities. You cannot …

When NPR just reported that Minneapolis is “relatively calm,” relative to what?

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Good stuff. Love AJ & Hecklefish! Ancient Prophecies Predicted Hitler’s Rise and Fall …

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Why the Insurrection Act Definitely Applies to Minneapolis Right Now youtube.com/watch

Snarky Jay is my Hero! A GOODBYE to KATHLEEN KENNEDY | You Won’t Be Missed youtube.com/watch

Anyone know what the prediction markets (Kalshi/Polymarket) have on Trump invoking the Insurrection …

My crow friends are back. I just ordered a 5lb bag of raw peanuts in the shell for them. I like …

Fascinating. Must listen. AI and the New Face of Antisemitism pocketcasts.com/podcast/m…

Fitbit is good again, finally. I’ve worn a Fitbit band on my right wrist every single day since 2013. That’s more than a decade of …

Deadly force lawyers' review of Good. ICE Defense and Bad Legal Takes youtube.com/watch

Still Wagging the Dog I’m not arguing that my view is correct. I’m arguing that your certainty is unjustified. I’m not …

Must listen! Bait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them …

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota to quell ICE protests …

On diluting powerful shame insult language From about 2012 to 2020, labels like racist, fascist, Nazi, homophobe, and transphobe functioned as …

Isn’t “fair treatment” different from “preferential treatment?” I guess it depends on the who.

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Effete men never know that about themselves.

Extremely interesting and good reporting Can anyone stop ICE? pocketcasts.com/podcast/t…

This’ll become a rally cry and will seem badass and pirate and outlaw and punk. There’s already …

The Limits of Free Speech? The First Amendment’s limits appear when speech turns into “fighting words” (direct, face-to-face …

When it comes to de-escalation in Minneapolis, the anti-ICE protesters will only accept ICE leaving …

Top 10 Misconceptions About the Minneapolis ICE Shooting youtube.com/watch

Suffering does not exist in a vacuum.

A touching eulogy for Scott Adams Gutfeld: a monumental person youtube.com/watch

RIP Scott Adams

Does Nazi just mean Meanie now? When words like “Nazi” and “Hitler” get used to describe everything from bureaucratic enforcement to …

Antifa are not Cowards What keeps getting lost in this argument is agency. The people who confront ICE are not confused …

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What a silly git this is: Putin! Hitler! Trump! Booga booga booga. What an idiot. He should be …

She’s generally brilliant; but, specifically, she’s, concurrently, a generic partisan birdbrain. …

A FREE Country Doesn't Mean a SAFE County Since when did “living in a free country” mean “living in a safe” or “living in a kind” country. …

There’s very little “watch” in the watchers—it’s mostly wanton escalation, provocation, and baiting. …

I know I’m the last person to say this but this feels like Sorting Hat in Harry Potter. Anyone who …

She’s also “Pick Me Girl Barbie” and also “Manic Pixie Dream Girl Barbie” and even “E-Girl Barbie.”

Yes Jake, Lt. Michael Byrd, a Federal Police Officer, shot and killed—murdered—an unarmed protester, …

Well people are lying out their bottoms left and right—it’s shameless and amazing and I’m so …

Heel, or Die People are reacting to masked federal agents as proof that the rule of law is ending. That fear is …

Low key this is the BEST WAY to flush out service members who won’t take orders. Sen. Mark Kelly - …

This was inspired by my amazing friend Mike Signer. American Exemplarism vs Exceptionalism: A New …

It’s a tough lift to prove to people that these times are the most fruitful, comfortable, privileged …

This is all based on the assumption that most Americans think being an empire is bad. I don’t think …

Russia is escalation retaliations. Russia uses its new ballistic missile in a major attack on …

Reasoning Rarely Works When a child is in a full-blown tantrum, reasoning rarely works. Many parenting models recommend …

Do you think the tipping point happens when the Agent walks scot-free.

Ukraine took attention away from Climate Change, Palestine took attention away from Ukraine & Good …

This really only bothers the Radical Chic people of Washington. When your president represents …

Asimov’s Three Feds People keep arguing this like federal agents are governed by Asimov’s Three Laws. Like they’re …

Good shit. Must listen. Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism pocketcasts.com/podcast/m…

The Dem is terrible at this. Can’t argue herself out of a paper bag. It’s embarrassing. Jasmine …

I think it’s the ~40th anniversary of this amazing photo.

If I got three wishes from a genie, my first would be that Americans learn when to use I, me, we, …

It’s going to be 57°F today here in Washington. But it’s also going to rain. So, today, I’m packing …

The Man Knows Where You Are One of the strangest parts of modern protest culture is that everyone shows up carrying a tracking …

Strava or It Didn’t Happen Somewhere in every modern protest there is a man whose face looks like it has been gently erased by …

Last Protest Will and Protest Testament Whenever a friend tells me they’re going to a protest, I ask if their will is up to date and if …

Motorcades in DC and Force Doctrine I understand why people are saying “that’s not fair,” and I don’t dismiss that reaction at all. A …

I understand why people say “that’s not fair.” A person is dead, and that matters. I’m not arguing …

Do you think there will be riots in Minneapolis tonight?

Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says …

I feel like The Atlantic’s editors now have anti-Trump story commissions set up as mad libs by this …

Fascinating. Why Europe Needs to Go It Alone youtube.com/watch

Which Venezuela Propaganda is Truest? With this much propaganda everywhere, it’s honestly hard to tell which propaganda is closest to …

Here’s my most recent nerd credentials. This is my Monday night hootenanny! Yeehaw! 73!

Reminder that J6 was a relative creampuff 🍨 🍦 🥛 🍼 🍭 🍬 At least 35 people have been killed and 1,200 …

We do indeed live in interesting times. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ends 2026 campaign for reëlection …

Years of sanctions and embargoes hollowed out Venezuela, then we acted shocked when it destabilized. …

Pin the Tail on the Mascot Here’s the symmetry people don’t like to acknowledge. Many liberals argued that even if Joe Biden …

I lived in Berlin from 2007 to 2010, and watching this made me curious whether my memories of that …

The more things change the more they stay the same + history doesn’t repeat itself—but it surely and …

Fascinating. Russians are devastated about Venezuela youtube.com/watch

I think it’s very dangerous to dismiss Donald Trump as someone who simply “failed up” into becoming …

It’s really good. I highly recommend it.

Politically Chris Abraham I’m economically right, culturally unsentimental, and institutionally serious. I don’t want to rule …

Love God, and do what you will. (Ama Deum et fac quod vis.)

A Tariffs Primer Tariffs aren’t a moral statement or a magic revenue machine. They’re a blunt economic tool in a …

America Does Not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy chrisabraham.com/blog/amer…

Happiness of small cozy things I promised my best friend and my little twin sister I’d be a lot less bombastic this year, so …

This is extralegal and extrajudicial: no declaration of war, no clear congressional or UN …

NPR is the anti Trump station Turned on WAMU/NPR this morning and every single segment is anti Trump. 100%. Amazing. One just came …

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MAGA is META A lot of people are still arguing about MAGA as if it’s a permanent identity or a unified ideology. …

TV reminder: couches, drywall, car doors, desks, kitchen islands, mattresses, bookshelves, and …

I wonder if being a featured interviewee in The Age of Disclosure documentary about UFOs and aliens …

Such a lovely little film. Still missing the lovely actress Michelle Trachtenberg. Rest in peace …

The Kennedy Center mostly serves wealthy donors, elites, and people with money to burn. If we’re …

Best. Movie. Ever. (I keep forgetting)

Whenever I see anything about “the performative liberal male” I can’t help but my mind always …

WOD: Boffo: (of a theatrical production or movie, or a review of one) very successful or …

There is a meaningful distinction between rare, targeted state violence against elite political …

Dems: here’s a cheat code to win ‘26 & ‘28 How liberals paved the way for Trump youtube.com/watch

Antifa and similar street movements don’t work like clubs you join. They work like Hollywood. A script appears, money shows up, logistics lock in, and suddenly there’s a production. You don’t enlist. You get cast. Think less membership card, more SAG Antifa and similar emergent street forces are misunderstood because people keep asking the wrong …

Here’s a first edition of my spy novel! Hill Mole: Life is But a Dream a.co/d/9cbMJB8

Here’s a first edition of my spy novel! Hill Mole: Life is But a Dream a.co/d/9cbMJB8

Leaving a Purple Meshtastic Node in the Window How a $55 LoRa device stopped being a gadget and …

Underinvested Commodities, Overhyped AI: Reading 2026 the Austrian Way pca.st/episode/8…

Delicious NPR J6 propaganda—yum yum! Not a peaceful protest pca.st/episode/a…

My Meshtastic Journey—So Far So Good chrisabraham.com/blog/my-m…

Revisiting the Maidan Massacre pocketcasts.com/podcast/m…

Trump’s international policy doesn’t threaten liberal democracy it only threatens “liberal …

Pervy, sexy, Nebula censored for the children.

Google Discover SEO: How Content Gets Found Before Anyone Searches for It …

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I …

In times like these, I hesitate to quote Lolita, but it’s hard not to notice the echo. Humbert …

I don’t think this is the inverse at all. As long as Ukraine remained independent and non-aligned, …

If this is true what did Kimmel think would happen? If Trump is going to be taken down by the …

Deportation Industrial Complex Goes Full DWOT youtube.com/watch

Deportation Industrial Complex Goes Full DWOT chrisabraham.substack.com/p/deporta…

Morality? That spirit hasn’t been here since 1969. Trump Is Fulfilling Kissinger’s Dream …

In that case, don’t you think we should take all our toys and go home? Gladly. It’s this snotty …

A ’90s liberal backed free speech, civil liberties, due process, and social tolerance without moral …

Et tu Hunter? share.google/cLoaFilLI…

All this about Nick Fuentes is true. Kill Kirk, get Fuentes in his place. He’s too smart, too funny, …

All this about Nick Fuentes is true. Kill Kirk, get Fuentes in his place. He’s too smart, too funny, …

This was 90s Chris and my 90s car. Yes, I was a 300D guy. Her name was Gertrude. With mum.

Has Russia lost 1,202,070 troops in Ukraine? www.europesays.com/uk/655523…

Russia just nationalized all European assets and charged sales to Yuan or Rubles. No Euros or …

GWOT fought enemies abroad. DWOT turns the apparatus inward. Same tools, same budgets, new targets. …

He could be ex-Antifa but probably an infiltrator. I’ve just always assumed all of this is true. If …

It’s true: anything goes if it hamstrings Donald J Trump—especially Federal judges. Will there be …

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Populist nationalism isn’t a rising ideology. It’s what cultures do when negotiation feels …

America is basically NOT 1930s Germany When people say “America is 1930s Germany” and add “I have a PhD, it’s true,” it still isn’t. No …

I wonder if these help Trump in the polls. They are very funny and just like him. Trump Christmas …

I found myself on the Meshmap via MQTT.

I still haven’t gotten over DCA becoming Reagan National. It’s always just National Airport to me. …

It’s like training to develop grit and resilience in order to exorcize gullibility and escape one’s …

The Lost Generation www.compactmag.com/article/t…

No Kings didn’t hit because it was petit-bourgeois protest theater. Symbolic, safe, and ignorable. …

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