Varietas Conatus

Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.

More than ever, the Ballroom is a emerging as the defining metaphor for the entire Trump administration. It’s as if Caligula and Louis XIV collaborated on a court where spectacle, self-display, and personal loyalty eclipse institutional constraint. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

I didn’t realize “hope” was an investment strategy. Wall Street traders are suckers if they’re betting based on anything Trump says.

Performative unless it has real teeth and clear aims. Other countries (see link) have successfully used them but only with persistence and real sacrifice. bsky.app/profile/bdgr...

Every time I see the stock market react sharply to some random word dump by DJT, I think that traders must be very stupid.

The GOP hates America and everything it stands for. Their words and actions prove it. Facts don't lie, but the GOP does; over and over again.

Just as I always suspected, the stock market is gullible as f***.

"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola

I was too young to be aware of the Cuban missile crisis, so this is the first time in my life that I’ve been seriously and concretely concerned about the possibility of WWIII.

Trump Media reported 2025 revenue of $3.68 million alongside a net loss of $712.06 million. What a business genius. Nunes too. DJT is down almost 40% just since the start of the year (< 3 mos. ago!) and is still wildly overvalued by any sane metric.

Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society

Instead of a protest, how about a general strike on March 27.

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

It’s past time. Now prosecute. Assuming there’s anyone left at DOJ who’s both willing and able. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Regardless of what you think of the affected candidate, this is a textbook example of why billionaires shouldn’t exist. www.rawstory.com/dan-crewnsha...

I used to wonder how a great world power like Rome wound up being governed by the likes of Caligula.

We need Jasmine Crockett to be the Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Please.

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote. Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

By reacting the way it did, the Administration pretty much validated Anthropic’s concern. Kudos to the latter for a principled, if costly, position. If only more businesses did the same.

If your ambition is to be millionaire, great! You want financial security and a little luxury. So do I. If your ambition is to be a billionaire, go f*** yourself. What you want is raw power over others and a very generous helping of impunity.

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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities: Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged Thuggish violence against observers: Way up

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

Make Peter Thiel into the villain, Democrats. It's all there. He is the node that connects Trump, Vance, Palantir, Musk, Epstein, and so many other terrible players. Just expose it and make him and Musk the face of these psychopathic billionaires ruining our lives.

“Everything we know about skin has been learned from so-called scientific studies funded by large corporations who have a financial stake in keeping our musculature covered in an unnecessary layer of man-made flesh,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I feel terrible for the staff of @washingtonpost.com, but I also can’t passively watch the takeover and evisceration of all of our independent news outlets by **-appeasing plutocrats. After years as a loyal subscriber, I’m finally canceling. F*** billionaires. All of them. OK, except MacKenzie.

For those keeping score at home:

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.