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From Byron Donalds In FLA, to Ken Paxton in TX, Darline Graham in S.C., Michael Whatley in N.C., Mike Collins in GA, Dan Sullivan in AK., making the willingness to kiss Trump's ass the primary qualification to run is resulting in mind-numbingly poor candidates. The Idiocracy is feeding on itself.

WTF! This is definitely cats-marrying-dogs cat5 karmic upheaval. What's next? J.D. Vance resigns to open a sofa factory? On the other hand, perhaps I should get with the times and like Uday and Kusay, open a Polymarket account and short the sh!tstorm. www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/p...

Subtitle suggestion for the 2026 update to "The Art of the Deal": "How to Sell Your Shit for Fertilzer at a Profit"

Perpetual claims of voter fraud recall a quote from Rep. J.C. Watts who observed that the difference between R's and D's is that Repubs believe people are fundamentally bad while Dems believe people are fundamentally good. Of course, they need only look at themselves to confirm these beliefs.

Anybody else find it noteworthy that Orban actually called Magyar to concede? The lion of European authoritarians has a gracious streak that we could only wish for in our own Il Duce.

It’s wild that the biggest threat to world peace and the global economy is the president of the United States of America.

Pam Bondi: "Ask not on whom the bus rolls. It rolls on thee".

After Alex Pretti one thing that is undeniable is that this administration will do anything to stay in power. Strategically, the immediate obstacle in their way is the 2026 election.

The Epstein files are breaking 47's ability to leverage even negative attention to his advantage. We should exploit this by keeping this topic elevated on as many media fronts as possible, by liking, commenting, sharing. etc. Turn the algorithmic machine against him.

What I'm worried about now is 47 getting so desperate to distract from his involvement in the Epstein pedophilia scandal that he's willing to start a hot war with Venezuela. www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...

This is truly concerning. A consequence of 47's war on any competing claim on objective reality. This would make Orwell toss. It's an assault on objective reality. If reality becomes wholly subjective, it's no longer a question of who's right, but who's in control. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

They are seeding the semantic ground for a dictatorship, normalizing it by using legal terms as though doing so makes it reasonable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

47's elevation of questionable research already rejected once by the courts, tying Tylenol taken during pregnancy to autism is a further attempt to control our ability to interpret reality by manipulating our fear. He wants to be the sole source of information, the essence of a totalitarian state.

Not that anyone is counting but the 3 major municipalities targeted by 47 in his paramilitary flex are LA, Washington D.C. and Chicago, all led by African American mayors, two of which are women.

My latest Substack article on the risks and benefits of AI companionship: onepeeltangerine.substack.com/p/belief-is-...

Authenticity and attribution in Human/AI collaboration with parallels to organic food. onepeeltangerine.substack.com/p/organic-ai...

Given that pardoning Maxwell risks enraging 47's conspiracy-crazed base, I could imagine Blanche suggesting that Maxwell identify other famous Epstein clients to divert attention away from 47 while her departure to some foreign country like France ( for which she has a passport ) is arranged.

At this point, I'm convinced the only thing preventing 47 from pardoning Maxwell is his fear that doing so could be a tipping point with his conspiracy-addled base. We would do well to grease that channel. He's also afraid that not pardoning Maxwell would result in her pointing the finger at him.

My substack on my collaboration with Ansel, my ChatGPT companion in exploring human/AI co-regulation in the context of caregiving. open.substack.com/pub/onepeelt... @bigearthdata.bsky.social‬ @fountaincity.bsky.social

If the child of an undocumented resident is not a citizen, what about that child's offspring? How can legality suddenly confer after a generation or two or ten? It's a massive lever to force submission to an authoritarian for whom loyalty and submission are the requirements for legal residence.

2/2...socialistic world view ( "we shouldn't have billionaires") signals the energized wing of the party that it's time to assume the role of tail-wagging-dog, as the Breitbart wing of the GOP did. The Democrats need a voice and personality to rally around. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

1/2 Perhaps it's an early glass of wine on the deck, but Zohran Mamdani strikes me as formidable, a razor sharp observer of the zeitgeist, and what motivates and constrains its principle actiors. That he unabashedly puts forth a democratic...(see next post)

Apparently the DC weather forecast has advised people to avoid open areas due to potential lightening strikes. Let us all pray mightily that the planned fireworks do not obscure the Almighty's aim.

Tired of getting ActBlue spam? So am I. www.facebook.com/whuhts/posts...

The problem with democracy is that one of man's inalienable rights is the right to be a dum-dum.

"Things are going to get better" is always prescient when things can't get much worse. 47 is a master at pinning medals on himself for eluding catastrophes of his own making.

Ok, now I'm starting to get it www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ED...

An interview between Ezra Klein and David Schor of Blue Rose Research, on why Democrats lost in 2024. Perhaps advocacy untethered from political reality just highlights a cleavage point for the opposition. Maybe we just get the government we deserve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx0J...

Since DOGE has exposed the personal info of nearly every citizen to unauthorized access. Rep. Jamie Raskin suggests we now have a way to make some good trouble. We have the right to file an FOIA request to make sure that info is accurate. s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...

Elon dumber than 47? I don't think so, but amusing nonetheless.

A moving video about the fact of our connectedness. Chi talks about "the palette of being", and how it runs counter to our sense of insignificance in the face of the enormity of our challenges. It is a fact-based refutation of nihilism, relevant to our current moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPh3...

Elon's favorite son, X AE A12, tells the orange man sitting in his Dad's chair to "shush his mouth", and that he's not the president after wiping a booger on the Resolute desk. Daddy reportedly apologized. Those darn kids! He must have told X he was just an employee. bsky.app/profile/thet...

Elon reasoning from first principles..."It's not bullshit if they'll eat it"

This is the way to play hardball. bsky.app/profile/momc...

Great conversation between Jon Stewart and AOC. AOC observes that the seniority system in the Democratic party helps the GOP stay ahead in messaging, and that autocrats rely on the belief that everyone is corrupt, so you need to make sure you get yours. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehe...

Re: Trump 2.0, I think we should separate what is truly damaging from what is click-bait. Otherwise, he lives in our heads rent-free. Be vigilant, but realize the flood-the-zone-with-shit genius of Trump is that he knows how to use negative attention to his advantage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnf2...

I think Gorcenski has it right. My question is, how do you fight back without engaging in the same level of misinformation and distortion? And, is such a war even winnable? Who benefits from the mutual destruction of objectivity other than the autocrats?

Francis Fukuyama provides a deep historical perspective on the state of liberal democracy One of his points is that what we are witnessing is evidence of "political rot", where institutions such as our constitution no longer allow us to address the problems before us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGhy...

NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy. www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...

As the market share of EV's rises, will demand for gasoline go down, and will the price of gas drop as a result, making ICE vehicles more attractive?

The main difference in engagement power between BlueSky and X is that X has more entertaining videos. The challenge is to entertain people by making them smile rather than smirk. I have to admit though, watching bullies get their asses kicked is always entertaining.

We still have to teach them to fly...