Gary Sanders

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)

Hey folks, you heard of bitcoin? Let me introduce you to shitcoin.

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

Well worth the read.

Sinclair is sneaky. It filters MAGA propaganda through popular local news anchors & TV stations with respected network affiliations. But it was the high profile crusade against Jimmy Kimmel that scored the company its biggest win yet. My latest: jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/trumps-tha...

How long before Trump proposes using rubber bands to launch jets from aircraft carriers?

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Excellent, insightful and correct piece from @edwardluce.bsky.social about the decline in America's standing and what (and how long) it will take to recover the stature we have lost under Trump (and before). Who's the beneficiary? China, of course. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Anyone know if Jerry Sandusky is willing to give a speech on child safety? It would carry more weight than Trump on election security.

Remember when Hegseth's leadership saw a downed commercial flight. Next time he may not have the option to blame a woman.

Trump has one goal, to put his thumb on elections.

Know who is most threatened by birthright citizenship? Those who's greatest accomplishment was where they were born.

Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:

Trump couldn't sell Trump water in the middle of the desert.

In response to JD Vance’s comments claiming nobody has done more for Ukraine than Trump, I decided to take a closer look at the actual record rather than the slogans. My latest piece for London Business News. londonlovesbusiness.com/trump-did-no...

So, if Trump can only be safe with a WH ballroom then he shouldn't be doing any events at Mar-a-lago.

“Russian spies have told a consistent story…They warned us again and again that the Kremlin is propped up by an evil state-within-a-state, and that Russia will never be a responsible member of the community of nations until its security services are destroyed.” time.com/6281663/russ...

To understand why the USA is where it is today, all you need to do is see that Trump cannot tolerate even the mildest, insightful criticism from the Pope, but Trump will allow Putin to humiliate him deeply and constantly, while still craving Putin’s approval.

There’s more evidence Donald Trump raped kids than there is evidence the 2020 election was stolen.

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

As a retired airline Captain I flew into LGA and NY airspace hundreds of times. It is some of the world’s busiest airspace. To have only one ATC in the tower at LGA is criminal negligance. Not only is the airspace crowded and chaotic, so are the ground operations. Sean Duffy’s FAA owns this 100%

The Epstein victims are and were innocent. DJT was never innocent under Mueller's determination.

This is crazy this happens.

Brilliant!

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

Two F15s shot down allegedly by friendly fire.

Who would've thought the guy who renamed the Dept of Defense, the Dept of War would start a war.

What's the odds the US pulls a Putin and starts a war after the Olympics?

Laugh of the day: could you imagine Donald Trump's meltdowns if he was an Olympian. Every loss was rigged or stolen. Sorry stollen.

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025. Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

“Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people more compliant, more submissive.” @janinedigi.bsky.social writing in @theguardian.com Opinions.

We will need to tackle some hard realities in the coming months and years. On guns, a woman and a male nurse did way more to stand up to tyranny than anyone associated with the NRA.

Remember how much Trump cares about protecting government employees trying to legally do their job. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss needed to go into hiding and then have security because of Trump. MAGA didn't care about the law then and they don't now.

People from Minnesota hate tyrants and Packer fans. I don't see ICE wearing Packer gear.

May we make MAGA the low point of our modern times and use this time of what we don't want to become.

If Trump was a strategic genius he'd get some of those mobile theater trucks and use the Melania movie to clear the streets of Minneapolis. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

MAGA: Trump is being treated badly with these protests. Sure. Fox would've been singing Obama praises if he sent masked officers without identification to even get him coffee.

I wonder if the reason MAGA fears transgender so much is because they can't comprehend how anyone would give their manhood away to anyone other than a old man who wears more tanner than a Kardashian.

Remember in 2021 when MAGA was upset about the FBI investigating threats to school officials. Guess they were just upset that Biden didn't use ICE.

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

Local news Fox9 reports: ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains. "He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview. hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social

She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.

Minnesota today. Who’s next tomorrow? DOJ targets state leaders after criticizing federal action. That’s not coincidence, it’s part of the ongoing intimidation and the weaponization of power.

Few people have heard of Patsy Morris. When the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976, she kept track of Georgia citizens condemned to death row who desperately needed a lawyer. She called lawyers around the country begging them to take a case. #DemandTheImpossible

Have to love MAGA's dedication to enforcing 8 U.S.C. § 1325 illegal immigration that they're will to sacrifice half the bill of rights. And that whole 2nd amendment, that only applies to MAGA.

Worth every second

Just another day listening to folks saying everyone should listen to government officials while bragging how they never got vaccinated.