Louis Loftus

I’m still getting nothing, even trying that. Hopefully will be fixed by morning … 😬

Is GoogleBooks search function working for you at all rn? (I also use it everyday for work)

It’s a pretty mediocre thing, which I love—& have come to love more living in DC—has always been my view. What’s happening now is like if your boomer uncle with somewhat tedious 60s era nostalgia was at risk of becoming a born-again Nazi.

Yeah, search also not working for me—hopefully just a temporary glitch (extremely screwed if not …)

Israel’s Gaza policy in three paragraphs

I wanna go

I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.

“Might we ask what it is within the, shall we say, Nordic? disposition, which endeeears them so to the collectivist, and agitating elements within our society, one’s so much [cough] darker than themselves?”

“Where in the video do you see that he was assaulting law enforcement? Because from everything we’ve seen, law enforcement was assaulting him.”

“Dana, law enforcement doesn’t assault anyone”

This is an essential aspect of the fascist mentality—cops can’t assault people *by definition*

masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.

I think they were literally just expecting Rodriguez to immediately capitulate and run Venezuela as a de facto Washington viceroy while our oil companies swept in. Until she does or they realize this was insane, I expect the bombings to continue

Get ready folks

To even bring up the authoritarian and oppressive nature of Maduro’s regime is to concede that the Trump administration has any interest whatsoever in promoting democracy in Venezuela and assit in confusing the issue. Trump is *literally* saying what this is about but people refuse to listen

Youre part of a criminal gang and will eventually be brought to justice

Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment

New year, new stick

Ending the year as we began it

Brought Rachel to one of the hometown pilgrimage sites

Would highly recommend Pickwick—Drood is tragically unfinished, but what’s there is great

Got Edwin Drood Christmas so now just one away from completing this decade-long project

I think they’re planning on this being a summer tent pole (unwise imo)

Spurs with three straight wins against the Thunder … joyeux noël!

Brought Agnes to Rachel’s mom’s house—seems like she knows she’s about to be left for a week

Countdown to the first time I hear someone refer to the “Trump Kennedy Center” and I will finally be forced to leave DC

Agnes met Santa

😢

it’s interesting to see so many MAGA folks acting shocked at Trump’s statement, which is basically the same as every Trump statement I’ve ever seen

Happy Hanukkah (excuse the lilting shamash)

Happy Hanukkah (excuse the lilting shamash)