David Mastio

Opinion | Republicans' attacks on 'No Kings' protests reek of desperation Republicans’ fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power.

The latest from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social on the No Kings protest and the crazy response from the GOP.

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I second the motion.

It's kind of fun to already be prone to depression and anxiety living through these times.

The young Republicans Donald Trump built spill sickness into the open | Opinion Trump led the way in destroying democracy’s social guardrails. The emergence of the racist, sexist, antisemitic online right is the logical result. | Opinion

My latest piece contains a few truths about the infamous "I love Hitler" chat. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-... (gift link)

I really hate it when you are right.

The young Republicans Donald Trump built spill sickness into the open | Opinion Trump led the way in destroying democracy’s social guardrails. The emergence of the racist, sexist, antisemitic online right is the logical result. | Opinion

My latest piece contains a few truths about the infamous "I love Hitler" chat. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-... (gift link)

Of course, Bernie could honestly explain why he voted for them to end this year. That would be nice.

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism” Toward a quantum theory of politics.

The Republicans of 2000 were INCREDIBLY upset by this image.

The Republicans of 2025 celebrate seeing images very much like this repeated over and over again, every single day.

Read on:
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There is so much that is going to need to be fixed. Is anyone keeping a list?

Fact check = true. Of course, better than affirmative action would be changing schools so they actually worked for boys. Same for black kids. Better to have schools educate them than funny business to help them succeed later in life.

Without the star seems big limitation.

Middle East peace deal opens the door to Donald Trump’s vanity | Opinion Maybe praise for our peacemaker president can turn his flaws into an addiction to being a legit history-making leader. From David Mastio | Opinion

Could out of control vanity be the best, maybe the only, good thing about Donald Trump? www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-... (gift link)

funny

At some point deployment of the hyper-militarized ICE becomes a military occupation in everything but name.

If Trump brings war to Chicago streets, chaos will come for us all | Opinion He was elected to bring tough immigration enforcement, not to throw the rights of U.S. citizens out the window to get it done. From David Mastio | Opinion

When you've lost @davidmastio.bsky.social ... A libertarian conservative's view of Trump's immigration tactics. Gift link 🎁 www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two s...

What people do not understand is that there are federal prosecutorial guidelines. Even if Leticia James violated the law (and we don't know she did), federal prosecutors would not bring a case for $18,000. I indicted cases for DOJ. This is a vindictive prosecution.

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Trump’s Abuses of Power Show We Didn’t Learn Much From the Nixon Era That failure is implicit in nearly every frame of a new documentary about Katharine Graham.

Watching this film at this moment in history was a gut punch. New from me at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-nixo...

it really does.

If you are anti-Trump like me, go out and find yourself a Trump voter -- tell them they were right about what Trump would do in the Middle East. #humility

If Trump brings war to Chicago streets, chaos will come for us all | Opinion He was elected to bring tough immigration enforcement, not to throw the rights of U.S. citizens out the window to get it done. From David Mastio | Opinion

icymi -- my latest: www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...

Truth

So Trump's whining about the Nobel Peace Prize, and many anti-Trumpers are mocking him. I'm anti-Trump, but I'm not mocking him — at least not over this. If the peace holds, and we should all hope it does, he'll be a strong contender next year.

Sometimes a Nobel prize aids a freedom struggle, sometimes it does not. Let us hope that the prize to María Corina Machado, a brave woman, aids the freedom struggle in Venezuela.

If Trump brings war to Chicago streets, chaos will come for us all | Opinion He was elected to bring tough immigration enforcement, not to throw the rights of U.S. citizens out the window to get it done. From David Mastio | Opinion

My colleague @davidmastio.bsky.social. (Gift link.) www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...

We Need Free-Speech Consistency What you want for yourself, you have to grant to the other guy.

Free speech can be vexing. You want it for yourself, your friends, and your allies. But, in an open society, the other guys get it too. I have written a little essay, with doses of autobiography, and a killer statement by Ortega y Gasset at the end. www.thenextmove.org/p/we-need-fr...

My piece on the right to videotape ICE should be out tomorrow.

David Mastio on X: "It is amazing to me how little the liberal mainstream press has adapted to reality over the last 20 years. The @bariweiss imbroglio is a case in point." / X It is amazing to me how little the liberal mainstream press has adapted to reality over the last 20 years. The @bariweiss imbroglio is a case in point.

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It is amazing to me how little the liberal mainstream press has adapted to reality over the last 20 years. The
@bariweiss
imbroglio is a case in point.

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Democrats’ government shutdown claims don’t stand up | Opinion Of course, if Democrats are lying, it is not like Donald Trump and the Republicans have any standing to demand truthful budget politics.

Of course, if Democrats are lying, it is not like Donald Trump and the Republicans have any standing to demand truthful budget politics.

Democrats’ government shutdown claims don’t stand up | Opinion Of course, if Democrats are lying, it is not like Donald Trump and the Republicans have any standing to demand truthful budget politics.

The Democrat's shutdown rhetoric is based on lies ... lies that they told years ago. www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...

I wonder if people like jones ever support a heterodox hire?