Steven Greene

GUS-SPLOSIUON

When January 6th happened, it was crystal clear that MAGA had rejected democracy. It was a full masks off authoritarian move. Yet, we collectively chose to whitewash it 1/x

OMG this!

To understand Trump is to understand he doesn't believe in repeated games where cooperation is the equilibrium strategy because people can punish non-cooperation in the future. He thinks everything is a one off prisoner's dilemma and tries to screw the other party no matter the future consequences.

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.

We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:

First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.

Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.

From 2016: “Almost half of the people who die at the hands of police have some kind of disability, according to a new report, as officers are often drawn into emergencies where urgent care may be more appropriate than lethal force.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Mafia Presidency Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.

The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.

Wyoming (population of fewer than 600k people) has just as many Senators as California (population of close to 40 million people). That seems like quite a lot of influence.

Yes:

No Politics Is Local State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.

No politics is local www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The "Mamdani Model" isn't about a specific set of policies. It's about being (a) relentlessly charismatic, energetic, and on message, (b) creating a positive vision not just a critique, and (c) identifying a focused set of issues that connect to the real needs and lived experiences of your voters

"Dems ‘Need the Votes’ of ‘Illegal Citizens,’ Top Federal Election Official Claims in Unhinged Rant" (Republican EAC Commissioner Christy McCormick) #ELB Despicable: A top federal voting official is facing a call to step down after accusing Democrats of encouraging “open borders” and widespread voting by “illegal citizens,” because “they need the votes...

“Dems ‘Need the Votes’ of ‘Illegal Citizens,’ Top Federal Election Official Claims in Unhinged Rant” (Republican EAC Commissioner Christy McCormick) electionlawblog.org?p=152864

The FAA @FAANews• 42m • • . Nearly 13, 000 air traffic controllers have been working without pay for weeks, ensuring the safety of more than 50,000 daily operations across the national airspace system (NAS). As we head into this weekend, a surge in callouts is straining staffing levels at multiple facilities, leading to widespread impacts across the NAS. Currently, half of our Core 30 facilities are experiencing staffing shortages, and nearly 80 percent of air traffic controllers are absent at New York-area facilities. After 31 days without pay, air traffic controllers are under immense stress and fatigue. The shutdown must end so that these controllers receive the pay they've earned and travelers can avoid further disruptions and delays. As we continue to reiterate, we will never compromise on safety. When staffing shortages occur, the FAA will reduce the flow of air traffic to maintain safety. This may result in delays or cancellations. 十

80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.

The system is at breaking point.

If the White House believes nothing can turn off enough of their supporters—why wouldn’t they, since they won on a record of crimes, bigotry, and policy failure—then they’re free to act on their priorities: coddling the president’s feelings and, as @aselrod.bsky.social argues, soliciting bribes.

The Trump White is operating under the assumptions that:

1) They’re above the law
2) Lies, hate, culture war, and media control can overcome anything

If you believe that, and people suffering doesn’t bother you, then starving people while boasting about a new expensive ballroom has no downside.

In this film, Benjamin Martin leads a group of slaves, illiterate farmers, and Frenchmen to violently rebel against a king whose agents were occupying Americans' towns and homes, undermining trade, detaining people without trial and deporting them, and ignoring and undermining legislatures

from @bofrenchtx Bo French SNAP runs out on November 1st. Are you prepared? November 1, 2025 is National Chimp Out Day. It’s going to be lit. 🔥

if you're wondering how things are going in texas, the chairman of the Tarrant County GOP is joking that Nov. 1st, the day SNAP benefits are poised to run out, is "National Chimp Out Day"

Contrary to what Steven Miller and Fox say, there is no meaningful opposition to the deportation of persons guilty of violent crimes, or serious crimes in general. The question is short-circuiting legal processes to deport people who have a clean, upstanding record simply because their skin is dark.

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

Congressional term limits is an idea that briefs well, but falls apart under further investigation.

I wrote this short piece for @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social on the folly of term limits a few years ago, and it still holds.

www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2021/03/refl...

Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...

An embarrassingly obvious point, but...

This. Is. Illegal.

If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.

In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Someone should make a government where policy isn’t made by one person having a tantrum.
Like the power to do things should be…separate 🧐

Love this perspective.

I’ve been thinking of Trump’s government as the Regime of Type One Error.

In statistics, Type 1 error is when you get a false positive, or claim to have found a relationship that isn’t really real. It’s like convicting someone who is actually innocent, for example.

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

1. I am happy these stories are getting written
2. None of them are the least bit surprising, least of all this one about edgelord too squeamish to use the real word so he uses an italian american substitute instead www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Nominee to be the Office of Special Counsel, ie., the guy federal employees must appeal to if they think they have been treated unfairly

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

So weird that this keeps happening www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.

For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"