Neil Abrams

Horny nihilist media critics/radical centrist pundits: "whatever else you think of her, Olivia Nuzzi is a brilliant prose stylist"
Olivia Nuzzi:

Hidden inside this excellent piece:

"Foreign occupations often bring about affirmative action for weirdos and idiots—the kind of people who would never gain real influence but for their treasonous alignment with an occupying power."

That's exactly it. We are in the midst of a FOREIGN OCCUPATION.

Thanks, Christy!

This is really excellent. Don't do the dance.

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

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Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

Without that consent, a dictator is nothing. He has no power that the people do not willingly cede to him. Withholding it can entail unimaginable sacrifices, to be sure. But others have shown that it can be done, and under far worse circumstances, too. If they did it, so can we.

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

This episode, more than any other, perhaps, highlights a fundamental truth about the nature of power: No amount of physical force can compel large numbers of people to obey—not unless they willingly consent.

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

If anyone should have been able to force their will on a society, it was Norway’s wartime leader, Vidkun Quisling. I mean, the guy had the entire Nazi machine behind him—and he still couldn’t overcome the determined resistance of a bunch of schoolteachers.

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

In my latest, I discuss a little-known resistance movement from World War II. When Norway’s Nazi-backed puppet tried to turn the schools into incubators for little fascist ideologues, the teachers revolted—and won.

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

Taking down Trump when the time comes will require us to shed certain illusions about power. Chief among these is the notion that dictators can *force* people to do things or not do things. They can’t.

Don’t believe me? Ask the Nazis. 1/n

Don’t Do the Dance To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power.

“Without the people’s assent, the dictator is nothing. He has no power that the people do not willingly cede to him.”

An important essay by @neilabrams.bsky.social .
(Also, I now know the origin of the term “quisling”.)

Anatomy of a Nonviolent Revolution A lesson for Americans

If the GOP candidate - whoever that is - refuses to step down after an election loss in 2028, the only way to remove him will be through a nonviolent resistance movement. In my latest, I break down a real-life example to show how an effective movement can force a ruler to leave office.

He said, "How'd you like to waste some time?"
I said, “uhh, no thanks,” I think I’ll dox you online

Sorry, I’ll stop.

Uhh, “trusting the experts” is rather famously *not* a feature of religion and totalitarianism…

…which might give RFK Jr. pause if he had any self-awareness.

(Sorry, that’s the beginning of Prince’s Darling Nikki if it were about the cop)

I met a cop, Fearomega
I guess you could say he was a sex fiend
Found him at a protest rally
His personal life is quite humiliating

Read this whole thread. A cop threatens Amanda, who then proceeds to unmask his socials, revealing him to be a sex fiend with a kink for cuck.

Who the hell uses social media for porn anyway?

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.

The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

👇🎯 University presidents, take note & start getting in front of microphones, en masse, now:

It’s that time again

Ya might want to, I don't know, CHECK WITH SOME ACTUAL EXPERTS before writing some stupid-ass atrocity denial like this.

Photos of a starving baby in Gaza shocked the world. Here's how he's doing now Images showing baby Mohammad Al-Motawaq captured world attention last month. In Israel, they were used to support claims that mass hunger in Gaza does not exist.

Here's NPR's follow-up: www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...

This is so, so stupid. Yeah, they did follow up on it. Turns out that kids with preexisitng conditions are more vulnerable to starvation, and that this kid, in particular, actually was suffering from starvation. (link in next skeet)

I emailed Olivia yesterday and editor Peter Savodnik today to point out a couple of glaring errors in this piece about famine classification. No response from either of them.

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The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.

If we really are committed to the value of universal human dignity which underpins those agreements, then we cannot blind ourselves to human suffering or the criminals responsible for it. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...

The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.

The core foundations of international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN Genocide Convention, were adopted in response to the Holocaust. But here we are, 75 years later, as Israel trashes those agreements in the name of the Jews. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...

The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.

There is a reason why collective punishment is banned under international law. Inflicting harm on children and the elderly for other people’s misdeeds is reprehensible no matter which side is doing it. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...

The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.

Yes, Hamas has also committed atrocities—above all, its massacre of innocents on October 7th and its mistreatment of the hostages it continues to detain. Evil as they are, however, Hamas’s crimes do not grant Israel a free pass to commit its own. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...

The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.

All of these claims are demonstrably false. Even if you doubt the statements of the UN, aid organizations, and rights experts—and there is no reason to doubt them—look closely and you'll find that Israel admits what it is doing. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...