Timothy Griffin

America, the Juvenile The Trump administration is a regime of troubled grade-schoolers.

America is being run by mean girls and shitposters and trolls and the Comic Book Guys.
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What Stuart Stevens says is perfectly obvious, and something you will not see reflected in any of the major media coverage.

‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’

“‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December ***
Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’” Are we great yet? 10/30/25 www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.

How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger (Gift Article) By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.

Trump's "China deal" puts the U.S. in better shape this week than last.

But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
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Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic about the various ways Trump could rig the midterms. He notes that modern autocrats don’t cancel elections. They hold unfair elections to fool people into thinking they’re not living in a dictatorship. It’s called “competitive authoritarianism.” (Gift link)

A good history lesson and reminder that today's issue can not be solved by the military.

Gift issue
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Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace “A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

@maxboot.bsky.social is a pessimist on peace and Palestinian self-determination: "To convert this ceasefire into a lasting peace will require sacrifices that neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya show any indication of making." Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/48Lo43V

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools None

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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

“A lot of times, you know, babies don’t cough; they just stop breathing,” warned Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney as he discussed Mississippi's first infant death from whooping cough in 13 years.

Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one...

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Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

“…President Trump is remaking the country in his image: crude, harsh, gratuitously mean.” (Gift link)

Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society

a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america

The Many Ways in Which the Caribbean Strike was Unlawful Legal expert on domestic authority and law most relevant to the US strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat

Marty Lederman's piece is essential reading for anyone studying the pre-invasion preparations in the Caribbean. At its core is this: DOD policy has long built on a commitment to avoid targeting civilians. Under Hegseth, that commitment is out the window. Civilians are preferred targets.

No Martial Law DC Statehood Now

Not Usually A Protester but, HOLY SHIT!

Tens of thousands marched in DC, against occupation and for statehood today.

The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.

Incisive take from @radiofreetom.bsky.social on trump’s recent feeble attempts at wielding American power. And what the world’s autocrats think of him.

America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

On our unilateral disarmament: America is reorienting its foreign policy to help governments that manipulate and suppress information.

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A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for All people in the United States

A Florida court detained a US Citizen for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed—& held him anyway.

I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...

A Watergate Everyday Two scandals just this week that are worse than what Nixon did.

Almost every day there’s a Trump scandal that skates by that in any other moment of presidential history would launch endless follow-up stories, congressional investigations, and sink an administration. I zeroed in on just two of them from this week: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-watergat...

From "highly CONFLICTED" to "Highly Respected" in just weeks — and all it took was for him to give away 10% of his company

Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.

Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses.

Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.

My new editorial: