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Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com

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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

06.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3310    πŸ” 1028    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 46

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

06.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5254    πŸ” 1993    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 234
abraham lincoln, jfk, mlk jr, charlie kirk (covered by link), and jesus above the words "all because of words"

abraham lincoln, jfk, mlk jr, charlie kirk (covered by link), and jesus above the words "all because of words"

miss me?

06.10.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 9
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curtis yarvin seems somewhat unhappy

06.10.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 777    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 70

Choose your fighter:

06.10.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2977    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 16

(The first being New Orleans, of course.)

05.10.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New York City, home of the New York Mets, is the second most quintessentially American city in the world.

05.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this entire thing was so unnecessary

once again: hire a comms person and save your bitching about the userbase for the group chat

05.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1789    πŸ” 277    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 8

Look, the rule is that whichever team beats the Yankees in the playoffs is America’s Team.

I do not make the rules.

Ergo, the Toronto Bluejays are America’s Team.

Q.E.D.

05.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell of a playcall.

05.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A video essay on why dogs are better than cats.

04.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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The vice president has too much time on his hands Tweet less and govern more, James David; you are wasting our time and tax money

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. www.joyannreid.com/p/the-vice-p...

02.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1066    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 19

I gotta be real it is extremely doing a number on my mental well-being that mr. cato institue here is taking a stronger stand than the majority of the democratic party. the anti-DHS coalition is uhhhh a bunch of socialists, the cato institute and the neocons as led by bill kristol???

03.10.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1247    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 23
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a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' . ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' .
04.10.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This video is another deepfake.

President trump has perished.

04.10.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

Gwen, I have news. You’d best sit down for this.

04.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woman! Whoa, man. Whoaaaaaaa man!

04.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

03.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 25919    πŸ” 6597    πŸ’¬ 480    πŸ“Œ 153

Wow a sad day

03.10.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man says " the math seems to check out " ALT: a man says " the math seems to check out "
03.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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doing what I can

03.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

donald trump has died

03.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1387    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 19

Trump? Trump?" "He's dead. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from a guy who knows a kid who's going with the girl who saw him pass out at 31 Flavors last night and die. I think it's serious."

03.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do love that the people who built bluesky learned nothing about running a social network beforehand and are thus committed to making all the same social network mistakes as everyone who came before them, from first principles

03.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1222    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 16

Hey, this is no time for joking around. He is probably deceased.

03.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump hasn't been seen for days because he's been grinding away at a massive Excel spreadsheet trying to figure out the federal budget by himself

03.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

BREAKING: donald trump has died by quicksand. it got all in his hair and everything

03.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

I can think of no downside.

03.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is dead again

03.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 238    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

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