Martin Galese

Speaking as a historian of censorship, the Black Death, and kleptocratic takeovers of early republics, please, O Great Cosmic Powers, make my topic niche & quirky once again!!!
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Man after my own heart

My god, a second health bar has appeared over Cory Booker’s head

Congratultions to Columbia University for its enthusiastic implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service.

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”

Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”

History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

new resignation from SDNY Hagan Scotten -- he's a John Roberts clerk -- Roberts can't be happy at that -- and a 2 times bronze medal winner for duty in Iraq.

This is the best of DOJ v the worst of the political system. The lines so clearly drawn

Rubies are red,
sapphires are blue,
because Al3+ substitutes
for Ti4+ and Fe2+

#GeoValentine

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Other people imagine they are saving the hobbits from cruel Caradhras while they are shoveling the walk, right?

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

This isn't the misinformation apocalypse you were promised, it's an organizational one for which no preparations were made. The fully reported world is radiant with triumphant calamity.

everybody pushing a certain E2E encrypted direct messaging platform is Signal virtuing 😤

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
theonion.com/think-t...

front page of NYT today

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

If you somehow had a one-night-stand with Paul Hollywood, how bummed would you be if you didn’t get a handshake afterwards?

The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official:

1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it

2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people.

That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

Scene from The Princess Bride where Vizzinni says "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen"

OpenAI right now

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

A friend points out that of course the illegal impoundment is the "most Donald Trumpian of acts: not paying your bills."

Tweet from 'MAGA Michelle S' says, "I will be filing Police Reports against anyone that takes a screenshot of my Twitter posts. This is a warning to all liberals. Take a screenshot and you will be getting a visit from the State Police and FBI."

I had to screenshot this.

In 2020, Trump broke all norms and fired a bunch of IGs for blatantly political reasons.

In 2022, Congress responded by amending the Inspectors General Act to make sure he could never do it again.

Last week, he did it again... and the same Republicans who voted FOR the law now think it's okay.