Travis Mushett

Dude used to cosplay old money and conspicuously play croquet on the quad at Dartmouth. Never forget that beneath the bluster, these guys are fucking dweebs.

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

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The guy who literally wrote the book on fascism says this is fascism. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/m...

Holy shit. I thought I’d forgotten how to feel warmth toward my college.

Truth/power/etc

Charlie Kirk isn't MAGA's George Floyd.
He's MAGA's Horst Wessel.
A pod for anyone interested in a side-by-side of authoritarian martyrdom.

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Making a Martyr, From Horst Wessel to Charlie Kirk — The Haunted Screen After the assassination of the right-wing organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk, MAGA has fallen all over itself to turn him into a movement martyr. But this isn't the first time fascists have sought ...

Just put out a pod on this for anyone interested in the fascist martyr splitscreen. www.hauntedscreenpod.com/episodes/mak...

Making a Martyr, From Horst Wessel to Charlie Kirk — The Haunted Screen After the assassination of the right-wing organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk, MAGA has fallen all over itself to turn him into a movement martyr. But this isn't the first time fascists have sought ...

Think you misspelled Horst Wessel, dude. www.hauntedscreenpod.com/episodes/mak...

I cannot recommend enough listening to this

NYT reporting on the kayfabe like they’re WWF Raw.

As ADL is demonstrating, it’s not possible to be a little pro-fascist. They will always ask for more, always demand total support, and lash out at those who don’t give it. Always.

Making a Martyr, From Horst Wessel to Charlie Kirk — The Haunted Screen After the assassination of the right-wing organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk, MAGA has fallen all over itself to turn him into a movement martyr. But this isn't the first time fascists have sought ...

Charlie Kirk, Horst Wessel, and how MAGA is trying to the former into the latter. www.hauntedscreenpod.com/episodes/mak...

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them? A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

What a perfect formulation:

“This is, in many ways, the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

This aggression is what happens when journalists are all around and filming. Imagine what happens when no journalists are nearby.

www.amny.com/immigration/...

My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.

Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.

"Democracy dies if prominent black writers don't frame their arguments around appeasing white voters in Wisconsin," or "Democracy dies unless liberal writers praise radical, hateful conservative activists" is the subtext. And it's worth thinking through who makes these kinds of arguments and why.

[as the SS executioner slips a piano wire noose around my neck] let’s talk permitting reform

In Baby Face she’s got a Nietzsche-quoting cobbler friend who explicitly advises her to use her hotness to manipulate men and fuck her way to the top. Pre-Code Hollywood rules.

This woman did the alterations for my mother-in-law’s sari for my wedding.

34 years in America, and an extra dose of cruelty before they kicked her out.

Donald Trump is pursuing retribution the right way.

by Ezra Klein

Suspiria remake is an underrated banger.

Trump says more dehumanizing shit than this a dozen times a day, but Dems are still wearing the hairshirt for a decade-old comment by someone who’s been out of politics ever since.

It's telling that the go-to example of liberal condescension is a decade-old speech given by someone irrelevant to current Democratic politics.

Trump says something worse about libs like twice a day. Take off the fucking hairshirt, guys.

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The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk isn't the first time authoritarians have sought to canonize a deeply flawed man. Meet Horst Wessel, Goebbels' favorite slain brownshirt.

This week's pod is a deep dive into the parallels between Charlie and Horst, and their relevance to today's politics.

Links below.

All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:

In 2025 the Baileys have become either full-on fascists or Maddow Dems. This reads as pathetic to both.

Bring it up in your cool meeting where you get tough with Trump.