That's definitely true. It's just a crazy accidental alignment

Pro-Trump pastor's post saying president is "demon possessed" goes viral "I genuinely believe Trump is currently demon possessed," Joel Webbon wrote on X.

Is there someplace I can file a complaint for having to live in the timeline where the president of Iran *and* one of the worst evangelical pastors in the US are broadly on the side of the pope in a feud with the US president, who posted AI slop of himself as Jesus
www.newsweek.com/pastor-says-...

The Joy of Choosing Democracy The inspiring electoral upset in Hungary yesterday is great for Europe, good for Ukraine, bad for Russia, bad for Trump, and bad for the far-right over the entire globe.

Hungary's brave choice last night is great for Europe, good for Ukraine, bad for Russia, bad for Trumpism, and bad for the far-right over the entire globe—all of which, to me, is a victory for the forces of good and democracy in the world: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-joy-of...

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Ok so who's the most cursed Antipope option? Is it:

1. J.D. Vance
2. Sohrab (is he still Catholic?)
3. Matt Walsh
4. Candace Owens
5. Adrian Vermeule

Excited to see what looks to be a great new entry to the pro-liberalism space!

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My grandmother was Canadian so it shouldn't be too hard

I'm going to!

Gonna be extra obnoxious about rooting for team Canada to beat the US in hockey now

Wait hell yeah I'm Canadian for real (and not just a joke at hostels because I don't want to claim being American)

Reading this while I work on a paper involving Judith Shklar's treatment of cruelty and the politics of suspicion is...a bit too pointed

Has the Trump Administration Crossed the Rubicon When Lawlessness Makes Lawful Transition Impossible? It may have reached a point when its only option for avoiding accountability would be keeping Democrats out of power

Judge Patrick Schiltz documented 96 ICE violations of court orders in January alone—more than some agencies in their entire existence.

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Deeply horrifying and not the sort of thing that legitimate governments are supposed to permit, let alone participate in.

This is what I get for asking the monkey's paw for voters with consistent beliefs smh

As the lawlessness of the regime accelerates, the logic of impunity ratchets up the stakes of removal

Has the Trump Administration Crossed the Rubicon When Lawlessness Makes Lawful Transition Impossible? It may have reached a point when its only option for avoiding accountability would be keeping Democrats out of power

A Bush-appointed judge documented 96 court order violations by ICE in one month—more than some agencies violate "in their entire existence," the judge said.

@birchsmith.bsky.social

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Religious freedom for the right kind of Christians

(I am going to bed that is enough today for today)

"hee hoo I am the president, I sue myself and award myself ten billion dollars of taxpayer money" I'm sorry but what are we even supposed to say at this point???? How is reality this stupid? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak | Reuters share.google/rcM4qMLIdiR5...

When you edit your piece to include the administration's stated response and then your changes become outdated three hours after publication. (At least I was right?) www.theunpopulist.net/p/has-the-tr...

State-level accountability creating perverse incentives for the Trump administration is a big part of my analysis here. www.theunpopulist.net/p/has-the-tr...

Instead of chasing the ball of Trump's mercurial pronouncements on running for a third term or suspending elections, focus on the incentive structure. Unfortunately, the incentive structure shows that the risk of another, far more sustained effort to hold onto power is very great indeed.

The killing of Alex Pretti reveals that we are perilously close to the point when the desired incentives flip into the perverse ones, for both legal accountability and the survival of the MAGA state capture program.

Has the Trump Administration Crossed the Rubicon When Lawlessness Makes Lawful Transition Impossible? It may have reached a point when its only option for avoiding accountability would be keeping Democrats out of power

From me: normally, regular transfers of power create incentives to not abuse power or seize power you don't want the other party to wield next. But if you abuse power too much, or accumulate too much power, it creates a perverse incentive to go even further: you can no longer afford to hand it over.

It's unlikely that we can break that pattern without Congressional action, which is why we need to press on now. We have achieved something in Minneapolis, but more work is needed to prevent this from happening again in the next city.

This demonstrates a way to get Trump to leave particular cities alone, yes. But it does not mean that they won't go to another place and start acting similarly. There's a much deeper set of cultural, policy, etc., problems with Trump and Miller's deportation machine.

Another factor seems to be pushback from courts. When the administration encounters judicial opposition, as they did in Chicago, they move on. This is a way to avoid accountability: lawful actors seek to build records and pursue cases; the government leaves town when this nears success.