In Front of our Noses: He’s a Divider, Not a Uniter (Part the Millionth)

A clip from today’s Very Important Meeting at Quantico.

How WWII Affects Contemporary Thinking

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

In Front of Our Noses: A Policy of Murder

Blowing up boats because they might have drugs on them is not justifiable, legally or morally.

SaturTabs

Comey Indicted

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

Things That Shouldn’t be Hard to Say

Twenty-Second Amendment edition.

“The President is Authentically Himself” [Updated]

A sad fact about the quality of American leadership and an indictment of Christians who ardently support it.

Homan Update

Sounds to me like he admitted to taking the bag of cash.

Bizarre Conspiracies: USAID Edition

People are weird.

More Attacks on Universities

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Kilmeade: No Friend to the Homeless

He has a solution for homelessness.

Fox New Host: Involunatarily Execute Mentally Ill Homeless People

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

Why the Attacks on Academia Matter

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

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On Ezra Klein, MLK, And Polite Politics

On politics, guns, and people killing people

Pentagon Hunting Down Employees Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk’s Death

A little bit more than the law would allow.

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Messy Reflections On The Assassination Of A Political Opponent

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

Bad Leadership on Display

Trump’s response to the Kirk assassination is to try and further divide us.

Texas A&M Dean and Department Head Removed over Faculty Member Teaching about Gender

A student, her cell phone, and yet more authoritarianism in contemporary America.

Our Cancel Culture King

There’s a vast difference between someone getting dogpiled on social media and the most powerful man in the world using the machinery of the state to eliminate dissent.

FAFO: GOP & RFK, Jr.

E-I-E-I-O

US Blows Alleged Drug Smuggling Boat Out of the Water

Who needs due process when you have drones?

ICE Trucks

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

Speaking of Propaganda…

Stephen Miller and Fox News.

In Front of Our Nose: Lies and Propaganda

Secretary Noem strikes again.

TGI Tabs

Some Comparative Video

Since I was thinking about 2016

But, Her Emails…

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

Beyond Parody

If any other president…

Not What the Military is For

Representative Comer doesn’t understand much, it would seem.

Meanwhile, in North Korea

The attempt to erase J6 by many at FNC continues…

In Front of Our Noses: Pure, Uncut Authoritarianism

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

Don’t Let Trump Distract you from the Epstein Matter…

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

Donald Hearts Vlad

A strange obsession.

In Front of Our Noses: Fascism

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

Meanwhile, Still in North Korea

The Kennedy Center “Honors” get a Trumpian makeover.

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Troops as Props

This is all for show.

“Now They Are Allowed to Do Whatever the Hell They Want”

Authoritarian instructions from Trump.

Reactionary Christian Nationalism on Display

A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).

Meanwhile, in North Korea

A gift for Dear Leader.

The Enablers of Authoritarianism

In this case, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council.

“Because we can”

A member of the Texas legislature reminds us that we are in an era of pure power politics.

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Fact Checking in an Era of Bullshit

One of the big ones has given up.

The Core Problem is Single-Seat Districts

Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.

Meanwhile, in North Korea

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

Tabby Thursday