Jakob Wasserhoevel

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On blackmail from the right, the basic asymmetry of US politics, and the various strategies of pundits and journalists to seek refuge, rather than truth (to quote Jay Rosen's seminal distinction), when confronted with this asymmetry. New column in The Guardian.

Trump is an authoritarian who must not win. Saying that is not inciting violence | Jan-Werner Muellerwww.theguardian.com No one should accept the idea that that opposing Trump’s authoritarian aspirations is equal to incitement to violence

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This is where I’m at. I think the window is fully closed and it looks like the people saying it’s not yet closed are engaged in trying to jam it open.

Biden's the nominee. Don't really understand how anyone is still going on about that. There are good faith concerns, but the closer it gets to November the more one has assume that anyone trying to continue that conversation is simply pro Trump or, more charitably, simply playacting.

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Das Verbot des #Compact Magazins war komplett überfällig. Seit Jahren ist dieses Medium ein wichtiges Sprachrohr der rechtsextremen Szene in Deutschland. Das Spektrum der Inhalte reichte von QAnon über Reichsbürgerideologie über Corona-Desinformation bis hin zu Hetze gegen Migrantinnen…

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An alle Hellseher*innen ein kleiner Hinweis: Bis zu den US Wahlen sind es noch 112 Tage.

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Its wild how AOC believing that elections are things you "organize to win" that involve more on running media management campaigns from DC, puts her out afield of so much of the establishment

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This makes me want to see it on the big screen. I was distracted 99% of the time watching Jeanne Dielmann, as I am all the time these days . www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...

The Revelatory Tedium of the New “Greatest Film of All Time”www.newyorker.com “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” rewards your attention by recalibrating it.

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Biden speech from White House right now connects attack on Trump to broader specter of political violence - attack on Pelosi, plan to kidnap Whitmer, Jan 6th, threats to local officials. Calls for a cooling of rhetoric and rejection of violence, faith in democracy.

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Listening to Biden rattle off all the incidents of violence against political leaders in recent years sorta suggests that this actually *is* who we are.

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Opinion | When American conservatism becomes un-Americanwww.washingtonpost.com Authoritarianism is a long way from what the Constitution’s Framers had in mind.

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Review | They wanted to remake the world; instead we got President Trumpwww.washingtonpost.com Andrew Bacevich explains how America’s elites wasted the promise of the post-Cold War era.

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Opinion | About time: Senators demand special counsel to investigate Clarence Thomaswww.washingtonpost.com For once, Attorney General Merrick Garland should act quickly.

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Opinion | Biden can have his legacy and bequeath it, toowww.washingtonpost.com Neither the president nor the party wants the kind of convention the Democrats had in 1968 or 1980.

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George Will’s “conservatism” | The New Criterionnewcriterion.com On The Conservative Sensibility, by George F. Will.

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Was @ardenthistorian.bsky.social sagt 👇

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I got to sit down with @paulrosenberg.bsky.social for a wide-ranging interview about The Originalism Trap, how we got to this political moment, and how we can get out of it www.salon.com/2024/07/14/s...

White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?www.salon.com Legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie on how the right twisted the Constitution — and how ordinary citizens can fight back

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Reopening my Serwer hymnal

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While this piece is in response to an article in the New York Times it has great relevance to the debate on the subject in the UK. There are a LOT of references to support the points made.

since Pamela Paul has written *yet another* anti-trans NYTimes op-ed, time for me to re-up my uber-critique of this genre of articles – no paywall, please share widely! juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…juliaserano.medium.com NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it

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NYT: Biden’s Age Raises Concerns That Biden Old People Fucking Magazine: Detailed but accessible explanation of Trump’s governing agenda people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

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One Weird Trick to keep progressives in your coalition (policy concessions). Billionaires hate it! www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/o...

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for Presidentwww.nytimes.com Enough! It’s time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking.

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It would be really fun to go back in time a few years to blue wave emoji people and yell at them to be more loyal to Joe Biden like stalwarts Bernie and AOC

One Weird Trick to keep progressives in your coalition (policy concessions). Billionaires hate it! www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/o...

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for Presidentwww.nytimes.com Enough! It’s time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking.

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NEW Washington Post: Are we really going to give Trump a pass? C’mon man. The national discussion needs to shift back to where it should be: on Trump's fitness for office. Today we continue our campaign for media to cover Trump’s mental decline: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/time-for-t...

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The main answer to that question is, surprisingly, because it does

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Statt durch Streichung von Subventionen oder Steuern für Superreiche die Ertragslage zu verbessern, kürzt Christian Lindner erneut bei den Investitionen. Das ist keine Finanzpolitik mehr, sondern ein finanzpolitischer Amoklauf. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/b...

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Reminder that the DC punk scene was one of the first and most influential scenes of the era, with bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, & S.O.A. (fronted by Henry Rollins). Early, forgotten bands are getting reprinted vinyl! (gift link) D.C. hardcore is a story that never ends wapo.st/4eZpqZb

Review | D.C. hardcore is a story that never endswapo.st You know Minor Threat and Bad Brains. But do you know Vile Cherubs and Pitchman? The history of D.C. hardcore always seems to be expanding — and these recently reissued recordings prove it.

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This whole freak out was over some small movement in a couple of polls, right? So Biden moving from even to +2 (among RV, not LV, it should be noted) will allay those fears, right? *goose chasing* Right???

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Project 2025 authors at the Heritage Foundation are already alleging the next election will be stolen, claiming any result other than a Trump victory in November will have been the result of fraud and will be challenged.

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It literally forced the media to finally cover it

Amazing headline. Disavowing the project has actually made this worse for Trump by making it easier to do accountability stories. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/...

Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved | CNN Politicsamp.cnn.com Donald Trump has lately made clear he wants little to do with Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for the next Republican president that has attracted considerable blowback in his race for the Wh...

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This press conference is just going to confirm everyone’s priors. Biden’s made a few bad flubs but he’s showing a good command of the facts. I’d like to see Trump have to field foreign policy questions like this.