Seth Cotlar

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Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat in Parliament and will now return to his former post managing Spinal Tap.

Compact was a joint project of some “anti-woke” socialists and some “anti-woke” nationalists and so it comes as quite a surprise to learn that one of their senior editors has been exposed as a National Socialist.

no part of this is not absolutely hilarious

In 2002 Ann Coulter said “My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.” Weird how the American Conservative tradition eventually embraced a fascistic leader like Donald Trump, eh? observer.com/2002/08/coul...

Coultergeistobserver.com Ann Coulter, author of the No. 1 best-selling nonfiction book in America—Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, a small book coruscating with giddy bile—was 20 minutes late to …

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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"

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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

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This but unironically.

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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?

Kevin, I am not a historian, so IDK, but has there ever been a President in American History who used a mobility aid? And, if so, would you say this president who was so weak as to need, say, braces or a wheelchair, is considered to be one of the top President’s ever?

Today I’m thinking Trump might pick Tulsi as his running mate. Could be all those fireworks fumes I’ve inhaled tho.

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Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

History will recall that the New York Times, that bastion of "the liberal media," on July 4, 2024 chose to give prime space on their op-ed page to a theocratic absolutist who argued that people shouldn't vote, even though he himself has voted in the last 2 elections (but nowhere is that mentioned).

When I first saw this I thought "no, that can't possibly be true." But alas, the Times did indeed choose today of all days to publish a right winger's recycled piece about how they don't vote, failing to mention that the author basically thinks absolutist theocracies are cool.

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Man, if it turns out that the right winger telling NY Times readers that they should follow his example and not vote did in fact vote in the last two elections, the Times should add this to the piece. Better than a retraction, since it illustrates a willful hypocrisy.

He voted in both 2020 and 2022.

On INDEPENDENCE DAY they published this. ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 2024 THE NEW YORK TIMES TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE. I'm furious.

The Substack algorithms never fail to promote the absolutely most brain dead stuff imaginable. Check out #2 in "culture." I wish I could tell you it was a parody, but it most certainly was not.

Oh, so NOW all of those MAGA anti-vaxxers are suddenly big believers in absolute immunity. Interrrrrrestinggggg.

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"According to Nixon aide John Dean, “the new ruling, in effect, decriminalizes Nixon’s conduct during the Watergate scandal.” donmoynihan.substack.com/p/strongman-...

For no reason at all I've found myself thinking about John Dean's August 16, 1971 Nixon administration memorandum entitled “DEALING WITH OUR POLITICAL ENEMIES." Presumably such memos have now been deemed totally legal and cool by the Supreme Court.

Happy July 4th everyone! sethcotlar.substack.com/p/the-herita...

The Heritage Foundation's President has said that the next Trump Administration will be a 2nd American Revolution. Here's a transcript of their Declaration of Independence.sethcotlar.substack.com When in the course of tremendous human events like nobody has ever seen before...

In good, Declaration of Independence form, the Heritage Foundation has not only declared their support for a 2nd American Revolution in the form of Trump 2.0, they are also assembling a long list of grievances, er, enemies to explain why that revolution is justified. newrepublic.com/post/183015/...

Team Trump Is Creating Blacklist of Enemies in Federal Governmentnewrepublic.com Worried about Republicans’ Project 2025? Meet Project Sovereignty 2025.

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I wrote for More Perfect Union about the Biden administrations proposal to implement new protections for workers who are agonizing under extreme heat.

Biden Proposes Protecting Workers from Extreme Heat and Their Own State Governmentssubstack.perfectunion.us “This regulation will save lives,” one union leader said.

The frogs did not respond to our requests for a comment.

PSA via alert: DCWater just issued a boil water advisory for the *entire District of Columbia*, as of 9 PM tonight: www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat... “No info that water is contaminated,” but everyone in DC should boil tap water for 1 minute before drinking or cooking with it tomorrow.

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maybe we could have a news story about a policy proposal some day. as a treat.

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Roses are red Violets are bloomin

The thing they don't want you to know, however, is that in Hamilton's manuscript copy of Federalist #69, written in very small letters, is the word "psyche!"

if only Federalist 69 were just, in its entirely, Hamilton saying super clearly “sure, this constitution has one executive leader, but I can’t stress enough that it’s different from a king because a President is accountable, including to criminal law” avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...

The Avalon Project : Federalist No 69avalon.law.yale.edu

About 50 minutes ago I, and presumably every other person who has ever donated to Democrats, got this email from Joe Biden. Subject line: I'm Running.

Seeking recommendations for an essay (appropriate for undergrads) that makes the case that it's inappropriate to use the word "fascism" to describe Trumpism. I don't agree with that position, but I want to give students an argument to engage with from that perspective that's as strong as possible.

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Constitution: People involved in insurrections should not be President. Roberts court:...hmm, no, I don't see it. Constitution:.... Roberts court: but the president should have immunity for crimes

“This amount of coalescing against the far-right by no means looked certain as of a week ago. While it can't just erase Macronists' extraordinarily equivocating 'pox on both houses' rhetoric during the campaign, it does make it a lot harder for the far-right to win on Sunday.”

FRANCE UPDATE: The near-final list of candidates who are in the French runoffs is out. Two days ago, 311 districts were going to have 3-way or 4-way runoffs. Then, 200+ candidates dropped out to block far-right. So: There'll be "just" 91 such runoffs this coming Sunday.

A succinct and convincing brief for the “Trump can accurately be called a fascist” case. open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...

What's In a Wordopen.substack.com A Canned Post

2011: Fake Birth Certificate & Fake President 2017: Fake News 2020: Fake Election 2022: Woke Marxist Education 2024: Fake Legal System This is what the fascist assault on democratic institutions looks like.

The Business Plot of 1933, only this time make it quasi-legal and cool. www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org