Michael Kohler

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Former History PhD student (studied domestic slave trade)

ESRD survivor. Spectrum parent. Nerd.

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"And the cause of liberal democracy in Europe, which did NOT die..."

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Here's some fashy tears for your Sunday.

Awkward. Just saw one independent candidate in the UK who had to stand on stage while they read out that she had won... 1 vote. Like... you didn't even have a few friends or family willing to vote for you?

Fuck yhea. Rees-Mogg is out.

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Aaron Rupar

If Biden can't campaign he should consider passing the torch, but the elite press (and especially the NYT) is desperately trying to will this into existence. And it's really gross. (2/2)

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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" 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

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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

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"I believe that not one above whom it then waved but blessed his God that he was loyal to it, & whose heart did not swell with pride towards it as the emblem of the Republic before that treason's flaunting rag in front." - Maj Frank Haskell - watching Lee's Whoopsie begin

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Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"

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This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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i think we should see the Trump v. United States ruling as a group of Republican apparatchiks taking their opportunity to vindicate Nixon and write the unitary executive into the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

Opinion | Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready, Sirwww.nytimes.com The Nixonian theory of presidential power is now enshrined as constitutional law.

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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

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It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.

It's not the worst of it, but what I may be actually angriest about (right now) is Roberts' smarmy smugness and dismissiveness in the final two paragraphs of section IV and the whole of section V. "Fear mongering," "extreme hypotheticals," "our perspective must be more farsighted," and this.

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SCOTUS is telling us that it has completely signed on to the project of a second Trump administration, which is establishing an elected autocracy.

I keep thinking about how we're sliding into totalitarianism right as the chaos of climate change and modern technology will make it easier for totalitarians to hold onto power forever. We didn't even wait for the bad years. We freaked out and went fascist before the crisis even hit.

Everyone with a brain in 2016: SCOTUS is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Dipshits: Nuh, uh.

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As a historian of early America, I can say confidently, based on this primary source, that George Washington ate his opponents brains, engaged in killing for fun, and once held a woman's hand in a jar of acid at a party...so obviously Trump must have legal immunity too. youtu.be/sbRom1Rz8OA?...

George Washingtonyoutu.be Amazing

Ug. Want to make fun of transphobic Rowling dickriders on Twitter but I've resolved not to give the site engagement anymore. I particularly wanted to make fun of the dipshit with a MAGA avi who was disappointed that David Tennant isn't transphobic, saying he was their favorite Doctor.

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bouie is literally the only person on the NYT board who is behaving and responding to the debate like a professional that has followed and covered a presidential election. i mean that seriously, i'm not being snarky.

if you actually get *paid* to write about politics for a living, screaming that the nominee has to drop out after one bad debate *in june* (and one in which the challenger did not do well, either), you are unqualified for your job and your salary

Holy shit he's bragging about the cognitive tests again.

Absolute fucking gibberish.

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recently spent a lot of time thinking about carl schmitt and this column came out of it www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/o...

Opinion | Why Republicans Are Talking About Biden’s ‘Dictatorship’www.nytimes.com The breathless catastrophizing of Trump and his allies is not an expression of ignorance as much as it is a statement of intent.

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Re Assange, I will never forget Wikileaks' twitter (which he personally ran), desperately trying to push "Hillary Clinton called poor people SHOPPING CARTS." It was from an email sent TO HER, cc'ed to 100 people, in her SPAM FOLDER. Mr. Hero is an inept liar who thinks you're stupid.

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in 250 years the political coalition that most effectively countered reactionary anti-majoritarianism was the Army of the Tennessee

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happy belated 5-year anniversary to what is, for my money, the greatest political post of all time

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Electric vs Gas xkcd.com/2948

Someone's running against Gerry Connolly? LOL. Good luck, dude.

Hell yes. www.space.com/voyager-1-fu...

Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instrumentswww.space.com The spacecraft has resumed full science operations after a technical issue began creating complications in November 2023.

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Donald Trump: “We want all remaining Bitcoin to be made in the USA” I think it may be time to move this man into hospice care