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Reading and Thoughts: Jan 2, 2026
First post of '26, the Bulwark does a fuckery, AI is going to destroy young people's career prospects, and Hayek's Bastards still are bastardy.
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Where I spend way too much time reading about, thinking about, and writing about politics. It is just a reflection of how fucked up American politics is at the moment. Perhaps one day I will be able to write about Guitars again. I am not holding my breath though
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One Week In, and What I'm Reading
The insanity doesn't take holidays off. Read to the end for a pleasant musical coda.
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What Happens Next?
A trilogy of chilling newsletters and articles hit my inbox today, causing me to think about what happens when Trump loses power or dies. It is not going to be a fun transition, and no, MAGA will not die with Trump.
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Twitter outs the MAGA-fluencers
Last weekend Twitter did an intentional oops, created an unholy mess, and now the mask is unveiled. The MAGA verse isn't fed by nefarious state actors, but is instead stoked by ordinary people farming for influence to improve their lot in life. Delish!
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TFG: David fucking Brooks
I fucking hate writing about Epstein, but goddamn it, David Brooks does one of his "high and mighty" snooty opinions, and I just can't let it lie...
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The casual-izing of misogyny
The premise of Q-anon, that there's a cabal of elites that are boorish, exploitative, and that prey on young women (and men) turns out to be true. Sophie GIlbert does an outstanding job in her latest on The Atlantic.
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TFG: Ross Douthat on Epstein
I really didn't want to write about Epstein and the release of a tranche or emails with some juicy drops by Comer-fudd, but then Ross Douthat had to open his face-anus, and try to play the "nothing burger" card, and "be careful what you wish for"
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When you lie down with dogs ...
MAGA's commitment to labor was always a fig leaf, the truth is that it, and the Republican party of the last 55 years has been excessively hostile to labor, and has ridden herd on the decimation of what once made America great. No surprise.
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About that Sober read of the Nation ...
The right fucking suck, but watching MAGA eat its own is just delish. Pop a bottle of your favorite quaff, pop some popcorn, and tuck in.
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A sober read of the nation
A guest OpEd by Damon Linker explains why Trumpism is going to be the future of Republicanism even after Trump leaves the scene. A compelling read.
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About that "cancel culture" article
There's a flurry of bad takes from a session at the NatC conference and a following essay. This will make you lose faith in humanity
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Book Review: Reaganland Part I
The transition to modern Republican doctrine was completed with the election of Reagan in 1980. We are still living with the shockwaves from that event.