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Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & others. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professsing, Dartmouth. Alumnus, Hampshire. He/Him.

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Published: May 6, 2025 19:37

Given that U.S. is only country in position to invade Canada, Trump’s “free military protection” sounds a lot like a protection racket. But it’s even less than that, since Canada does, in fact, have a military. [contains quote post or other embedded…

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Published: May 5, 2025 04:21

If you're not familiar with Carl Schmitt & Leo Strauss--or, in the present, Vermeule & Vought--this is a good quick intro to the vision now fueling Trumpism--the movement, not the man. If you're telling yourself it's all just knucklehead stumbling, this is…

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Published: May 5, 2025 03:35

Before we get busy with the "ha-ha a tariff on movies won't really work whatta-dummy"--with its implicit self-reassurance, as if this fucker isn't actually doing incredible damage--consider how this *has* been working: He signals to corporations the…

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Published: May 4, 2025 23:03

I've been rewatching Big Lebowski bit by bit. It's become a favorite--& I owe that, nothing more, to Ashli Babbitt. Hadn't seen it in decades when I first rewatched it to write about her in The Undertow. She considered it scripture. Maybe she didn't really…

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Published: May 4, 2025 18:13

Saw Thunderbolts with the 11, and we liked it better than any Marvel movies in a long time. & Julia Louis-Dreyfuss delivers a great villain’s spin on Uncle Ben’s “with great power” line: “Righteousness without power is just an opinion.” That’s some subtle…

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Published: May 4, 2025 17:08

My 11 yr old, not even a Star Wars fan, instantly recognized that White House is declaring Trump a Sith Lord. Thing is, lots of people giggling over that, but I wouldn’t put it past them to have done that deliberately, an “emperor” troll.

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Published: May 4, 2025 04:02

Has there ever been a gangster called Bobby Pins? If not, could I audition for the role? I don’t have any hair and I’m no good at crimes, but I’d carry the name with an intensity of gratitude such as to verge on distinction.

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Published: May 4, 2025 03:10

My relationship with fascism has its ups and downs, anger & despair, then giddy comic relief. This mail order, snake oil tv doctor as surgeon general is giving me the giggles. Which will, of course, cycle round to WTF hold-my-head-in-my-hands. [contains…

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Published: May 3, 2025 22:42

I applied for an NEA yrs ago & didn’t get it but always thought I’d get around to trying again. Too late. Unless I can adapt to the new style: Thus I present my vision for Great Leader Number One military parade uniforms. Nazi for the Nazis, pink buttons,…

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Published: May 3, 2025 20:08

Among new National Endowment of Arts grant priorities: “foster AI competency, empower houses of worship.” Not making this up. Also, pretty sure more submission to our new AI overlords isn’t gonna be great for churches…

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Published: May 2, 2025 20:37

Worth noting that miasma theory, unlike there outdated ideas such as leeches, is very intertwined with classism and racism. I think for RFK it means, “if you don’t want to get sick you should play vigorous touch football at your family compound on Cape…

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Published: May 2, 2025 14:36

As Trump plans a massive military parade and renames holidays “Victory” and brags about his ability to imprison everyday people & declares intent to shut down universities, let’s put 2 self-reassurance narratives aside: no, these aren’t signs of…