I was listening to #TheBulwark podcast, Charlie Sykes & Will Saletan were discussing Biden's age & how he's visibly crossed into a sort of "fading" as they put it. Yes, I've noticed this and it's alarming. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley is running against Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden. This is what I've expected them all to do.

We're in a hard place but it's really not that hard: an elderly #Biden or a President Harris, either one beats the U.S. falling to fascism. #Vote Biden/Harris in '24.

Rep. Comer still wishes to know
What secrets 'whistleblower' Gal Luft can show
The Bulwark's James Last
Hopeful the facts won't be pasted
So the truth of the matter can grow

#repcomer #whistleblower #galluft #thebulwark #limerick #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/rep-comer-still-wants-to-talk-with-indicted-whistleblower-gal-luft-187697733708

Former Republicans score #45, #46, & Hillary Clinton on issues Rs keep bringing up, surrounding #45’s classified documents scandal.

If reading that people have done so far hasn’t informed them enough to make a successful bet on #TheBulwark’s results, they need to broaden their sources of info. Stat!

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/whataboutism-scorecard-classified-documents

#Listen to the #Trump #Indictment :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMOzKtRs5c

#Podcast #TheBulwark #Reading #AudioBooks #History #Law #Crime

I was waiting for #AliVelshi / #Velshi's dramatic reading from #MSNBC but no sign of it so far.

Update: Link to Velshi reading in comments.

Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt - And why Biden now says he’s “looking at” invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.

https://www.thebulwark.com/why-trump-wants-u-s-to-default-on-debt/

#TheBulwark #TrumpDebtDefault #BidenFourteenthAmendment #USDebtCrisis #NationalDebt #EconomicPolicy #Politics #News

This episode of #TheBulwark [PODCAST] features an interview with The New Yorker's Susan Glasser, & an excellent overview of how Trump in 2023 sadly poses an existential threat to our representative democracy & judicial institutions in United States. Also includes chilling audio from Mike Pence reflecting on the January 6 insurrection.

https://pca.st/episode/c2321664-4f28-4a67-80b9-696018857f38

#politics #ConCW #polarization #CultureWar

"Roses is ultimately interesting because of the lost perspective it offers on the idea of a 'deal.' What I mean is: While we have no shortage of stores where cheap products are available, we have few that offer goods that could reasonably be sold for much higher prices in a different context—that specialize, in a word, in *deals*."

A nice piece from The Bulwark about a part of our retail history that had largely disappeared.

https://www.thebulwark.com/a-forgotten-extinction-event-in-american-retail/

#RetailHistory #Roses #TheBulwark

Against endings and towards #gratitude. My kind of thinker. https://www.thebulwark.com/michael-walzers-liberalism-of-gratitude/
#thebulwark #judaism #democracy

We agree more than we disagree--on education topics, at least. But...we don't think we do!

https://www.thebulwark.com/the-truth-about-the-new-consensus-on-american-education/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#thebulwark #edutooter #edchat

If you find the idea of "collective illusions" interesting, there's a great book on it: https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Illusions-Conformity-Complicity-Decisions-ebook/dp/B096RRZJS2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=collective+illusions+todd+rose&qid=1678467446&sprefix=collective+ill%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1

Congrats to The Bulwark for hitting #2 on the list of politics podcasts on Apple. 👏

This is one of my favorites because they have great guests and it's about the most centrist take I've seen in quite some time.

#politics #thebulwark #podcasts

I cannot believe I'm spending my Friday evening listening to a couple of Resistance Never Trumpers shoot the 💩 and wishing we'd had them on our side a long time ago. Their experience and skills sharpen our blades. ⚔️

#thebulwark #charliesykes #rickwilson
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vV1dPOTI1NzIxODE1Ng/episode/ZTRmY2ZkMGEtN2IyNC0xMWVkLThkMDctNGJiOGQ1YWE1YmFl?ep=14

"It’s impossible to acknowledge without knowledge—without knowing. To teach about morality and standing up to injustices, you have to know what the injustice was." I wrote about #CRT and history in #TheBulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/republican-lawmakers-might-not-be-able-to-handle-the-truth-but-kids-can/

https://www.thebulwark.com/republican-lawmakers-might-not-be-able-to-handle-the-truth-but-kids-can/

#thebulwark #bookstodon

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#TheBulwark

#ChatGPT and #OpenAI: We Are *Totally* Forked

Even if it never becomes self-aware, #AI is going to screw over the internet and everyone else.

https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/chatgpt-and-open-ai-we-are-totally

Amanda Carpenter's summary of #Jan6

#January6 #Jan6th #January6th #1/6 #MAGA #Trump #Insurrection #Sedition

#bulwark #thebulwark

https://www.thebulwark.com/why-the-january-6th-mob-wasnt-stopped-in-time/

I love #TheBulwark for political commentary. (I wish some of their writers would make the jump to Mastodon. I keep a non-posting Twitter account just to keep up with a few folks, like Tim Miller. This article is not by him, but it is good.) cc: @SykesCharlie

https://www.thebulwark.com/why-incels-love-putin-russia/

Tried to find numbers on the last 50 years of criminality of our politicians, so I could see the relative levels of corruption of the 2 parties. Data for presidential administrations Johnson - Obama: https://sakai.unc.edu/access/content/user/vschoenb/Public%20Library/Organizations%20and%20organizational%20behavior/Government/Elections/Republican%20Party/Indictments%2C%20convictions%2C%20prison%20sentences%20of%20federal%20officials
How about the house, senate, state crimes/prosecutions? Data is available but incomplete:
https://www.justice.gov/criminal-pin/annual-reports
Would also love to see statistics on crimes committed before being elected.
#journalists #Journalism #NYTimes #WashingtonPost #TheBulwark #Fascism #politics

Insightful interview with @WarInTheFuture, 🎁 link below, otherwise https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/gen-mick-ryan-the-war-in-ukraine-10-months-in/)

"Putin likes to say the West is weak, but he isn’t even fighting NATO, and he’s losing. But the war in Ukraine is at a transition point — and Russia, with a new commander, will emerge from the winter still dangerous. Gen. Mick Ryan joins guest host Ben Parker today."

https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/92123353/f37b254b1e91f4823f3d51ad26a6b3f2.mp3?token=bc6df6bf-a194-4501-b879-82cd633db360

#Ukraine #TheBulwark #NAFO

Well said, #TheBulwark.

"A normal person has an internal faculty of self-criticism that prompts him to ask tough questions and consider counterarguments. But long ago, Donald Trump killed off his internal process of self-criticism. The result is a dangerously irresponsible mind with no capacity for self-monitoring. It is the kind of mind that will bring us to the brink of insurrection and civil war just to avoid having to admit failure." https://www.thebulwark.com/the-lesson-of-trump-character-matters/

.@SykesCharlie writes: "Trump was not just saying the quiet part of his entire political career out loud. He was screaming it straight into our eardrums."

https://www.thebulwark.com/trump-stands-in-the-middle-of-fifth-avenue-and-shoots-the-constitution/ #TheBulwark #ElectionDenialism #FascistRepublicans