"I identify liberalism as a product of the Enlightenment, which I characterize as the idea that we can use knowledge to enhance human flourishing, and that if we try to do it, we can gradually succeed."
- @sapinker
Trump’s new patrimonialism—hollow-out state institutions, staff the government through nepotism and loyalism, and govern based on patronage and arbitrary rule—was telegraphed in Heritage’s Project 2025.
We know with certainty that, if the election is close or Harris is winning, Trump will incessantly cry electoral fraud.
The more interesting question is: What will JD Vance say and do?
You won't find a better video exploring that question than this one from @landryeayres.
The right-wing victimization complex isn’t merely wrong—it’s completely backwards. Trump’s allies weren’t even treated the same as everyone else—they were treated quite a bit better.
@radleybalko
RFK Jr., who claimed things have been worse for the unvaccinated in the last few years than they were for Anne Frank under the Nazis, is an antivax fanatic looking for a party that can help him with ballot access.
Enter: The Libertarian Party
"So I actually like the deep state. I think that any functioning political system has to have a civil service that meets these basic Weberian requirements of being non-partisan, expert, professional, and the like."
@FukuyamaFrancis at #LibCon2025
Trump and Musk use lawsuits to render criticism of them extremely costly. Facing the specter of an incredibly expensive and invasive lawsuit, many would-be critics stay silent. We need a federal law against this weaponization of the courts.
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