I guess he like having an insecure, unmonitored way to exfiltrate secret information. And avoid the Pres Records Act.
Cue Mindysan; âwhere is my puke emoji!â
The use of âDark Ageâ here is technically inaccurate, but interesting to listen to anyway.
What the Next Dark Ages Could Look Like
Cullen Murphy, editor-at-large at The Atlantic , discusses his latest article on how the acceleration of privatization across the U.S. government may signal the countryâs move towards a form of government that resembles the feudalism of the Middle Ages.
I donât know anyone, even the rabid Trump fans I know, who consider him masculine except in the most base way.
From that storyâŚ
Far-right influencer Andy Ngo expressed skepticism of Guyâs story about his family fleeing Vietnam, claiming he could be lying since he didnât publish his story in âa publication that goes through some level of independent verification.â The ironic part of that, of course, is that Ngo constantly posts garbage on X without any kind of âindependent verificationâ as he puts it.
Musk and his legion of far-right fans are so fond of saying the traditional media are dead and that you donât hate the mainstream journalists enough. But when someone tells their own story, theyâre quick to want some kind of verification from the same old-school media they whine about.
I feel, somehow, that âironicâ does not really do justice to the naked hypocrisy on show here.
Absolute free speech? Yeah, they want that. Funny how I didnât realise free speech needed citations to show âindependent verificationâ - but only sometimes. Yeah, really odd, that.
Iâve been having almost the exact same thought recently. Itâd be so easy to do - ICE doesnât seem to have any sort of consistent uniform (I suspect in part because theyâre actually various federal agents from different departments), and what they do wear is easily purchased on, say, Amazon, complete with âICEâ logos. (Itâs all âtacticalâ cosplay.) Just wearing that wouldnât constitute impersonating a law enforcement officer, and if one was careful about what one said, one could create a lot of confusion without ever claiming to be an actual ICE officer. (Though I suspect if you did cause any confusion, even without actively trying to impersonate ICE, theyâd still prosecute you for it.)
Reading about these (rather incompetent) criminals impersonating ICE agents for months now, I keep thinking that itâs only a matter of time before an organized criminal gang makes a real effort to impersonate ICE. They could commit crimes like mass kidnappings and no one would be the wiser, and if they were competent enough, they could potentially even get the cops to help them.
Since it is apparently now accepted as âunlawfulâ to ask ICEish people to show ID or a badge, one would think it would be fairly easy to pull this off. Especially if you had a large enough crew to look like a âlegitâ raid. No way to know if this has already happened, even.
I found this to be an interesting take on how Muskâs influence (and DOGE work) may continue to cause problems:
ETA:
I mean, Boebert basically defines what she means by masculine here. âCanât handle the thought of being disrespected, immediately resorts to violence.â It does not get any more toxic than that.
Seems complicated and will benefit wealthier families more but at least the name tells who to thank.
âTrump accountsâ â initially called âMoney Account for Growth and Advancementâ (MAGA) accounts.
How Doomerism can be more toxic to resistance than anger:
That will end very, very badly. Hallucinating phase 3 trials will have incredibly bad outcomes.