Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Does ICE need to come and track you down?

Posted on Tuesday 24 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Why Trump fears “woke,” why he loves the poorly-educated, and how advances in American history were due to “woke”; How he cares about discrimination only if it’s against Jews or whites; How his creepy emails work on the MAGA faithful; … Continue reading →

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Whatever They Can Get Away With

Posted on Friday 20 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Short items today Trump’s move to demolish greenhouse gas standards is based on a (admittedly technical) lie; America is experiencing a tourism slump (because… one guess); About Trump’s “cartoonish” monuments to himself; How Trump makes his own voters suffer; How … Continue reading →

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Visually Stunning

Posted on Monday 16 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

More about conservative comments about San Francisco; Paul Krugman wonders why MAGA hates the planet; How conservatives prioritize big families: quantity over quality; Connecting dots between mentions of Tom Holland and his book DOMINION; The MAGA attitude of contempt for … Continue reading →

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The Clash Within

Posted on Sunday 15 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How there isn’t a clash of civilizations (e.g. Christian vs. Muslim) so much as a clash between modernity and those who resent it: WOKE vs MAGA; Items about ensuring the “right” people will vote, the erosion of the separation of … Continue reading →

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The Trump Administration Declines All Knowledge

Posted on Saturday 14 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Satire from The Atlantic based on the Trump administration’s renunciation of scientific conclusions about climate change; Conflicted ideas about the state of the world; How Gallup will stop tracking presidential approval rates; Another movement from Akhnaten: Attack and Fall – … Continue reading →

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Renouncing Reality, Yet Again, to Make Money

Posted on Thursday 12 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The Trump administration denies climate change, in favor of big business; Trump is best on cashing in; Paul Krugman explains why deportation don’t create jobs and will lead to more deaths of native-born Americans; Brief items about conservatives and small … Continue reading →

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Wrecking Ball Politics. Wentithy.

Posted on Tuesday 10 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The most beautiful news of 2025, from Information is Beautiful, due mostly to science and technology; Items from JMG about MAGA and conservative outrage; Items about Trump administration’s wrecking ball politics: destroying climate regulations, the global international order, the government’s … Continue reading →

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These Are the Days, My Friend

Posted on Monday 9 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Alternate takes on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance; The Bulwark ranks Trump 2.0’s most racist moments; JD Vance was booed at the Olympics, but NBC edited the boos out; About that “He Gets Us” ad campaign; Pete Hegseth … Continue reading →

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Illegal voting, ulterior motives, resentment, racism

Posted on Thursday 5 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Why is MAGA obsessed with voter fraud and illegal immigrants voting? A NYT essay suggests as a rationalization for Trump losing in 2020, despite lack of evidence, or rationale; While Heather Cox Richardson sees it as a reaction to the … Continue reading →

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“I Love the Poorly Educated”

Posted on Friday 30 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Now the administration is arresting journalists for covering news it doesn’t like; A right-wing response, anxious for public executions; Every accusation is a confession; How the withdrawn Philip Glass symphony is in a way about Trump; How Trump is making … Continue reading →

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