Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

DEI and NASA

David Wallace-Wells on the sabotage of the American government; Paul Krugman on “autogolpe” and the Musk/Trump chaos; Heather Cox Richardson on how Republicans have, ever since Reagan, convinced voters that there’s an enemy “deep state” out to destroy their country; … Continue reading

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A Nation vs. a Collection of States

Quite a number of interesting items stacked up. Let’s just start working them. How sending education “back to the states” is problematical for the same reason you don’t run a nation like a business; How Trump creates problems he then … Continue reading

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Shades of Morality

Trump’s crazy Gaza redevelopment plan; How conservatives use “corruption” (without evidence) as an excuse to undermine institutions they don’t like; And they would go after Wikipedia, if they could; Then a long sequence about JD Vance on Christian love, various … Continue reading

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Living in History

[draft] Still rainy, still with cold, sleeping half the day it seems, reading a bit. I roused myself about two hours ago and here’s what I came up with. Heather Cox Richardson on the obvious: that Republicans are letting an … Continue reading

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Easier to Destroy than to Build

Or: The Anti-America Americans. Latest about the coup: Today Trump has suspended the tariffs he’d said would go into effect *today* on Mexico and Canada. Familiar pattern? He’s flailing. Musk and his gang of college kids have compromised the financial … Continue reading

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People Are Saying… It’s a Coup

Another sleepy day with a cold, and it’s gloomy and drizzly outside today too. Let me summarize the latest outrages via columnists I follow. Connie Willis on Facebook, 2 Feb 2025: IT’S A COUP–Trump Moves to Completely Take Over Government … Continue reading

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What They’re Trying to Wipe Out

Under the weather the past few days, with an ordinary cold, mostly a scratchy-throat driven cough. Today: light reading, and naps. At an FBI facility, someone is literally painting over a wall of value words, like “fairness,” “diversity,” “leadership,” and … Continue reading

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The Corrosion of America

So let’s see if I’m caught up. Trump has invited virtually everyone in the Federal government (including air traffic controllers) to resign, in a kind of buyout, or risk being fired if they don’t agree to Trump’s New Order. The … Continue reading

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The Latest Chaos

Let’s see if I can keep up. Today the Trump administration reversed the directive from two days ago to freeze federal grants until they could be scrubbed of improper thoughts. RFK Jr testified. And Trump announced he’ll build a detention … Continue reading

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The Enemies Within

Are those who are actively seeking to dismantle the government and turn the US into a selfish, xenophobic, insular, backward nation. Trump and his minions. And their fans. Trump thinks there’s a big water faucet in California that the military … Continue reading

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