Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

The Plane. George Saunders. Lying. And AI spam.

Will begin posting more about science fiction; see previous post; That Qatari plane is a white elephant they’ve been trying to dump for years; A piece by the novelist George Saunders about the firing of the head of the Library … Continue reading

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Current Politics as Reflections of Human Nature

My daily routine; How Trump would be king and end the rule of law in America, and how this is understandable given base human nature; Paul Krugman on the existential threat of climate change, that conservatives deny or simply do … Continue reading

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We’re Living in an Age of Regression

In Trump’s America, it’s every parent and child out for themselves; Who decides who’s Christian? The government? Fox News says the Qatari bribe to Trump is fine because FDR gave three planes to the Saudis… 80 years ago; Robert Reich … Continue reading

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Palace in the Sky, For the One

Several items today about the Trump administration’s acceptance from Qatar of a $400 million luxury 747, for Trump’s personal use; How Trump shrugs off intelligence briefings; he knows what he knows because he’s smart; How the story of a woman … Continue reading

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Disconnects from Reality, and a Couple Positive Notes

On the one hand, A Truth+ movie about ‘Lizard People’; RFK Jr vows to stop chemtrails; Democrats have a ‘dictatorship mentality’? Texas Christians presume to spend a month celebrating God’s promises; Tom Nichols on a witch hunt at the State … Continue reading

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Cory Doctorow on Project 2025 and Long Knives

Cory Doctorow on how the Project 2025 document is an anthology of often contradictory right-wing fantasies; How Europe is recruiting American scientists, since America under Trump doesn’t want them; Short items about tariffs, tariffs on movies made outside the US, … Continue reading

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The Clueless Conservative War on Reality

MAGA’s war science: Ignorance is Strength!; Trump doesn’t understand the separation of church and state; Trump doesn’t understand how trade deficits worth; Trump thinks Veterans Day should be only about veterans who won wars; Trump doesn’t understand even the Declaration … Continue reading

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The Future is Coal Mining? Really?

How Thomas L. Friedman has never been more afraid for our country’s future; How RFK Jr.’s claims about autism are nonsense; And a deep piece at NYT about migration patterns around the world. – – – As with the manufacturing … Continue reading

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Viewpoint Diversity and Consensus

Jerry Coyne on Harvard vs the US government and the idea of “viewpoint diversity,” with a response by Steven Pinker; Why do conservatives think themselves under-represented in academia? Because they promote ideas that are not true; Will there ever be … Continue reading

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“An arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”

Andrew Sullivan on Trump; How Trump supporters rationalize whatever crazy things he does, from Charlie Warzel and Molly Olmstead; Trying to understand what Trump’s crackdown on science will accomplish; Another item about the Christian right’s war on empathy; have I … Continue reading

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