Out now, my new novel, Killing Baby Hitler. "Savagely funny," says @mollyjongfast.bsky.social. Vonnegut-esque, says @kurtandersen.bsky.social. Five stars, says guy on Amazon whom I actually do not know! Set in 2141 and 1889, it's really about, well, right now. Buy it!
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Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the front-runner for 2028. trib.al/qlVZHk8
The guy is a virtuoso—Bernstein with a baton, Jordan with a basketball. trib.al/7kM0xz0
New Column: "Half the Third Reich"!! Man that guy is GOOD! newrepublic.com/post/216452/... via @newrepublic.com
Forty-three states have passed 63 bills this year alone impinging on the rights of transgender people. In one poll, nearly half of trans respondents said they had moved or wanted to move to a more hospitable place. trib.al/n1SipKU
If Republicans are going to bang on about trans athletes, then part of the Democratic response must be to broaden the conversation and remind Americans of this appalling dehumanization campaign. trib.al/wCT5FeR
New Column: The most pressing issue in America, to Republicans? The 10 transgender NCAA athletes (out of 510,000; for real). Disgusting people. Repubs, not trans athletes! newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
That was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen a United States senator do. But it was also two other things besides embarrassing. trib.al/4tyVK2h
Republicans say his investigations were unprecedented. Well, yes, they were—but that’s because we’ve never had a president who orchestrated a coup against the United States. trib.al/ewTPw5n
That was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen a United States senator do. But it was also two other things besides embarrassing. trib.al/chAAYKn
New Column: Eric Schmitt is not only a joke. He's...let's say fascist adjacent. And Todd Blache is probably going to indict Jack Smith. It's all quite insane. newrepublic.com/post/216176/... via @newrepublic.com
From @gregsargent.bsky.social:
"If Democrats can win the House and/or the Senate with such a coalition, it will have the party’s back in constraining Trump as the era of Late Stage Trumpism sputters out during his final two years."
From @timothynoah.bsky.social:
"Trump is throwing his arms around an industry that even many Republican candidates right now are turning into a political bogeyman. Politically, he can’t afford that. Maybe this last part should be our little secret."
From @mford.bsky.social:
"For the first time since the Supreme Court revived capital punishment in 1976, a death-row prisoner has survived an execution."
From @brynntannehill.bsky.social:
"Many Americans would be largely OK with fascism so long as they felt the economy was improving for themselves personally. The problem for the GOP is that fascism caters to the wealthy elite, causing average Americans to suffer." trib.al/FrtsN29
From @davidcorn.bsky.social:
"His strategy for surmounting the Russia scandal boiled down to deny, define, deflect, and repeat."
From @gregsargent.bsky.social:
"Talarico has already demonstrated that even in deep-red Texas, people want something higher, something better."
From @rossrosenfeld.bsky.social:
"It’s like we built a hydrogen bomb, then entrusted Gordon Gekko to make a profit off it and Barney Fife to monitor him. What could go wrong?"
In terms of pure numbers, probably. But Lenin doesn't have the same hold on our collective imagination. Killing Baby Mao would be the actual choice, by numbers alone, right?!
He may have driven the country into the ditch, but at least he will have exploded the “we need a businessman” myth with a force no liberal Democrat could ever hope to. trib.al/Q5cRvjz
Every decision he makes is the wrong one and makes the situation worse. trib.al/vi4cOV8
