Adrian Egli
@adrian7745.bsky.social
Living an interictal life | GenX Nerd who never had a LEGO dark age | Ignorance isn't bliss. | Never stop learning. | There's no thing as freedoms without some responsibilities | he/him
That’s not even to mention the NR’s contributing writer in 1997 who is a Greek billionaire fascist who once wrote an article depicting the Nazis as the heroes of D-Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taki_Th...
Taki Theodoracopulos - Wikipedia
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And here’s the NR’s founder and the godfather of “responsible conservatism” racistly red baiting John Kerry in 2004 for using a Langston Hughes poem in his campaign. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2y agoAn offering for those still carrying a torch for "the good old respectable and intellectually robust Republican Party of William F. Buckley." In 2004 when the Kerry campaign was using Langston Hughes's "Let America Be America" poem, WFB red baited him and called him ungrateful to white Christians.
Another person on that 1997 NR masthead is the “mastermind” behind the “intelligent design” bullshit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_K...
David Klinghoffer - Wikipedia
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That’s not even to mention Jeffrey Hart, the mentor to D’Souza, Ingraham, and the current head of the DOJ civil rights division. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10mo agoMaybe it was a sign when the person Trump put in charge of the DOJ's Civil Rights division was a protege of Jeffrey Hart at Dartmouth, a man who wrote this column in 1977.
Additional commentary on that 1997 NR masthead, the heyday of “responsible conservatism.” bsky.app/profile/seth...
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last yr.Looking at this NR masthead from 1997 and I notice that not only is Dinesh on it, but the top editor is currently shilling for Orban in Hungary, the 2nd guy heads up the white nationalist org VDare, and then there's Mark Levin (lol), eugenicist Ernest van den Haag, & segregationist Kilpatrick.
FWIW, both of VDARE’s founders were on the masthead of the National Review in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Peter Brimelow was also a staffer for Senator Orrin Hatch. This white nationalist thread has been present in the conservative movement for a long time. Screenshot is from 1997.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoSCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
it was close to 6 years ago that we had @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on to talk about the case for Medicare for all, among other topics. time flies man www.leftanchor.com/e/episode-15...
Episode 153 - Healing Politics with Abdul El-Sayed | Left Anchor
Today we've got Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on to talk about his new book, Healing Politics. We discuss the coronavirus pandemic, health care reform, the experience growing up in an immigrant community, what h...
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How come Mitch McConnell is still getting paid to be a senator, but Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Ted Kennedy are not?
Klobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."
Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents
If I had a terminal illness, my My Make A Wish request would be to sit in on an editorial meeting at this magazine www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
But at least there's no facial hair anymore. That's probably boosting morale.
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h agoKeeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Duran makes the case that the Nerd Reich has supplanted or subsumed the antidemocracy infrastructure built by Evangelical Nationalists and MAGA Catholics the last four decades. He might be right. Glad he is getting noticed. @gilduran.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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The POS Mike Lindell has ANOTHER money making scam called "Mike Lindell Offense Fund", and like Trump, Lindell will claim voter fraud when he loses the election for governor. Archived tweet: archive.ph/Tmczm
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoLindell: "I know a guy. I have an advantage over everyone up here. I can call up the president!"
Klobuchar: "I'm gonna live what I'm saying, and that means making sure that small towns can develop, that we keep our rural hospitals strong, and that's not gonna happen when my opponents -- all 3 of them -- have embraced Donald Trump's big beautiful bill that cut Medicaid!"
Here's a supercut from Abdul El-Sayed's first post-primary news conference:
🥊 Abdul El-Sayed comes out swinging 🥊
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Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE. He's coming for your reproductive rights.
Reproductive Freedom for All@reproductivefreedomforall.org · 3h ago@katiephang.bsky.social lays out how nominee for AG Todd Blanche is saying the quiet part out loud: The Trump admin will use every lever they can to restrict abortion, in every state. Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on Blanche. 📞 888-380-2711 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg
Really don't understand the end game of all the billionaires building their climate change apocalypse bunkers. You need society to function. You can't farm. You can't cook. You can't even clean. You think you won't be the first thing on the menu for all the underground servants?
Here's a quick recap about last night in Michigan, expectations settting, how a disappointing trifecta set the stage for progressive wins, and why having different paths to victory is good for Democrats, actually. prospect.org/2026/08/05/p...
Progressives Make Major Gains in Michigan - The American Prospect
Though Abdul El-Sayed didn’t win by as much as anticipated, it was a strong night. Now the proposition about progressives in swing seats will be tested.
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DURBIN: You wrote an article in which you claimed 'Black inmates are most like to become sexual aggressors.' Why should people of color believe you've changed? CRONAN: I co-authored the article. I haven't re-read it in a long time. DURBIN: Do you believe it? CRONAN: I'm not in a position to opine
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
@nmdoj.bsky.social’s complaint alleges that "the federal government has refused, without adequate legal justification, to share records that could help investigators identify witnesses, corroborate evidence, and determine the full scope of crimes that occurred in New Mexico."
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h agoFEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT
Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.
