Gus diZerega
@gusdizerega.bsky.social
Retired political scientist, NeoPagan, artist, gardener.
My essay on "The Suicide of American Conservatism" was just published by "Liberal Currents." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-suicide-...
The Suicide of American Conservatism
American conservatism is largely an intellectual corpse, killed by people who claim to be conservatives.
liberalcurrents.com
I have reand endless account of how white men/women/black men/women, etc voted for Trump. What I CANNOT find is what % of each voted in different states. White men in Massachusetts are NOT like White men in Mississippi, and so on. Culture often trumps race. Can anyone find those statistics?
All Trump's lies demonize someone. All his promises demonize someone. None appeals to decent, motives, let alone any noble ones. Even "Make America Great Again" means make America feared again. He appeals to that part of a person wishing to dominate others, to what is most evil within us.
I posted a warning about a planned nationwide demonstration. Friends corrected me- and that the warning itself was bogus. Here's the planned demonstration. www.newsweek.com/50-states-an...
National "50 States" anti-Trump protest planned for Feb 5: What to know
There is a social media following creating protests at state capitols across the country on Wednesday.
newsweek.com
King George III was a far smaller threat to our freedom and our well being.
Just below- a blog piece on disturbing patterns in American conservatism and libertarianism.
On a happier note- is there any argument in the modern Western worldview that can explain this? I argue "no." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
Two Orphaned Siberian Tigers Reunite as Mates After a 120-Mile Trek Through Russian Wilderness
Conservationists hope the love story between Boris and Svetlaya might indicate a new, successful chapter in tiger repopulation efforts
smithsonianmag.com
Sadly, not just Trump voters will pay the price of his policies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘No rebuilding without them’: Trump’s immigration crackdown will affect disaster recovery
Saket Soni, founder of Resilience Force, says skilled restoration workers, with a range of legal statuses, are doing the arduous task of repairing US cities affected by disasters
theguardian.com
The Republican Party is a dedicated enemy of a free society and this is some of the proof. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won. (by Greg Palast)
A guest post by Greg Palast for the Hartmann Report Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Mic...
dailykos.com
Get the word out! www.rawstory.com/trump-dei-po...
'Fire off that email!' Internet hatches plan to troll new 'snitch line' targeting DEI
The Trump's administration new effort to have federal workers report their coworkers who refused to sweep out diversity, equity and inclusion policies may get more than it bargained for.Federal employ...
rawstory.com
This is completely true. Once decent Republicans are exhibit one, and now some Democrats are following the same fatal path. hartmannreport.com/p/the-fatal-...
The Fatal Flaw: Believing You Can Negotiate with Evil Without Becoming Its Victim
Evil doesn’t negotiate—it devours: The perils of trusting Republicans with America’s future. The GOP isn’t interested in Democracy, and it’s time to wake up…
hartmannreport.com
Conservative monotheism in all its forms in totalitarian to its core, restrained only by lack of access to power to impose its dogma onto others. This is a good discussion by someone who emerged from that culture to grasp its failings. www.alternet.org/sandifer-chr...
How fear of 'critical thinking' drives Christian nationalists’ 'rising authoritarianism': ex-evangelical
J. Dylan Sandifer is now a sociology professor at the University of the District of Columbia, but Sandifer didn't grow up in the U.S. capitol. Sandier was raised in East Texas and had a strict evangel...
alternet.org
Democrats are far from perfect but Republicans have crossed some sort of line that frees them from morality and even the smallest commitment to telling the truth. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Explaining the Right: Why are conservatives lying about California’s fires?
At least 10 people have died and thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed in the Los Angeles-area wildfires over the past week. Despite the chaos playing out on screens across the world,
dailykos.com
This is a very interesting article on the crisis in what many Americans call 'masculinity.' psyche.co/ideas/the-ma...
The ‘masculinity crisis’ is actually a crisis of self-esteem | Psyche Ideas
There’s a modern belief that talent or effort can carry anyone to the top. It’s a myth that’s especially harmful to men
psyche.co
