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"What Is Oligarchy?"
Biden's sounding the alarm. Hegseth's indefensible. Homan's planning "shock and awe." Trump's still grifting. And AI is moving in. A Sunday digest of articles and ideas worth sharing.
Elon the Cheat
Gamers have exposed the truth. Musk's desire for fair play is as fake as his commitment to free speech.
"Trump is happy today. Do you doubt it?"
LA's apocalypse. Meta's capitulation. The media's disintegration. The villains of 2025. And the reason we can't solve homelessness. A Sunday digest of articles and ideas worth sharing.
Why Meta Went MAGA
To Zuck, preventing Elon from achieving total domination in AI and robotics matters more than stopping the enshittification of social media.
Crime and No Punishment
Trump has gotten away with it again. His next crime spree starts January 20th.
Project 2029
One thing every tech titan understands: There's no Superintelligence tomorrow without the support of President Stupid today.
The Untold Stories of 2024
10 media fails that should have been bigger news—and mustn’t be forgotten
Immigrant Steals Trump's Job
The man Trump has trained as his foreign replacement arrived in the US in 1992 as "a young African immigrant," then "worked illegally to survive."
You, Robot
If you want to work for Elon, you'll have to act like a robot until he can replace you with one.
MAGA Meets The Enemy Within
Elon Musk's Christmas message that Americans are useless lumps not worth investing in didn't go over well in MAGA world.
How The "Post-Truth Era" Began
Romney wasn’t the last Republican establishment nominee. He was the nominee who established the GOP as the party of lies.
Gaetz Paid for Sex with Minor
"Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress"
The Mump Regime
A Sunday digest of articles and ideas worth sharing... plus a grab-bag of other news, comments and silliness you may have missed.
Rigged System
Republicans who came to power after popular vote losses have led us for 12 of the last 24 years. Trump's return adds insult to democratic injury.