Rogue Presidents and the Impulse Behind Trumpism
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Happy Oktoberfest! It’s hot here in Zinzinnati, and while the wildcard race heats up for both the Guardians and Reds, there’s a lot of great baseball left to be played. Enjoy it, baseball fans.
Ayman Soliman, a beloved former children’s hospital chaplain in the Cincinnati area… was released from ICE custody yesterday. (Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone)
Think Anew, and Act Anew: A New Deal for the 21st Century… A broad proposal for the Anti-MAGA Coalition, from Michael Wood.
Call Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension exactly what it is: government censorship. Anthony Fisher at MSNBC.
Has liberalism become pathological? At Flux, Toby Buckle on how John Rawls made liberalism too weak to defend itself, and whether ‘reactionary centrism’ is an accurate term.
Matt Labash… On the Murder of Charlie Kirk.
This week’s comment prompt: What’s one race you think is a sleeper upset? (Can be a pennant race or a political campaign.)
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Jim, THANK YOU for elevating Ayman Soliman’s story. We need to hear about every one of our neighbors caught up in the improper dragnets of an overreaching government. ANY innocent person detained without real cause is a clear sign of government ignoring our Constitutional protections. Cincinnati isn’t the biggest city and the imam’s case not the most egregious- it’s important for Americans to be informed of all these violations of our civil rights and civil order. We believe in law and order and this ain’t it!
Craig Cree Hardegree has a most excellent facebook post today. He apparently did not post it in his substack but if you have faccebook it is well worth tracking down to read
"Elon Musk shared tweets that said "the left" had killed Hortman and tweeted, "The far left is murderously violent." U.S. Senator Mike Lee tweeted that the suspect was a "Marxist" and blamed the assassination on Walz. Donald Trump Jr. claimed the suspect "seems to be a leftist" and "was a Democrat". U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno and U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden both said the shooter was a far-left extremist. Right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich suggested that Walz had ordered the assassinations, and Laura Loomer called Boelter one of "Walz's goons" and called for Walz to be interrogated by the FBI.
All of these Trump-supporting Republicans mischaracterized Hortman’s assassin as being “one of them” (Democrats) — yet, none of the Republicans lost their jobs and there was no national outcry over their comments. "
We need to ask ourselves if there was no outcry because this has become simply normal for the right.