Elon Musk's Bad Faith
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Following A Familiar — And Horrifying — Playbook
Musk is shocking the U.S. government into a weakened state so it can be rebuilt in his image
Anthony Reimer
The Authoritarianism At The Heart Of 'Yellowstone'
Yellowstone normalizes and celebrates the brutality of capitalism and fascist thought. You should give it a watch.
politics
Bad Faith Is At The Heart of Trump's Deportation Machine
The right wing has created a crisis in order to offer their nightmare solution
JD Vance Is Worse Than You Think
Donald Trump surprised precisely no one by reportedly listening to tech billionaires like Elon Musk and picking JD Vance to be his running mate. On its face, this was a logical pick; a rising star in the Republican Party, Senator from a supposed swing state, though Ohio is a deep
politics
Right-Wing Judges Are Empowering Themselves With One Weird Bad-Faith Trick
It will now be activist judges who define law, not Congress or the executive branch.
Raising Men in the Manosphere
The date was April 28, 2009. I didn't realize it at the time but this would be the date my life truly began. I wasn't there for the birth of my oldest son, who is technically my stepson though I’ve never seen a difference between
Bad Faith Has Moved The Overton Window on Immigration
This is an election year, so you know what that means: It’s time to demonize the hell out of immigrants and freak out about migrants at the Southern border. Republicans' newest stab is the proposed “bipartisan” Senate bill put forward by Senators Lankford, Sinema, and Murphy, tying military
The Faith Around Mental Health Is Bad And Getting Worse
I haven’t written in a while. Believe me, dear reader, it is not for a lack of trying. Countless mornings have been spent staring at a blank piece of paper trying to make the words come out of me, like trying to squeeze the last bit of toothpaste out
Capital's Footsoldiers Will Do Anything To Fuck Over The Poor
House Republicans, in their bad-faith attempt to pretend they give a shit about the nation’s debt, are once again pushing the nation to the brink of financial catastrophe. Forgetting how badly this blew up in their faces during the Obama years, Republicans are refusing to raise the country&
The Bad Faith of American Meritocracy
The United States has had one constant story about itself: That it is, above all else, a land of opportunity. A true meritocracy. Anyone, regardless of where you come from, has the same opportunity to climb the metaphorical social ladder through hard work, talent, and merit. While meritocracy may seem
Capitalism Is Enclosing On Everyone And Everything
We see it every day and don’t notice it. In our digital lives, where Twitter Blue offers to artificially inflate your reach, for a monthly fee. On vacation with our families, where theme parks allow you to skip long lines, for a price. In our political lives, where bad