Maria Popova

popovaprof.bsky.social

19 October 2026 01:11

Agree w Tom. I’ll stress it’s utterly pathetic of Trump to think of Russia as a peer when it is vastly inferior. What’s worse is that this overestimation is music to Putin’s ears, prevents him from recognizing that russia has lost in Ukraine, and inspires him to dream about even bigger conquests.

Tom Nichols

radiofreetom.bsky.social

19 October 2026 01:11

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Tom Nichols

radiofreetom.bsky.social

19 October 2026 01:11

Just because I was the chairman of the national Republican Party doesn’t mean I think I was in charge

Craig Johnson

cajohnson-craig.bsky.social

19 October 2026 01:10

"The economy wasn't working for a lot of people. At the same time, millions of people were very racist and sexist. The extreme right-wing lied and said they'd fix the economy, and that they'd be racist and sexist. So: millions of people voted for and supported the extreme right-wing." Not hard!

Craig Johnson

cajohnson-craig.bsky.social

19 October 2026 01:10

The normative liberal refusal to believe that this is a mundane global phenomenon of racism, sexism, and economic failure and to instead lay it all at Trump's feet is such a colossal failure of comprehension that it will dig all of our graves, and I mean that literally.