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Donald Trump Is Waging War Against Human Conscience. “The lust for mud...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Donald Trump Is Waging War Against Human Conscience. “The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been
Jan 14, 2026, 5:37 PM
M. Gessen on the new world order the Trump regime seems eager...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
M. Gessen on the new world order the Trump regime seems eager to bring about. “If Trump can take Venezuela and Putin can tak
Jan 5, 2026, 3:45 PM
Isaac Chotiner interviews Oona Hathaway, an expert in international law, about the...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Isaac Chotiner interviews Oona Hathaway, an expert in international law, about the “brazen illegality” of the Trump re
Jan 5, 2026, 2:31 PM
“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won....
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. But merely restoring the pre-Trump stat
Jan 2, 2026, 3:16 PM

Kottke Wrapped 2025
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Spotify really started something, didn’t they? Everyone has a “Wrapped” this year; I even got an email one fro
Dec 31, 2025, 4:53 PM
Listen to the Cassandras
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Dec 30, 2025, 7:55 PM

On Kindness, Power, and Hypocrisy
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Earlier this week, Vanity Fair published a two-part story about the Trump regime’s “inner circle”, including e
Dec 18, 2025, 3:38 PM
“The Trump administration’s vision for the United States is one of a...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
“The Trump administration’s vision for the United States is one of a white Christian nation. And the path to accomplis
Dec 16, 2025, 7:27 PM
Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health: The Trump regime’s destruction...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health: The Trump regime’s destruction of USAID “has already caused t
Nov 28, 2025, 7:10 PM
Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America. The manifestation of a Trump...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America. The manifestation of a Trump mandate is understandable for the party trying to overthrow
Oct 1, 2025, 1:49 PM
Yes, this exactly: “The government is already shut down, and has been...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Yes, this exactly: “The government is already shut down, and has been for several months, as the Trump administration initia
Sep 30, 2025, 1:53 PM
Is the New York Times finally getting real about Trump? “In the...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Is the New York Times finally getting real about Trump? “In the last 10 days or so, several Times articles have been conside
Sep 24, 2025, 3:49 PM

The Trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Disney dropped the trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu today, a feature-length film that will debut in theaters in May 2026. A
Sep 22, 2025, 9:35 PM
“Trump told voters that they could indulge their resentments and still walk...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
“Trump told voters that they could indulge their resentments and still walk away richer and more prosperous. But they can
Sep 17, 2025, 3:56 PM

The Armed Takeover of US Cities by the President Is Not a “Distraction”
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Jamelle Bouie on Democratic politicians who maddeningly cannot recognize and acknowledge what is going on in the country. From
Aug 26, 2025, 1:03 PM
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies (ProPublica). “Food and...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies (ProPublica). “Food and drug facility inspectors are having to go t
Aug 21, 2025, 2:48 PM
The Covid Vaccine Situation for the Fall Is a Complete Mess
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina (aka Your Local Epidemiologist) has a frustrating update on how Covid vaccines are probably going to work thi
Aug 20, 2025, 3:20 PM
“If you want to fight for what’s right in this moment, and...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
“If you want to fight for what’s right in this moment, and forge politics that exist in opposition to what Trump repre
Aug 14, 2025, 3:49 PM
Dictators love a crisis. “For reasons of both personality and political ambition,...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Dictators love a crisis. “For reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather
Aug 13, 2025, 7:21 PM

The Boston Globe’s Prescient 2016 View of Our Trumpist Future
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
On April 9, 2016, several months before Donald Trump was elected President for the first time, the Boston Globe ran an editorial e
Aug 12, 2025, 4:56 PM
American neo-Nazis love the Trump era. “[Trump] awakened a lot of people...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
American neo-Nazis love the Trump era. “[Trump] awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years. H
Aug 11, 2025, 2:13 PM
Jamelle Bouie on the Death of the Fourth American Republic
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
This is a great piece from Jamelle Bouie on the likely death of the Voting Rights Act and, zooming out, the end of an era in Ameri
Aug 6, 2025, 11:30 PM
The End of America as a Center of Science
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Ross Anderson writes about how scientific empires, from the ancient Sumerians to the Nazis to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, have
Jul 31, 2025, 3:48 PM
After Paramount cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert after he criticized...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
After Paramount cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert after he criticized the network’s $16 million bribe to Trump, D
Jul 23, 2025, 9:14 PM
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