You'd think it would be a no-brainer for a German company founded by someone convicted of being a Nazi collaborator at Nuremberg –– Adidas –– to dissociate itself instantly from Kanye West.

In 1965, the founder of the John Birch Society, the crazy conspiratorial prototype for today's crazy conspiratorial GOP, gave a speech at Howard University (1!) in which the Times reported he called the U.S. 'a vast insane asylum 'where the inmates seem to be in charge.'' #irony

Good for you, Chris Murphy! (Hope Brown University tapes and posts a video.)

Hey look, another life-sized figurine was just delivered to the new Museum of Fascism!

Yes, great piece. Democrats, after capitulating to the Evil Geniuses’ anti-worker political economics for two generations, are finally course-correcting with Tim Ryan et al, but as Alec MacGillis says, “the problem for him — and also for them — is that it may have come too late.”

Reading ⁦David Rothkopf⁩, it occurred to me: this is the 50th anniversary of the last time an anti-U.S. foreign regime so desperately wished for a particular U.S. election outcome to help it win a war—North Vietnam hoping for a McGovern victory in 1972. thedailybeast.com/putins-last-ho…

New waxworks statue headed for a display at the Museum of Fascism. nytimes.com/2022/10/20/wor…

Free-market zealot instantly deposed by free markets. Such a fine own-petard-hoisting!

You lie down with dogs, you awake one morning to find yourself transformed into a gigantic flea.

This headline is an incorrect summary of the finding in this poll—more correct would be:
Republican and Republican-Leaning Independent Voters See Democracy Imperiled by Republicans, So Saving It Isn’t A Priority nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/…

A useful and inspiring essay from ⁦THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas⁩. And if you like it, there’s more of the same in his essential new book The Persuaders. Highly recommended. nytimes.com/2022/10/17/opi…

Why are Gen-Xers, uniquely among the age groups, so strongly Republican and weakly Democratic? BTW, this new The New York Times poll is not unique in showing this.

Two days ago he was complaining about the Adderall shortage. Leading symptoms of Adderall abuse & addiction include 'Being fearful of the prospect of not having Adderall' and 'Being overly talkative,' in addition to 'paranoia' and 'agitation.'

After trying & failing for 10 days to set up our printers, a happy ending! Thanks not to HP or Brother but wi-fi hardware provider eero: Anne Kreamer on the phone (for an hour! on a Sunday! to Bulgaria!) with Hristina, the most patiently helpful customer service person ever.

Excellent synopsis of what we know about January 6th and the the rest of the election-overthrow attempt, and the stakes.

Wow. Nobody’s paid attention to Iowa’s Senate race, because Grassley has consistently polled 7-9 points ahead. The Des Moines Register poll had him 8 points up in July—but now at just 46%-43%. Among independents the Dem Admiral Mike Franken shot from 38%-37% to 46%-35%.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

The Great Dictator came out 82 years ago today, a year after World War II had started, a year before the U.S. fully joined the against fascism. This grand finale speech (by Chaplin’s barber character impersonating his dictator character) remains relevant. m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1X…