One sees in judge Cannon's ruling the nihilism coursing through today's GOP. Even in legal matters of urgent national security, the value of coherence is now jettisoned, because the overarching goal, finally, is to drown the government itself in a bathtub of incoherence.

"The servant must clear my desk for me. I can't be expected to move things." x.com/sketchaganda/s…

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Subpoena

Corporate and media elite whiplash: In the blink of an eye, we went from widespread sniffing about how "nobody wants to work anymore" to the Fed and the markets telling us, "what we need to drive down inflation is more unemployment!"

Here’s an example of how Democrats don’t fight back. TYT Investigates showed it was Wall Street speculators that were the primary drivers of inflation. Trump deregulated them and caused inflation! Democrats chose not to use that information because it would upset their donors.

Stay back! Away with you, you rapacious, last minute political money vultures! Get the money from your remaining (depressingly right-of-center) corporate overlords!

You know we've lost our way when it's legal for armed, masked men to threaten people trying to vote but it's illegal to give voters a drink of water.

Churches Are Breaking IRS Rules by Backing Political Candidates: Report thedailybeast.com/churches-are-b… via The Daily Beast

End of Twitter? All we have to fear, is fear itself.

We are witnessing a stunning re-confirmation that labor power is the source of value. Who knew? Lol.

Possible explanations: 1. Wants to kill it, because it is a thorn in the side of authoritarians globally; 2. Wants to kill it to create a path for Truth Social; 3. Plans to demonstrate that he can run the system without people (i.e., with outsourced, contract labor).

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"Siegel keeps our eyes trained on a still-dim horizon; a horizon, he states, that will only open truly when work-as-we-know-it no longer holds us in its thrall." - Tyrus Miller. New book OUT NOW teddsiegel.com

My book Georg Lukács and Critical Theory is available for open access free download at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-georg-luk…

SAVE THE DATE! Punctum author Tedd Siegel indarktimes will be reading at Page Against the Machine Page Against The Machine on Feb 29th at 7 pm punctumbooks.com/titles/signs-o…

Podcast interview with Nick Srnicek on neoliberal capitalism and the fight for free time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are…