Category Archives: Resistance Rebellion And Death

In Crushing Blow to Fascism, Voters Repudiate Republicans

Posted on November 4, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

I really didn’t think it would be quite like this. The only question is if the midterms should be referred to as a blue tsunami or a blue(-mediated) extinction event. What happened in Texas in particular is a full body … Continue reading →

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The National Guard Occupation Is Not Harmless

Posted on October 27, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, the colonial government of the District of Columbia released a report on school truancy in D.C. While many of the issue raised in the report will be familiar to people anywhere in the U.S. who have thought about this … Continue reading →

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How to Make the Smithsonian Detrumpified

Posted on October 21, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

I like this detrumpification proposal from Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin (boldface mine): President Donald Trump may get a show at the Smithsonian, though not as he might have hoped. On October 6, representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland introduced a bill … Continue reading →

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One Thing Democrats Can Do to Make Republicans Accountable: Revamp the DOGE Committee

Posted on October 19, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the frustrating things about DOGE is that so many of those little shits have profited from their time spent helping themselves to our data and firing dedicated public servants. So this suggestion for some accountability should be filed … Continue reading →

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They Know What They’re Doing Is Widely Thought to Be Wrong and Illegal

Posted on October 14, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Consider this confession of sorts by White House advisor and bigoted asshole Stephen Miller (boldface mine): [Stephen] Miller doesn’t think the pardons are going to be enough to protect him, according to people who’ve spoken to him about the matter … Continue reading →

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AI Makes a Lot of Problems Worse: The Surveillance Edition

Posted on October 7, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

While the AI safety cultists are worried about the singularity, what we should be concerned about is how AI can be used to make existing problems worse (boldface mine): An explosive and newly partially unsealed court filing alleges that the … Continue reading →

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If Democrats Take Back the House, They Should Impeach Hegseth, Kennedy, and Vought

Posted on September 17, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

They really should. Probably Burgum too*. Yesterday, House Republicans decided to close the House and cancel all votes until after the election because they wanted to avoid an impeachment vote of Defense Secretary and white Christian supremacist Pete Hegseth. When … Continue reading →

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As Part of Early ‘Detrumpification’, Democrats Should Investigate the ‘Optimus Prime’ Scandal

Posted on September 14, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

And there’s no reason to wait until 2029. In case you missed it, last week the fascists at DHS did this (boldface mine): The Department of Homeland Security deleted a social media post featuring a Sikh man and an Optimus … Continue reading →

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The Defense Department Just Hired an Actual Fascist

Posted on August 31, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, the Washington Post revealed that the Defense Department just hired three rightwing online personalities (boldface mine): The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they … Continue reading →

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With the National Guard in D.C., There Is Always the Threat of Completely Unaccountable Violence

Posted on August 5, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

They’re not always just standing around like people claim. There is always the threat of unaccountable violence. While I’m not naive about the various immunities and protections police departments receive, there are still some safeguards in place and some political … Continue reading →

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