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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 25/09/2026

This came to me in a vision last night, and the irony of my using AI to make it is not lost on me.

An unapologetically AI-generated image in the style of a New Yorker cartoon depicting a classroom where a student is telling a teacher “My dog ate my AI.”

Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 18/09/2026

It was a real pleasure hosting @radiofreetom.bsky.social this week for Constitution Day at the @uwec-menard-ccs.bsky.social. Come back and visit anytime, Tom! We’ll get a copy of “Command & Conquer: Red Alert” and fire up an old Packard Bell!

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 16/07/2026

This movie was going to be dumb even before Serkis opened his mouth

Cartoon depicting Gandalf saying “Somehow Sauron returned” on a green screen sound stage with Andy Serkis as gollum and the hobbits as props. Credit nowherelad

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 12/07/2026

People are giving the absolute dumbest takes today.

A tweet from hackey journalist, Michael Tracey, that reads: “My suspicion was always that Lindsey Graham was either asexual or celibately gay, and Congress was his priesthood.”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 12/07/2026

Feels like a good day to start reading this

A picture of the cover of Storm at the Capitol, written by Mary Clare Jalonick

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 16/06/2026

Five years later, I’m excited to say that I’ve realized Wisconsin and I are committed to each other. Today, I was officially told that starting this fall, I will be tenured and promoted to associate professor at UW-Eau Claire!

A picture of an aging millennial professor teaching a group of Gen Z undergraduates in an outdoor teaching room on the campus of UW-Eau Claire

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 10/05/2026

This one goes out to all the mothers out there.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 20/04/2026

A new Prager course just dropped

A screenshot of a CNN piece titled: “Tapper to Stefanik: Is calling for wiping out an entire civilization bad or good?”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 09/04/2026

“Have you ever heard The MAGA baaand With a flip With a flop With dementia on the top!”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 09/04/2026

The gayest I’ve ever been is that moment when Matthew Macfadyen walks across a field with the morning dew behind him.

Two movie stills from “Pride & Prejudice” (2005) showing Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 07/04/2026

Among the copious issues with the conservative anti-liberal “intellectual“ is the fact that they’ve turned ideas masked as trolling (“lol maybe it was satire”) into an entire methodology.

A screenshot of an Atlantic story about Pappin, which reads: “In response to questions about the prophecy, Pappin told me in an email that he meant it ironically, writing, "Satire is dead and Trump Derangement Syndrome killed it." But the comment, intended ironically or not, seems to fit Pappin's worldview. In an email from the same year, which I reviewed, he wrote guilty as charged" about a philosophy of
"quixotic monarchism," appearing to wryly affirm his faith in a Christian monarch in place of liberal democracy. Pappin
maintained to me that he was merely "poking fun" at "stereotypes of conservative
Catholics." When I asked him whether he believes in democracy, he said, "Western democracies need to return to their roots in Christian civilization in order to pull back from hyperliberal progressivism." In a 2022 essay, he called the presidency a "quasi-monarchical office."

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 05/04/2026

I hope Jesus put some eggs in your basket today!

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 27/02/2026

1998 called. It wants its political theater back.

Screenshot from a CNN update of Bill Clinton testifying before Congress that “I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong” with Epstein

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 08/02/2026

Every time I see his face, this is how I imagine he sleeps at the Olympic village. (Still an excellent skater…)

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 20/11/2025

Apparently, the LinkedIn bros are doing political theory now…and poorly.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 16/11/2025

Like, almost none of that is correct.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 01/11/2025

When my child comes to me someday and says, “You never took an interest in the things I cared about,” I will show him this picture of me and my wife doing our very best to be an Enderman and TNT from Minecraft without any frame of reference for either one aside from a picture.

A family Halloween costume picture with a Minecraft theme, with a child in a Steve costume, a mother in a TNT costume, and a tired but supportive father attempting to pull off an Enderman look.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 26/10/2025

“Stairs leading up to no clearing landing” is the perfect symbol of the regime.

A screenshot from an Oct. 24, 2025 article by The NY Times showing plans for the proposed ballroom replacing the East Wing of the White House, with the following quote: “And the various plans Mr. Trump has shared have suggested a hurried process.
Along with the differences in the drawings, the model he displayed on Wednesday appeared to have some mistakes, like a staircase leading up from the South Lawn to no clear landing.”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 25/10/2025

It’s a “do the opposite of Obama” thing. Again and always.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 25/10/2025

Once again, ask “Has Obama done something? If so, it’s probably a reaction to that.” In this case, it’s almost certainly the Obama Presidential Library.

A picture of the Obama Presidential Library

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 24/10/2025

I guess once you turn 40, the spam texts are no longer from “hot Russian MILFS who wanna meet you” and just dudes from Ohio who want to go fishing.

A screenshot of a spam text asking “Hey, wanna hit the water and fish this weekend?”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/10/2025

While we’re at it, I’ll just toss out the US Marine Corps Raider’s insignia for review.

An image of the USMC Raiders insignia depicting a white skull on a red diamond overlaid on a navy field and surrounded by white stars in the constellation of the Southern Cross

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/10/2025

Yeah, because those four groups are historically notorious for working together.

A screenshot of a tweet from Glenn Beck on Oct. 20, 2025 that includes a clip from House Speaker Mike Johnson and the following text: “Speaker Mike Johnson just confirmed something I have been warning about for over a decade: Anarchists, Islamists, communists, and socialists are working together to overthrow the West. I was called crazy for predicting this coalition, which we now know as the Democratic Party.”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 18/10/2025

Without downloading anything, where are you mentally right now?

An empty toilet paper roll on a toilet paper holder with the question “Where is your god now?” written on it in black sharpie.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 16/10/2025

Imagine falling asleep in 2015 and waking up 10 years later to this.

A headline from Mediaite on October 15, 2025 the reads “BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor
Greene Is No Longer Following @Catturd2 on X Amid MAGA Civil War.”

An opening paragraph from a Mediaite story that reads: “LEFT: Catturd RIGHT: Marjorie Taylor Greene There are epochal moments in time during which mountains move, borders change, hearts are won, and social media followers are lost. We are living through one such moment. According to the U.S. Politics Alert account on X, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no longer following @catturd2, also known as Catturd, on the same social media site.
@repmtg is no longer following @catturd2pic.twitter.com/5UFtI9X9lE
- U.S. Politics Alert (@USPoliticsAlert)

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 11/10/2025

The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda really hates me…

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 01/10/2025

This is a real notice on the USDA Forest Service website. www.fs.usda.gov

A screenshot of the USDA Forest Service website with a outage notice that reads: “The Radical Left Democrats shutdown the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.” Taken at 4:30 pm Central on 10/1/2025

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 25/09/2025

That one faculty member who replies all to tell people to stop replying all

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan's era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 10/09/2025

It’s worth remembering that the Reichstag fire was never really about the fire, the arsonist, or the Reichstag.

A screenshot of a Tweet by Laura Loomer in which she says “It's time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.
If Charlie Kirk dies from his injuries, his life cannot be in vain.We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The Left is a national security threat.”

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 06/08/2025

There is zero irony in this gif choice

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 09/07/2025

I hate the consumption driven economy for many reasons, not the least of which is that it’s a major factor for why news media sucks. CNN: “Tarriffs!!!” Also CNN: “Here’s more useless junk you don’t need manufactured by slave labor and distributed by a monopoly! You’ll feel satisfaction this time!”

A screenshot of two headlines at CNN: one about Trump threatening to impost additional tariffs and the other telling people what crap to buy on Amazon Prime Day

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 05/07/2025

All day, I haven’t been able to shake the feeling that I’m damn proud to be an American. After 40 years, I’m sick to death of petty tyrants and xenophobes in patriot clothes who co-opt that word for their own agenda. At my house, these symbols mean, “You belong here, too.” That’s my patriotism.

An image of the Statue of Liberty with the U.S flag in the background

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/06/2025

God, why do we both have to be so pedantic? Is it us? Or did the subfield do this to us?

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/06/2025

He sidelined his own cabinet members and the intelligence community, and instead listened to one voice.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 14/06/2025

I keep seeing this narrative, but if the goal was to break the electoral balance, then the assassins unsurprisingly don’t understand politics or math.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 30/05/2025

The use of “the academy” in this letter is doing a helluva lot of work.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 19/05/2025

The world is bleak, but there are moments of joy, like my son cosplaying at his piano recital this afternoon. (The dude’s obsession with Indiana Jones is going on over six months and shows no signs of stopping.)

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 24/04/2025

It’s always a joy to see my students’ work pay off. But this year, a packed room of young, hardworking scholars feels like a big middle finger to the anti-education crowd. When student research projects feel like an act of defiance, you know we’ve gone off the rails.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/04/2025

DOJ tried to argue that only petitions about removability are subject to judicial review. Gorsuch (joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson) shut that down hard.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 22/04/2025

You might need to zoom in, but keep your eye on the center tree to see me fail at chasing deer from my yard.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 12/04/2025

FFS, if you were to create the “anti-Teddy Roosevelt,” you’d end up with Trump.

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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 11/04/2025

It’s this sentence that made me roll my eyes all the way back in my skull.

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