syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Realistically, Trump answers to no one. His Republican bretheren may express a "concern" or even a "deep concern" but he's not going to use his money when he can use the public's money. 021
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Impressive actual research as opposed to kneeling and repeating what you are told? 040
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 29/09/202678 Years OTD, Harry Truman on his tireless whistle-stop campaign. "I am the servant of the people of the United States. They are not my servants. I can’t order you around, or send you to labor camps, or have your heads cut off if you don’t agree with me politically 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comHarry Truman's Train Ride - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026By 10AM there's a reasonable chance a great deal of the building is either gone or further undermined. 080
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026What you are missing is the hours spent by these pols practicing utter servility in front of a mirror. They put in the work! 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Amy Howe has a good explainer for @scotusblog.com 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Image is everything, as you can see from the one on top of this essay for 3Quarksdaily.com Thomas Jefferson, the complex, and sometimes disappointing. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comJefferson Expresses His Mind (On Slavery) - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'm sure the Trump Bloc on SCOTUS would happily agree. With dignity, of course... 020
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026SCOTUS running the clock out behalf of Trump...they have already written the "too close to the Election" ruling when the need arises. 030
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The great Amy Howe on SCOTUS' gift to Trump. She plays it straight. www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/supr...scotusblog.comSupreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So what did Thomas Jefferson and John Adams do after they left office? 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comTwo Lions In Winter - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Bygone era, August 9, 1974. "There stood Richard Nixon, less than two years after a smashing landslide of a reelection victory, a solitary figure on a helicopter’s steps, his hands outstretched for last time, to be carried away to political oblivion." 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comA Cancer On The Presidency: The Tragedy Of Richard Nixon - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael LissDamp and clammy. Last week was the 49th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation. Go back to your half-forgotten copy of Woodward and 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 19/07/2026[M]en by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties. 1. those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2dly those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them cherish and consider them. Jefferson 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's possible that's exactly the impression the Administration wants to give? 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Thomas Jefferson, towards the end of his remarkable life: "When I look back to the days of my youth, it is like looking over a field of battle. All, all dead! and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know not us." 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comA Natural Aristocracy Among Men - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 001
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Very disappointed no flyover....I could call Pete? 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Don't underestimate Trump's core motivations may include just getting a win, given that the only other positive thing Trump has seen recently is SCOTUS's continuing loyalty to him. 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026On this day, July 8, 1896, William Jennings Bryan gave his "Cross of Gold" speech. It was a bit downhill after that. Bryan's message was durable, but didn't travel particularly well that year. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comThe Lost Summer of William Jennings Bryan - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 07/07/2026You can't really blame Trump. He's not familiar with either text? 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Admire the man's ability to tune the world out, no matter what the distraction. Focus..... 110
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026@hcrichardson.bsky.social..."Best 4th of July Speech Contest (Besides Frederick Douglass). My entry, JQ Adams "swept away all the rubbish of accumulated centuries of servitude--proved that the social compact was no figment of the imagination; but a real, solid, and sacred bond of the social union." 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Let's be fair. Trump embodies Teddy Roosevelt's "Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character." Character, character, character.... 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This guy, in all his flawed brilliance. Metaphor for a country? 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 24/06/2026When one refers to a "nonpartisan" entity during the Trump years, one must take care to not overstate the nonpartisan-ishness aspect of it. 032
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 24/06/2026On this day in 1948, Thomas E. Dewey was nominated by the Republican Party. He was considered a lock to beat incumbent President Harry S. Truman. But Truman had other ideas... 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comHarry Truman's Train Ride - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Complex country, complex history. Imperfect men and women doing both great and small things. All in all, we can surely be patriots with a pledge to honor our founding principles and to advance them for the next generation. And, in history, more info is always better, so keep it coming, 217837
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A few thoughts about bedrock American values, as we approach the 4th of July. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comFounding Gift: John Peter Zenger And The Declaration Of Independence - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Desperate to get it up to keep someone/some governing body from taking it down. The arch is central to Trump's vision of himself. 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I'd settle for respect for the Constitution....but I know, never going to happen. GOP Senators fear Trump, and think immigration is a clear win for them politically, even with the brutality--for some, especially because of the brutality. 050
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 06/06/2026D-Day, and a reminder that true heroism consists of acts, and not words. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comOrder Of The Day: Eisenhower And D-Day - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 05/06/2026RFK assassinated June 5, 1968. "My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it" Ted Kennedy 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A sign of two things: Trump values loyalty above suitability, and Trump has contempt for the traditional order/chain of responsibility. 020
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Chances are SCOTUS will find a procedural reason to deliver GOP the win while not engaging directly with the racial issue. 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Marco Rubio....can someone get him Tums? Maybe a whole bottle. 010
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 27/05/2026If you want to know about politics without the froth... centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...centerforpolitics.orgTexas Senate to Leans Republican Following Paxton Win; TX-35 Makes Same Move; Redistricting Updates - Sabato's Crystal BallThe Texas Senate race gets more interesting following Ken Paxton's win, but he is still favored 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Trump is loved in Manhattan...even more popular than Ken Paxton. 040
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Some thoughts about what we might need to offset some of the damage Trump is doing. And from whom. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comIt's Time, Boomers - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael LissEight years ago, in May of 2018, motivated by a series of discussions with my then-graduating son, I wrote a piece for 3 Quarks Daily titled 021
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 19/05/2026He's not wrong. The promise of pardons and cash will be taken as a sign that future acts of violence will be encouraged, 1503
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 12/05/2026SCOTUS fulfills the wildest dreams of GOP, blessing Alabama's racially discriminatory map. I was too soon with this--three weeks is a long time when you want to reward your ideological soulmates. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comThe Horses Are Coming - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The value received by the tech-bros in tax and regulatory relief, favorable legislation and oversight vastly exceeds whatever they spent. This isn't shopping for a bigger boat. It's looking for an optimal ROI 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It seems to be a good day to post about the Supreme Court and Justice Roberts. Of course, it's almost never a good day to post about them... 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comThe Horses Are Coming - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The Base will love it, Congressional Republicans will plaster on smiles when they see it, Trump-oriented media will slobber over it...and then people will move on, because this is just another sideshow. 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 15/04/2026April 15, 1865. Lincoln succumbs. The following day is Easter Sunday+New Testament allusions could not be overlooked. Nor the confluence with the Passover seder: Destined to lead the slaves out of bondage and to see the Promised Land, but not permitted to enter. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...3quarksdaily.comIf The Thing Be Pressed: Two Weeks In April, 1865 - 3 Quarks Dailyby Michael LissApril 1, 1865. For the South, the end is nearing. It was already obvious on March 4, when Abraham Lincoln delivered his magnificent Second 000
syncpol.bsky.social @syncpol.bsky.social · 14/04/2026They work for the Boss, and owe their continued employment to his sufferance. They were selected to represent his preferences. This particular one is no different than the others that melt down over some issue that would be of interest to the unfathomably wealthy. A great paper diminished. 000
