The Long Memo (TLM)

American Papillon.

It's déjà vu all over again - but this time, it's so so much worse.

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November 2025

Hegseth’s Order Was Unlawful Before the Missile Even Left the Rail

And Parnas’ Framing Obscures Why

Nov 28 • William A. Finnegan

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The 50 Year Mortgage is more sinister than you could possibly imagine.

Financial repression repackaged for the 21st Century

Nov 11 • William A. Finnegan

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Democrats won... and so what?

It changes literally nothing.

Nov 5 • William A. Finnegan

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September 2025

Lick boot, or else ...

By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.

Sep 26 • William A. Finnegan

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A third of America wants its destruction

Apparently?

Sep 25 • William A. Finnegan

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August 2025

The Secretary of ... jackassery?

Yeah, it matters if it's the Secretary of War versus Defense. It matters a lot.

Aug 31 • William A. Finnegan

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Never Again?

America is not Nazi Germany, not yet.

Aug 14 • William A. Finnegan

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July 2025

The Regime Doesn’t Fear Your Rage. It Fears Your Absence.

Political journals are too afraid to touch it: why mass non-cooperation is more dangerous than protest.

Jul 25 • William A. Finnegan

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See B.S.: The fall of independent media

You don't cancel a profitable show with high ratings. Period.

Jul 19 • William A. Finnegan

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4:00 Minutes to Midnight

We are no longer approaching crisis. We are living inside it.

Jul 15 • William A. Finnegan

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Can Trump "deport" Rosie O'Donnell

His Mental Midgitness, the Orange Oaf, and the Joke of Citizenship

Jul 13 • William A. Finnegan

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